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My school has an accelerated maths program but I didn’t manage to get in. However, my classmate told me that it is possible to get into the program during year 9 and 10 if you manage to outscore and rank the students in accelerated. I never heard of this kind of entry into the program and is wondering if it is possible to get into through this kind of method?
 

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My school has an accelerated maths program but I didn’t manage to get in. However, my classmate told me that it is possible to get into the program during year 9 and 10 if you manage to outscore and rank the students in accelerated. I never heard of this kind of entry into the program and is wondering if it is possible to get into through this kind of method?
Well from what I have heard, in some schools if you get first in math 5.3 in year 9 then they can offer you a spot in the accelerated class. But it depends on your school
 

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im assuming you are in year 8. if you're not correct me. im also assuming your accelerated program is only 1 year ahead (i.e. if your hsc year is 2028 they do hsc in 2027).

so you have until the start of year 11 content (if hsc year is 2027 then that means 2026) to join. if you are in y8 right now that means you have until year 10 to join

so unless i assumed wrong or your school has rules as to who can and can't join the class, you are technically allowed to join up until the start of y10, and after that you can't join
 

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Someone at my school completed year 7, 8, 9 and 10 maths during year 7 (lockdown) and did HSC 4U in year 9. 3 people I know did their 3/4U maths HSCs in year 10. It's crazy. Although my school didn't really have an official accelerated program, you can just request to move up if you are doing well and pass a test. Also cause we just did mathspace during lockdown and you automatically move up if you finish the textbook early.
 

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I will ask my teachers to see if it is possible. Thanks guys!
 

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The most important thing is to do maths stage 5.3 in Yrs 9 & 10 (more advanced than 5.1 & 5.2) in order to build a solid foundation if you are aiming to do extension maths in Yrs 11 & 12.
 

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Someone at my school completed year 7, 8, 9 and 10 maths during year 7 (lockdown) and did HSC 4U in year 9. 3 people I know did their 3/4U maths HSCs in year 10. It's crazy. Although my school didn't really have an official accelerated program, you can just request to move up if you are doing well and pass a test. Also cause we just did mathspace during lockdown and you automatically move up if you finish the textbook early.
how on earth do you cope with accelerating that fast omg

also a lot of schools dont let you accelerate that easily, a lot have entrance exams and benchmarks ppl have to meet in terms of marks to be eligible. and a lot wont let ppl accelerate even if they are good enough for it bc often the person puts too much effort into the subject they are accelerating and neglect others
 

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My school has an accelerated maths program but I didn’t manage to get in. However, my classmate told me that it is possible to get into the program during year 9 and 10 if you manage to outscore and rank the students in accelerated. I never heard of this kind of entry into the program and is wondering if it is possible to get into through this kind of method?
yes usually possible. Ask you teachers first. My school, you have until late yr 10 to make the team.
 

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how on earth do you cope with accelerating that fast omg
Often the student has already mastered most of the topics before they reach high school and online platforms like Maths Pathways and Maths Online can be configured so that if a student answers both answers correctly for a topic concept (eg. factorisation of a quadratic equation), the program allows the student to skip over that topic. My son used these programs and with Maths Pathways in Yr 7, he skipped all of Yr 7, almost all of Yr 8, over 70% of Yr 9 and more than half of Yr 10, completing Yr 7-10 content in six months (even for the topics that the student does have to cover, if the student gets the first two post-topic questions correct, they don’t have to do 10-20 questions which exercises in textbooks usually contain). Maths Pathways content only went up to Yr 10 back then, so he switched to Maths Online for Yr 11 & 12 content and scored 98 in HSC Adv Maths in Yr 9 and 98 in maths extn 1 & 2 in Yrs 10 & 11. The best part of this story is that his local high school was ranked about 440th in NSW for his cohort, so in this digital age, bright students can achieve from anywhere.
 

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Often the student has already mastered most of the topics before they reach high school and online platforms like Maths Pathways and Maths Online can be configured so that if a student answers both answers correctly for a topic concept (eg. factorisation of a quadratic equation), the program allows the student to skip over that topic. My son used these programs and with Maths Pathways in Yr 7, he skipped all of Yr 7, almost all of Yr 8, over 70% of Yr 9 and more than half of Yr 10, completing Yr 7-10 content in six months (even for the topics that the student does have to cover, if the student gets the first two post-topic questions correct, they don’t have to do 10-20 questions which exercises in textbooks usually contain). Maths Pathways content only went up to Yr 10 back then, so he switched to Maths Online for Yr 11 & 12 content and scored 98 in HSC Adv Maths in Yr 9 and 98 in maths extn 1 & 2 in Yrs 10 & 11. The best part of this story is that his local high school was ranked about 440th in NSW for his cohort, so in this digital age, bright students can achieve from anywhere.
bruhh.

I really think they should start doing more acceleration programs. I wish I got the chance to accelerate 2 and 3 u math when i was in yr 10 or 11
 

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Update: I asked my math teacher about the possibility of getting into accelerated maths in year 9 and 10 and he said it’s not possible 😭😭
Can you ask your parents for a private subscription to Maths Online or Maths Pathways and work ahead by yourself (if you’re a keen mathematician)? I think both offer free trials, so you should be able to see how well they work for you.
 
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Update: I asked my math teacher about the possibility of getting into accelerated maths in year 9 and 10 and he said it’s not possible 😭😭
it's okay, i can assure you accelerating doesn't necessarily mean that you will get better marks in the subjects you accelerate. if you work hard you can do extremely well even in the normal stream. you got this 💪
 

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Can you ask your parents for a private subscription to Maths Online or Maths Pathways and work ahead by yourself (if you’re a keen mathematician)? I think both offer free trials, so you should be able to see how well they work for you.
Don’t think my parents will allow me since I already do 1 on 1 maths 😅
 

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it's okay, i can assure you accelerating doesn't necessarily mean that you will get better marks in the subjects you accelerate. if you work hard you can do extremely well even in the normal stream. you got this 💪
Thanks for the encouragement!
 

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Don’t think my parents will allow me since I already do 1 on 1 maths
If you have a 1 on 1 maths tutor, you could get Yr 9 & 10 textbooks and work through them yourself, with their help when you get stuck.
 

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