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I did the standard maths paper for CSSA and INDEP, and they were hard/okish. but then NEAP and the Sydney Grammer one is just easy. Which schools are the best for all the subjects ?(is james ruse good?)
 

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Generally speaking, higher-ranked selective schools tend to set more challenging exams than lower-ranked comprehensive schools. As such, it is good to complete past exam papers from higher-ranked schools as part of your preparation across your subjects. Doing so will allow you to challenge yourself by attempting more difficult questions, and will also help you identify areas of improvement, which you can then gradually address as you revise content (and seek clarification where needed) and complete additional past papers.

As a starting point, you may wish to consider the top 10 schools, as it would be reasonable to assume that they (or most of them) set the more challenging exams. Of course, not all high-ranked schools are selective, but can still set challenging exams. Schools that you should consider when searching for practice material include:
  • North Sydney Boys High School
  • James Ruse Agricultural High School
  • Baulkham Hills High School
  • North Sydney Girls High School
With that being said, it is important to note that not all schools may offer all of the subjects that you are taking. For example, James Ruse Agricultural High School does not run Mathematics Standard, and you will therefore not find any past papers from this school for this subject.

I hope this helps! :D
 

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I did the standard maths paper for CSSA and INDEP, and they were hard/okish. but then NEAP and the Sydney Grammer one is just easy. Which schools are the best for all the subjects ?(is james ruse good?)
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Generally speaking, higher-ranked selective schools tend to set more challenging exams than lower-ranked comprehensive schools. As such, it is good to complete past exam papers from higher-ranked schools as part of your preparation across your subjects. Doing so will allow you to challenge yourself by attempting more difficult questions, and will also help you identify areas of improvement, which you can then gradually address as you revise content (and seek clarification where needed) and complete additional past papers.

As a starting point, you may wish to consider the top 10 schools, as it would be reasonable to assume that they (or most of them) set the more challenging exams. Of course, not all high-ranked schools are selective, but can still set challenging exams. Schools that you should consider when searching for practice material include:
  • North Sydney Boys High School
  • James Ruse Agricultural High School
  • Baulkham Hills High School
  • North Sydney Girls High School
With that being said, it is important to note that not all schools may offer all of the subjects that you are taking. For example, James Ruse Agricultural High School does not run Mathematics Standard, and you will therefore not find any past papers from this school for this subject.

I hope this helps! :D
thanks man, this really helps alot.
 

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to be fair if u do run out of trial papers for ur subject you could get up some hsc exams and remove any that cover module 8 by cross referencing w the marking criteria
 

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High ranking selective school exams are best to practice on as mentioned above but among them, I recommend practising on ruse's stem papers last since they go out of syllabus
 
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Generally speaking, higher-ranked selective schools tend to set more challenging exams than lower-ranked comprehensive schools. As such, it is good to complete past exam papers from higher-ranked schools as part of your preparation across your subjects. Doing so will allow you to challenge yourself by attempting more difficult questions, and will also help you identify areas of improvement, which you can then gradually address as you revise content (and seek clarification where needed) and complete additional past papers.

As a starting point, you may wish to consider the top 10 schools, as it would be reasonable to assume that they (or most of them) set the more challenging exams. Of course, not all high-ranked schools are selective, but can still set challenging exams. Schools that you should consider when searching for practice material include:
  • North Sydney Boys High School
  • James Ruse Agricultural High School
  • Baulkham Hills High School
  • North Sydney Girls High School
With that being said, it is important to note that not all schools may offer all of the subjects that you are taking. For example, James Ruse Agricultural High School does not run Mathematics Standard, and you will therefore not find any past papers from this school for this subject.

I hope this helps! :D
hey, can you please provide a website of where i can find them?
/thsc online doesnt have them
 

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hey, can you please provide a website of where i can find them?
/thsc online doesnt have them
most selective schools do not offer standard maths. none of the 4 listed schools do, hence why there is no standard maths papers.
 

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most selective schools do not offer standard maths. none of the 4 listed schools do, hence why there is no standard maths papers.
ight gotcha. do you know any other options
 

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standard maths doesnt have many good papers around at all because hardly any selective schools offer the course at all. Independent and CSSA (which you've already done) were your best bet, maybe Knox/Barker? Or old syllabus HSC papers and just skip what you dont cover.
 

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standard maths doesnt have many good papers around at all because hardly any selective schools offer the course at all. Independent and CSSA (which you've already done) were your best bet, maybe Knox/Barker? Or old syllabus HSC papers and just skip what you dont cover.
ight gotcha thanks
 

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I did the standard maths paper for CSSA and INDEP, and they were hard/okish. but then NEAP and the Sydney Grammer one is just easy. Which schools are the best for all the subjects ?(is james ruse good?)
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