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what to do if they didn't get into the school they wanted.
"There are a couple of things you can do. Assuming he doesn't get an offer from Penrith he can re-take the Selective exam next year to attempt to get in again. The good news is that if you're aiming to re-take the selective test, the competition is much less in terms of ability as most of the students would have already gotten in the first round. The bad news is that of course there are less spots available for the schools.

Now in terms of the Private School Scholarship route you can attempt the exam if you'd like but know that the difficulty of the exam is beyond the James Ruse level and the format of the exam is different, so it requires some extra training. If you have the funds to go for a private school you can do that too. The application dates for private schools depends on the school so you would have to check the website for the correct dates. I can send you a list of the Boys schools and you can do some research on that as well."


At the end of the day it really just depends on what you want for your child as a parent. We always recommend private schools over Selective Schools simply because students that come out of private schools are generally alot more well rounded. Now in saying that out of all the selective schools, North Sydney girls is probably one of the closest to a private school environment. If geography is important to you go to Northolm but note that In terms of HSC ranking though North Sydney Girls is significantly higher, so have a chat with Aisha and see what you would like to do. It really just depends on what you would like to do as a parent, but in terms of HSC North Sydney Girls is the way to go. You can find more details on google though in terms of the specific rankings of both schools. "