Geelong Grammar Scholarship Test: Edutest Practice

Academic scholarships are for Year 9 entry at Timbertop, or Year 10 entry at Corio. New and current students can apply at those points. General Excellence for new students is Years 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 or 11 at Corio, Years 5 to 8 at the GGS Toorak Campus, and Year 9 at Timbertop. Current students can apply for General Excellence at Year 7 only, at Corio or the GGS Toorak Campus. General Excellence is means-tested: after the exam, shortlisted families provide financial information, then shortlisted students are invited to an interview.

Academic and General Excellence applicants both register through Edutest. The Academic scholarships page and the General Excellence scholarships page each name Edutest as the examination provider. Those pages do not publish question counts or times. Edutest's own description gives four 30-minute multiple-choice sections (Mathematics, Verbal Reasoning, Numerical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension) and one 15-minute writing task, with no question counts. Big Brain's practice paper, not the official format, has Mathematics and Verbal Reasoning (60 questions each), Numerical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension (50 each), all 30 minutes, plus Creative Writing and Persuasive Writing at 15 minutes each.

Shortlisted candidates are invited to an interview. General Excellence is means-tested: shortlisted families provide financial information, then shortlisted students are invited to an interview. Music, Sport, Boarding, and Rural and Regional awards are also offered. Rural and Regional is considered through General Excellence: apply for General Excellence, and families from rural, regional or remote areas are automatically considered. The Old Geelong Grammarians Scholarship sits inside General Excellence, for new students whose parents or grandparents are alumni of Geelong Grammar, The Hermitage or Clyde, entering from Year 5 to Year 11.

Start with the free diagnostic. Then practise Mathematics, Verbal Reasoning, Numerical Reasoning, Reading Comprehension, creative writing and persuasive writing on Big Brain. The three sample questions are Year 7 items. Big Brain's verified questions are tagged Year 7 and up; there is no Year 4, 5 or 6 set, so students sitting for Year 5, 6 or 7 entry (in Year 4, 5 or 6) will find them a step above their year.