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MacGregor State High School
Co-ed · State · MacGregor
- Fees No tuition fees (state school)
- Students 1,352
Some evidence3 people mention it. Worth reading what they said.
Comes up in 75% of 4 reviews · about the Brisbane average (90%)
This school 75% Brisbane 90%
Of 9 comments: 2 speak well of it · 1 raises concerns
Review Readiness for life after school
from 0-10 a 0 did not feel prepared at all still had work paths with going into electrical but still was not prepared to go straight into working full time and felt lost and know that every or most of my peers felt exactly the same with alot not having a job for a year and not knowing what to do if they didnt go uni and the people who went uni were startled by the work load they got when they joined uni and lost alot of their social life because of it
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Review Readiness for life after school
Personally I had gained valuable skills of independence as I learnt to lead my own learning, and have a growth mindset. It’s really important to know that school provides you an experience it depends on how you take the information they give you. e.g we had various times of learning what a growth mindset is however, I know some students just dont care.
Review Year 12 subject choices
I do wish i tried harder as i never thought id want to go uni and just wanted to be a sparky but having the opportunity to go uni wouldve been good and i likely will go to uni id probably stick to economics and focus instead of switching to arts cause i wanted easier schooling
Review Year 12 subject choices
Accounting, Biology, Chemistry, General English, General Maths, Music. I love my subjects I chose accounting out of curiosity and potential career choice (which I am now pursuing), I did the sciences because I was interested and the experiments we did were interesting, did music bc i liked it because we get to compose music/do performances for assessments and English and math were compulsory
Review What had the biggest impact
The biggest impact I had was from the cohort I was in. It’s important to consider who you will surround yourself with. I managed to stick with individuals that cared about grades thus I also tried my best to excel. I will say on the other hand the school provides the opportunity to be able to do certificates from tafe or another place and diplomas in senior year is really nice. they also had a job board for students to see if there are any places looking for students
Review Something only students would know
Students can/will hang at garden city before and after school. Honestly being located next to garden city is probably one of the perks of being at the school. After school you can eat out/play/study in the library/ grocery shopping etc
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