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MacGregor State High School
Co-ed · State · MacGregor
- Fees No tuition fees (state school)
- Students 1,352
Some evidence4 people mention it. Worth reading what they said.
Comes up in 100% of 4 reviews · about the Brisbane average (84%)
This school 100% Brisbane 84%
Of 8 comments: 3 speak well of it · 1 mixed
Review Chances to take part in the arts
many opportunities, there are many music bands you can be apart of as it’s separate from beginner level, intermediate level and advance levels. I believe they recently introduced an orchestra as well which I wish they had earlier. The music department also loves having more students join them
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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 Would you recommend it?
It certainly depends, i would not let my little brothers but if it was a family that their only school was macgregor or sunnybank state high etc schools of that sort i would reccomend it the people there were really good for me at least i did witness bullying alot or just snarky comments/ talking behind each others backs and drama and alot of fights but i wasnt one to get bullied so i enjoyed the time and if i could go back to those lunch breaks or arvos with my mates i probably would. The academic quality was poor unless you were musically inclined as teachers didnt really teach too well but were nice and genuine people other than a fair few good people not great teachers.
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 Would you recommend it?
If you are looking for a multicultural school, this is the one to go to. I was a music student and can say that the music department are very passionate about music. There were plentiful amount of opportunities to perform depending on which ensemble you are in. it can range from semi-annual school performances, workshops, music camp, visiting primary schools to perform, music fest, fanfare etc
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