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Queensland Academy for Creative Industries
Co-ed · State, competitive entry · Kelvin Grove
- Fees No tuition fees (state school)
- Students 437
Some evidence9 people mention it. Worth reading what they said.
Comes up in 100% of 5 reviews · about the Brisbane average (90%)
This school 100% Brisbane 90%
Of 15 comments: 9 speak well of it · 1 raises concerns
Review Readiness for life after school
I felt very prepared. QACI really gets students to be proactive and independent with their learning. They will help you if you ask but they aren't holding your hand. They emphasise the importance of thinking critically and doing things your own way. QACI culture is a big thing. It is essentially just the values of the students and it is really built well into the environment without it feeling forceful.
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Review Readiness for life after school
Partaking in the IB, I think I felt very prepared. In my opinion, the workload I do at uni now is quite similar to the IB workload that I did during high school. Before we graduated, the school did make every student consult the guidance counsellor to see what our uni plans were and talk about pathways so I think it did help people feel somewhat prepared.
Review Year 12 subject choices
I did Math AA HL, Lang and Lit HL, French ab initio, Dance HL, Psychology HL, ESS SL and TOK. I liked all my subjects, I wish I did a different science but I really enjoyed ESS because the environment is very important to me but other sciences would help me more in uni. I think I liked learning all the subjects and I was good at them.
Review Subject range and curiosity
They had a good range of subjects and once I wanted to study something they didn't offer and they supported me to do this online. I changed my mind but they are very open at getting students to achieve their goals however they need learning to be. They have great support staff to discuss careers and goals which help students follow their passion and this is encouraged. They will help people find opportunities. They have intensives with universities to experience the course. For dance they had numerous guest choreographers to teach different styles and cultural dances to expand our horizons with dance.
Review Camps and excursions
QACI only had one camp for everyone at the start of year 10 which I did not love. But we also went to Dreamworld for a science excursion which was fun. The dance students also did trips to see performances which was really great. I liked when we went to QUT and joined in with the uni program.
Review Getting extra help
I think there would be after school tutorials sometimes for extra help, or you were always able to email the teacher any questions. I think there was a list of tutors or past alumni that could offer there services but I never used it so I’m not too sure about it.
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