How MockStar helps your child prepare
OC and Selective are the first big selective exams most NSW students ever sit. Here are the five problems parents run into most, taken one at a time.
Very different from school work: harder questions, less time
The content stays within the syllabus, but the questions test thinking and application — about a minute each.
- NSW official papers and samples broken down to every topic and every level of difficulty
- Two levels of mock exams: Standard matches the real exam, Challenge goes a step beyond
- Timed, just like the real exam
Ready to try? Sit a full-length OC trial test or Selective trial test.
Not sure what to practise — and questions far too hard knock confidence
Many children practise questions far beyond their level; instead of progress, they lose confidence first.
- Practice spans a wider range of difficulty, starting where your child can reach
- Smart Practice suggests what to practise next, based on the report
- Skill tree: the level of every skill at a glance
Different starting points, and the basics aren't solid yet
Every child starts somewhere different; it's hard for parents to find the right practice or to know how to teach it.
- Learning Center unlocks level by level, one step at a time
- Teaching videos alongside — stuck? Watch one
Prep feels like a black box — where exactly is my child falling short?
A score is just a number; it doesn't show what to work on.
- After every mock exam, a report broken down by topic
- Every round also gets a full report and insight, compared with the last round
- Strengths & Gaps builds up round by round: the more your child does, the clearer the picture
Wrong answers, but no idea how to learn from them — and it's hard to keep going
Children know an answer is wrong but not how to think about that kind of question; practice gets dull and hard to stick with.
- Every wrong answer has an explanation
- Methods are taught on video
- Every effort and every step forward lights up a star, with a study buddy alongside
Every child, their own pace
MockStar keeps working to give children a better way to learn.