6 North Sydney Girls High School
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This is perhaps the most selective and hard to get in school in the whole of Australia. Because of its academic selectiveness, it has produced a high rate of success in the results in the recent academic years starting from year 7 to 12
- Culture- one can perhaps say its strength is derived from its high emphasis on academics, and extra-curricular activities such as orchestra, sports, Debating, band and community work.
- Curriculum: ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) The schools high academic profile and reputation as a leading girls school rests on its outstanding ATAR results in external examinations.
- Criteria for selection- Have to be Australian or New Zealand citizen or have a permanent resident ship certificate. Then your educational past performance, performance in academic competitions, interest in co-curricular activities, etc are closely scrutinised.
- Status- Government
- Admission Process: fully selective
- Gender: All Girls
- Fee- $2, 213 AD
- Seats-917 approx.
- Uniform - Compulsory
- Climate- North Sydney is a city with a lot of rainfall; the average temperature is 5.9 degrees.
- Website: https://www.northsydgi-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/public/
- Address- 365 Pacific Hwy, Crows Nest NSW 2065, Australia, +61 2 9922 6666
7Raffles Junior College, Singapore
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This is one of the most searched and researched school online especially by Asian parents because it is considered among the best schools in the world and the best in the region. In 2015 alone this school got 39 offers from Cambridge alone! It is an independent school, offering secondary education through a boys-only Year 1-4 section and pre-university education through a coeducational Year 5-6 section.
- Culture: Due to its rigorous academic excellence as is the traditional way in Asia it have the highest Ivy League admissions in the world. It believes the world is highly competitive and they sure make you sharp enough to cut through the jungle out there.
- Curriculum: GCE A levels: Preuniversity certification
- Status - Government, fully selective
- Gender- (1-4) considered secondary only boys; (5-6) equivalent to Pre University is co educational
- Fee- National students $300SGD and International $1800SGD per month
- Uniform - Compulsory
- Seats- 4000
- Climate- Due to its closeness to sea and geotropically position Singapore enjoys uniform temperature, high humidity and abundant rainfall. The average temperature ranges from 25-31 degrees
- Website: http://www.ri.edu.sg/
- Address-1 Raffles Institution Lane, Singapore 575954
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8Mac. Robertson Girls High School, Victoria
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This is a highly competitive and fully selective All-girls school in Australia and its obvious why. It has a long and famous tradition of academic excellence and has repeatedly been named in lists of the top ten schools in the country.
- Culture- The rigorous academic performance of the school shas given the school the prestigious record of 100percent completion of VCE which is Victoria's high School Leaving Percentage.
- Curriculum: VCE
- Status- Government
- Admission Process - fully selective
- Gender- All Girls
- Fee-$ 1, 600 AUD
- Uniform- compulsory
- Seats- 970
- Climate-Melbourne has a mild oceanic climate, summers are usually very hot and have sudden change in weather like rain or thunderstorms etc. winters are moderately cold with temperature going down 2 degrees below zero and rain.
- Website: https://www.macrob.vic.edu.au/
- Address- 350-370 Kings Way, Melbourne VIC 3004, Australia, +61 3 9864 7700
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9University of Toronto School, Canada
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Among the top 20 world's best schools, UTS, as it is popularly called, is a rigorous academic institution with great stress out on subject matter and the mentorship provided by highly skilled teachers. Found in 1910 is preparatory school once for the elites but now for anyone with merit.
- Culture: The school ensures its students represent a diversity of ethnic, socio-economic, gender, sexual, and religious identities.
- Curriculum - Secondary and senior secondary: Affiliated to University of Pennsylvania with greater significance to technical and science-based subjects.
- Gender- Co-educational
- Uniform- Not Compulsory
- Seats- nor revealed
- Fee- contact school
- Website: https://www.utschools.ca/
- Climate- Toronto has a semi-continental weather, with warm humid summers and cold winters; there is a lot of snow during the winter months till March.
- Address- Humbert Site, 30 Humbert Street Toronto, ON M6J 1M5 Tel: (416) 978-3212
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10Harrow School Middlesex, UK
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Like Eaton this school is a rich historical institution established in 1572 as an all-boys preparatory school and widely considered as one of the best schools in the world. It's a full boarding school from the grades of 6 to 12th. The school is a rich educational experience with a reputation to match because it has been home to 8 British and Indian prime ministers including Baldwin, Palmerston, Winston Churchill and Jawaharlal Nehru.
- Curriculum: GCSE (for academic years 9 to 12)
- Culture- Harrow has been educating boys since past 448 years and its credentials are corroborated by the aristocracy, nobility of the yesteryears and the genteel class of today.
- Seats- 800
- Gender- All Boys
- Uniform - Compulsory
- Fee- 13,350 pounds per term extra charge for additional tuition in any given subject.
- Climate- The climate is warm and temperate and rainy. The average annual temperature is around 10 degrees.
- Address-5 High St, Harrow HA1 3HP, United Kingdom
- Website-harrowschool.org.uk
- Phone- +44 20 8872 8000
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