Everest Tutoring guides
Everest Tutoring publishes 12 guides across four areas: the GATE selective-entry test and its four components, how the ATAR is calculated in WA and how to plan the WACE exam block, UCAT dates and subtests, and how small-group classes compare with a private tutor. Each one is dated, sourced and written by a named tutor.
Updated 13 September 2026
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Newest first. Each guide carries at least one table, its sources and the date it was last checked.
| Guide | Area | Author | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| What is ASET? | GATE and ASET | Hari Ravichandran | 13 September 2026 |
| How GATE is scored | GATE and ASET | Hari Ravichandran | 13 September 2026 |
| GATE cut-off scores by school | GATE and ASET | Hari Ravichandran | 13 September 2026 |
| Year 4 vs Year 5 vs Year 6 preparation timeline | GATE and ASET | Hari Ravichandran | 13 September 2026 |
| Reading Comprehension walkthrough | GATE and ASET | Hari Ravichandran | 13 September 2026 |
| Quantitative Reasoning walkthrough | GATE and ASET | Hari Ravichandran | 13 September 2026 |
| Abstract Reasoning walkthrough | GATE and ASET | Hari Ravichandran | 13 September 2026 |
| Writing walkthrough | GATE and ASET | Hari Ravichandran | 13 September 2026 |
| How the ATAR is calculated in WA | ATAR and WACE | Aaron | 13 September 2026 |
| WACE exam timetable and a six-week study plan | ATAR and WACE | Aaron | 13 September 2026 |
| UCAT ANZ dates and test format | UCAT | Abilaash | 13 September 2026 |
| Small-group class or private tutor? | For parents | Hari Ravichandran | 13 September 2026 |
GATE and ASET
How the selective-entry test works, how it is scored, and what to do in Year 4, 5 and 6.
What is ASET?
ASET is the Academic Selective Entrance Test the WA Department of Education runs every March for entry to the gifted and talented ...
How GATE is scored
ASET results are reported as one combined score built from the four components, then ranked against the whole cohort, so entry dep...
GATE cut-off scores by school
Selective entry in WA works from one ranked ASET score, so each academic program fills from the top down and its entry point moves...
Year 4 vs Year 5 vs Year 6 preparation timeline
Year 6 students sit ASET in March, so Year 5 is the year that does the work and Year 4 is the year that makes it easier. Everest T...
Reading Comprehension walkthrough
The Reading Comprehension component of ASET tests inference rather than recall: most answers are implied by the passage instead of...
Quantitative Reasoning walkthrough
Quantitative Reasoning on ASET uses primary-school arithmetic inside unfamiliar question shapes: tables, timetables, maps, rates a...
Abstract Reasoning walkthrough
Abstract Reasoning on ASET asks students to find the rule governing a set of shapes and apply it, with no words and no arithmetic....
Writing walkthrough
The Writing component of ASET asks for one extended piece to an unseen prompt, judged on ideas, structure, vocabulary and control ...
ATAR and WACE
How the ATAR is built in WA, and how to plan the six weeks before the exams.
How the ATAR is calculated in WA
In WA the ATAR is calculated by TISC from a student's best four scaled scores, not their raw school marks. Each ATAR course is sca...
WACE exam timetable and a six-week study plan
WACE written examinations run from late October to mid November each year, with the personalised timetable published by SCSA month...
UCAT
Test dates, the four subtests, and how the result is used.
For parents
Choosing between formats, and what tutoring in Perth actually costs.
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