✨ 99.90 UNSW MED SCHOLARSHIP STUDENT | USyd Chancellor's Award & UNSW Scientia Scholar | NSW Education Minister's Award | 99% UCAT/LAT | Rank 1 NSW High School | Featured on SMH and Sky News | Offered UQ, UA, UWA, Notre Dame Med | Extensive Tutoring Experience✨
🚨Very Limited Availability - online/hybrid lessons only!🚨
👋 Hello! I’m Josh, a 2023 graduate from North Sydney Boys High School (ranked 1st in NSW 2023) and Medical Student at the University of New South Wales, the most in-demand undergraduate course. Having achieved a 99.90 ATAR and excellent results in standard HSC courses, external aptitude tests, and leadership activities, as well as my first choice of undergraduate medicine in each state I applied to, I feel that I am well placed to offer you or your child (from Year 7 to Year 12) a unique and highly individualised learning journey.
🪪 My academic qualifications include an ATAR of 99.90 (one step away from the highest possible ATAR), a high-99th percentile UCAT 🩺 score of 3460, a perfect LAT 📑 score of 100, and a state ranking in accelerated IPT 🖥️.
🎓 I am currently a UNSW All-Rounder Scholar for the BMedMD (one of a very select group of students studying medicine on a per-annum scholarship). I was also awarded both the University of Sydney Chancellor's Award and the University of New South Wales' Scientia Scholarship in recognition of my outstanding academic achievements and dedication to extracurricular commitments, in addition to undergraduate med offers at 4 of the best universities in Australia.
🖊️ My external HSC marks are as follows:
English Advanced: 97/100
English Extension 1: 48/50
Maths Advanced: 99/100
Maths Extension: 49/50
Biology: 96/100
Information Processes and Technology: 97/100
Legal Studies: 95/100
🏫 My internal HSC ranks are as follows:
English Advanced: 7th (97% average)
English Extension 1: 6th (97% average)
Maths Advanced: 3rd (95% average)
Biology: 2nd (88% average)
Legal Studies: 1st (99% average)
Information Processes and Technology: 1st (Accelerated HSC Course)
🏆 I also received the NSW Minister for Education's Award for Excellence in Student Achievement, the highest possible commendation awarded by the Deputy Premier for all-round excellence in academics, leadership, volunteering, and extracurricular activities in service to the school and the community, in addition to countless other external events and achievements I was involved in.
💼 I work as a professional debating and speaking competition adjudicator for the NSW Department of Education, and volunteer at the UNSW Museum of Human Disease and Anatomy as a tutor/guide for HSC Biology students. I have had prior experience working in tutoring centres for HSC subjects and UCAT, including roles which required interstate travel and large classes.
😎 What differentiates me from other tutors with similar results and commendations is my pedagogical philosophy, which revolves around finding the perfect balance between guidance and self-directed learning; too often, students are either overly spoon-fed by doting teachers or tutors and lack the motivation and independent thinking skills to achieve success in their own pursuits, or left overwhelmed by a vast quantity of studying material and resources available in school and online without any structure or direction on how to fully take advantage of this information overload!
In my lessons, I will use a 3-step model to ensure efficient and thorough retention of information and content: identify, personalise, and practice. Firstly, I will help the student identify their weaknesses in particular subject areas through examining teacher feedback, homework, and consultation. Too often, valuable feedback, a critical component of the learning process, is overlooked by students who are unable to process or implement recommendations. Secondly, I will then help the student in creating personalised techniques to proactively address these weaknesses and create strategies to prevent careless mistakes or key errors from being repeated in future assessments. Finally, I will ensure that the student is practicing applying these techniques through questions and revision sessions, as it is only through practicing the right things that perfection is made!
By signing up with me, you will receive:
📝 Access to my extensive OneNote content notes (condensed, highlighted notes from the syllabus and most common textbooks, including hand-drawn diagrams and images)
📜 Access to my extensive pre-exam notes (lists of the most common mistakes I and other students made to reinforce your confidence and increase your awareness immediately before the exam)
💁♂️ Unlimited online help outside of lesson times, including guidance with assignments and examinations
✅ Marking of draft assignments and personalised feedback on assessment task performance
💰 Pricing:
$90-100/hr for 1 on 1 sessions ($80-90/hr for online-only lessons)
$50/hr for small group sessions (minimum 3, maximum 6 students)
☎️ Contact:
💬 Message me using this website
📰 Read my feature article in SMH by searching "Senior Prefect Joshua Chan"
📺 Watch my live TV interview with Sky News by searching "Joshua Chan Sky News"
🎥 Socials:
joshuackchan (IG)
/in/joshuackchan
I am always open to negotiation regarding times, subjects and rates 😁 - good luck with your high school journey, and I hope I can be a part of it!
