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Why novicate was founded

VCE schooling is already a tough 2 years. For students with aspirational academic & career goals, it is challenging finding the right VCE support that pushes them to achieve an above Raw 40+ mark.

Most tutoring lacks structure (which leaves students scattered) and use low-level resources appropriate for average-scoring students (which fails to guide students to a Raw 40+ standard). Even more importantly, most tutoring & schools focus primarily on teaching theory, while overlooking the other 50% of achieving high marks - Knowing how to apply this theory to test questions to score marks.

To solve this issue, Novicate was founded to synergise comprehensive Raw 40+ theory teaching with a focus on answering VCE questions.

How we teach

Empowering Students with

Answering

Mastery

Empowering Students

With Answering

Mastery

Unleash Your Confidence and Conquer Any Question!
A common struggle amongst students is pouring hours into study but still losing "silly marks" on tests/exams. We've fixed this.
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Understand how VCE questions are written

Learn high-level VCE theory along with common questions for each topic.

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Learn Novicate’s repeatable answering strategies

This step-by-step approach to answering questions teaches students a clear test strategy

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Practice with real tutor feedback

Learn from your mistakes again and again. Novicate tutors guide your answering skills weekly.

Our Method Makes Dream Scores a Reality

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Find Out Why

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Of Our

Students Recommend Novicate

Brain stimulating
experience
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Interactive learning process
Sarah John
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Score Achieved:

RAW 44

Sarah John
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"Novicate's exceptional support and top-tier tutors transformed my biology struggles into confidence. Highly recommend to all VCE students!"

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Score Achieved:

RAW 44

Isabella Noah
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Score Achieved:

RAW 44

Isabella Noah
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"Novicate's exceptional support and top-tier tutors transformed my biology struggles into confidence. Highly recommend to all VCE students!"

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Score Achieved:

RAW 44

Thomas N.
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Score Achieved:

RAW 44

Thomas N.
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"Novicate's exceptional support and top-tier tutors transformed my biology struggles into confidence. Highly recommend to all VCE students!"

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Score Achieved:

RAW 44

Sheraz Shakeel

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VCE Student

“I found that having questions set out and reviewed by Phillipe definitely helped me come SAC time. Another thing overlooked in VCE Biology is knowing how to answer questions... I would definitely recommend [Novicate] tutoring because we had a set time to answering exam-style questions... helping score higher marks “

Sharnica

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VCE Student

“Phillipe is such a genuine tutor! I attended his 3/4 revision lessons and he shared some great tipsthat are almost guaranteed to help you succeed in VCE bio. Not only is he very knowledgeable, but he also has such a genuine passion for helping students out. Thanks Phillipe foranswering my many questions, giving detailed how-tos about bio success and being someone that I could reach out to for any help! “

22' Graduate

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VCE Student

“I got a 50 in bio. I am absolutely amazed. Thanks so much for all your help this year :)) “

Sheraz Shakeel

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VCE Student

“I found that having questions set out and reviewed by Phillipe definitely helped me come SAC time. Another thing overlooked in VCE Biology is knowing how to answer questions... I would definitely recommend [Novicate] tutoring because we had a set time to answering exam-style questions... helping score higher marks “

Sharnica

Green checkmark, representing approval or success in Novicate’s VCE preparation courses.
VCE Student

“Phillipe is such a genuine tutor! I attended his 3/4 revision lessons and he shared some great tipsthat are almost guaranteed to help you succeed in VCE bio. Not only is he very knowledgeable, but he also has such a genuine passion for helping students out. Thanks Phillipe foranswering my many questions, giving detailed how-tos about bio success and being someone that I could reach out to for any help! “

Mark

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VCE Student

“I got a 50 in bio. I am absolutely amazed. Thanks so much for all your help this year :)) “

Our Passionate Tutors

Senalee Yapa Udawela

BMedSci Graduate

Senalee Yapa Udawela

BMedSci Graduate
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Raw 47
Doctor of Medicine
1000s Hours Tutoring & Marking
Tutoring since 2018

Samuel Ting

Chemistry 3/4

Samuel Ting

Chemistry 3/4
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Raw 50 Chemistry (Premier's)
Doctor of Medicine at Monash
DUX of EDSC
RAW 99.85

Ruihan Huang

Biology & Chemistry

Ruihan Huang

Biology & Chemistry
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Raw 49 Biology and Raw 45 Chemistry
Doctor of Medicine at Monash
3+ years
99.75

Nathan Stanford

Monash Engineering

Nathan Stanford

Monash Engineering
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Debating Noah
Executive Student Support
Proxime Accessit of Brighton Secondary College
99.35 ATAR

Kiyo Wong

Physics & Maths (Methods, Specialist)

Kiyo Wong

Physics & Maths (Methods, Specialist)
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Raw 50 Physics
DUX of McKinnon Secondary
Experienced writing & marking 1000s of Questions
99.85 ATAR

Hirunaka Ekanayake

3230 UCAT (97th percentile)

Hirunaka Ekanayake

3230 UCAT (97th percentile)
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Raw 47
Biology Tutor & Medicine Mentor
Melbourne Grammar School Captain
99.25 ATAR

Hayley Stanich

Qualified Teacher

Hayley Stanich

Qualified Teacher
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VCE Biology & Chemistry Study Author
1-on-1 & Group
Bachelor of Biomedical Science
Experience writing & marking 1000s of VCE Questions

Hayden Li

Melbourne High School Subject Prize 2024

Hayden Li

Melbourne High School Subject Prize 2024
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Raw 47 General Maths
Raw 48 Psych
98.60 ATAR

Dr Phillipe Adamtchek

Biology 3/4

Dr Phillipe Adamtchek

Biology 3/4
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Raw 50
Medical Doctor
VCE Author
Monash DUX

Dr Kiran Baireddy

Chemistry 3/4 LMS Author

Dr Kiran Baireddy

Chemistry 3/4 LMS Author
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50 + Premier's (#1 in Victoria)
Medical Doctor
VCE Author
99.20 ATAR

Dr Joey Ong

Chemistry 1/2 LMS Author

Dr Joey Ong

Chemistry 1/2 LMS Author
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Dentist
6+ Years Tutoring Experience
99.55 ATAR

Dr Amir Saleh

Biology 1/2 LMS Author

Dr Amir Saleh

Biology 1/2 LMS Author
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50
Medical Doctor
VCE Author
99.20 ATAR

Aayushi Khillan

Psychology 3/4 LMS Author

Aayushi Khillan

Psychology 3/4 LMS Author
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50 + Premier's (#1 in Victoria)
MD-PhD Candidate
VCAA Board Member
99.90 ATAR (Chancellor's)

A message from the Founder!

I came-up with the idea of Novicate as something that I would’ve wanted during my high school years. I was never naturally smart. In fact, during Year 9 I was barely scrapping C’s. Fast-forward only a few years, I scored a Raw 50, became DUX of Monash Biomedical Science and achieved my life-long dream of getting admitted into Medicine. In Year 9, never in my dreams did I imagine I could actually achieve these. So what changed?
Number 1, I surrounded myself with high-achievers who inspired me to become like them. I adopted their strategies and techniques that were passed down to them. Across a few years, I developed an exam-answering technique, that has morphed into Novicate’s proprietary answering strategy.

Through Novicate. I hope to continue inspiring high schools to dream big & achieve their goals. Because with hard work, structure and the right mentorship, your academic journey can be transformed, just as mine did.

So why wait? Start studying with novicate now!

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