Suzanne Cory High School (abbreviated as SCHS) is a government-funded mixed-sex academically selective secondary day school located in , in the western region of Melbourne, Australia. The school caters for students from Year 9 to Year 12. Enrolment is offered to those having reached a high aptitude in the annual selective entry high schools entrance examination run by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. Overview The school was established in 2011 with two hundred inaugural Year 9 students. In 2014, the school, for the first time, accommodated a full cohort of eight hundred students, ranging from Years 9 to 12. It is one of three additional selective high schools in Victoria, alongside John Monash Science School and Nossal High School, that were established as the result of a government policy of expansion, increasing the number of fully selective government schools in Victoria. Prior to the addition of these schools, Mac.Robertson Girls' High School and Melbourne High School were the sole academic selective entry schools in Victoria. Located in the suburb of Werribee, the school is in close proximity to Werribee Mercy Hospital and Hoppers Crossing railway station. Suzanne Cory High School is situated adjacent to Victoria University, giving students access to university facilities, programs, and academic staff. The school is named in honour of the renowned Australian biologist, Professor Suzanne Cory. In tribute to Cory, the school logo depicts a gene strand, the aurantiacus, which was discovered by her. Enrolment Entry into selective schools is competitive. In 2011, exclusively 955 places were available for over 5000 applicants. Students in their second year of secondary schooling are applicable to sit a three hour long examination which measures aptitude in six component tests: numerical reasoning, verbal reasoning, reading comprehension, mathematics, creative writing, and analytical writing. The DET allows a maximum of five percent of Year 8 students from any given Australian school to be admitted into four selective schools: Mac.Robertson Girls' High School, Melbourne High School, Nossal High School, and Suzanne Cory High School. However, five percent of enrolments are filled through the Principal's Discretion Category. Students who are denied first round offers are given a chance to be seated in an interview. Over one hundred applicants are placed in this interview for less than twenty positions. In addition, the 'Equity Considerations policy', adapted by the DET allows ten percent of Year 9 enrolments to be filled through this manner.