Solution part 1 - enrol her for scholarship tests at two or three schools.

Solution part 2 - organise some one-to-one tutoring through Consolidated Coaching Colleges with a specialist scholarship tutor over a three month period.

The tutoring at no stage involved "teaching" in maths or language. Rather it involved her "learning" exam technique and developing her own self-confidence.

Outcome - a bright student confident of her abilities to perform up to her best in the scholarship test.

Vicki was awarded a scholarship, but that was not the only outcome. The real value in the tutoring was that it ensured she was capable of performing to the limits of her ability, not under-perform.

Andrew was facing up to his final year of VCE at the local secondary college. He had always struggled with the sciences at school, but wanted to pursue that as a career once he left school.

In January, his parents organised some intensive tutoring through Consolidated Coaching Colleges, three hours a week to get him ready for the year in front of him. Then they arranged for the tutor to come for a 90 minute session every week to ensure he kept up with his work.

Andrew at no stage felt "lost" during the year, his confidence grew, and some of those gaps he had been carrying from earlier years were filled.

Result - assignments were no problem (either in timing or in content) and he got the necessary TER to get into Science at Melbourne University.