Tutoring VCE: Eng, Ita, Physics, Methods, Spesh, Legal: 97.70 ENTER at a State School

PaoloT · 5 Jan 2006, 3:19 PM

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Hi all

I have just completed my VCE and am about to study Law/Science at Melbourne Uni. As well as making some extra money on the side, I would love to help people with maths especially as I have found by helping others, it enables me to really understand the work. As part of my double degree, I am uncertain which years I will undertake maths/physics subjects, and so would like to keep working at it. I really enjoy maths, especially areas such as Calculus, and so my first preference would be to tutor VCE students (11/12). Having just finished VCE, I am fully aware of the pressures future students will be under, as well as the standard required. I was also Student Representative Council President for 2 years, and represented students on a variety of committees (including School Council and the Curiculumn Committee). Thanks to this, I understand how the system works (ranking, scaling etc) and as a results can share the strategies I used.

I achieved an ENTER score of 97.70 at a state school (Gladstone Park Secondary College) and was awarded Valedictorian and Dux for my scores.
I undertook the following subjects with the following results:

ENTER: 97.70

Legal Studies: A+ A+ A+ 44 (top 3% of the state) (Completed while in Yr 11)
English: A+ A+ A+ 41 (top 6% of state)
Italian: A+ A+ A 41 (top 6% of state)
Methods: A+ A+ A+ 41 (top 6% of state)
Specialist: A A B+ 34
Physics: B+ A A 35

Have heaps of resources for maths and physics I am willing to share with you!

$20-25 per hour

Live in Tullamarine: am willing to travel, but not too far! Email me to see what we can do!

Paolo Tatti
paolot88@hotmail.com

Baiku · 5 Jan 2006, 4:07 PM

How familiar are you with the new mathematics study design ?

PaoloT · 5 Jan 2006, 10:15 PM

Hey Baiku,

Having been on the schools Curriculumn Committee, and speaking with various math's teachers from time to time, I am fairly familiar with many of the changes (well, what's known about them anyway: exams still seem to be a bit unknown. The basic format of them is, but how things will be asked etc is still being questioned).

I have a few resources to help me out...I am aware a few things have been taken out (eg. Probability seems to be the major change: hypergeometric distributions have been taken out, bits and pieces revised/removed).

There have been a few minor changes at Units 1/2 eg. kinematics added to Gen Math etc.

It seems the major change is the calculator issue, and that'll probably be what throws most students off, especially if they havn't been taught from year 7 how to not use a calculator.

EDIT: On the exam issue, most questions will be answered I guess when VCAA produce a sample set of exams from the new course. As far as I know, past exam questions and sample papers will still set the standard for the type of questions on exam 2 (with calculator) but how things are will be answered hopefully in the next month or two.

Roguedeth · 7 Jan 2006, 10:23 AM

haha probability i did the 2005 exam and during it i was wondering wtf no hypergeometric and scared i thought hypergeometric was binomial but it seems it wasnt in it ^_^

PaoloT · 7 Jan 2006, 1:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roguedeth

haha probability i did the 2005 exam and during it i was wondering wtf no hypergeometric and scared i thought hypergeometric was binomial but it seems it wasnt in it ^_^

hmmm....that was still in the 2005 course....i coulda sworn there was at least 1 multiple choice question on our exam relating to hypergeometric prob....i'll have to go and find my exam book and check (that is, if i can find it lol).

fnkychk · 7 Jan 2006, 4:43 PM

I remember that there was...and I think the answer was 1/3 or 1/2.

5 Jan 2006, 3:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
PaoloT Junior Member HSC: 2005 Gender: Male Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 25 Last Activity: 4 Nov 2007, 11:59 PM	Tutoring VCE: Eng, Ita, Physics, Methods, Spesh, Legal: 97.70 ENTER at a State School You can hide this advertisement by registering. Hi all I have just completed my VCE and am about to study Law/Science at Melbourne Uni. As well as making some extra money on the side, I would love to help people with maths especially as I have found by helping others, it enables me to really understand the work. As part of my double degree, I am uncertain which years I will undertake maths/physics subjects, and so would like to keep working at it. I really enjoy maths, especially areas such as Calculus, and so my first preference would be to tutor VCE students (11/12). Having just finished VCE, I am fully aware of the pressures future students will be under, as well as the standard required. I was also Student Representative Council President for 2 years, and represented students on a variety of committees (including School Council and the Curiculumn Committee). Thanks to this, I understand how the system works (ranking, scaling etc) and as a results can share the strategies I used. I achieved an ENTER score of 97.70 at a state school (Gladstone Park Secondary College) and was awarded Valedictorian and Dux for my scores. I undertook the following subjects with the following results: ENTER: 97.70 Legal Studies: A+ A+ A+ 44 (top 3% of the state) (Completed while in Yr 11) English: A+ A+ A+ 41 (top 6% of state) Italian: A+ A+ A 41 (top 6% of state) Methods: A+ A+ A+ 41 (top 6% of state) Specialist: A A B+ 34 Physics: B+ A A 35 Have heaps of resources for maths and physics I am willing to share with you! $20-25 per hour Live in Tullamarine: am willing to travel, but not too far! Email me to see what we can do! Paolo Tatti paolot88@hotmail.com

5 Jan 2006, 10:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
PaoloT Junior Member HSC: 2005 Gender: Male Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 25 Last Activity: 4 Nov 2007, 11:59 PM	Hey Baiku, Having been on the schools Curriculumn Committee, and speaking with various math's teachers from time to time, I am fairly familiar with many of the changes (well, what's known about them anyway: exams still seem to be a bit unknown. The basic format of them is, but how things will be asked etc is still being questioned). I have a few resources to help me out...I am aware a few things have been taken out (eg. Probability seems to be the major change: hypergeometric distributions have been taken out, bits and pieces revised/removed). There have been a few minor changes at Units 1/2 eg. kinematics added to Gen Math etc. It seems the major change is the calculator issue, and that'll probably be what throws most students off, especially if they havn't been taught from year 7 how to not use a calculator. EDIT: On the exam issue, most questions will be answered I guess when VCAA produce a sample set of exams from the new course. As far as I know, past exam questions and sample papers will still set the standard for the type of questions on exam 2 (with calculator) but how things are will be answered hopefully in the next month or two. Last edited by PaoloT; 5 Jan 2006 at 10:19 PM.

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