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    2nd related for mod C history and memory (50th gate)

    im finding a second related for my mod C is a newspaper article type thing ok? http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1957088,00.html its from time but im not sure
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    do selective schools 'mark more harshly?'

    so in a selective rank 6 would they mark more harshly during internal assesments? and how would they compare with the state? i'm not doing great in english all my marks are around 11-12 out of 15 (also probs worst subject) but then other people are like it's completely fine, if you went to...
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    good at science but bad at maths

    i do 2u maths which i am horrible horrible at but i also do bio and chem which im both pretty good at i was advised against doing chem because people said that it involved a lot of maths and that you'll only be good at it if your good at maths but that doesn't seem to have been the case
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    2u maths textbooks for more practice?

    which textbooks should i get to practice more math questions i normally understand the concepts but when it comes to exams i don't do really well because i find it difficult to apply to harder questions so textbooks with more advanced questions? at school we're using jones and couchman...
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    What courses are you interested in doing in uni?

    i'm interested in going to melbourne uni to do bachelor of science (mainly melb just because i want a change of scene) but i feel as though science isn't really seen as a good degree because it has a lower atar for entry (83-85) (selective school) but i don't really know what i want to do yet...
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    Study Patterns

    With our first HSC Assessment 1 exams coming up how is everyone preparing? I've read so many times to study for about an hour and take like a 5 min break but I find that once I start I just keep going and if I take a break I just lose my concentration. Does anyone else get this and is it 'bad'?
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    atar estimate from preliminary report marks?

    i was playing around with atar calculators and decided to plug in my preliminary report marks to see what I would get it said 73.45 that being said though I didn't really try very hard in year 11 and now I regret it. I'm really worried about how well I'll do this year English and Maths...
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    Dropping my 11th unit? Doing 10 Units?

    At the moment I'm doing English Advanced Maths (2 unit) Chemistry Biology Music Music Ext I have a total of 11 units but my eleventh is from music extension which just kinda tacked onto the end. I was looking at atar calculators online and things and it seems no matter how I good I...
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    Writing Notes for Chemistry??

    We only did module 2 of industrial chem and kinda learnt equilibriums at the same time? I'm confused on the order we are learning things in and I personally prefer to do things in order so I like to have the syllabus as a guide so I can tick things off and be sure that I've covered everything...
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    Tips/Books for self-learning Ext. 1 & 2 Maths

    i only do 2 unit maths and I don't go to tutoring, don't have that great a teacher and I myself am horrible at maths what I've been doing so far this year is basically learning whatever we do in class and then I go to scribd and I got the cambridge textbook and do the questions that are in there...
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    Rhetorical Questions in English Essays

    we kinda discussed this in our english lesson today we were discussing our first english exam which is the oral on belonging our teacher said that even in an oral exam it is better not to use them as it can make your presentation seem too informal, but if you choose them you have to use them...
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    Writing Notes for Chemistry??

    I want to start writing out my notes for chemistry but I have an issue at school we are learning the syllabus in a weird order we started with module 2 of our optional topic (industrial chemistry) with 2 dot points from another topic now we are going back and doing 9.5 the acidic environment...
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    Accidentally didn't go to class for a period

    today I accidentally didn't go to class because I was really looking forward to my period and then I got my timetable mixed up so I kinda had 2 free periods because of this. I really didn't want to miss the class that I did because it was one that had a lot of content. I feel so bad right...
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    Anybody doing Extension Music (musicology especially)??

    If anybody else here is doing music extension I need your help! I can't think of a topic that I want to do, has good information and I think I'll be able to adequately research and do well in. At the moment I am thinking of doing folk music and its influence in music of different cultures...
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    Study Plan Discussion for Year 12 Course

    I'll be doing about 2 hours each night hopefully, until the workload gets heavier for most of my subjects this seems like a good amount to get started with and how are you planning to study for english each night? for my other subjects I'm fine but I'm stumped for what to actually do for...
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