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The big question is whether you enjoy 4U. But it seems like you didn't do badly in Prelim for Physics so it could pick up. I also failed my motor assessment and ended up with 88 (though it was my worst subject). Unfortunately, I think you need more time to stick with both. If you really can't...

From what I recall, there's the percentile score and then the score out of 300. The generally quoted UMAT score is the sum of percentiles in each of the 3 sections, so they are not exactly raw scores. Last year had I got another 2-3 marks in a certain Section (Section 1? I think) the bell score...

It depends what kind of mark you want. If you produce a quality essay with obscure texts rather than well-known texts, you are more likely to do better because it is refreshing, and it is less likely to be criticised (as it isn't well-known). Trust me. It's worth searching carefully for your...

assessment marks mean Nothing I wouldn't say this is completely true. In the rare instance that 2 people get the exact same HSC mark and the same internal mark (e.g. competing for 1st in the State, for example) I believe the raw assessment mark has something to do with it, as does the overall...

Yes. Try to go for something a little bit obscure, but with enough depth to discuss in detail. It takes effort to find stuff like that, but you have plenty of time to look before the HSC.

This is how it is worked out - you finish your school terms, and get a rank from your school. Then you sit the HSC. You get a mark from the HSC, which becomes your HSC mark after scaling for that subject. However, the maximum HSC mark obtained by a student from a particular school becomes the...

500K+ is only if you're very lucky and have the right connections. Very few people get that much; so if you're aiming for investment banking be prepared to work really hard and hopefully with luck you'll be in that category. Otherwise you'll have to settle for significantly less. Plus you have...

You should do approximately 2-3 hours per night during the HSC year. On weekends this can increase anywhere from 0-18 hours/day depending on assignments and what-not. (18 hours is the absolute max, most weekends would be something like 4 or 5 hrs a day). During Trial HSC and HSC time, I studied...

99.75 Strangely, some of my friends predicted that I would get exactly this.

Chemistry 92 91 (92) Economics 95 91 (93) English Advanced 95 93 (94) Mathematics Extension 1 98 99 (99) Mathematics Extension 2 96 95 (96) Surprised English was so good, and that my Eco school mark dragged me down.

I got the last of my trial marks today. Most of my trials were decent, but my aspirations are still significantly higher. Ranks are approximate as my school gives no ranks. English 2U 82 avg 81 rank prob. 90something/170 since the median generally is above the avg. - disturbing as about half of...

My weakest subject right now is Physics by a long shot. So, is there any special way people study particularly for Physics? Right now I'm using Jacaranda and Excel as a backup to make notes based on the Syllabus. My school seems to have a habit of giving questions in a style that I haven't seen...

Simple as in, those ones you can find instructions for on the Net, with the looped coil and some coal posts suspended by a foam board and a magnet underneath, connected to a battery. Obviously, my school is looking for something more complicated, as they have stressed the use of electromagnets...

Anyone? Please? I'm sure anyone who's done the motor assessment before can help me out here. At the moment, I'm not sure what I should do.

Alright, I'm starting to stress about this model DC motor we have to build under exam conditions. It's a fair way off, in Week 5, but I'm not sure what to do right now. I tried making a really simple motor, and that worked, but in the one they specify it has to have electromagnets. It just says...

You are flying on aplane at a constant velocity and drop a coin out of it, describe the motion of the coin as you observe it from the plain. The coin is going to have the same horizontal velocity as the plane, so from your POV it will travel straight down, as you in the plane will remain...

I've found the answer for most of them, but thanks anyway. After much research and effort today, I've finally completed my notes for Section 4 of Space, by FAR the most difficult section. Galileo stated that the laws of mechanics are the same for a body at rest and a body moving at constant...

1) Who proposed the principle of relativity? Galileo or Newton? My textbooks conflict. On that note, how much do we need to know for frames of reference? Just what they are? 2) Is it necessary in considering the aether model in the Syllabus to mention Descartes, Hooke, Huygens, Young, Fresnel...

I think the reason why it's complicated is that they didn't know which direction the aether wind was in. And, that interference stuff was confusing if you didn't get the whole picture. Add to that the fact they had no idea that the speed of light is constant and a whole lot of mess follows.

I finally get it now, after reading about a speedboat race analogy. Basically, in a river, the aether wind would act like the current, so by comparing light rays heading across the aether and into the aether, they could calculate a value for the aether wind as the wind would attribute to the...