Thoughts on the Half Yearly Exams (2 Viewers)

[Lolsmith]

Well, if she's good enough for James Ruse, she's probably a bit above standard than that of a school more than 500 places behind it.

It's good to know that they don't force you to do such things, then. Cleared up some misconceptions I would have had about the intellectual elite, I suppose.

Good luck with your future exams. Don't stress too much.

 

[nutcracker]

Cleared up some misconceptions I would have had about the intellectual elite, I suppose.

lol. you do realise the reason they force people who can't handle certain subjects to drop them is so that they can maintain a high average in those subjects, right? yeahhh. T_T'

 

[b00m]

Mm, bad for me is.. think about 19marks less than what b00m guessed =\
Last exams I got about 45/63, and my mother said I couldn't've done much worse.. hence not being exactly ecstatic about telling her this time ==

aand, she taught me in yr9! she's pretty cute. uh, that didn't sound quite right.

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did you just call your mother cute?

:jaw:

 

[xXmuffin0manXx]

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did you just call your mother cute?

:jaw:

the teacher


but dw..i initially thought that as well

"uh, that didn't sound quite right." didnt really help either

 

[Lolsmith]

lol. you do realise the reason they force people who can't handle certain subjects to drop them is so that they can maintain a high average in those subjects, right? yeahhh. T_T'

I guess that's better than forcing them to do subjects that are considered more challenging just so their school looks smarter. i.e: "if you can't do 4U maths, GTFO."

Either way, how do you find Ruse? Do you think you'd prefer a less 'high pressure' school?

 

[nutcracker]

I guess that's better than forcing them to do subjects that are considered more challenging just so their school looks smarter. i.e: "if you can't do 4U maths, GTFO."

Either way, how do you find Ruse? Do you think you'd prefer a less 'high pressure' school?

true true.

naaah. no matter how much i complain, i don't think i would like being anywhere else as much as i like ruse
sometimes the pressure and the competitiveness piss me off, but then i know that there is a lot of work i probably wouldn't be bothered doing if it weren't for all the pressure. actually, it's mainly just the maths department that pisses me off. i'm okay with everything else
i love ruse

 

[Lolsmith]

I don't know how I'd feel about it. I've been around a pretty dull (in comparison to Ruse) area for most of my life and people at my school consider me to be "smart". I've only ever really had about 1 or 2 people be better than me at school, even then it's only been because I didn't really care. (not bragging, my school(s) isn't that bright) At Ruse I'd probably be considered in the bottom 10%.

Personally, I'd prefer to lead mediocrity and get DUX, etc. at my school than be crappy at the elite level and have little to show for it.

 

[ar7]

the average atar at ruse is over 95, so even the "non-elite" students are achieving and have something to show for it at the end of the day.

unless you would rather be dux with a 92.....

 

[with-chu]

the average atar at ruse is over 95, so even the "non-elite" students are achieving and have something to show for it at the end of the day.

unless you would rather be dux with a 92.....

I heard the typical median is like 99+ or is that a total misconception? There must be some pretty big bomb-outs if that was true.... Median 99+ being dragged to ave 95.

 

[kyokaku92]

Well, when 66% and 20/50 respectively gets you ranked 1st, you'd think that your whole class needs work.

Do you go to Ruse nutcracker? what are their Maths papers like?

Sorry about the rant there, thought you were complaining about getting 90% or something.... I got around 77% in my 2U exam and I'm ranked somewhere in the 30s out of 88 people

 

[omgmynameislong]

LOL wiki James Ruse and it says the median ATAR is 99.2 or 99.6 >_>. shit bricks but the its wikipedia...

 

[ar7]

the average atar at ruse is over 95, so even the "non-elite" students are achieving and have something to show for it at the end of the day.

unless you would rather be dux with a 92.....

yes i believe 99.2 is over 95 last time i checked...

 

[Lolsmith]

Hell yeah I'd rather be DUX with 92. Shows I put more effort in than the rest of my grade. I personally think it's better than being a part of a homogenous 99.

All of James Ruse students are "elite". As you posted, their average ATAR proves it.

 

[nonsenseTM]

Hell yeah I'd rather be DUX with 92. Shows I put more effort in than the rest of my grade. I personally think it's better than being a part of a homogenous 99.

All of James Ruse students are "elite". As you posted, their average ATAR proves it.

but atar means your rank in all the hsc candidates in state i.e. higher atar=higher rank=more courses available etc.

also median is not the average, it's like the number in the middle

 

[nonsenseTM]

and I believe there are still below 90 at j.r. and high 99s at comprehensives , so it also depends on yourself a lot

 

[x jiim]

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did you just call your mother cute?

:jaw:

the teacher


but dw..i initially thought that as well

"uh, that didn't sound quite right." didnt really help either

oops
mm, we get a couple of people <90 through the years, but the lowest I've heard from our grade is still >93.. and he ranked last in all his subjects. I think the average from the last few years has been 99.2-99.5-ish? but 08 was a freakishly smart grade, so =\

 

[blackratpoo]

how many bio, phys, chem classes does ruse have? are sciences compulsory?

 

[kyokaku92]

Wow!! All of a sudden, everyone is interested in the world of a James Ruse student.....

 

[NewiJapper]

I would actually like to know about a James Ruse student's life aswell as what the school is like aswell.

 

[nutcracker]

i am beginning to feel a little bit like a lab rat o___o