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Extension subjects, you must remember that they are 'extension' subjects and that the people who take these subjects are usually very good at them (except in English oddly enough where this is not always the case), so therefore, when UAC does all their scaling of subjects to get your ATAR, if...

French extension is A LOT more interesting than continuers. I'm sure you've already discovered this, but you get to look at social issues, the environment, poverty etc. It allows you to develop a sophisticated and diverse knowledge of French language AND culture, which I felt the continuers...

we stayed at beachfront apartments on lawson st, which was good but girls only. Definitely try and get a place that has some kind of cooking facilities because eating out in Byron is VERY expensive...and we all know you'd rather spend the money on alcohol anyway =P

You must complete the 4 core courses, and 4/6 flexible core courses by the end of the 2nd year - regardless of your future major. Hope this helps.

commerce/arts =)

Native French speakers tend to speak 'monotonally'. That's how they can tell that we're not natives because we go 'up and down' when speaking, stress certain words and use tone. The French use words to express themselves, rather than tone (for the most part).

I had a friend who got 99.75 at a 'bad' school. All it means, is that you really have to work hard yourself, to get the results. If you have the top rankings, and you top the exams, you won't be at all affected by scaling. Sure, it helps if you have a good school to pull you up, but if you are...

Re: French Tutoring! Band 6 in French Continuers and E4 in French Extension in 2009 H I have a LOT of resources, and if i have to travel to this person's house, that isn't free. I had friends paying $40 - $60 for tutors...including me in maths, yet i still sucked haha and it didn't count =P...

Hey everyone, I did my HSC last year, and received a Band 6 in French continuers and E4 in French Extension. Send me a message if you are in need of tutoring. I live in Southern Sydney (St George Area) Will charge $20/hour for French Beginners or years 7 - 10 French $25/hour for Continuers...

With the intent that you would learn how to spell compulsory correctly.

oh no! really?? i'm sure you'll do better than you thought! continuers was pretty good, listening had a few tricky questions though, but overall it was pretty good =)

yeah i know...my problem was, that my person didn't have any friends...so i had to change parts of my story to give her 'relationships' grrrr FU BOS!!!! i liked having one text =) it meant i could answer the question way better, personally. My essay was like 8 pages, and my creative about 6...

well what do you expect?? for them to test us on stuff that we don't know? you idiot.

i have religion tomorrow, english, maths and then french =) how did you find belonging? i thought it was pretty good, worked pretty well for me. my hand is soooo sore, im like dying!!! my creative was like 800 and my essay was 1300. FML! ooo what is your first preference? Mine's Arts/economics...

Personally, i have no sympathy for people who did 2 texts. the question clearly stated ONE in capitals. The first rule of any essay is to read the question! ( I've learnt this the hard way haha). I do think you will be disadvantaged because you have not followed the directions of the...