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    New Students: What to do after receiving your offer

    What degree are you doing?
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    New Students: What to do after receiving your offer

    Fantastic information and advice in this thread. I just accepted my early entry offer into a Bachelor of Environment (major in EES) and am trying to sort out my first year units. Two units which I intend to choose require HSC prerequisites (STAT171: "Band 1"(?) in Mathematics Ext 1/2 and...
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    Maths HSC Exam Marking

    Does anyone know when NESA markers would be finished marking the Mathematics HSC Exams for this year?
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    Science Subject Review Thread

    Yep I will do that, thanks for the tip! I had a look at the specific course structure for my degree and it only has one maths unit: Statistical Data Analysis - STAT171. Wouldn't have minded more math units but that's okay :)
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    Science Subject Review Thread

    That sounds promising. I look forward to math classes at MQ next year :)
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    Design and Perform a FirstHand Investigation

    That task basically wants you to gather a bunch of medications in different dispensing forms and compare their solubilities by testing them in solvents. In an ideal world you would only test one type of medication in varying forms (e.g. asprin tablet, enteric coated aspirin, slow release...
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    Should I drop Mathematics, go to General, or remain in Mathematics

    Talk to your class or head teacher about it. If it is very stressful for you right now, you could consider going to General, but I wouldn't drop to 10 units just yet - not until at least after your halfyearlies (as a kind of "insurance"). It also obviously depends on your workload and whether...
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    HSC Assessment Ranks release date

    Just kidding, turns out the ranks are available via studentsonline right now.
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    HSC Assessment Ranks release date

    "Accessing your HSC assessment ranks Your school will submit an overall school-based assessment mark for each of your courses to us. This mark equates to a ‘rank’ in your course. Your school is not allowed to tell you your final school-based assessment marks. However, it may tell you where you...
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    New HSC Mathematics Syllabus?

    Ahh I see, that's probably better if that's the case. Thanks, I did not know that.
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    New HSC Mathematics Syllabus?

    2018 next year will be the final year that the HSC exams are based on the old syllabi. Year 12 2019 will sit HSC exams based on the new maths syllabus.
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    To 2017 graduates

    Hopefully Bachelor of Environment at MQ, if not then Bachelor of Biodiversity and Conservation (also at MQ).
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    Another ATAR Estimate :)

    2016 X1 Maths:37 2U Maths: 52 English Advanced:16 Senior Science: 3 (cohort of only 6) Earth and Environmental Science: 0 Chemistry: 19 2015 (more consistant with past trends) X1 Maths: 64 2U Maths: 46 English Advanced: 24 Senior Science: 23 Earth and Environmental Science: 4 (cohort is...
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    Earth and Environment 2017 HSC paper

    It was prokaryotic cyanobacteria since they create stromatolites which have been dated to be as old as 3.8 x 10^9 years old.
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    Another ATAR Estimate :)

    Just out of curiosity. Ranks: Mathematics Ext 1: 50/96 Mathematics 22/85 English Advanced: 87/121 Senior Science: 1/16 Earth and Environmental Science: 1/10 Chemistry: 47/101 School rank dropped to 34th in 2016, but in previous years it has been steady around mid 20s (22-25).
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    Discover Discovery – a guide from a 99+ student

    Hey Strawberry! Thank you so much for taking the time to write your extensive post. I found this thread extremely useful in my preparations for starting the AoS topic for English next term. Cheers buddy!!
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    Uni: Laptop or Desktop PC?

    As said in the title, would a laptop or desktop be better in uni? I plan to do a science-related degree so I imagine having both would be beneficial, however I can only have one. What would you recommend?
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    Really need help with creative piece?

    My set task is to do a 1500-word creative piece which focuses on "The American Dream". It also has to incorporate the given stimulus (which I'll attach here). I'm thinking of writing a story on a homeless orphan boy and his older brother whose parents risked everything to move to America...
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    Craziest/random/wierd things that you have seen happen at school?

    Class was cooking potatoes in the food tech rooms. We decided to make potato juice. Guess who ended up drinking it?
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