Statistically, people of equal potential do get a higher UAI if they keep a fuller load of subjects. That's not to say that everyone who keeps more will do better, but on average, it's shown that they do.
If you put the work in for 10 units, you can still get a good result, but most teachers...
Yeah, I can think of minor, extremely specific things I can pull off, but it's the major, overarching themes that're irritating me. I mean, sure. If you want to pull it down to the basic levels, but that's not what they're looking for in advanced.
Right about now, I'd kill for a study guide to help me compare Gattaca and Animal Farm for my upcoming assessment. Our entire class seems a little baffled.
Advanced English study guides are usually useless, due to the fact that a lot of the time schools can often pick different texts during prelim, and they change fairly often. I've done prelim advanced english three times, and I've done a different text each time, within a fairly short span of...
Re: Prelim Subjects '08
Advanced English
Society and Culture
Community and Family Studies
Legal Studies
Modern History
Studies of Religion
I think I may just work myself to death doing this all again!