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    Ruse vs. Grammar

    If anyone has experiences with either of these schools, could you share please? :) This is for my brother. Anything that affected you - teaching, learning environment, culture, extra-curriculars - anything. So far, points gathered: Grammar [mostly parent-logic]: More rounded (?) Smaller...
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    2U/3U maths tutoring from STGGHS maths god ($30/hr)

    Hello BoS! Advertising for my friend Jeanne, who was St George Girl's 2010 maths god. :D Here's her qualifications and stuff: I can personally testify on her great tutoring skills, she was pretty much the go-to person at St George for maths help in 2010 and she has definitely helped me a lot...
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    Likelihood of class times being changed / more classes added

    Two courses that I'd like to do clash for 1.5hrs for lectures, according to the times posted up now. Both only have one stream of lectures. How often is it that class times are changed? (If it is of any use, the two courses are COMP1927 and STRE2010)
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    Can I do only 18 uoc?

    I'm enrolled in COMP1917, MATH1141 and PHYS1111 for this semester. There isn't much else I can do since most of the subjects I want to take have prerequisites, aside from MATH1081 (discrete). I can't fit MATH1081 into my timetable (the lectures clash with both MATH1141 lectures and PHYS1111...
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    MATH1141 - Higher Mathematics 1A - All tutorial 2 full??

    I can't enroll in this because all tutorial 2 are closed: http://www.timetable.unsw.edu.au/current/MATH1141.html What do I do? :O
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    UNSW vs USyd in computer science

    So I put together a 9 page comparison on these two unis for computer science (http://www.scribd.com/doc/45035782/UNSW-vs-USyd-in-Computer-Science) But I'm still haven't trouble deciding. I'm leaning towards UNSW at the moment, even though USyd is offering me more $$. (USyd: Merit...
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    Pi is wrong

    http://www.math.utah.edu/~palais/pi.pdf Thoughts?
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    More polynomials...

    I've done parts a, b, c but I have no idea about (d). Let x = \alpha be a root of the quartic polynomial P(x) = x^4 + Ax^3 + Bx^2 + Ax + 1 (a) Show that \alpha \neq 0 (b) Show that x = \alpha is also a root of Q(x) = x^2 + \frac{1}{x^2} + A(x + \frac{1}{x}) + B (c) With u = x +...
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    What are these estimates based on?

    There seems to be a huge number of people predicting ATARs. Some are giving very specific numbers. How do you do this?
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    What to do with $50 Co-Op bookshop vouchers

    I have two $25 Co-Op bookshop vouchers from school last year, what can I do with them? They expire on 7/12/10, which is before the HSC results even come out, let alone uni offers... Are there any textbooks that are essential - such as mathematics textbooks? I may be taking comp sci at either...
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    Inverse trig question - Cambridge

    Yr 12 Cambridge, 1A, Question 20. $Consider the function$ f(x) = \frac{1}{6}(x^2-4x+24)\\...\\$(e) Let $ N $ be a negative real number. Find f^{-1}(f(N)) The answer is 4-N but I don't understand why. :confused: Also, how would you: "Prove, both geometrically and algebraically, that if an...
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    Neutralisation reaction - enthalpy change

    Does anyone know how to approach this question? When 50 mL of 1.0 mol/L potassium hydroxide solution is added to 50mL of a 1.0 mol/L hydrochloric acid solution, 2.8 kJ of heat energy is given out. Calculate the enthalpy change for the reaction: H+(aq) + OH-(aq) --> H2O(l)
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    it's OVER

    Who's celebrating? :rolleyes:
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    Nooo!!

    http://textbooktorrents.com Sad, sad :( It was good while it lasted.
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    English tutoring

    Does anyone know any good English tutoring places/colleges I could go to next year? I live in the St. George district, but I'm willing to travel if I need to. My English isn't that great: Yr 9 Half-Yearly: 60-64% (class average 71%) Yr 9 Yearly: 70-74% (class average 76%) Yr 10...
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    Office 2003 or 2007?

    Which do you prefer? The UI of office 2007 is one of the best I've seen, whoever created the "ribbon" should be promoted :) The ribbon is so much faster and easier to navigate than the hundreds of ugly grey menus imo. Too bad they were too lazy to implement it into the lesser used programs...
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    Periods per day

    How many periods per day does your school have? We have 8 x 40min periods...apparently really short compared with other schools.
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    Extra-curricular activities in year 12

    How much extra-curricular stuff can you handle in year 12? Currently I spend (per week): 5 hours learning Chinese (including hwk, etc) 2 hours in art class 4-5 hours on piano (including practice, travel, etc). Should I be dropping any of these in year 12? My time management isn't great, but if...
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    Textbooks

    What textbooks or study guides do you recommend for IPT Preliminary or HSC?
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    DET Portal

    Thinking of writing a complaint letter. Can you guys contribute some good points? :D Here goes....*rant* NB: My English/essay skills aren't the best. Plus I'm half asleep. =P So feel free to criticise, etc.
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