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  1. Brontecat

    How did you know (for sure) that your course is the one you want to do??

    So basically I got my ATAR which was a lot higher than I expected (I had plans for getting an ATAR of 60 and then a secondary plan in case i got over 60 but below 70), 87.60 which isn't a lot by this forums standards but i was so stoked. Anyways my question is has anyone actually rethought...
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    Michael Ondaatje... In the Skin of a Lion

    By the looks of it EVERYONE seems to be doing Hamlet, so who's doing Ondaatje?? And what does everyone think of it?
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    Should I pick up another sub, after doing bad in one I accelerated?

    So last year I did 2 subjects for HSC, Biology (82) which i was pretty happy with and then a 69 for mathematics which i never want to count for my ATAR. This means that i'm back down to the 12 or 10 unit debate, should I pick up another subject (general mathematics) to replace my poor...
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    IPT Class of 2010 Roll Call

    Who's up for another year of IPT :D :cook: (lol at the panckake flippy thing :P) i pretty much love the prac (minus databases :evilfire: ) and only just find the written stuff bearable but fairly boring
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    HSC Roll Call & thoughts thread

    Who else is Business Studies Class of Twenty-Ten??? What do you think of the subject? I find it fairly achieveable, not really challengeing but definitely interesting at times :D
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    What are you taking into the maths exam 2moz?

    I've never really seen a reason to take everything that we're allowed to take in, but i don't want to rsisk there being a random change in the exam that requires something i should've taken :S So who is taking in? A pair of compasses Set squares Protractor (optional) a curve sketchig drawing...
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    I have the answer to why images are all Xs

    In response to a heap of threads on the issue of images being an X and all that stuff i asked the Mod's: Thanks Townie : ) so dw everyone, things will be back to usual when exams are over or as interest starts to dwindle.
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    Experiments in the core topics

    Since I only began HSC Bio at the start of last term i missed out on doing pretty much all of the experiments. These are the ones that i just do not understand, basically the ones i couldn't make up stuff for. It would be really, really helpful if anybody could answer some of these, even if you...
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    Solving by substitution

    I'm having difficulty with this q & don't know where to go at the end of the last step below: Thanks :) \int x^2 \sqrt{x^3+1} || \; Let\:u=x^3 +1 || \; \frac{du}{dx}= 3x^2 || \; \frac{du}{3x^2}= dx || \; x^2 \int \sqrt{u}\; \frac{du}{3x^2}||
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    Trapeziodal & Simpson's

    I just can't remember how to do Simpson's and Trapeziodal questions. It would be really helpful if somebody could please go through at least one of these questions step by step. Trapeziodal Question Use the trapeziodal rule with four function values to find an approximation to the indefinite...
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    How does this work?

    I was just messing around with SAM and put the following in: Biology Mathematics English Advanced Business Studies SOR II IPT I made my mark 99 for all of them & Maths and Business scaled down to 97.2 & IPT doesn't count But if i make my mark for all of them 50 i get the following...
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    Probability

    I was wondering if someone could please explain these probability formulae: in language a 2U student could understand :) -Permutations nPn=n! -binomial probability distribution P(r successes) = <SUP>n</SUP>Crp<SUP>r</SUP>q<SUP>n-r</SUP> <SUP></SUP> Examples would also be helpful...
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    Hypothetical Business

    For the business research task in prelim. business studies i have to do a business plan for a hypothetical business. My first question is what are the basic components of a business plan that i should include? So far i'm doing a ski hire shop, which is the sort of business that begins...
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    Some rep. q's

    How many points does it take to move up a square? How many points can u give on each square? When u get more squares are you allowed to give more ppl rep in that 24hrs? Thanks :)
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    What sort of scholarships are available?

    What sort of programs i.e scholarships are available to students studying to be a teacher?
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    How much to teaching bachelors cost?

    How much (approx.) would a bachelor of education (primary) and a bachelor of education (early childhood & primary) cost at university?
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    What bio option should i do?

    I was wondering which one was perceived as the easiest, the most difficult and which one would be the quickest i could get through?
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    Preliminary Business Research Task

    Is anyone else doing the hypothetical business option for Business Studies. If so, whats your chosen business and what are you including in the plan? :) atm i've chosen a ski hire business as my hypothetical business
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    Subjects that you ace but hate

    Does anyone on BoS have a subject that they really dislike i.e. due to teacher, content etc... but also do really well in?? cause i'm beginning to wonder if its just me, in IPT so far i've had two assessments and gotten 90% and 84% but i really dislike the subject.
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    Bachelor of education (primary) and (early childhood and primary)

    what's the difference between doing the Bachelor of education (primary) and the Bachelor of education (early childhood and primary)? Does the course content greatly vary and would i be disadvantaged for choosing the latter if i want to be a primary school teacher? also are there any courses...
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