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    How much can a Band 3-4 affect you?

    How much can a Band 3-4 affect you, say if all your other marks high band 5/band 6? I tried putting it on an ATAR calculator and it seems possible to get above 95 given the above. Has this happened to anyone?? I'm doing really shit in Phys and wanted to know. Unfortunately it will count towards...
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    Economics: the simple multiplier

    Hey guys, so I was looking at the derivation for the simple multiplier, and I don't understand whats the role of {Co + 1o}. I'm confused, why does it like disappear?
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    Anyone know any good one-to-one tutors for physics?

    with reasonable rates preferably
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    Few questions about scaling/atar

    Okay title says it all, here goes, i hope it makes sense lol: 1. Is your final mark the external mark you get + the rank for the external mark, but in terms of internal rank? Say a person has a bad rank and bad internal mark (but they go to, say, a top 50 school). IF they get good external...
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    Careers

    okay so I wasn't really sure where to post this so mind me for that. What are the jobs of the future? OR any info about demand for the following fields: engineering, architecture, chartered accounting & other finance... Thanks in advance.
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    Polynomials

    In polynomials, how do you figure out if a question has a double or triple root? Using the long division method?
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    Tips for Prelims!

    Hey so prelims are coming up in a few short weeks... Was wondering if someone could give any helpful advice, including tips to minimise stress. Also is it worth making your own notes in prelim?
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    Actuaries?

    Sooo what kind of maths do actuaries do? Like what's the main maths they do? Like is it probability, stats, calculus, perms and combs? Is it hard? How much harder is it compared to 4U maths? Any help appreciated :) Just feeling a little curious..
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    What does 75~80 scale to in 3U maths

    In a top 30 - 40 school?
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    How do I stop making silly mistakes??

    Okay I always make silly mistakes, but I feel like coming in year 11 I've started making more silly mistakes in 3U and 2U. It's really starting to annoy me right now. How do I improve this? Even after doing past papers I don't seem to improve. I don't want this to happen in year 12, coz like one...
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    Most challenging topic in Prelim Phys?

    What would you say is the most challenging/difficult topic? Just as a heads up ;)
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    Creative word limit

    Hey So I have my creative writing task coming up next Wednesday and I'm planning on memorising my piece, but I'm not sure how much the word limit should be, because I'll have to craft around the stimulus given. At the moment I've got 500, should this be enough?
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    Okay so I'm sure many of you have been through this but

    What do you do when you get a really bad teacher? How do you study and get good marks? Say, for someone who doesn't go tutoring?
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    Calculating speed from a-t graph!?

    Is it possible to calculate final speed from an acceleration time graph? IF so, how would you do that? *Need to calculate speed of jet ski and car.
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    Just a little confused about making notes...

    Okay so basically when making notes, there's three columns - the dot point, "students learn to:", and "students:" Where do I make the notes from? From "students learn to" or "students." And should I be making these notes while I'm learning it in class? And how often should I revise? Soz for...
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    Year 11 new Selective school transfers

    For those who applied to selective schools and made it in, how are you finding it?
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    Physics tutoring?

    Hey all! So I've basically picked physics next year and I'm unsure whether or not I should do tutoring. The thing is, I'm really interested in physics, it seems really fun. I'm just worried I won't do well in it. So what I wanted to know was, is there anyone who's gotten really good in...
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