my mx1 class only meets once per week (double period, wednesday morning), it's kinda annoying, but means a lot of seniors get Wednesday's off unless they do niche subjects (because we have two lines which solely run on wednesday)
perms is really my undoing, I fear it is outdoing trig as the worst topicperms and combs worst topic ever, i agree
We finished off on exponential growth and decay! Having 3 maths classes isn’t as bad as you’d think tbh, we have the same teacher for 2 of them and so the only real difference is we do stuff in a different order and the higher extensions are a bit more chill. What’s it like having 1 class for all of your maths? I can’t imagine having the same class and teacher for 4 units!
It drives me crazy trying to stay organised with a grid book (or exercise book in general), whereas binders are so easy and perfectly organisedno way omg... why don't you like them?? they're the reason why my diagrams and graphs look half decent
Fixedperms and combs best topic ever, i agree
Wait… do they just get to not go to school on Wednesday?? Wow, that would be amazing
Yep! But it basically means in year 11 all their free periods are condensed onto that one day and they don't have any on the other 4 week days. Because I do have Wednesday classes my free periods are very nicely distributed across all the weekdays. My timetable is so sparse now that I'm on 10 units xD
Yeah, I love having my free periods during the school day, it gives me something to look forward to xD
i <3 rates, and just the one class is actually not that bad, my teacher is great. and (for me) everything seems a lot more organised where i'm just focusing on one topic at school instead of three at once. morning classes are a pain though, i live far from my school so i show up way too early
i don't trust myself with loose leaf haha, purple 128 studymate grid book for the winIt drives me crazy trying to stay organised with a grid book (or exercise book in general), whereas binders are so easy and perfectly organised
(i'm gonna pretend you did not just edit my message...)i don't trust myself to be productive when i'm at home during school hours haha, i always go to the library near the train station to study when i leave school early because i know i'm just going to go on my phone until 4 lmfao
that sounds like a dream i can't believe this is some people's reality and not mine </3
Ugh same, I hate waking up so early for morning classesmorning classes are a pain though, i live far from my school so i show up way too early
grind mx1, the other subjects prelim courses are basically just foundation and everything is pretty straightforward and easy with quite minimal effort. MX1 and MX2 can reallly boost your HSC if you do well, if you're good at maths they're very worthwhile. Personally I didn't find prelim mx1 very difficult (can't speak on hsc mx1 as I'm only just starting), and as a whole much more interesting than advanced.
I’ve really cruised through prelim course and got decent marks in adv and mx1. I know I could’ve done better but my study pattern has been horrendous and infrequent. Really been trying to motivate myself to do good this year to be invited to mx2, only top 7-8 get invited in out of 90 kids taking the course. Questioning myself whether I’ll be able to commit to it, or I’ll fall short again as I did prelim year of the course.
If you’re interested in/good at maths and enjoy doing harder problems, then I’d say you should try your hardest to get into ext 2. Not only will you boost your ATAR, but if you enjoy maths the course is quite interesting!
That is an awfully strict requirement, seems a bit harsh?
having a goal in mind is probably the first step!!! believe me, my study 'routine' was horrendous throughout prelim as well
it's interesting that people have to get 'invited' to do mx2 at some schools.....my mx1 class has 8 people from 3 different schools in it, and I was the only person even interested in mx2
)this is very important!! Having a long term goal and short term goals that will progress you towards your long term goal helps a ton!
Already?! We finish complex numbers in 2 weeks I think, and then we have an exam and only after that are we moving onto proofs, wow your class must be going fast!speaking of mx2, I finished chapter 1 today!!!!!! We'll be onto proofs next week (kinda scared tbh
We started in the very first week of term, and because it's just me in the class we can get through stuff pretty quickly
that's literally free tutoring at this point haha (would love that). my class is starting 4u once vectors is done (i think starting next week?), i honestly can't wait
so you started with vectors in mx1? (that makes a lot of sense actually, since they are part of the complex nos topic)