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During reading time or as you're getting your material out, the supervisors come and look at your calculator. They take of the case and check if there is notes or anything.
 

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During reading time or as you're getting your material out, the supervisors come and look at your calculator. They take of the case and check if there is notes or anything.
Or to check if you did da smuggling.

 

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well they didn't do it to me last year, in HSC economics :/
Ooooh I should store eco stats in there!!!! Thanks!! :D inb4calcgetscheckedinecoexam

Yes! There's like a few boring supervisors in the room so all they do is simply clear the calculators and watch your magic numbers disappear unless you saved a backup.
awww man :(

Seen and reported to the Board of Studies

gg no re
nao

lol do not mention acer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :p

hahah that stupid incidence with the case of my rubber
fgt supervisors they had there I swear

During reading time or as you're getting your material out, the supervisors come and look at your calculator. They take of the case and check if there is notes or anything.
:( I actually put random maths formulae into there (not when I go into exams).

gg no re enigma
 

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I wonder what would happen if you bring a calculator into the English exams because the calculations in paper 1 are pretty challenging.
 

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My calculated has really faded our numbers
 

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They reset your calculator before the exam commences so either before you enter or when you sit down during the period of getting ready.
Do they check the calculator model? If yes, do they check that calculator's function ? like expressing surds in its simplest form.
 

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Do they check the calculator model? If yes, do they check that calculator's function ? like expressing surds in its simplest form.
OMG wait are you esl?

Some esl chic at my school had the simplest surds thing and the teachers banned it coz it's not fair or something. Get a new calc for hsc and don't risk it coz I don't think it's approved maybe :/
 
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Do they check the calculator model? If yes, do they check that calculator's function ? like expressing surds in its simplest form.
Obviously they check the model but they don't care about the calculator's function cos they simply reset everything.
 

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guys, only these calculators are let in: http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/calculators.html

also, a person who got state rank in phys from my school last year when into the exam and he stored important constants on the data sheet on his calculator and it helped him save time..... so, I think the supervisors at my school don't check or reset calculators except maybe maths :/
 
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guys, only these calculators are let in: http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc_exams/calculators.html

also, a person who got state rank in phys from my school last year when into the exam and he stored important constants on the data sheet on his calculator and it helped him save time..... so, I think the supervisors at my school don't check or reset calculators except maybe maths :/
Aren't supervisors hired old ladies? Or does BOS send some legit people lol?
 

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OMG wait are you esl?

Some esl chic at my school had the simplest surds thing and the teachers banned it coz it's not fair or something. Get a new calc for hsc and don't risk it coz I don't think it's approved maybe :/
Yes. I'll tell you my calculator model if I got through this. The BOS will include my calculator features if they see it :).
 

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nah, the ones my school usually calls / requests for are legit the nicest. and they know what is going on :D haha, they're actually pretty good :D
 

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