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Distinction Courses - Did You Get In? (1 Viewer)

Asheroth

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Dude, 7 applicants for Comp Lit from one school? You guys pretty much outnumber the whole course candidature of 2006 :p (i loled at the guy who got first in Comp Lit this year, just because he had to beat all of ten people :p no offense, dude, whoever you are, but you did do comp lit)

I got in to Philo 2006 with 88 for English Advanced and 46 for Extension 1, so you don't have to be super-duper awesome to get in.
 

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tillytilly said:
Heh thanks- congrats to you tooo. I'm all excited about it haha.
Thanks, same here :)
tillytilly said:
Umm from my school there were 7 applicants for Comp Lit, we all got in. And about 3 for Cosmology I think? And they all got like ridiculously awesome 97s and such in 4U Maths, so y'know. I dunno if anyone from here applied for Philosophy. But anyway, I was really really not expecting to get in, so it was pretty cool.
We had only the two applicants, myself for Cosmology and another for Philosophy, but he's overseas so I don't know if he got in yet. This should be fun ;)
 

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SoulSearcher said:
Haha holy fuck, that would've almost been a certainty :uhhuh: Too bad you didn't apply, would have loved to meet you at the residential ;)

To the topic of the thread, yes I did get the phone call, and yes, I'm now in Cosmology :D I remember on the sheet it says that phone calls will be made in the 19th-21st of December, so you might still have a chance :)
Congrats Gab!:D
 

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Congrats to you both Tillytilly and SoulSeacher! The hard work paid off.

Comparative literature sounds pretty interesting, methinks.
 

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hehe, if ur doing cosmo, be prepared for something u'll never even come close to in high school. if ur in year 12 aswell, i can only hope u best of luck... hope u can survive
 

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so did i.

now youve got no excuses.

however v1rtU4l [uai 100) and icycloud (uai 99.95) dropped out. weaklings.

on another note, topper cosmology topper James Vincent also got uai 100.
 

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the best thing about DCs is the people you meet.

your nerd network becomes massive.

i mean, i know 6 of the 'top of a subject' people now. 2 i knew beforehand, but 4 i met through DCs.

its a special group. do not take it for granted - and do not drop it.
 

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Congrats Guys,
From a ex-cosmo student, you'll definitely enjoy the residentials, they are great fun. I remember the first residential, all you did was play cricket and tennis. Haha!
 

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xclo said:
hehe, if ur doing cosmo, be prepared for something u'll never even come close to in high school. if ur in year 12 aswell, i can only hope u best of luck... hope u can survive
Thank god I'm in Yr 11 next year when doing Cosmo (got 93 in SDD).
 

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SoulSearcher said:
I remember a hell of a lot of kids from Penrith High came to the info day this year.
Wooz said:
Yeah they made the whole accelerated maths class of around 23 people go, how many people were there in total? Do u remember anyone in particular from Penrith?
Hah, im from Penrith High, and yeah I went to that info day. Ask anything.

Hi Jason.

Website said:
Exceptional students who have accelerated and completed, ahead of their cohort, all HSC course requirements in one subject area generally at the highest level may be eligible to study a Distinction Course.
Students will have completed the accelerated course the year prior to that in which they intend to study a Distinction Course.
Im not sure about the validity of this, considering like, more than half of the people who applied, got into their courses THAT I KNOW OF. Which means about 7 cosmo people. We were sitting in the deserted maths room (free periods rule), when one of our friends got a phone call, saying he got in cosmo. And one after another they went off ..

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And if Robert reads this .. Sup.
 
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SoulSearcher said:
Haha holy fuck, that would've almost been a certainty :uhhuh: Too bad you didn't apply, would have loved to meet you at the residential ;)

To the topic of the thread, yes I did get the phone call, and yes, I'm now in Cosmology :D I remember on the sheet it says that phone calls will be made in the 19th-21st of December, so you might still have a chance :)
Congratulations, I remember that you were very eager to get in. And you made it!
 

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philz said:
Im not sure about the validity of this, considering like, more than half of the people who applied, got into their courses THAT I KNOW OF. Which means about 7 cosmo people. We were sitting in the deserted maths room (free periods rule), when one of our friends got a phone call, saying he got in cosmo. And one after another they went off ..
Well, from what I gather, there's around 30 kids in Cosmology this year.
 

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My very good friend just phoned me from overseas and informed me that she got into Philosophy! I am SO happy for her! She was so worried that she wouldn't get in (total rubbish!)...ahhh I knew she would! Clever girl! :D
 

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