• Congratulations to the Class of 2024 on your results!
    Let us know how you went here
    Got a question about your uni preferences? Ask us here

Year 11 2014 Chat :) (1 Viewer)

Status
Not open for further replies.

Soulful

HSC Hipster
Joined
Jul 20, 2013
Messages
332
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
2015
Not at my school. It's all about having the right motives and values since it's a Christian school.
Wait, so you guys honestly think nothing about popularity when voting? I was told from a friend who transferred from an Anglican school that the who social and popularity thing got pretty rough there. Or maybe because it was a girls school.
 

justem

'Alpha' female ;)
Joined
Jan 3, 2014
Messages
1,848
Gender
Female
HSC
2015
Wait, so you guys honestly think nothing about popularity when voting? I was told from a friend who transferred from an Anglican school that the who social and popularity thing got pretty rough there. Or maybe because it was a girls school.
Probably because it was a girls school, girls are MEAN
 

hawkrider

all class
Joined
Jul 15, 2013
Messages
2,002
Gender
Male
HSC
N/A
Wait, so you guys honestly think nothing about popularity when voting? I was told from a friend who transferred from an Anglican school that the who social and popularity thing got pretty rough there. Or maybe because it was a girls school.
There's some popularity involved but mainly it's to do with our motives.
 

Examine

same
Joined
Dec 14, 2011
Messages
2,376
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
2013
People also play pretty dirty at my school for prefect/school captain.. They spread rumours to get to where they want to be, I don't really want to get involved tbh.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk:

Preliminary HSC '14- Subjects: 2U Maths, Adv. English, Business Studies, Legal Studies,
Economics, Agriculture.

HSC '15- ATAR Goal: 90+
In my school it wasn't that extreme, though it was definitely a popularity contest imo. (i remember there were people who cried because they didn't make it)

Despite that we still did a pretty good job in managing the school community/promoting school spirit so I don't think it matters ~too~ much just as long as the team is dedicated.

I encourage you all to try becoming a prefect. It was a really good experience to be involved in the school, assist with the organisation of events, dealing with raising funds for charities, etc. (blazers are pretty cool as well)

Also don't underestimate yourselves. I remember that I nearly didn't apply because I thought I'd never be voted in so when I did it was really surprising. You lose nothing from trying. :spin:
 
Last edited:

Want2bedoc

New Member
Joined
Jan 27, 2014
Messages
1
Gender
Male
HSC
2015
Hi guys!

Ok so When we did subject selection I was pretty confident in what I wanted to choose but as it got closer I made a bunch of changes and now I have kind of ruled it down but am wondering whether to do Physics or PDHPE. In subject selection I decided Physics as everyone said it scaled the best and I'm really aiming for a high ATAR but looking at the past exam papers PDHPE honestly looks a lot easier and is considerably shorter. I have previously done quite well in PDHPE tests and think I could go strongly in it, but I also did really well in science. So I guess my question is PDHPE looks great but is it going to cost me when it comes to scaling? I'm looking at doing medicine and PDHPE looks like a subject related to it but will I still get that high ATAR by taking it or am I better sticking with physics a subject I'm honestly not to keen about?!
 

Examine

same
Joined
Dec 14, 2011
Messages
2,376
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
2013
Hi guys!

Ok so When we did subject selection I was pretty confident in what I wanted to choose but as it got closer I made a bunch of changes and now I have kind of ruled it down but am wondering whether to do Physics or PDHPE. In subject selection I decided Physics as everyone said it scaled the best and I'm really aiming for a high ATAR but looking at the past exam papers PDHPE honestly looks a lot easier and is considerably shorter. I have previously done quite well in PDHPE tests and think I could go strongly in it, but I also did really well in science. So I guess my question is PDHPE looks great but is it going to cost me when it comes to scaling? I'm looking at doing medicine and PDHPE looks like a subject related to it but will I still get that high ATAR by taking it or am I better sticking with physics a subject I'm honestly not to keen about?!
What ATAR do you consider to be high?
 
Last edited:

justem

'Alpha' female ;)
Joined
Jan 3, 2014
Messages
1,848
Gender
Female
HSC
2015
Hi guys!

Ok so When we did subject selection I was pretty confident in what I wanted to choose but as it got closer I made a bunch of changes and now I have kind of ruled it down but am wondering whether to do Physics or PDHPE. In subject selection I decided Physics as everyone said it scaled the best and I'm really aiming for a high ATAR but looking at the past exam papers PDHPE honestly looks a lot easier and is considerably shorter. I have previously done quite well in PDHPE tests and think I could go strongly in it, but I also did really well in science. So I guess my question is PDHPE looks great but is it going to cost me when it comes to scaling? I'm looking at doing medicine and PDHPE looks like a subject related to it but will I still get that high ATAR by taking it or am I better sticking with physics a subject I'm honestly not to keen about?!
I say do the subject you think YOU will perform best in personally, because at the end of the day even if you choose a 'higher' scaling subject and perform badly, it's not going to help. Better to choose the subject you're better in and perform well.
 

turnerloos

TAFE Executive Officer
Joined
Oct 28, 2013
Messages
603
Location
TAFE Bankstown
Gender
Male
HSC
2015
I say do the subject you think YOU will perform best in personally, because at the end of the day even if you choose a 'higher' scaling subject and perform badly, it's not going to help. Better to choose the subject you're better in and perform well.
Hence if your good at maths, do general instead of 4u and u'll get a high atar :p
 

Examine

same
Joined
Dec 14, 2011
Messages
2,376
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
2013
Since he is aiming for med, i assume it would be about 99+
For most cases I usually recommend people to go with their strengths, the only problem is the limitation PD/H/PE has (only saying this because he is going for med).

Want2bedoc, do you think you can beat 99% of the people taking PD/H/PE (top 133 of the state)? Since you would need to do so if you want to achieve a HSC mark of 94 or over for PD/H/PE. (even then 94 which is the top 1% goes to 97.95 so in reality it is more like the top 80-100 for 95 or over)
 
Last edited:

strawberrye

Premium Member
Joined
Aug 23, 2012
Messages
3,292
Location
Sydney
Gender
Female
HSC
2013
Uni Grad
2018
Hi guys!

Ok so When we did subject selection I was pretty confident in what I wanted to choose but as it got closer I made a bunch of changes and now I have kind of ruled it down but am wondering whether to do Physics or PDHPE. In subject selection I decided Physics as everyone said it scaled the best and I'm really aiming for a high ATAR but looking at the past exam papers PDHPE honestly looks a lot easier and is considerably shorter. I have previously done quite well in PDHPE tests and think I could go strongly in it, but I also did really well in science. So I guess my question is PDHPE looks great but is it going to cost me when it comes to scaling? I'm looking at doing medicine and PDHPE looks like a subject related to it but will I still get that high ATAR by taking it or am I better sticking with physics a subject I'm honestly not to keen about?!
You will find that PDHPE is not really relevant to medicine, but perhaps more relevant somewhat to nutrition, you are better off sticking with a subject you are confident you will do well in and put in all your effort in excelling in the subject. Don't waste your time doing a subject you are not keen, because you will end up dropping it or doing poorly in it and there is little point. By the way, welcome to bored of studies and best wishes for you to ace your senior studies:)
 

itsBozza

New Member
Joined
Jan 11, 2014
Messages
16
Gender
Male
HSC
2015
i hope when i do peer support it might open more opportunities for me to get involved in the school =/.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 0, Guests: 1)

Top