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    Estimate for assessment task

    Say a student wasn't able to do a test (for some valid reason, e.g. illness) and the head teacher decided to give the student an estimated mark. How do they calculate the estimate exactly? Anyone have experience?
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    ATAR Estimate

    School ranked in top 10. English Adv - rank 22/162 English Ext. 1 - rank 1/96 Maths Adv - rank 14/94 Maths Ext. 1 - rank 70/128 Chemistry - rank 24/81 Physics - rank 34/66 ty :) hoping for 99+ haha
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    Work Experience/ Volunteer work?

    Alright since the summer holidays are approaching, its the last chance for many of the new year 12s to get some first hand experience on what's it like to work in the health industry. Is anyone doing anything like volunteering for work at hospitals, clinics, etc? If you are, please share with...
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    Subject Help

    A conundrum... Need help choosing subjects for HSC: I'm definitely doing these: English Ext 1 Maths Ext 1 Chemistry Physics Now should I do 4unit english which means doing 11units or just stick with 3u english - 10units? The reasoning behind my desire for 4u english is twofold -...
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    English tutor?

    Which tutoring centre offers great english tutoring at a reasonable cost? At what speed do the classes progress? Thanks
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    99+ ATAR without 4 unit maths?

    I was wondering how many people who got 99+ ATAR actually did 4 unit maths in their HSC. Is it easier to get an ATAR of 99+ by doing and performing well in 4 unit maths? Does 4-unit maths give you an advantage in achieving 99+? Thanks.
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    Is Medicine really a hard course?

    Medicine has a high UAI requirement, but thats only because its extremely popular and as we all know the UAI is only an indication of the popularity of the course. So my question is: Does Med really live up to the UAI requirement? Is it really that hard to learn to be a doctor? It's one of the...
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    Tutoring help

    Hey all, I want to get tutored for Term 2 for the following Year 11 preliminary subjects: English Advanced Maths Ext. 1 Physics Chemistry Know any good tutors/coaching centres who charge reasonable fees for these subjects? (Any suburb is fine) My parents sort of want me to go to...
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    Mr. Gu (Maths Tutoring)

    Anyone heard of Mr. Gu at Strathfield (not to be mistaken for Dr. Du)? Does he go into detail when teaching maths? Thanks:)
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    Health Occupations - Salary

    I thought it would be good to have a thread where all the major health related occupations were compared with each other in terms of their salaries. Please post what you think the average salary for the following are (assuming that they all have had five years experience): ----------------...
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    Before School Classes

    I just saw my 2009 timetable yesterday and found out that I have a morning class starting at 7:50am on tuesday on my two week cycle timetable. School normally starts at 8:50. Does this happen to other schools? Cause this is the first time I've seen a timetable that starts on period 0. I'm in...
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    Easier to get in Med or Dentistry?

    I was wondering which is easier to get in: Medicine or Dentistry? I understand that most Universities only offer Dentistry as a graduate degree but some like Melbourne do offer undergraduate. What's the average UAI of successful Dentistry applicants? I know some Unis have a 90 UAI...
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    Getting into Medicine

    Hey I was wondering about the criteria for getting into medicine. I know that the university generally requires a UAI of 99+ (since the average UAI of successful applicants have generally always been 99+), a good UMAT and an interview. But for the interview do they also ask you to bring...
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    English Contrast Question

    For the last question in english about 'how mystery was created': Anyone write about how the subjective (and not all-knowing) narrator constantly focused on the thoughts and emotions of the girl (Jessica), and did not provide much description about the bushranger? And how the lack of...
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    Liquid paper on multiple choice?

    Can the marking system/machine detect liquid paper? I used liquid paper cos the examiners told me to, but the instructions said nothing bout liquid paper. Is liquid paper allowed to be used in the multiple choice section?
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    Maths SC Question

    What did you guys get for the maths correct/incorrect question about Helen and this other person. Was "... is north AND east of Helen" correct? I got confused by the word AND cos isn't it suppose to be "north-east"?
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    What is moderation?

    I don't really know what moderation is. Can anyone please tell me? I'm going to go to North Sydney Boys next year, will moderation be an advantage to me at that school? If so, how much would it affect my marks? Thanks in advance. Greatly appreciated!
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