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    Will there be O-camp application forms?

    at the enrollment day
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    UTS, Early Dec round offers.

    If i accept an early December round offer (by putting UTS 1st), does that mean that i will NOT get an offer in the main round?
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    "PEEL" paragraph structure: Evidence

    I assume you're all familiar with the idea of "PEEL" Point, explain, evidence, link. But what exactly constitutes as evidence? Must i provide a quote from a historian? May i try to reason why my "point" is correct using logic? Should i just refer to general information form the course (eg...
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    The full mark response.

    How important are these factors in the full mark response: -The presence of accurate dates -The presnce of quotes from historians -An argument, or a new idea about the question being asked. They are all important, but How important in relation to each other are they?
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    ARghhooo time...

    Module A: 8 pages, went to town on this. Module B: 7 pages, if not to town, went to a small residence on this. Module C:......4 pages... 2 hours is not enough for this.
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    So who didn't title their story

    Heh. There's always like a thousand people every year. Also, how many related/prescribed texts did your essay contain? What Technique did you say the hands holding the house encapsulated. Page counts. 8/9/6 here.
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    Big paragraphs vs small

    In writing an essay do you write about a single text in one fat paragraph... Or do you have a small "chunk" for each Quote,technique,effect.
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    ATARUS Estimatus!

    Ranks Physics 16/16 (yes im comming last, due to some horrifically bad practicals and hand ins that offset my performance... I get a good raw 85ish in every past paper i'v done, and im confident my external marks will be band 6 worthy... Though my school's ranked in the 150 range.. so, im...
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    Inaccurate physics questions in exam

    For example, the multiple choice question in 2008, q5. Space ship is travelling at 1.8 * 10^8, two light pulses .5 seconds apart are pointed at earth. To an observer on earth what is the gap between the pulses. Now there's three ways to answer this question. First, the basic randomly...
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    On the creativity of Creative writing

    Stimulus for Creative writing Post "ideas" like settings, character types, sub themes for belonging here" Rules: Uniqueness is best, if you see that someone's already posted a certain idea, don't repeat it. Go!
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    Pimp my essay.

    "lets add spoilers to the conclusion" lol Need a full list of components to include in these essays: -Blade runner and Frankenstein (Texts in time) -Hamlet -Belonging (area of study) -History and memory For example, for Blade runner and frankenstein I was thinking of a structure as this...
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    Atar estimate go!

    Coming midway in about every subject. SDD Physics Maths 2u Modern Adv eng School ranked ~130. What's the MAXIMUM ATAR i can get, assuming that i got 100% in every external exam, but the rest of the cohort got marks fit for ~130 ranked school (hypothetically, ofcourse).
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    Band 6 based on what?

    Is band 6's based on JUST external results? or... are they based on the average of the external and internal results (the HSC mark).
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    Accurate UAI calculator factoring rank?

    Does anyone know of a ATAR or UAI calculator takes in a "range" of estimated scaled external marks, your rank, and your External scaled mark. ANd produces an ATAR?
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    Does your internal rank drag your HSC mark ..

    Down.. IF.. hypothetically if everyone in the entire cohort (including yourself) aced the HSC exam? Lets say person A slacked off the entire year, realized "oh shet"... and then persuaded his 8 man class to all undergo rigorous perfectionist training to get 90+ in the exams. Will the BOS...
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    Does your internal rank drag your HSC mark ..

    Down.. IF.. hypothetically if everyone in the entire cohort (including yourself) aced the HSC exam? Lets say person A slacked off the entire year, realized "oh shet"... and then persuaded his 8 man class to all undergo rigorous perfectionist training to get 90+ in the exams. Will the BOS...
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    Misleading questions (and essay length)

    I'v just noticed that, in the standard's package, for a question such as "what is your personal understanding of so and so". Unanimously, without fail, the band 1 responses all started with "my understanding" or had some form of first person. Similarly the band 6 responses had no trace of...
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    Einstein UAI calculator

    What does the HSC scaled /100 column represent? (its the fourth column across, its values are unchangeable but set themselves based on what you type in as your HSC mark.)
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    General Most efficient way to learn

    Sure, everyone learns things differently, but there must be some fundemental force that drives the "click" causing a certain concept to be retained permanantly. Im sure we've all experienced, the feeling with a certain concept that just sticks better than the others. "Oh, yeah im pretty good...
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