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Hey everyone, I do Arts/Law currently and I have two questions. I'm dropping Psych through my arts degree, and I need to do an arts elective for two semesters. I want to pick up Linguistics in Sem 2 —*ARTS1691 which has no pre-requisite. Two things; does this count towards my arts...

Might as well do this too... English Advanced Paper 1 Section 1 - 15/15 Section 2 - 12.5/ As You Like It (Belonging Essay) - 14.5/15 Paper 2 Donne/Wit (Module A) - 17/20 - In The Skin of a Lion (Module B) - 16.5/20 - was expecting this The Justice Game (Module C) - 13/20 - yeah, wtf. I knew...

Hi guys/girls, I mananged to get 99.6 ATAR but the Law courses last year were generally 99.7...is there any point in putting these courses in preferences or not? I'm not sure what to do. Is there a chance of getting in?

Hello everyone, Did any BOSers dux their school this year? How did the person in your school go? I managed to dux mine with 99.6 and was over the moon - I know there must be others on here!

School Rank - 180. Subject - Exam/Assessment/HSC Mark English Advanced 93/91/ 92 Modern History 95/95/ 95 Legal Studies 96/96/ 96 Maths Ext 1 92/94/ 93 Maths Ext 2 86/90/ 88 SOR1 46/44/45 (out of 50)

Hi guys could I get a quick estimate?? English Adv. - Rank: 2/60 - Trial Mark: 90/105 - Est Raw Exam Mark: 87/105 Legal Studies - Rank: 1/15 - Trial Mark: 89/100 - Est Raw Exam Mark: 88/100 Modern History - Rank: 1/28 - Trial Mark: 96/100 - Est Raw Exam Mark: 90/100 Mathematics Extension 1 -...

Hi, if anyone could give an estimate would be much appreciated. School rank - ~180 Subject Rank External Estimate Raw / External Estimate Raw (percent) ---- English Adv Rank: 2/57 Raw HSC: (87/105) - 83% Legal Studies 1/13 Raw HSC: (87/100) / 87% Modern History 1/24 Raw HSC: (90/100) /...

Many people on here predict the Band 6 or E4 cutoffs which I find helpful, but I have a question - isn't your band specified by your HSC mark, not your Exam mark? So let's say some predict the English Advanced Band 6 cutoff to be 85/105 (ignoring whether it's realistic or not). Is this the...

Hi everyone, I just wanted to post my ranks and marks (plus vague estimates for HSC exams) to see what people think and to see if I could get my ATAR estimate. School Rank: ~150 English Advanced Rank: 2/58 HSC Exam estimate (RAW): 87-89/105 = 83-85/100 Legal Studies Rank: 1/14 HSC...

Hello everyone, I'm doing Eng Adv and sitting HSC 2013, and am rank 2 in my school. But I've heard different things about paragraphs and am concerned for tomorrow's exam. Doesevery new paragraph have to start with a new topic sentence? < Primary question. I often have four or five...

Hi everyone, for a regular hyperbola with x^2/a^2 -y^2/b^2 = 1, When a<b, what is the formula to find eccentricity? Is it the same when a>b? Usually we use: b^2=a^2(e^2-1) for a>b. For a<b, do we use a^2 = b^2 (e^2-1)? Likewise for the ellipse, we use: b^2=a^2 (1-e^2) for...

Hello all, I'm doing a JRAHS paper that my teacher gave me to do and I can't figure this one specific one out... maybe it's too late and its really simple and im just not seeing it. Only 2 marks and wolfram alpha gives quite a sophisticated answer... Find the general solution for cos5x-cos2x=0

Hi all, could you help a fellow maths kid out here, I'm a bit stuck. All questions sourced from Fitzpatrick. I know the answers just not the steps to get there. 1) In how many ways can 3 cards be selected from a pack of 52 cards, if: i) at least one ace is selected; ii) not more than one is...

Hi everyone, I received a massively long assignment on C.N. this week and can't seem to get the three questions here (the ones with the black stars next to them). Could anyone help a fellow MX2'er out here? You'll practice your own skills! :) The image is attached because I CBF to be bothered to...

Hi guys, I just couldn't get the answer on some practice multiple choice my teacher gave me. Find the gradient of the normal to the curve y=tanx at the point where x=pi/6. I kept getting -3/4. The four possible answers are: a) -1/3 b) 1/(sqrt3) c) 3 d) -(sqrt3)

Hi all, I didn't know where to post this. However, I've tried loads of calculator apps for iPhone and iPad, but I really want a scientific one like the ones we use in school. Where you can do long equations in the calculator and visualise it all, instead of being able to do one thing at a...

Hi everyone. Title explains all. Subject (Cohort Size) 2 Unit Mathematics (I may drop MX2) (90) English Advanced (~60) Mathematics Extension 1 (42) Mathematics Extension 2 (12) Modern History (21) Legal Studies (14) Studies of Religion, 1 Unit (75) School Rank as of 2012: ~190 (I...

Hi everyone, I have an MX1 exam on Tuesday, and 2U exam on wednesday (the last day of school :/) anyway, besides the two I scoured from a teacher, does anyone know where I can find past papers for the term 1 exam? Our 3U exam has Parametrics+Polynomials, and 2U has geometrical application...

Hey all, I was wondering if this was a weird issue at my school or what, but with my 3U maths class (which is the same as our 2U class) we didn't finish the Prelim course, and we still have a couple chapters to go, like: - Logarithms - Permutations and Combinations - Parametrics - half of...

Hey everyone. I have this dilemma, you see. I really don't want to do 10 Units next year because incase I am worried that: 1. That requires having to try in SOR1 and I really don't want to 2. That means if I only do 10 Units, I can fuck anything up majorly. However, I am finding Chemistry...