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    ENGG1000 Projects

    Hi Guys Just wondering if anyone had any recommendations for ENGG1000 projects. I am having trouble choosing and am trying to find more information. Also does anyone know if the Electrical Engineering project involves programing or not?
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    Minors in B Computer Science

    Hi In the handbook there are minors in Information Systems, Finance, and a few other subjects. I was wondering what the process is for taking one of these minors and when do you enrol? I was also wondering whether the subjects in these minors was ontop of your normal course load, or as...
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    ENGG1000 for Comp Sci

    Hi I should be studying computer science at UNSW next year (got the ATAR and its my first preference), and I've been trying to work out a timetable since I am going to be away when offers come out and I'm going to need to get my parents to do it for me. In the handbook for Comp Sci it...
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    Enrolments for high school leavers

    Hi I was wondering if enrolments for individual classes in a course occur immediately after offers are released, or whether they occur at a later date? If they do occur immediately, would lots of courses have closed if I did my enrolment a week late. (Reason I am wondering is I am going to...
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    UNSW New Student ATAR Hangout (live)

    Hey guys, UNSW has live Q&A going on at the moment for high school leavers (https://plus.google.com/events/cblmvrqhumauaiv70dl1uup5p7o). Is anyone else having trouble getting the video to play?
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    Mark Check is it worth it?

    Hi all I am pretty happy with my marks, but I know in school exams I usually find a couple of marks when we check it in class. I'm wondering if anyone knows what the likelyhood is that mark check will increase your mark? (Presumably it is lower than in a school exam) Or basically is it worth...
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    Medical Physics

    What did everyone think? I found it very different from usual (with a lot less calculations). Don't feel that I answer the investigation and MRI questions very well.
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    2009 27 c

    Hi Would anyone be able to explain that question for me (2009 27 c)? Success one and BOS sample answers say the electrons flows from n to p through the external circuit, but my text book and my understanding says electrons should flow from n to p through the junction (and hence p to n...
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    Syllabus and perscription changes in 2009/2010

    Hi I've been doing a number of practise questions and I was wondering if anyone could tell me what changed with the new syllabus in 2009/2010. I know the proscribed texts changed and Crime Fiction got changed to Crime Writing but what content changes were made? (I can't seem to find a...
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    Predictions?

    Hey Any predictions for this paper? Some of the ones for Advanced were pretty accurate.
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    Parameter Passing

    Hey guys Just wanted to clarify something: often in exams they will have a structure chart with parameters being received by a module and returned by it. For example the module algorithm2 receives the parameters a and b and returns c. Would it be ok to write algorithm 2 as BEGIN...
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    v^2 = n^2(a^2 - x^2) clarification

    Hi guys I just wanted to clarify, in the formula v^2 = n^2(a^2 - x^2) (for SMH). Is a acceleration, or just an unfortunate procedural usage? Thanks
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    Who's doing MX1 as well?

    Hey guys So SDD's on the same day as MX1, I would have assumed they had a pretty similar cohort. So is that the case, who else is doing MX1 as well as SDD?
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    Can they ask for one related text?

    Hi all I know they can ask for two, or at least two related texts, but I was wondering if anyone knew if they can ask for only one related? Thanks
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    Fire Impact

    SMH is reporting that some high schools are being closed due to fires. What does the board do in terms of missed exams if this happens as they can't estimate based on your rank and the rest of your class's results if your entire class doesn't sit the exam. Edit: See below for update posted by...
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    Scanned Paper

    Here's the paper
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    Case study

    Hi In the SDD syllabus one of the dot points is: "communicate understanding of a commercial system studied using a case study approach." (In section 9.1.2) Does this mean we could be asked to describe a project we have studied, or is it just referring to where they give you an example of a...
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    To synthesise or not to synthesise?

    Hi all I was wondering if people knew whether you would lose marks for having some synthesised paragraphs and some un-synthesised paragraphs. (So for example a paragraph for each text and then one with both texts). Just wondering because I feel it some of my essays they work a lot better...
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    How many quotes per comprehension question?

    Hi In the comprehension how many quotes should we use for the two and five mark questions? I noticed in the 2012 paper question a) asks for plural aspects and question b) asks for lines. I would have assumed that this means two quotes, but the notes from the marking centre seem to imply...
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    College Interviews - Dress Code

    Hi I got offered an interview at the Kensigton Colleges and I was wondering if anyone knew what type of dress code it was for interviews. Like is it very formal suite and tie, or would a short sleeve button up shirt be ok? I might be doing the interview over Skype. Thanks for any help
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