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    No idea how to write a crime fic essay

    I just can't get my head around this topic, well it seems like I can, but then I write an essay which gets 12/25 :( I can't seem to write an essay on hound/skull/rearwindow/ORT at all! My teacher cuts me down and hacks into my essay with no real constructive criticism - just writes a big NO...
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    progress REPORT

    so poetry kids, how is everyone doing? surviving? i can't be the only one along with like three other people on here doing poetry... i only have 800 words for my draft :) i'm trying to avoid the realisation that i'm fucked...
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    Frank/Blade essay concepts

    I was just wondering how people structure their comparative essays, like what notions/concepts do they explore? my friend wrote about three - models of heroism, danger of pushing the boundaires of scientific advancement, the creations isolation from their creators surrounds them with anguish and...
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    Alot of chem questions!

    Hi guys, didn't know what subforum to put this thread in since these are mainly prelim questions. I'm looking over some experiments I failed to hand in yr 11 and i just realised I can't answer half the questions... 1) If 100ml of 1.0M H2S04 reacted w/ 100ml of 1.0M NaOH or 1.0M KOH...
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    I don't think i have it in me to be a poet!

    So for my major work, i've chosen poetry as my medium. You might've seen me on the other threads but i'm doing narrative poetry, with Dorothy Parker's 'The Monkey's Mask' as my biggest influence. I didn't realise how difficult it is to get started, i've done a far bit of research on poetry...
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    History EXT Timeline

    sup BOS, with my subjects next year I was hoping to get my hist ext MW and eng ext 2 MW down pat during these summer holidays. I want my investigation and research DONE concept/question DONE structure DONE and drafting DONE so all I really have to do next year is just edit edit edit. Is this...
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    Regarding half marks in 'percentage-d marks'

    So for my 2u maths exam that I just had, it weighed 10%. I fucked it up pretty bad and got 30/40. Now, i was absolutely devestated by this and it really demoralised me for 3 unit. Then my friend pointed out, if you got it down to the weighted 10% (you get what i mean?) I got essentially...
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    Acidity question, need a response ASAP!

    Hey guys, this question was asked by my teacher today Explain the reaction between elements and compounds in terms of atomic structures and periodicity within an acid-base neutralisation reaction i'm guessing. I have no idea how the periodicity (placement in periodic table?) affect the...
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    Should I bother sitting UMAT?

    Hey so my ambition is to get into medicine sometime in the future and y the degree i'm aiming for next year is med science. Anyways, I've been browsing and reading up on all these threads lately and I was thinking of sitting the UMAT, because if I preserver I might have a chance of getting...
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    Anxiety medication affecting my study or is it just me?

    I recently got prescribed 2mg of Ducene (diazepam) to ease my anxiety. I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder a few weeks ago and over the holidays, amongst the myriad of things that I get anxious over, I couldn't bring myself to study. Either i got hives, stomach cramps and what not - the...
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    atar estimate for accelerant

    hey guys, i don't know how scaling and stuff works when you're only doing one subject but could you estimate me? trial maths mark: 88/120 ranks 24/76 school rank: 138 thanks :)
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    how was the impact of french colonialism on Indochina advantageous?

    I want to incorporate some different perspectives into my essay but I need to validate my point on how the frenchs impact on Indochina was positive (sorta) i can only come up with them modernising the economy and agricultural industry aswell as renewing a sense of nationalism in the viets...
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    Changing schools and/or applying for another school in YR 12

    so i've been reading through a few of these posts lately and it seems people are going to interviews, tests and such for new highschools in year 12. I've been keen to apply for more prestigious schools for awhile now but I never knew we had the option for yr 11 -> yr 12! I'm thinking it's...
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    looking for yr 12 chemistry tutor and possibly 3U maths in sutherland shire area!

    so i've blundered my way through year 11 maths, have no grasp of the basics of chemistry and am already finding ext maths very difficult :( i would love to find a group tutor preferably or one on one, whatever strictly in the sutherland shire but! maybe in sutho library?
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    huge subject dilemma!

    so i've posted this in the HSC marks board because i'm choosing subjects around the ATAR I want to achieve. anyways here's my problem this year i'm doing 3 unit english, 3 unit maths, 1 unit of SOR I, 2 units of art, 2 units of chem and 2 units of modern. that in total is 13 units. but i'm...
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    Mind and Morality at usyd

    so my school just informed us of this course that usyd is running for high-achieving year 11 students HSC courses: Mind and Morality - The University of Sydney i realise that it costs nearly $800 but i would love to do it, seeing as it gives us 6 credit points or whatever when you finish...
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    ATAR + subject scalings = confusion?

    Hey, I'm aiming for an ATAR of 92 and i'm just wondering how much effort/study people put in during yr 12 to get a (previous) UAI of >91 and with what subjects. I'm wondering if my subjects will be solid also, I'm planning to take in year 12 3u maths 4u eng modern ext history chemistry...
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    What subjects do you want to do in yr 12?

    ok so this year im doing 3u maths, 3u eng, modern, chemistry, sor 1 and art next year ill be dropping art (:haha:) and picking up 4u eng, should i pick up ext. history as well? ill have 13 units for the hsc..? or is it way too much? i didn't anticipate year 11 at all when i first started, i've...
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    Analysation of ACT 3 SCENE 3 in Away

    I have to do a task where I gotta analyse Act 3, Scenes 3,4 and 5 and ive been given specific techniques that i have to find in the text and their effects and how they help convey the concept of journey rarara anyways one of the techniques given was language. language??? i know that language...
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    help with Series/trigonometry question and differentiating an equation with logs??

    ok so im doing some past HSC papers for 2U maths and i came across these two questions and they totally stumped me, i looked at them and didn't even know where to start!! first one is Q1 a) Consider the geometric series 1 - tan^2 θ + tan^4 θ ... i) when the limiting sums exists, find its...
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