How is the scaling when comparing adv and standard english? Im in advanced right now and I hate it and my marks are medicore, but i reckon I could do better if I really tried harder. Its just that my essay writing isnt great, my essays are usually too short (on an essay where the average was 5-6 pages, i wrote a 2 page essay). Should I drop to standard?
[QUOTE=Pace.;25650239]How is the scaling when comparing adv and standard english? Im in advanced right now and I hate it and my marks are medicore, but i reckon I could do better if I really tried harder. Its just that my essay writing isnt great, my essays are usually too short (on an essay where the average was 5-6 pages, i wrote a 2 page essay). Should I drop to standard?[/QUOTE]
Advanced scales really well. I'm getting 86-95 and that brought my estimated ATAR up to 89 instead of 84.
I don't know about General though.
The thing with scaling is that if you do well in anything then it's going to scale well.
If you get above 95 in General- which should be easy- it should scale alright.
It's just if you drop below a certain mark, say 80, that it brings the scaling down.
I'd stick with Advanced, mediocre in Adv. is excellent in Gen.
What are your other subjects and what are you looking to go into?
Because my brother went into Mechanical Engineering and he got in with a 50s mark in Advanced- only because the faculty doesn't really care about English, only mathematics.
I've got:
English (text: Life of Pi, Context: Whose Reality)
Literature (Frankenstein and The Lady With the Little Dog and other short stories by Anton Chekhov)
History (Revolutions: French/Russian)
Media (Films: Crash, Sixth Sense, Dirty Harry)
and International Studies to go.
[QUOTE=Mizzy;25650432]Advanced scales really well. I'm getting 86-95 and that brought my estimated ATAR up to 89 instead of 84.
I don't know about General though.
The thing with scaling is that if you do well in anything then it's going to scale well.
If you get above 95 in General- which should be easy- it should scale alright.
It's just if you drop below a certain mark, say 80, that it brings the scaling down.
I'd stick with Advanced, mediocre in Adv. is excellent in Gen.
What are your other subjects and what are you looking to go into?
Because my brother went into Mechanical Engineering and he got in with a 50s mark in Advanced- only because the faculty doesn't really care about English, only mathematics.[/QUOTE]
Other subjects are: 2 unit studies of religion, Maths 2 unit, Maths 3 Unit, Engineering studies and PDHPE. I don't know what I want to do after school. Also what was the ATAR requirement for mechanical engineering?
[QUOTE=Pace.;25650455]Other subjects are: 2 unit studies of religion, Maths 2 unit, Maths 3 Unit, Engineering studies and PDHPE. I don't know what I want to do after school. Also what was the ATAR requirement for mechanical engineering?[/QUOTE]
The ATAR was like... 77? I think.
But Mathematics was a prerequisite.
Hm.
Since you have an extension on Maths, that should up the scaling considerably if you're doing well, even if English is mediocre.
Are you starting year 12 now?
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[QUOTE=Mlisen14;25650448]I've got:
English (text: Life of Pi, Context: Whose Reality)
Literature (Frankenstein and The Lady With the Little Dog and other short stories by Anton Chekhov)
History (Revolutions: French/Russian)
Media (Films: Crash, Sixth Sense, Dirty Harry)
and International Studies to go.[/QUOTE]
I have Advanced English, my texts were;
Blade Runner and Frankenstein for the module Texts In Time,
Ted Hughes' Birthday Letters and 1984 by George Orwell for Conflicting Perspectives,
Romulus my Father and Tarzan for Belonging,
And Hamlet :3: I love Hamlet.
Then there's my Extension 1 English texts;
The Spy who came in from The Cold, Waiting For Godot, poems from Sylvia Plath and two related texts.
Then I also have Biology, French, Business Studies and Visual Arts.
:suicide:
Go for standard english, especially if you have done one year of advanced already. If you feel like english isn't really your thing, its better to get good marks rather than a mediocre mark hoping to get scaled well.
you should probably all be plumbers
I have English Extension on Thursday, and religion on friday. Then finished, fuck yeah. I did extension 2 english but my work got sabotaged by my teachers so I didn't too great. I also did business, maths advanced, ancient history. Was good.
Who here is in newcastle?
i'm so glad I dropped physics this term. would never have survived if i kept it.
too bad i can't drop engineering as well. the formulas and working out in it get ridiculously hard.
feels awesome being the oldest grade in the school though.
[QUOTE=killerteacup;25651760]I have English Extension on Thursday, and religion on friday. Then finished, fuck yeah. I did extension 2 english but my work got sabotaged by my teachers so I didn't too great. I also did business, maths advanced, ancient history. Was good.
Who here is in newcastle?[/QUOTE]
I also did Extension 2 English but then I had 14 units.
I had to drop :saddowns:
[QUOTE=Super_Poo;25643827]I'm abo, I hate abos.[/QUOTE]
I don't hate abos, I just hate the bogan ones that want to mug me so they can take my money for goon
Today we took a tour of the Australian court system with my school, and the guy leading us on it was an aborignal
He was cool
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[QUOTE=SeriousPoster;25634464]still doesn't make sense
[editline]25th October 2010[/editline]
you didn't do anything to get here you shouldn't feel pride that you're here[/QUOTE]
Fuck your shit, I can love my country and I don't need to explain myself to you
Bitch :colbert:
[QUOTE=BuDSpOoNce;25651869]i'm so glad I dropped physics this term. would never have survived if i kept it.
too bad i can't drop engineering as well. the formulas and working out in it get ridiculously hard.
feels awesome being the oldest grade in the school though.[/QUOTE]
Nooooo everyone drops physics :saddowns: My class went from 20-something to 5
Also you joined FP in primary school?
Oh shit man I did physics too
I did maths studies and physics in the first semster
Fuck that shit man, I sucked shit
But I passed physics both terms, for some reason.
[QUOTE=En-Guage V2;25652212]
Fuck your shit, I can love my country and I don't need to explain myself to you
Bitch :colbert:[/QUOTE]
Its got nothing to do with loving your country, its got to do with incorrect use of the English language. Also GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON, lol jks bourbon.
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drink cougar from the bottle everyday
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I got top 5% in the state for science in year 9 so I did the obvious thing that any hipster ultra liberal would do and I dropped all science subjects and did easy maths. Politics and Law = the best course.
I'm doing law, it's cool shit
[QUOTE=Rusty100;25505284]yes
i recall calling it 'the giraffe van'[/QUOTE]
the life education van, bah went there on monday about alchol
[QUOTE=En-Guage V2;25652802]I'm doing law, it's cool shit[/QUOTE]
law five!
Recieved and given
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I'm getting an A, hell fucking proud
I just finished a work placement for IT.
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Great subject, spend a lesson a week doing something IT related then play Counter-strike for the rest.
i work in IT, it's pretty sick.
work placement at school or workplace?
[QUOTE=Mizzy;25650550]The ATAR was like... 77? I think.
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I have Advanced English, my texts were;
Blade Runner and Frankenstein for the module Texts In Time,
Ted Hughes' Birthday Letters and 1984 by George Orwell for Conflicting Perspectives,
Romulus my Father and Tarzan for Belonging,
And Hamlet :3: I love Hamlet.
Then there's my Extension 1 English texts;
The Spy who came in from The Cold, Waiting For Godot, poems from Sylvia Plath and two related texts.
Then I also have Biology, French, Business Studies and Visual Arts.
[/QUOTE]
Fuck me that is pretty much my exact subject choices except for business studies.
Already read Romulus my Father: I thought it wasn't as depressing as people I talk to think it was.
[QUOTE=Lonestriper;25653220]Fuck me that is pretty much my exact subject choices except for business studies.
Already read Romulus my Father: I thought it wasn't as depressing as people I talk to think it was.[/QUOTE]
That's kind of weird. What did you have instead of Business?
I only chose Business because Philosophy wasn't being offered as a course anymore and I had to choose another subject.
I should have chosen Drama instead; I could've written a play.
Romulus isn't really that depressing. I really liked Gaita's writing style though.
Ancient History, fuck yeah Lakedaimonians
Snow falling of Cedars oh god.
Polishing spears for Laecadominions. (I can't spell it but whatever)
I miss the times reading random shit of them, their marriages sounded hilarious
3 Unit maths tomorrow... I'm gonna do terribly. Luckily I intend to do well in my other subjects to make sure it doesn't count, because it's my 11th unit.
Anyone here do modern history? If so, how did you find the exam?
EDIT: oops forgot modern history offered a million different options within each module. Anyone else do Germany, Speer, and Japan?
[QUOTE=En-Guage V2;25652212]I don't hate abos, I just hate the bogan ones that want to mug me so they can take my money for goon
Today we took a tour of the Australian court system with my school, and the guy leading us on it was an aborignal
He was cool
[editline]26th October 2010[/editline]
Fuck your shit, I can love my country and I don't need to explain myself to you
Bitch :colbert:[/QUOTE]
You talking bout the sterotypical 'HEY BUDDA KAN I BLUDGE A DAAZA?' Abbos? Cause they're mainly the one's I meet or see. My tribe is full of them. Fucking petrol sniffing idiots.
are post counts broken?
Also, to visual arts people, what did you do/are doing for your body of work?
extension 1 maths tomorrow (accelerant here, just starting year 12)
so fucked for it, if I pass i'll be jumping for joy
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