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Reasonabledoubt

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Study to success said:
im starting finance next week for business. Is it like the same as year 11 stuff?
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not really no it goes much deeper but what i really recommend is memorising your syllabus, knowing how everything links together because nothing in there stands on its own. also know how to interpret and comment on the ratios. Same goes, if you need some notes i'll be happy to send mine
 
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ChromeDragon26 said:
I got cooked in bio..... 70% and somehow I'm still clinging to r3 and now my avg is 78 😭
I lost marks because I wrote short wavelength em radiation instead of ionising radiation and yes ionising radiation encompasses particle radiation asw but we were talking abt the em spectrum and pyrimidine dimers 💀💀💀 I should get the marks, things like this make me genuinely think my new teacher is unfit to teach bio istg next week I need to search it up and show her its pretty much the same thing. I lost another mark because it showed a karyotype and said; What kind of chromosomal mutation is present here? and the demo answers said trisomy(HOW TF???), aneuploidy and polyploidy which are the most wrong things I've heard in my life omdzzz. I lost a mark by writing chromosomal disjunction and literally had to ask the teacher "If this is wrong what do you classify chromosomal disjunction as? Not a chromosomal mutation? Omfdz on monday if I don't get more marks I'm going straight to the head teacher and asking if I can move back to her class again
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bruhhh thats messed up, i hope you get your appeals
 
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i was looking at a course at usyd and it just says to have a math's prerequisite, but also says math extension 1 is 'assumed knowledge' so does my math std course still meet that requirement? also do i have to do a bridging course because i dont want to pay for a course that is entirely online while yt is a thing (https://short-courses.sydney.edu.au/course/FSB3)
 
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Deer @Sam Rowan,

I was notified that I have information of the logistics involving completing a course with mathematics perquisite. This is not an uncommon situation, as I myself and other people (which you could probably find - have experienced in other forums). You have an exact period of 15 weeks as breathing space in transitioning from high school to university. In your situation, you do have a few options. You could:
1. Complete 3units of Mathematics in 15 weeks, which is difficult but manageable when self-learning. I recommend using the bridging course videos from the First Year Mathematics and Statistics UNSW Youtube channel to cover the relevant content, which can be found at
2. Complete only 2unit Mathematics so you have more free time and do not place yourself at risk of burn out. From expereince, Mathematics Advanced isn't really 'advanced'. I would say it is close to difficulty as Mathematics Standard 2 (in terms of how much work you need to put in). This is despite there being more content compared to Standard 2 Mathematics.
3. Check whether USYD offers bridiging courses during its semesters (such as term 1 or term 2) so you do not have to spend money upfront. Although I do not know what the quality is like, as I have not tried such bridging courses. Mathematics can be self-learned, although this can come with greater difficulties.
4. Go straight into the course, as from experience in MATH1131 for UNSW, you could probably learn the content anyways without the assumed knowledge (they go through the basics anyways). However, this might be more difficult without any previous exposure.

I think you should at least do some Mathematics Advanced, and maybe consider starting on the algebra and functions topic during Year 12 to get a headstart.

You might consider skipping the probability sections in combinatorics (binomial theorem, factorial notation are what really matter from that topic), trigonometric products as sums and differences, volumes of revolution, binomial distribution, and projectile motion for Extension 1 Mathematics. In Mathematics Advanced, you could skip some of the statistical analysis topic. At least completing the calculus, functions and probably vectors content will help you the most.

If you need any help with mathematics or questions or if you want any practice tests, you can ask on the Mathematics Thread.

Kind regards, CirrusTheJet.
 
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