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I think one of them with be something on geopolitical developments in asia and the middle east

an immunity to crappy ranks

well if everyone in your cohort that does bio (incl you) gets 100 in the HSC you will get 100 overall as 100 (mark for your internal rank) + (100 your exam mark)] divided by 2 which is clearly a band 6. so technically it is possible- start doing those past papers in seriousness, I think...

(for english) yes you should use them as practice because although the question will be different the formating should be exactly the same

allnighter for last exam tomorrow, anyone else up? :(

@Web Addict if this helps my tutor got 99 percentile (this was a couple of years ago) and was hitting around 85% in practice papers so for 70-80 I would estimate 50-60%

guessed most of the pick the middle questions

dont repeat! you won't be as pumped the next year and the estimates were super conservative so you can still pull it up and possibly make it into unsw (provided you pwn umat and interview) :/

to increase chances of doing well? like any other non-selective school student who gets tutoring. teachers in some selective school teach so that they assume the class knows the content from tutoring and focus on harder stuff which means that people that don't get tutoring will end up doing so

Bringing some things to the library to study isn't very difficult, people who have a room to themselves or fine conditions for studying at home often still choose to study at the library- aircon, free wifi :)

Ngo and Sons for Maths: > The Best Teacher > very affordable rates compared to other coaching colleges > flexible makeup lessons, if you're unable to attend your class you can just attend another time of the week by sending the teacher a text (or just showing up) > in an environment where...

Yeah that block doesn't exist anymore I'm pretty sure, but you know what my issue is :(

Personally group study has never worked for me, distractions and the fact that the bottom line is getting a good ranking. Sharing/collaborating notes is useful though and studying with a friend or two (doing individual study) can motivate you to keep going.

Has anyone received results (in terms of improvement) as a result from English tutoring? If so, private or attending a coaching college? I'm considering getting an English tutor after a disappointing advanced mark. :)

Is anyone considering doing the HSC with 13 units? I'm not sure about other schools and this may be a stupid question if doing 13 units is the norm but not many people do this in my school as it is considered too large a workload to cope with but I honestly do not know what to drop. My year...