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    Studying in holidays

    wow! (saw that you said above that you woke up at 4:30 am??? How much sleep do you get?) And my timetable isn't that complicated at all. I draft it up on google docs in a massive table. Each week gets a row, each day gets a column (sorta like a calendar). And then add the things you want to do...
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    Your experience at usyd / unsw ???

    Thank you for the insight!!! I will take them into consideration :)
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    Studying in holidays

    Make a study timetable! It works well for me because I find great satisfaction ticking things off each day. However, I know people who despise timetables and find them too restricting. If you're one of these people then you should try making a weekly to do list, this can be less stressful and...
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    Advice From A 99.70 ATAR Student (chem, phys, business, English, 2U, 3U)

    This is the best thread on BOS so far,, thank you!!!!
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    Your experience at usyd / unsw ???

    My aspiration is to do dental medicine at USYD, but a 99.5 cut off is intimidating, and from what I'm told, 70% of the people who make that insane cut off don't even get in. I know UMAT and interviews are part of the consideration process but it's clearly a very strict criteria and low...
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    What makes Ruse different from other schools?

    From what I understand from reading all the other ruse threads, is that it's the students who get the highest selective score entry, 'naturally' bright, predominantly from immigrant parents and the many hours of tutoring etc. (Apparently there was a girl who did 23hrs of tutoring a week???)...
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    Hext topic ideas

    Actually, I wanted to ask if you could elaborate on your second point? :) I feel as though the biggest disadvantage about doing my MW on Hitler's Diaries is the fact that there's not many resources or academic essays on it (historiographically wise), I mean there are a ton of newspaper articles...
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    Hext topic ideas

    You're a life saver, thank you!! The French Revolution sounds fascinating! I hope your project goes well :) Can I ask what progress you've maded so far? I wanna see if I'm on track or procrastinating too much LOL Our teacher is super intense and constantly makes me feel like my work and...
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    Hext topic ideas

    Hi! It's been a term into the course and I have yet to decide exactly what my topic for my major work is going to be. I want to look at Hitler's diaries, and circulate around the idea of forgery being a form of history but I'm not entirely sure where else to go from here / what concepts to...
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    Subject Selections?! Please!

    Hi! I'm a year 11 student, currently doing: - Ext English - Ext Maths - Chem - Bio - Modern History I'm picking up Extension 2 English and Extension History for year 12 (4u eng, 3u maths, chem, mod, history ext) and I really need advice on whether I should drop Chemistry or Biology to...
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