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    Doing the HSC at TAFE

    I did my HSC at TAFE this year. I got 91 in Business Studies, 89 General Mathematics, 86 Legal Studies, 74 Modern History & 71 Standard English. I was ranked first in all my subjects except for General Maths which I was ranked 2nd. The teachers at TAFE are great & are very dedicated in providing...
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    Share your 2010 HSC results here

    Business Studies 91 (was almost certain I wasn't going to get a Band 5 because I messed up my extended response. So to see a Band 6 was shocking- in a good way) General Mathematics 89 (Dammit! lol) Legal Studies 86 Modern History 74 (Can't complain, didn't study much for it. Struggled with...
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    HSC 2010 School Rankings

    http://bettereducation.com.au/Results/Hsc1Page.aspx ALL 800 or so schools. Quick question: Why do they fail to include TAFE in the top 800 schools? I know for a fact the tafe I went to got a minimum of 8 Band 6's. Such a shame the Board of Studies fail to recognise TAFE's achievements...
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    The Disappointment Thread - Cry here...

    All the ATAR calculators I tried (about 3) gave me an ATAR between 80-81. So it was kind of annoying when i got 79.55.
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    UWS Early Offer Email

    I received an email as well from UWS for the early offer rounds =)
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    Share your 2010 ATAR here

    My aim all year was to get an 80! What do I get? 79.55. Frustrating much?
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    account for the successes and failures of democracy in germany in the period 1918-33

    Re: account for the successes and failures of democracy in germany in the period 1918 Failures: - signing of the treaty of versailles - transition to democracy - failure to eliminate bias in the court (eg, when hitler was arrested), teachers encourgaing students to support the kaiser...
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    ATAR estimate

    the assessments at TAFE are set very similar to school and the questions (especially in exams) are similar to HSC styled questions.
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    ATAR estimate

    I'm not sure of the 'schools' rank, as I am completing the course at TAFE.
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    ATAR estimate

    Hey, i'm completing the HSC at TAFE... Subject, marks in assessment, rank (sorry about the estimate of the people sitting the course, i'm really unsure), percentage in assessment - Modern History: 22/30 (=2nd/15-20) 73.3% - English (Standard): 12.5/15 (2nd/40ish or so) 83.3% -...
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    Is this possible

    shady145 - lol i enjoy maths and english q3thefish - lol to your comment bettina44 - thanks for replying.. but why do they begin year 12 half way through the year and how can they teach the year 12 syllabus properly with only half a year?:S
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    Is this possible

    hollaholla - not a science person at all lol... zedez - i'm not sure which TAFE i plan on attending I'm just wondering if TAFE run preliminary courses that are completed within a few months
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    Is this possible

    I have decided to leave year 12 and sit the HSC next year at TAFE. Now the subjects i completed in the preliminary course were: english standard, general mathematics, hospitality, business studies, sor 1 unit and ancient history (I am eligible to continue these subjects for year 12 studies)...
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    Uai estimate

    appreciate your estimates :)
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    Uai estimate

    what do you mean by hard? hard to get a good uai or hard to determine my uai?
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