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The website crashed, probably due to the large influx of people trying to access it

yeah UNSW site crashed

It's all a balance between natural aptitude and work ethic. If you lack one, then you must make up for it with the other. Of course, a person with both will excel quite ahead. Though, there are varying degrees of "natural aptitude" and "work ethic" so it really is just a spectrum.

How is easier exams/marking a psychological impact? With easier exams/marking, poorer students are able to match up more closely to the top students. Hence, any top student (excluding 1st) will be dragged down as a result. Edit: I'm not saying that going to a low ranking school means you get a...

I'm not quite sure what you mean. I don't see how the order is important here (low ranking school means easy exams + poorer mentality vs. the opposite way around) since they are still linked together. Can you clarify for me? Since they are still liked together, is it wrong to say that going to...

Coming from a poor ranking school, I offer a different perspective to the above comments. I say that school ranking DOES have an impact on your ATAR. Point 1: Poor ranking schools generally have easier exams and easier marking. Assume there is only 2 people worthy of a "high" ATAR in a cohort...

Most difficult to easiest for me: I2I, Space, M&G. Simply because HSC explanations are quite poor in that they promote rote learning (more so for I2I and space than M&G) and I always strived to understand it properly

You need to accept that your teacher is incapable of teaching harder content. Most teachers are like this including mine; understand that it is somewhat NORMAL. In fact, whilst my tutor was very capable (elected into maths olympiad boot camp), he rarely went through harder questions but instead...

Re: UNSW Chit Chat Thread 2015. I never received a concession card during my last year of high school because i was busy at the time it was handed out and I never followed up on it. What's the fastest way to get it as of now as I want to eventually get my concession Opal card? Can I apply...

Truong is successful because it aligns with the traditional asian mentality of using fear to make people work hard, and thus parents want to send their children there since they will study hard. From what my friends who went there (~10) have told me, it is really just a "rote" system where the...

Possible 1st reply to his statement that HSC is not worth studying for: "I've also been doing other things such as {insert}". Note: If you can't say you've been doing other things than perhaps his comment was a good reality check Possible 2nd reply to his "scientific" facts: "Yeah, I don't...

I had the choice of software engineering vs. software engineering + commerce and went with the single degree. Why? - Save 1.5 years and ~$15000 in debt (somewhere around that figure) - Graduate faster and thus get into the work force faster (make money faster, get RELEVANT career experience...

I had facebook, but I didn't use it that much as I became more focused on studying. Still, it had it perks when it came to socialising. I recall a time where I grabbed a tutor friend's phone number in order to stay in contact and then after a while I realised that facebook is simply more...

Yeah I understand that social media can be a distraction. I'm just saying that social media is a valid form of relaxation, just as much so as "chilling out and watching movies" or "going outside". If you have the time to be watching MOVIES... then I'm sure you can have the time for social media...

Yes, but your advice to not use any social media conveys a misleading message. Whether one person wants to relax by playing sports, games, or going on social media, is there a difference? Not really. So, advice to avoid social media is practically the same as advice to avoid relaxing activities...

You guys are such extremists... what did you do with your spare time? Or did you study 24/7?

Arena is so much better than ranked imo... everyone is on the same playing field and so it's about your drafting/playing skills :P I currently average a 6 win run... almost infinite arena!! I added you :)

If you have at least some basic level of self discipline i.e. not spending most of your time on social media, then there really is no need to take such extremities. It's not like you are going to spend 100% of your time studying... that is simply ineffective. I know I had 2-5 hours spare time...

Anyone play?? I wanna add some people to spectate and vs. :P