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I go to Girra and there's a really broad range of people. In my grade it ranges from the white guys that are naturally intelligent but do no study and spend their time drinking and smoking weed to the people that aren't that smart but spend all their time studying/getting tutored and end up...

Re: 2012 HSC MX2 Marathon 5 minutes to work out. 1 hour to type up. 30 minutes to post. I need to get better at latex.

Yep, it's the same for all the sciences.

Not any more, this year we're using Terry Lee - Howard managed to get them at a ridiculously reduced price (although everyone had to pay a $15 "rental" fee).

The maths in physics is piss easy (if you passed year 9 maths you'll be fine) as long as you actually understand what you're doing. It's just subbing values into equations you're given. At most you have to rearrange them.

"Newtons Law of Universal Gravitation is used in all calculations involving gravitational field strength in non-relativistic classical mechanics, including deriving the equation for orbital velocity as well as Kepler's Law of Periods, which are both vital parts in the understanding and...

I did the bare minimum amount of homework (i.e. enough to not get a detention) and absolutely no study in years 7-10 - Apart from coming equal first in music one year my grades were average at best. Over the summer holidays between year 10 and 11 I developed a passion for physics and realised...

This. In the grand scheme of things, year 11 doesn't matter. Obviously you still want to do well, but there's really no need to do work in the summer holidays (or any holidays for that matter, as long as you don't get behind). Nevertheless, if you're actually interested in and enjoy the subjects...

notsureifsrs. selective schools = public schools = no exorbitant prices I go to a selective school (not one of those you mentioned) and it depends on what subjects you're doing (resource heavy subjects like art cost more), but I think I've paid around $100-200 a year. There's also a voluntary...

Multiplying the function by a constant will increase the amplitude of the wave as you can see in the link below. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=plot+y%3Dsinx+and+y%3D2sinx+and+y%3D3sinx Adding a constant will shift the graph up, down, left or right depending on where you add it. It's the...

From my experience there's not a big step up in regards to workload. The teacher's realise that you've only just started year 11 and understand you're not used to the larger workload, so they don't expect as much at the start of the year. The change is gradual, at the start of the year all I did...

360 degrees = 2pi radians, that's basically all you need to know. That rule's called the auxillary angle method. See http://trevorpythag.co.uk/2009/mathematics/trigonometry/auxiliary-angle-method-for-solving-trigonometry-equations/ for a pretty good explanation & example. There's another...

Yeah, not worrying yet. Really just wanted to see whether I needed to work a lot harder or basically just keep doing what I'm doing.

School was top 30 in 2011 Chemistry - 86 Overall Legal Studies - 80% (5-15/40)Definitely can improve this, by the end of the year I'll be at least top 10, hopefully top 5 Music - 90% (=4/7)This definitely won't drop any lower, but it might not go up either - everyone's pretty good and it's...

As far as I know, fractional distillation is only carried out industrially - you wouldn't do it in a lab. Think of it this way, let's say you've got 3 compounds with boiling points 60C, 80C and 100C. It's important to remember that the distillation tower is heated from the bottom - the...

It's not about the time spent studying, it's about your understanding. Study a topic until you fully grasp the concepts involved - whether it takes you 10 minutes or a week. Most importantly, DON'T JUST MEMORISE ALL THE FORMULAS. You can probably get away with that in the prelim course (I know...

- Procrastinate A LOT less - Put more effort into my less enjoyable/weaker subjects (most notably engrish) - Top MX2, MX1, Physics & get a state rank - HSC All Rounder - Train a lot harder and hopefully compete at a state level (Oly Lifting) + Win school cross country & swimming carnivals - Stop...

Mine's probably going to be about a kid that's been raised in a slum and has been part of a gang for all of his life. He's just realised he wants something better for himself and decides to do something about it. I'd love to add more details, but that's literally all I have so far. Thoughts?