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  1. roryclifford

    Thanks

    Hey, Just want to thank anyone on here who has helped me with anything over the last couple of years. It's over now so I probably wont return to this site except to share marks so again, thanks :) Catch ya around :P
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    An Imaginary Life

    Hey Guys, Just went through a moment of panic when looking through past papers for English and realised that, for a few years, my main related text for Belonging was a set prescribed text for Module A. :/ I had no idea An Imaginary Life was prescribed in the past, and no teacher has ever...
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    HSC 2008 Question 7 a)

    Hey guys, I don't know how to do this probability question from 2008, could someone please help me with it? I can get out the 1st part (though only sort of understand) but the rest is lost to me. An urn contains n red balls, n white balls and n blue balls. Three balls are drawn at random from...
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    Poems Specified

    Hey Guys, Just wondering if, for Module B, any of the poems by Yeats can be specified? And if I would then have to construct an essay with each poem involved to be completely ready (which is a bit ridiculous). Thanks!
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    Raw Marks

    Hi Guys, Before I go on I want to say that I am NOT saying I will get these marks in the HSC, most likely I wont, as these were just lucky papers haha. I am wondering what the equivalent HSC marks are USUALLY for the following raw marks in HSC exams, after scaling and aligning etc, which is...
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    Ending a Creative on a sad note.

    Hi guys, Just wondering if it's a bad idea to end a piece of creative writing on a bad note? Like, for Belonging I start my story off with my character not belonging, he experiences a reflection to a time when he did belong, and then back to the present there is a stark contrast to when he did...
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    Question from 2009 HSC

    Hi Guys and Gals, I am wondering which dotpoint in the Syllabus this question from the 2009 HSC actually refers to and how you would suggest answering this. The sample HSC answers are 1 and a half typed pages for a 5 marker, which is obviously in great excess to what should have been required...
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    SHMotion Question

    Hi Guys, I am struggling with this question, thought I had nailed it but got the last part wrong and am unsure why, and the solutions are unclear. A particle whose displacement is x moves in SHM such that accel = -16x. At t = 0, x = 1 and x (dot) = 4. (iii) Find x as a function of t. Before...
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    When to apply for uni accomodation?

    Hey guys, So the time has come for me to complete my Uni applications and scholarships, and that is almost sorted. But, I am wondering when I am meant to apply for uni accomodation? Almost every single on-campus college charges fees for the application, but if I don't get into the uni what was...
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    ATAR estimate please :)

    Hi guys, This is my second one of these but last time i did not know any ranks 100%, so some have changed. School rank was in the 90's last year but usually around 110. Maths Ext 2 - 1 / 10 Maths Ext 1 - 2 / 20 Chemistry - 1 / 18 Physics - 2 / 25 English - 5 / 69 IPT 2010 HSC - 94 Thanks!
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    ATAR from Ranks

    Hey guys. Just wondering what ATAR range I am looking at from my ranks so far, which I think I can maintain if not improve from this point onwards. Maths Extension 1 - 3rd / ~20 Maths Extension 2 - 2nd / ~11 Chemistry - 1st or 2nd / ~35 Physics - 4th / ~30 English Advanced - 4th / ~70 And got...
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    Results so far

    Hey guys Just wondering how everyone is going as of so far in their half yearlies. Today I got back 2 sweet marks and a not so sweet mark; Maths Extension 1 - 95% 3rd Overall Maths Extension 2 - 93% 2nd Overall Physics :S - 70% 7th in the exam, 4th overall Still have chem and english to go...
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    Realisation of the amount that could have been done

    Anybody else just coming to see how many hours they wasted these holidays?! I'm not saying I did nothing, but compared to the amount of time we had, I barely scratched the surface of what I could have. Best feeling haha :S eeeeep
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