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    Actuarial Studies...

    Yes it is not too hard if you have the fundamentals of your maths down. Being able to learn difficult topics well and quickly would definitely help. Of course, you should be at least a little INTERESTED in the fields (Insurance, probabilities, finance) that i mentioned. Way too many of my peers...
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    Actuarial Studies...

    Well in my opinion, i'd go Macquarie if its only 5 mins away. I don't really think that there's any real difference in education. Since its only 5 mins, i don't see the point in going to UNSW which i assume will be much longer than 5 mins, when you get practically same education. HOWEVER, i...
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    How to approach year 11 in order to do GREAT :)

    Heaps of past papers just before the exam (I mean couple days before). Make sure you're doing ALL of the homework. Never know if the method or idea that you miss out in skipping a question will pop up in the final or trial exam. Check your solutions, sounds silly but some people don't and carry...
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    Actuarial Studies...

    I'm studying at UNSW doing actuarial studies (2nd yr). I had this exact same crossroad two years ago. I figured Macquarie is good because it was the first uni in Aust. to have it, whereas UNSW has way more resources. Honestly, choose whichever suits you better, since they're both very good...
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    Raw mark for e4

    HAHA nice. doh! Anyway don't get too bogged down with a low raw mark. As others have said, all you need is a good relative mark compared to others.
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    Comparison of Maths Ext 2 books

    Yep I'd have to agree Cambridge do have more harder questions than Fitz. Cambridge is the one i'd prefer. It has very good explanations compared to the Fitzpatrick textbook. :)
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