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    Rote learning in Maths

    I agree with you. With English imo being the best example here: the act of memorising an essay and regurgitating it for an exam is rote-learning, but the initial conception and construction of that essay itself requires a level of critical thinking and understanding on the part of the student...
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    HSC graduates: beware of predatory tutoring businesses

    The selective school memes page made a post warning HSC graduates from wage theft that happens way too common in the tutoring industry. Past tutors who worked for Delta spoke up about this happening there, then the page got deleted and threatened with legal action. This happened very recently...
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    Exceeding the number of credit points in your degree

    Hey everyone. In a usual 3-year degree, you are to complete 144 credit points, and in a usual 4-year degree, you are to complete 192 credit points. Is it possible to exceed the usual number of credit points in your degree? If this is possible, will the additional credit points be...
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    Summer research scholarships

    Hey guys, Does anyone know when the science faculty emails out summer research application results? I just received an offer for summer research at UNSW, but I have to accept it within 5 days, and personally I'd actually prefer USYD (on the basis that it's shorter and I have to attend summer...
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    Changes to maths units in 2018

    This is kind of a long shot, but... Would anyone here have any information on the changes to USYD's maths units from 2018? I've heard about this since late last year, and today someone mentioned that the economics honours coordinator is at a loss as to which maths courses to encourage for...
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    ECOS2901 maths content

    Hey guys! ECOS2901 has ECOS2903 as a co-requisite, but I took the alternative route, where I take MATH2970 during the following semester instead. From reading the description of ECOS2903, the only thing I haven't learnt so far is constrained and unconstrained optimisation, which is a part of...
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    Free English Advanced Essays!

    Hello everyone! After receiving requests (even offers) for my HSC English Advanced essays, I've decided to give them out for free! I've noticed that many of my peers during the HSC didn't bother researching effective essay structure and style, and yet those are perhaps some of the most crucial...
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    Starting the semester with a tutorial

    Apparently my first ever university class is a MATH1901 tutorial. What. Can't tell if this is a mistake or not.
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    Access Card

    Where do the profits which go into selling USYD Access Cards go to? Funding the societies? That would explain why a lot of them require you to have an Access Card. Just curious.
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    Econometrics

    Hey guys. I'm enrolling into Bachelor of Science (Advanced Mathematics) and Bachelor of Arts this year, and currently planning to major in statistics and economics. Regarding the Arts aspect of my degree, I have to take 18 credit points (12 of which are from senior units) outside of my major...
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    Enrolment question

    Is it better to only enrol into semester 1 units for now, or enrol into both semesters 1 and 2 (and change semester 2 units later)? E.g. I want to do INFO1905 in semester 2. But that requires a distinction in INFO1103 in semester 1. Should I enrol into semester 2 courses without prerequisites...
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    Units and Honours year

    Hey guys. Basically, there are a lot of maths units I would like to do, but can't seem to fit in my normal degree. However I am planning to take an Honours year. My question follows: will I be able to take 2nd and 3rd year units during my Honours year? And if so, how many of those units will...
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    Applied/Pure Mathematics majors?

    Does USYD differentiate between Applied and Pure Mathematics majors? I initially thought it was all just under the Mathematics major, but the Mathematics and Statistics handbooks seem to make the distinction (e.g. "... all students wishing to major in Applied Mathematics...").
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    Mathematics group work/project

    Does it exist? I'm just curious.
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    Talented Students Program and Special Studies Program

    Hey guys. I received an invitation to the Sydney Science Luncheon, which is a meeting regarding USYD's Talented Students Program. I plan on enrolling into B Science (Advanced Mathematics)/B Arts (majoring in economics and mathematics or statistics), and from the information available online...
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    Lorenz transformation question

    Since evolution has conditioned the human body (and almost all other land animals) to only be able to withstand 1g for a long period of time, here's my question: How long would it take for a person to accelerate to near the speed of light (for convenience, assume that we are accelerating the...
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    Joint honours

    Is it possible to undertake a joint honours between economics and mathematics/statistics? I know that joint honours between economics and econometrics are possible, though not sure if it is possible to combine honours between cross-faculty disciplines.
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    Define 'external stability' in a single, concise sentence.

    I think I get the gist of what external stability is; it is a policy goal of governments to foster growth and other economic obligations without excessive financial volatility. But the definitions I find from textbooks and internet tend to be highly convoluted, broad and somewhat wishy-washy...
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    ATAR estimation experiment!

    Hello fellow BoS'ers! As someone who loves working with statistics and numbers, I'm interested in running an experiment. I would like to analyse the accuracy of ATAR estimates based on both yearly ranks and trials performances, as this respected forum is among the most popular methods of...
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    Merit scholarships and trials results

    Specifically with USYD's merit scholarships, when they ask for "HSC trial result (if available)", do they mean your trial exam results (e.g. XX% raw mark in a trial exam), cumulative mark after the trials (e.g. XX% raw mark in a subject across the whole year) or your reported internal mark after...
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