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Hi there. So I've been considering pursuing a career as a civil engineer project manager. However, I'm not too sure on what that entails, i.e. what is everyday life like working as a project manager in the civil industry (including hours at work, duties, etc.)? What was your path to becoming a...

As title states, what are your thoughts on Civil/Project Management as a double-degree? Does it actually help later on in becoming a project manager? I'm assuming after the degree you'd need to be working as a regular civil engineer for a minimum of 5 years until you can actually become a...

I've been hearing about people choosing WAM booster subjects but how does that work? Say for example, my degree is in Engineering; how would I pick WAM boosters if there are certain subjects I must complete? Do first years even have the option to pick WAM boosters? Do people pick these later on...

Timetables got released yesterday and there's a trend in my timetable where my tutorials are conducted before my lectures. Is this normal? I thought tutorials are where you ask questions based from your lectures, so would it still work out if my tutorials are before lectures? Advice would be...

Why does the equilibrium constant get affected only by changes in temperature? Why not with changes in pressure or concentration? Let's consider a general reaction: A + B <--> C + D where Δ < 0 The eq. constant expression would be [C][D]/[A]. If we were to increase the temperature, equilibrium...

Using the equation Q = mcΔt, if Q is positive; the reaction is said to be endothermic. If Q is negative, the reaction is said to be exothermic. What confuses me is that when we perform the experiment in school, we pour an Ionic compound into a beaker filled with water and measure the final and...

Considering the new syllabus for Science and English have become considerably harder than the old syllabus, does this mean that Physics, Chemistry, Bio and English will generally get scaled higher compared to before? Or does it depend more on how everyone does in the 2019 HSC?

Need help with these. If someone could explain (worked solution) the answers to these, it’d be greatly appreciated. Thanks. 1)A beaker contains 100mL of Silver Sulfate solution at a concentration of 1.0 x 10^-6 mol/L. What is the mass of Silver ions in the beaker? Answer: 2.16 x 10^-4 g 2)...

My teacher was telling us about how due to the tariff the US put on steel and aluminium imports, the price of both of them would increase (which makes sense). But he then said that domestic suppliers would also increase supply AND increase the price, meaning the overall price of steel and...

(Note these questions aren’t ONLY being asked to 99.95 ATAR recipients, if you also have some advice to share - feel free to do so, thanks). Had some questions for the top students, would like some advice: 1) Were you guys always top in your cohort (this doesn’t really apply to Top 25 SS...

Got a few questions I was wondering on. 1) How does the aluminium oxide layer prevent oxidation and why is Aluminium foil good for food? 2) How does the wall exert a force let alone an equal one on a ball? Isn't it F=Ma and the Mass are different for each? How can a stationary object exert a...

So I've always had an interest in planes and spacecraft, so from a really early point in my life I had decided to pursue a career in Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering. But as the HSC is slowly approaching, I was wondering whether it'd be a good Engineering career to choose (especially in...

1) Say there are two cars; one with a force of 400N and the other one at 800N. Their masses are the same, therefore they have different acceleration. If they were to collide head on and the drivers weren't wearing seatbelts, would the driver from Car A (400N) fly backwards with the car or would...

So we all know that if we dropped a feather and a bowling ball from the same height, the bowling ball would land much quicker since the feather has a larger surface area and the air molecules make it "float" more (that's what I learnt from my Science teacher, so correct me if that's wrong). Now...

So since Oxygen is a Diatomic gas, how come the Chemical Equation to obtain H2O is H2 + O ---> H2O? Why isn't it H2 + O2 ---> H2O? I understand that the second equation is unbalanced and the product would be 2H2O, but that product isn't normal water anymore; it's something called "Heavy water"...

How does the unstable valence shell determine the Boiling/Melting point (this is more based on bonds), electrical conductivity and properties for an Element? For example, Hydrogen is highly flammable. But people say it's due to the unstable valence shell. How does the unstable valence shell...

I understand that Mercury has a full outer 6s shell, meaning it doesn't want to share Electrons. Firstly, why isn't it a Noble gas then? Aren't noble gases the most stable elements (Ik that Mercury isn't a gas at room temp, but still). Secondly, I tried searching up why Mercury is a...

As the title states, why is (h,k) the POI (Point of Inflection) and Centre in Cubics and Circles? I understand why they're there for Parabolas (have to find the maximum/minimum value), but what's the reasoning behind Circles and Cubics? For a Cubic in y = a(x-h)^3 +k form, there are no maximum...

My teacher told me that we need to memorise Polyatomic Ions for the HSC, so my question was; how many of them do we need to memorise? Usually, people give a select few (maybe 10-15) but those vary from different sources, so how many and which ones should I try and memorise?

How does one determine the charge of a Polyatomic ion? My teacher said that we don't learn how to find the charge so it's better to memorise them. But is there a way to determine the charge?