3u or 2u??? (1 Viewer)

[PenelopeK]

many people say that if u have done 3u in yr 11 it is better to drop to 2u in yr 12 and get higher marks as u already have learnt the entire course...

good idea or not?

 

[nick1048]

not really. the best of 2 unit is the bottom of 3 unit if u'r capable keep both.

 

[Estel]

You have NOT learnt the entire 2 unit course in 3u preliminary... nowhere near.

Besides, keeping 3U would definitely improve your 2u marks regardless.

 

[Li0n]

meh just do 3u study hard, its heaps easy. You'll probably end up regretting not doing 4u...

 

[withoutaface]

You have NOT learnt the entire 2 unit course in 3u preliminary... nowhere near.

Besides, keeping 3U would definitely improve your 2u marks regardless.

Yes you have, you learn everything except trig functions and exponentials/logs.

 

[Estel]

Lets see...
Copy of Syllabus school gave...
HSC 2U
Probability
Series
Geometrical Aps of Differentiation
Integration
Logs/Exponentials
Trig Functions
Apps of Calculus

Prelim 3U
Real Number
Geometry
Functions
Trig Revision
Linear Functinos
Tangents to curves
Quadratics/Parabola
Polynomials

 

[withoutaface]

Lets see...
Copy of Syllabus school gave...
HSC 2U
Probability
Series
Geometrical Aps of Differentiation
Integration
Logs/Exponentials
Trig Functions
Apps of Calculus

Prelim 3U
Real Number
Geometry
Functions
Trig Revision
Linear Functinos
Tangents to curves
Quadratics/Parabola
Polynomials

All I know is that the 3u prelim people that came up to 4u to join the 2u accelerated people only had to catch up on the two topics I have already stated.

 

[velox]

Yes you have, you learn everything except trig functions and exponentials/logs.

i think thats right, but it would depend on how fast your school went

 

[Estel]

Well then clearly your school is much faster

 

[withoutaface]

i think thats right, but it would depend on how fast your school went

It's also probably dependent on whether you did 3u specific topics such as permutations, parametrics etc in year 11.

 

[velox]

true, but aren't they specifically for yr11 anyway? We have to do them.

 

[withoutaface]

true, but aren't they specifically for yr11 anyway? We have to do them.

Nope, we didn't do them until this year.

 

[velox]

they're both in the prelim excel book......
edit: so r they yr12 or yr11?

 

[Estel]

They're yr 11, but perhaps some schools teach 2u Yr 12 in Yr 11 instead, for the benefit of those dropping down.

 

[Jago]

^ like my class.

 

[withoutaface]

I think if you look in the Jones/Couchman 3u prelim book, those are the topics that are taught at my school, and the ones in the 3u hsc book are the ones left until year 12.

 

[Estel]

The last few topics are in both books tho...
Interestingly, my school delays integration until Yr 12.

 

[Li0n]

i didnt even know how to integrate properly until after the year 12 half yearly lol.