HELP!! Is it Too late to drop down to general maths. (1 Viewer)

[manisha_xoxo]

In year 12, and we've done one assessment. and my friend wants to drop down to general maths, because he's finding 2unit tooo difficult. Is it too late to change?

 

[YBK]

In year 12, and we've done one assessment. and my friend wants to drop down to general maths, because he's finding 2unit tooo difficult. Is it too late to change?

welcome to bos...

I think your friend can, but ask a teacher anyway... wait obviously your friend would have to anyway, to change

 

[Dreamerish*~]

No, it's not too late.

However, Mathematics has better scaling than General Maths, so if your friend is capable of doing above-average in Mathematics, maybe he or she should reconsider.

 

[pritnep]

First off welcome to BOS manisha_xoxo.

It depends on the school usually schools are fine with dropping down its just putting up they are sometimes not. I would tell your friend to look into dropping down to general as soon as you return to school because the school would want to finalise classes size in the first few weeks after any new enrolments.

 

[pLuvia]

Welcome, no it shouldn't be too late. But as people have said General scales really poorly, and should be thought really carefully when dropping down to it.

 

[Raginsheep]

If your friend plans on doing any commerce/science/eng/med-based course, then I would recommend that he does not drop. How badly is he doing? Does he have a tutor? Personally, if is doing 12 units and maths isn't gonna count anywayz, I'd drop the lot and focus on the other subjects.

 

[kami]

In most schools and TAFEs you can most certainly change from Mathematics to General Maths so thats not really a problem. However I disagree with the general consensus about scaling being an issue for consideration as a strong performance will nullify any scaling issues, rather I think what must be considered is whether results will improve significantly. Though the majority of people find General Maths much simpler, many people are simply not cut-out for maths at all and do not fare much better.

 

[Riviet]

It is definitely not too late to change, many schools still had to finish the prelim course in term 4, and you still have time to catch up early this year.

 

[hopeles5ly]

It is definitely not too late to change, many schools still had to finish the prelim course in term 4, and you still have time to catch up early this year.

that's pretty bad. hmm do you know any schools in particular lol?

 

[Riviet]

that's pretty bad. hmm do you know any schools in particular lol?

Nah I don't, although I heard some schools do topics like polynomials this year, others did it in year 11, and do the topics in a different order.

 

[KimmorleyKiller]

No, it's not too late.

However, Mathematics has better scaling than General Maths, so if your friend is capable of doing above-average in Mathematics, maybe he or she should reconsider.

Really? im in yr 11 and my maths teacher seems to think that an 80% in 2 unit will give you around the same UAI as a 60% in general, it was really depressing she came out with all this stuff about how if were doing advanced english (which i am) we'll fail the course, if you scored under band 5 in the school certificate, we'll fail the course, if your doing extension 1 (which i am) the minimum amount of homework you have to do a week (excluding studying) is 22 hours...just to finish the course.
I scored mid band 4 in the SC, though in the 2nd semester i started studying for tests and managed myself a couple of 100% which raised my confidence no end...

Anyway i was wondering how much merit i should give to all this, as its got me quite terrified :worried:

 

[Raginsheep]

If you're prepared to study and work hard, theres no reason that your maths teacher's comments are nothing more than aboslute bullshit

 

[Slidey]

Kim, the exact details and nature of it all are quite complex, but please take my advice and ignore your teacher (unless he's actually teaching you maths).

In many cases there is little correlation between School Certificate results and HSC results. Further, scaling and aligning data changes from year to year depending on test difficulty and the cohort sitting the exams.

Re homework: 30 minutes a day is sufficient, 1 hour a day is more than enough. This includes study. Just ensure that your homework habits are consistent.

 

[KimmorleyKiller]

Cheers thanks for that guys, a big relief

 

[Mountain.Dew]

i know rafy did drop to general maths in early 05. then dropped to no maths in mid 05! LOL

 

[Rafy]

i know rafy did drop to general maths in early 05. then dropped to no maths in mid 05! LOL

Dropped from 2U maths to General in the middle of term 2. Then dropped Maths altogether 2 weeks before our trial HSC.

Its definately never too late to drop, however the earlier the better. Much of the work in the general course is different from higher levels and you will need to learn a few things distinctive to the general course if you drop down. The later you leave it, the more cramming you'll have to do to learn the stuff you missed.