Carrotsticks
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Hello all,
Welcome to another year of our series of BOS Trials! Again, we are hosting three exams. Mathematics Advanced, Extension 1 and Extension 2.
Students who have previously sat in these exams, I invite you all you share your experiences and to discuss the papers. I give you permission to spam up this thread (within reason please!)
This year, I will be capping the attendance to 60 for Advanced, Extension 1 and 2 each.
Here are the links to the past exams, for you to have a feel of the level of difficulty and to see for yourself that these are no ordinary 'trial papers' View attachment BOS Trials.zip
Here is also a link to last year's thread, in case you're interested.
Introduction
The Bored of Studies Mathematics Trials are aimed at students seeking a challenging paper that will push their limits and test how well they REALLY know their stuff. The exams are designed carefully to stay as much within the bounds of the syllabus as possible, whilst maintaining a high standard of questions and proofs of further results. In short, if you think you are good at Mathematics, these papers are most certainly for you. They will interest you, challenge you, and most importantly they will show you that questions/topics that are typically 'boring' can be interesting!
Students will sit the examination under supervised exam conditions and will be allowed to keep their copy of the exam paper to bring home. Afterwards, a team of markers will be marking the exam papers under marking guidelines that I've written (according to how the HSC markers conducts their marking), and sending you results when they are ready.
Fully worked solutions will be provided either on the day of the exam or over the next few days following it. These solutions are carefully explained to allow students to maximise their understanding of the deeper and underlying concepts used in various questions.
Students who may be worried about losing motivation (due to results) are reminded that this is NOT intended to be an accurate reflection of the difficulty of the HSC. The questions are made to be as closely styled to HSC as possible (see previous exams), but this will be your last chance to practise a full exam as close to HSC conditions as possible.
_________________________________________________________________
Details
How Do I Register?
Please make a post in here stating that you will be sitting the exam paper, and then send me a private message through here.
In your private message, please use the following template (this information will not be disclosed to the public, and is kept for our references only). If you have some friends you'd like to bring along, please ask them to make an account and message me individually.
_________________________________________________________________
Name:
School:
Exams I wish to sit:
_________________________________________________________________
If you do not have an account, please feel free to make one.
Also, please feel free to invite your friends, provided that they suit the recommendations (read below).
In response, I will issue you with a student number to confirm your registration. Keep this student number with you on the day of the exam. You can use it to track your results when I put the marks online (only the student number and marks will be shown).
_________________________________________________________________
When:
All exams will be hosted on Friday the 2nd of October.
Extension 2 and 2 unit 9:30am - 12:30pm
Break
Extension 1 3pm - 5pm.
_________________________________________________________________
Where:
All exams will be hosted at the University of Sydney! Many thanks to them for providing us with a venue to host these exams. We are highly thankful for their assistance in hosting such an event.
Carslaw Lecture Room 351
_________________________________________________________________
What to bring:
Yourself and usual exam kit such as pens, calculator etc. No paper is necessary, as we will be providing you with writing booklets, just like in the HSC Examination.
_________________________________________________________________
Recommended:
It is highly recommended that students attempting the paper are comfortably in the Band 6/E4 range, aiming for 95+ in any of the Mathematics subjects. The exams will very thoroughly examine your ability to understand how topics are used, and the theory behind concepts.
I also recommend that all students attempting the Extension 2 paper also attempt the Extension 1 paper. I know that typically you may be getting 95%+ raw, but remember these are not like ordinary trial papers!
_________________________________________________________________
Favour:
If you know anybody who is good at Mathematics or a 'beast' at it, I ask that you link them to this page. We want to put the best people in the state up against each other for this exam. Consider it a challenge from myself.
_________________________________________________________________
Challenge:
I challenge anybody to score higher than 70% in the Mathematics Extension 2 test. State rankers typically fall in the 60-70% range, but nobody has yet broken the 70 mark. Do you think you are good? Perhaps you can be the first.
_________________________________________________________________
Cost:
No cost at all. I believe such content should be free to distribute. Education and access to good resources should be unrestricted when sought after.
_________________________________________________________________
I look forward to seeing you all on the day!
Carrotsticks.
Hello all,
Welcome to another year of our series of BOS Trials! Again, we are hosting three exams. Mathematics Advanced, Extension 1 and Extension 2.
Students who have previously sat in these exams, I invite you all you share your experiences and to discuss the papers. I give you permission to spam up this thread (within reason please!)
This year, I will be capping the attendance to 60 for Advanced, Extension 1 and 2 each.
Here are the links to the past exams, for you to have a feel of the level of difficulty and to see for yourself that these are no ordinary 'trial papers' View attachment BOS Trials.zip
Here is also a link to last year's thread, in case you're interested.
Introduction
The Bored of Studies Mathematics Trials are aimed at students seeking a challenging paper that will push their limits and test how well they REALLY know their stuff. The exams are designed carefully to stay as much within the bounds of the syllabus as possible, whilst maintaining a high standard of questions and proofs of further results. In short, if you think you are good at Mathematics, these papers are most certainly for you. They will interest you, challenge you, and most importantly they will show you that questions/topics that are typically 'boring' can be interesting!
Students will sit the examination under supervised exam conditions and will be allowed to keep their copy of the exam paper to bring home. Afterwards, a team of markers will be marking the exam papers under marking guidelines that I've written (according to how the HSC markers conducts their marking), and sending you results when they are ready.
Fully worked solutions will be provided either on the day of the exam or over the next few days following it. These solutions are carefully explained to allow students to maximise their understanding of the deeper and underlying concepts used in various questions.
Students who may be worried about losing motivation (due to results) are reminded that this is NOT intended to be an accurate reflection of the difficulty of the HSC. The questions are made to be as closely styled to HSC as possible (see previous exams), but this will be your last chance to practise a full exam as close to HSC conditions as possible.
_________________________________________________________________
Details
How Do I Register?
Please make a post in here stating that you will be sitting the exam paper, and then send me a private message through here.
In your private message, please use the following template (this information will not be disclosed to the public, and is kept for our references only). If you have some friends you'd like to bring along, please ask them to make an account and message me individually.
_________________________________________________________________
Name:
School:
Exams I wish to sit:
_________________________________________________________________
If you do not have an account, please feel free to make one.
Also, please feel free to invite your friends, provided that they suit the recommendations (read below).
In response, I will issue you with a student number to confirm your registration. Keep this student number with you on the day of the exam. You can use it to track your results when I put the marks online (only the student number and marks will be shown).
_________________________________________________________________
When:
All exams will be hosted on Friday the 2nd of October.
Extension 2 and 2 unit 9:30am - 12:30pm
Break
Extension 1 3pm - 5pm.
_________________________________________________________________
Where:
All exams will be hosted at the University of Sydney! Many thanks to them for providing us with a venue to host these exams. We are highly thankful for their assistance in hosting such an event.
Carslaw Lecture Room 351
_________________________________________________________________
What to bring:
Yourself and usual exam kit such as pens, calculator etc. No paper is necessary, as we will be providing you with writing booklets, just like in the HSC Examination.
_________________________________________________________________
Recommended:
It is highly recommended that students attempting the paper are comfortably in the Band 6/E4 range, aiming for 95+ in any of the Mathematics subjects. The exams will very thoroughly examine your ability to understand how topics are used, and the theory behind concepts.
I also recommend that all students attempting the Extension 2 paper also attempt the Extension 1 paper. I know that typically you may be getting 95%+ raw, but remember these are not like ordinary trial papers!
_________________________________________________________________
Favour:
If you know anybody who is good at Mathematics or a 'beast' at it, I ask that you link them to this page. We want to put the best people in the state up against each other for this exam. Consider it a challenge from myself.
_________________________________________________________________
Challenge:
I challenge anybody to score higher than 70% in the Mathematics Extension 2 test. State rankers typically fall in the 60-70% range, but nobody has yet broken the 70 mark. Do you think you are good? Perhaps you can be the first.
_________________________________________________________________
Cost:
No cost at all. I believe such content should be free to distribute. Education and access to good resources should be unrestricted when sought after.
_________________________________________________________________
I look forward to seeing you all on the day!
Carrotsticks.
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