what does everyone think of the NEW excel? (1 Viewer)

[Kaatie]

we all know the old one was crap, but what are your thoughts on the new one?

 

[marcquelle]

i have both, to be honest i liek the format of the new one, but i prefer the old cause its easier for me to understand, don't ask me why it just is for me, it has become my chem bible.

 

[Timothy.Siu]

does the new one have lines to write in and stuff?
i gues its a step forward for excel =)
but i'm still not getting it,
too poor to buy textbooks, i only have conquering

 

[Kaatie]

i know this sounds horrible but thats good to hear, cause i see you do cosmology and did accelerated maths and all the really like super smart people on here seem to have endless textbooks and go to tutors and lectures and i was always under the impression the kids with all the resources are the only ones that get like state rankings and stuff. as i do not have endless money to spend on books.

 

[Timothy.Siu]

lol, i'm not too smart, only good at maths but yeah i dont go tutoring for anything or lectures or watever =)
so yeah u shud be fine

 

[cutemouse]

lol, my pile of my maths books is as tall as Mt Everest

 

[kevda1st]

speaking of text books is the dot point any good????

 

[shawty-snappin]

na waste of money i think its like $55. I think making your own dot point notes using Conquering Chemistry + your school notes and then using Success One HSC papers is better than dot point. Some of the answers in Success One are an excellent indication of band 6 answers and some are not so great.

 

[lyounamu]

^it was 43 dollars at borders and since borders don't do discount, i am pretty sure it's like 40-43 dollars.

@kevda1st: it's okay. dot-point is not too bad, but i hardly use it. Just buy another textbook..


Diff between old and new excel , new excel:

1. More expensive
2. Looks more fancy
3. Thicker

That's all I can notice.

I would just buy more textbooks.

@Kaatie: I do cosmo and accelerated in 2 unit and 3 unit myself and from what I see, we aren't that good. (at least, I am not).
I am very simliar to timmy. I don't have any tutor, get any extra lectures ande etc. You don't need that. But unlike him, I do have a pile of textbooks (5+) for each subject, hm...

 

[shady145]

yea i dunno if its the same for chem(because i dnt have the new chem excel book) but in the physics one, the old and new one has the exactly same info in it word for word. the new excel just has a column on the side of the page to right on with the dot point above it.

 

[lyounamu]

yea i dunno if its the same for chem(because i dnt have the new chem excel book) but in the physics one, the old and new one has the exactly same info in it word for word. the new excel just has a column on the side of the page to right on with the dot point above it.

O.O are you kidding me?

So they are charging like extra 10 dollars just for extra few pages and space?

That's a rip-off.

I looked around to SOR I+II one, and that one is little bit different though I think (it has more pictures now, little bit organised)

 

[micuzzo]

^it was 43 dollars at borders and since borders don't do discount, i am pretty sure it's like 40-43 dollars.

@kevda1st: it's okay. dot-point is not too bad, but i hardly use it. Just buy another textbook..



Diff between old and new excel , new excel:

1. More expensive
2. Looks more fancy
3. Thicker

That's all I can notice.

I would just buy more textbooks.

@Kaatie: I do cosmo and accelerated in 2 unit and 3 unit myself and from what I see, we aren't that good. (at least, I am not).
I am very simliar to timmy. I don't have any tutor, get any extra lectures ande etc. You don't need that. But unlike him, I do have a pile of textbooks (5+) for each subject, hm...

Do you do chem...?? I never knew that.

 

[lyounamu]

Do you do chem...?? I never knew that.

Nah, I just looked at it.

I used to do chem though.

 

[micuzzo]

Nah, I just looked at it.

I used to do chem though.

oh ok lol... just out of curiosity, why did u drop

 

[lyounamu]

oh ok lol... just out of curiosity, why did u drop

1. my shittest subject in terms of mark/rank
2. hated the subject, too boring
3. didn't fit very well with teacher/class/etc.

 

[micuzzo]

1. my shittest subject in terms of mark/rank
2. hated the subject, too boring
3. didn't fit very well with teacher/class/etc.

ahh ic

 

[shady145]

O.O are you kidding me?

So they are charging like extra 10 dollars just for extra few pages and space?

That's a rip-off.

I looked around to SOR I+II one, and that one is little bit different though I think (it has more pictures now, little bit organised)

yea my friend has the old one and we checked to see the difference, every thing was word for word all in the same order. xcept i had room to wright stuff

 

[shady145]

o i found a difference.
the new excel has bout 20 more questions in the topic overview. haha

 

[Deltan]

old one was just terrible.
I found the questions they asked to be useful but that's about it.

New excel is awesome, highly recommended.