70 WAM. Easy or difficult? (7 Viewers)

[Timothy.Siu]

So I'm getting 84 provisional for MATH1141. Seems like 70 WAM, thus far - and just using that maths mark - is pretty easy if you do the work.

bad luck, one off HD

 

[Shadowdude]

bad luck, one off HD

Hopefully the UNSW Board people decide that 84 provisional should be 85 final =P

But hey, considering that some people here like Riproot like saying how much I suck at maths - it's a nice way to undermine his entire argument which he's been using for six months. =)

 

[cutemouse]

Hopefully the UNSW Board people decide that 84 provisional should be 85 final =P

They probably wont.

1st year maths (at any university) is quite standard stuff though...

 

[tommykins]

lol you couldn't hd a subject that was basically 4unit revision

 

[Phoenix Fury]

Doesn't whether you get a certain grade rely solely on results at all unis?

 

[Shadowdude]

lol you couldn't hd a subject that was basically 4unit revision

And...? I have a knack of getting one below the top band, so?

 

[cutemouse]

lol you couldn't hd a subject that was basically 4unit revision

I think 1st year maths is easier than 4U actually (you don't get impossible Q7/8's)... But the content is somewhat different isn't it? eg. Matrices, vector geometry etc...

 

[Shadowdude]

I think 1st year maths is easier than 4U actually (you don't get impossible Q7/8's)... But the content is somewhat different isn't it? eg. Matrices, vector geometry etc...

Yeah - the content is different, especially algebra. It was complex numbers and then... vectors/matrices. Calculus was more familiar - but some things were different.

 

[Timothy.Siu]

Algebra was pretty much all different. Calculus, they just go through the proper definitions for cont., differentiability, and like, IVT, MVT etc.

The exam questions are easier than 4U in general, but 4U has a huge amount of scaling anyway.

 

[gurmies]

Why did you do 1141?

 

[Mature Lamb]

Why did you do 1141?

Non-actuarial or QR major.

 

[gurmies]

Non-actuarial or QR major.

I was under the impression that it's now necessary for finance (or maybe he's not doing it...).

 

[Mature Lamb]

I was under the impression that it's now necessary for finance (or maybe he's not doing it...).

Nope not necessary at all. I'm doing 1141/1241 and they will still allow me to major in Actuarial Studies and do ACTL1001.

 

[gurmies]

Nope not necessary at all. I'm doing 1141/1241 and they will still allow me to major in Actuarial Studies and do ACTL1001.

Oh, awesome. I have a friend doing the same majors as myself and also did 1141/1241. What are the benefits?

 

[Mature Lamb]

Oh, awesome. I have a friend doing the same majors as myself and also did 1141/1241. What are the benefits?

No benefits really. Although you learn the same content but some topics in different semesters, MATH1141/1241 has a greater focus on the Pure Maths topics, whereas MATH1151/1251 has a greater focus on stuff relevant to ACTL/QR.

 

[gurmies]

No benefits really. Although you learn the same content but some topics in different semesters, MATH1141/1241 has a greater focus on the Pure Maths topics, whereas MATH1151/1251 has a greater focus on stuff relevant to ACTL/QR.

Fair enough.

 

[Timothy.Siu]

math1151/1251 people are smarter.

 

[hungwell1337]

No benefits really. Although you learn the same content but some topics in different semesters, MATH1141/1241 has a greater focus on the Pure Maths topics, whereas MATH1151/1251 has a greater focus on stuff relevant to ACTL/QR.

it doesnt

1151/1251 finals are harder though

 

[lyounamu]

lol good old first year uni. it's funny how my first year wam was like 80 and second year is 84 (so far). 2nd year trumps 1 year, it's so weird.

And yes, i reckon 4 unit is harder than 1151.

 

[4025808]

lol good old first year uni. it's funny how my first year wam was like 80 and second year is 84 (so far). 2nd year trumps 1 year, it's so weird.

And yes, i reckon 4 unit is harder than 1151.

For real? my friends said that 1151 was harder than 4U.