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A lot of early entry offers are based on Yr 11 performance. Did you do well in Yr 11?

If you are still the top student in the physics class, then it’s still worth continuing with physics and getting a tutor to close the gaps because if you are ranked first at the end of Yr 12 and do really well in the HSC exam, you will likely get your external mark as your internal mark as...

Beyond HSC, anyone interested in support with first year Uni maths (std or adv), physics and/or electronics, please message for details. Free one hour trial lesson - suggest bring HSC or first year Uni questions that you’ve had difficulty solving.

Wizzkids is correct. My son is a third year engineering student, with HDs in maths, physics, thermodynamics and other engineering subjects and his comment is similar to Wizzkids’.

OP said that s/he might have ranked last, not failed. It could be the case of ceiling bumping in a strong physics class where everyone has high marks which are close together. For the reason you allude, assignments don’t differentiate students as much as tests and exams, so if that’s the case...

Were the marks all close together? If so, don’t worry - just study well for tests and exams which tend to separate students more, so if you know your content, you can gain and make ground then. Do review where you lost marks & close any knowledge gaps.

Is your heart set on just the study and practice of law or as a high flyer? UOW has lower ATAR/SR entry requirements but its alumni probably wouldn’t have as many high flyers for networking opportunities. I know one UOW law graduate who is passionate about social justice and her UOW law degree...

Australia’s job market holds uncertainty for some engineering specialties. I knew of a couple of aeronautical engineer graduates of my vintage and I think one ended up in car design and the other in a senior management role in public transport services. My son chose R & D Engineering to...

I second everything MJRey has said, from what my son, who is in the same year of engineering at ANU, has fed back to me about ANU and it’s residential halls. WRT social life, I think ANU halls probably offer the most. My husband & I stayed at self catered and fully catered USyd colleges...

You can resit MEx2 if your school allows. My son also accelerated and considered resitting MEx2 for a shot at a state rank, but NESA’s rules are that it is the most recent mark that counts, so I advised him that he was already ceiling bumping therefore he could just as easily have gotten the...

If you have a 1 on 1 maths tutor, you could get Yr 9 & 10 textbooks and work through them yourself, with their help when you get stuck.

I agree with carrotsss - both USyd & ANU law schools have good reputations (I have a niece who is currently studying for a law degree at ANU), but USyd is regarded as the better law school. Uni rankings are based on a lot of different factors so I don’t generally consider ANU as a ‘slightly...

Can you ask your parents for a private subscription to Maths Online or Maths Pathways and work ahead by yourself (if you’re a keen mathematician)? I think both offer free trials, so you should be able to see how well they work for you. https://www.mathsonline.com.au https://mathspathway.com

Often the student has already mastered most of the topics before they reach high school and online platforms like Maths Pathways and Maths Online can be configured so that if a student answers both answers correctly for a topic concept (eg. factorisation of a quadratic equation), the program...

The most important thing is to do maths stage 5.3 in Yrs 9 & 10 (more advanced than 5.1 & 5.2) in order to build a solid foundation if you are aiming to do extension maths in Yrs 11 & 12.

Don’t be sad. You have integrity and it will stand you in good stead. Yr 10 science marks don’t have any impact on the HSC (at some schools, maths marks might impact who gets to do extension maths, but I’ve never heard of stage 5 science marks determining what science subjects students can...

For students who prefer a mentor support type of tutoring (ie. help with homework, support with working at individual pace), 1 on 1 online maths tutoring for Yrs 7-10 students at $25 per hour, by uni student commencing maths teaching degree. Please contact jessplew8907@gmail.com to arrange a...

My son is a R & D Engineering Honours uni student and tutors (1 on 1) maths extn 1 & 2 (ie. 4U) and physics. If you are working through school recommended textbooks, he can help with any areas of difficulty. Zoom sessions are flexible and there’s no charge for cancelled lessons if students give...

There’s definitely more college spirit in the traditional college. Today is the start of ‘In Bound’ the biggest intercollege event and the traditional colleges of Bruce, Burton & Garran, Johns, Ursula & Fenner all have full teams in all seven divisions (Burgmann has six teams), whereas the newer...

I hope you have already gotten help from a tutor at Uni. They seemed to have deliberately picked challenging options. The walls of the blood vessel circled blue seem too thick to be a vein and yet it doesn’t quite look like an artery. The blood vessel circled yellow does have the thin walled...