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muzeikchun852

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after the half-yrly, loads of ppl is going to drop down to standard or ESL. although I'm not one of them and I don't struggle with advanced, I would like to ask it is a wise move to change to ESL since I only started australian school in year 6?




EDIT: just received my exam back. 72% and ranked 7. should i stay for this year and consider to change next year? or i should change it to ESL right now (because we only have one week to change our subject)?
 
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wat course do u want to do?

if your desired uni course does not requier advanced/standard as a prerequisite...then definitely do ESL. i would do it instead of 3U english if i could
and if my desired uni course didn need it..
ESL scales better than either course including extension 1 and 2 !!!
the markers read ur ESL hsc paper..and its like
wow he constructed a sentence..! tick tick tick tick

but..if ur desired uni course is requires it..the i tinhk you should continue advanced.! and dont even contemplate dropping to standard xD
 

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your not eligible for ESL, IIRC you need have been less than 5 year in australia at the completion of year 12?
 

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your not eligible for ESL, IIRC you need have been less than 5 year in australia at the completion of year 12?
This I believe is correct.

Would've been different if you were in year 7 when you started.
 

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wat course do u want to do?

if your desired uni course does not requier advanced/standard as a prerequisite...then definitely do ESL. i would do it instead of 3U english if i could
and if my desired uni course didn need it..
ESL scales better than either course including extension 1 and 2 !!!
the markers read ur ESL hsc paper..and its like
wow he constructed a sentence..! tick tick tick tick

but..if ur desired uni course is requires it..the i tinhk you should continue advanced.! and dont even contemplate dropping to standard xD
how about commerce/art?
 

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It's todo with the HSC - Board of Studies website
It's todo with a subject - HSC syllabuses page
It's todo with English ESL - English ESL syllabus - then go to the ESL page (page 53)
Read - Find "11.2 Course Entry Requirements"
tada!

Now if you did that like I just did you would have found this
The English (ESL) course may be accessed by any student who has been educated overseas or in an Australian educational institution using English as the language of instruction for five years or less prior to the beginning of the Preliminary year of study.
This includes:
• students whose learning has been interrupted by periods outside education that uses English as the language of instruction, and
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students from Indigenous communities where standard English is not the lingua franca of the local community.
 

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It's todo with the HSC - Board of Studies website
It's todo with a subject - HSC syllabuses page
It's todo with English ESL - English ESL syllabus - then go to the ESL page (page 53)
Read - Find "11.2 Course Entry Requirements"
tada!

Now if you did that like I just did you would have found this
so that will be the start of year 6 right?
 

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so that will be the start of year 6 right?
yes that would be so :p

maybe go ahead if you want easy marks

but if you want bonus points (for doing well) i do suggest you take english advanced :p

and having english advanced would have more benefit in uni as i heard...
 

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but if you want bonus points (for doing well) i do suggest you take english advanced :p

and having english advanced would have more benefit in uni as i heard...
with the mark i have now, i will hardly get a single bonus point from advanced. wat would be the benefit of doing hsc advanced in uni? :)
 

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with the mark i have now, i will hardly get a single bonus point from advanced. wat would be the benefit of doing hsc advanced in uni? :)
because of scaling
plus the stuff you learn would be much more interesting than ESL
if you do ESL you might fall asleep :L

you could work harder to reach the 80s i guess
or maybe drop it by term 3 this year...
 

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because of scaling
plus the stuff you learn would be much more interesting than ESL
if you do ESL you might fall asleep :L
maybe the content will be much more interesting for advanced, but their scaling is similar so thats why im considering to drop down.
 

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