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what are the best textbooks for: Prelim & HSC

Business Studies
Engineering Studies
Physics - (currently have Jacaranda yr 11)
IPT
 

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Business Studies - Business Studies in Action (Got a few state ranks at our school using this)
IPT - Samuel Davis (for good band 6 and further reading), + Heinneman as the main textbook + THE SYLLABUS IS IMPORTANT FOR THIS SUBJECT!! - As it is for other subjects too but especially for IPT. Always refer to it and you can memorise the definitions from the syllabus for exams and stuff.
 
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I found the 'Dot Point' series of books to be quite good for last minute Physics revision.
 

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Business Studies - Business Studies in Action (Got a few state ranks at our school using this)
IPT - Samuel Davis (for good band 6 and further reading), + Heinneman as the main textbook + THE SYLLABUS IS IMPORTANT FOR THIS SUBJECT!! - As it is for other subjects too but especially for IPT. Always refer to it and you can memorise the definitions from the syllabus for exams and stuff.
I remember the horrors of reading that book. It was too much and much of it was unnecessary. The Heinemann provides was a lot easier to read, but provided very brief details, though the Davies book is greater in detail.
 

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is Business in action good, im going to buy it?
 

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is Business in action good, im going to buy it?
Well that's pretty much your only choice. or Cambridge.

lol pretty much every school uses BSIA. imo you don't need a textbook for Business Studies in prelim, you can just use a set of notes here and you'll be fine or read your school's BSIA book and makes notes. You'll notice that almost every set of notes here use BSIA haha. I recommend Nerdasdasd's notes :)
 

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I found the in2 physics textbook for both the preliminary and HSC course to be quite good as well.
 

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Great books I used in HSC, they should have a Year 11 version also.
English - Oxford HSC
Gen. Maths - Maths Quest
Business Studies - Business Studies in Action + Creative Business Studies Textbook
IPT - Sam Davies (too much BS included)
 

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For Physics, I would recommend getting Physics in Focus, Jacaranda and Dotpoint. It's always good to have 2 sources of information: I found Physics in Focus easier to understand, while Jacaranda would offer further 'depth in knowledge'. Use Dotpoint wisely. I know a lot of people don't like it (because they're not always 'HSC-style' questions), but it's a very good revision aid to complement past papers in terms of revision and making sure you're up-to-date with your work.
 

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