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    Wooo 3.73
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    Overweighted Exams?

    Wtf trials worth less than a chem prac...
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    Ranking - internal and external

    If you get the highest external mark and you remain first internally, you will have your HSC exam mark allocated to your internal mark as well as your external mark.
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    Vocabulary and Lexical Density - Advanced English

    Read extensively and compile vocabulary lists of words you don't understand and search them up in the dictionary. If you're dedicated enough, memorise the words and try apply them in sentences. But in all honesty, HSC is about communicating yourself in the clearest way possible. This doesn't...
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    What are the benefits of doing 4 unit maths?

    I'd say the majority of the state would not copy particularly well with 4 unit maths. Generally, people choose this subject purely for its scaling potential, however, they bear the risk of compromising their other subject marks in the pursuit of a specialised mathematics mark. To get a solid...
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    Economic Issues Help!

    What exactly don't you get about it? How they work and what they show?
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    Help

    Re: Notes Great to see someone who has got the passion :D
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    Is it possible to write 1300 words in 50 minutes?

    Try JetStream pens out. Personally, the battery technique didn't work out for me but testing different pens did :P
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    Where to find essay questions?

    There isn't an Excel Study Success book on this. You will just have to gain experience through going through past HSC papers and other school's trial papers.
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    Economics Essay HELP

    Recent causes of growth (I'd interpret recent as the last 5 or so years)- growth from mining boom (make links to our commodity exports with reference to China and India) Income and wealth- may want to refer to the budget (e.g. In 2012, the use of tax benefits and reform to superannuation...
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    Monetary Policy - Open Market Operations?

    From memory (did my HSC last year), open market operations is how the RBA affects the cash supply in the overnight money market. They can influence the cash rate by: i) Selling government securities such as bonds to the major financial institutions (banks like CBA, ANZ, Westpac, NAB etc.). As...
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    Atar extimate! :)

    95-97 Depends on how you perform in your UMAT and your remaining internal and external assessments.
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    Environmental Sustainability

    Taxes, regulations/policies, permits, fines.
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    Blade Runner Viewing Task - HELP

    The popular ones are usually: 1) Opening scene 2) Contrasting scenes of crowded streets and Tyrell's sunroom 3) Roy's speech in Tyrell's place 4) Chew scene 5) Final scene- split sky
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    Worried: HSC-Atar- Medicine

    I did my HSC last year and I started off 2012 ranked 131st in my grade for Advanced English with about 50% of assessments remaining. I was in a similar situation and just worked hard to improve my essays by getting feedback for my work. I ended up 10th in my grade. My advice is to: i) re-read...
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    Best music to study too?

    ^ same
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    Hamlet essay example!

    +1
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    Related Texts for belonging.

    A good standout is Nam Le's book The Boat. I picked Hiroshima because I felt it was one of the more interesting short stories for belonging.
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