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I hate how you tell him the School Certificate doesn't matter and then study your arse off for the HSC. You're such a hypocrit, like so many people on here. Get this through your skull: NEITHER THE SC OR THE HSC MATTERS> school doesn't matter. School is just something you do because the...

In my opinion, Biology is quite interesting. It interests me because you can apply it to everyday activites - for example the HSC module "The Search for Better Health" gives background knowledge for interpreting scientific information related to health and disease that is presented on the news...

I can do maths. :) I'm not bad at maths, I just didn't choose it because I decided to choose other subjects which I believed I would enjoy more in a class situation. To me, maths in a class situation is quite boring because you speed through the concepts and there's little time to understand...

So you found year 11 Bio boring? I've read extracts from Biology in Focus and the prelim course seems quite interesting, especially the history of microscopes from Patterns in Nature! I guess it depends on the individual... :)

Hello all, Some of you may be aware that the Board of Studies has made minor changes to the 2010 NSW HSC Biology syllabus. These changes are quite small. Most of them don't bother me. However, I noticed that the Board has deleted the sexual reproduction content from the Patterns in Nature...

I'm leaning toward Biology because I'm interested in Occupational Therapy and health sciences. Could I take introductory Physics courses as part of an undergraduate science degree?

Sorry, I did type a lot. :)

I hope that's a joke. Some people don't do maths because they have other interests or are disillusioned about what maths is. It doesn't make you illogical not to do maths. You don't really believe those steretypes, do you? Edit: LOL. Just read the "just kidding"! :)

HSC Physics is actual Physics, isn't it? It's... introductory Physics. I don't understand why people talk about HSC courses as though they are only a shadow of the real thing. I've heard the same said for maths, but I can understand why people say that.

This might be true, but if you're planning on taking a science degree, you don't have to study HSC Mathematics. There are Fundamentals of Mathematics courses available to first year undergraduate students. An undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Biology probably would...

Hello all, Of the five HSC science courses offered, Biology and Physics appeal to me the most. HSC Chemistry seems quite dull... it is a shame really. The course could be so much more interesting if it had better topics - more biochemistry, kitchen chemistry, household chemistry and body...

That is incorrect... very few universities in Australia have prerequisite subjects anymore (ANU does, for some courses, and there may be some other universities that also have prerequisite subjects). In NSW, I do not believe that there are any universities which have prerequisite subjects...

I think that a lot of people lose interest in math as many teachers do not teach it a fun, interesting way. Some teachers describe math as something serious, which turns people off it, instead describing it as a fun, natural way to solve problems and discover patterns. Some people do the...

That's not true. Reading books helps to increase your vocabulary (if you look up words in the dictionary you don't know the meaning of or learn their meaning from the context) and it can give you ideas for your creative writing piece, by introducing you to different narrative forms. Reading over...

On your answer to 1), if a person does not do maths, but takes subjects they enjoy which all have similar or better scaling than 2U Mathematics (and there are quite a few subjects that do scale better or similarly, e.g. Modern History, some languages, sciences), I believe he should be just as...

According to the A3 table Anna posted, Biology is not capped. It had a maximum scaled mark of 50/50. I think Anna said that Business Studies is capped at 91, but according to the table it had a max. scaled mark of 48.7/50, i.e. 97.4/100. To the OP: Economics wasn't capped and PE was capped at...

If you study 12 units and receive a poor mark in one subject, it won't bring you ATAR down if you do well in your other subjects. On the matter of whether 10 units or 12 units is better, it depends on your personal preference. I used to think having 10 units would be better because it gives you...

So does Chemistry require a lot of memorisation too then?

It could have been an easy exam. But it sounds to me like you made up for not studying early in the year by doing some solid study from June. I don't think Biology is all memorisation. The reason I started this thread was because I heard there are students who don't consider HSC Biology a...

Re: What UAI&Course are you aiming for? I once thought that I would like to study Medicine and Surgery, maybe at UNSW, but I got turned off by an old doctor who stitched up my nose. I can't remember exactly what he said, it was something funny, along the lines of 'Why on earth would you want to...