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Tutoring is good if you want to get ahead + clarify concepts. If you have teachers who can do this for you then you don't need to. For english, tutors are helpful in that they can give you more advice in depth and help you edit etc whereas teachers have to cater for 30 students (but if you ask...

Formula: Tn= a + (n-1)d a (first term) = 11 n (term number you want) = 150 d (arithmetic difference) = 15-11= 4 To confirm it is an arithmetic sequence: 15-11=19-15=4 Thus arithmetic T150 = 11 + (150-1) x 4 = 11 + 149 x 4 = 11 + 596 = 607

make them yourself from tim riley and the do practice questions from the workbooks and write practice essays to past hsc questions. Keep up to date with recent economic events. You can't go wrong.

This is quite an effective technique for memorising, especially if you can use funny ones. Visualise what the different words stand for as you remember the acronyms. Write the various acronyms down in random order say you can confirm that these have been solidified in your thinking proccess...

Review literary technqiues and how to write different textual forms. Have a vague idea for a creative writing and remember for essay style questions, ANSWER THE QUESTION. Whilst this may sound stupid, many people fail to do this. At the end of each of you paragraphs after arguing your point...

Following the syllabus is important but if everyone did that then everyone would be getting 100's. Its more about understanding the concepts behind the syllabus dot-points and being able to apply these to the real world and moulding them under pressure to hsc exam questions. I used a 5...

So you're doing I.T. accelerated? Are you by any chance in Ruse? Have you considered doing a Distinction course if you're an accelerant? See how you doing in I.T. Physics is mainly understanding the concepts. Once you have understood them you are set. It's easier then Chemistry in the terms...

If you think in terms of the Physics syllabus then as distance and time can vary time travel can occur. Now consider this: -the speed of light changes with different mediumds e.g. slows down in denser mediums like water. - The speed of light varies with changes in gravity Thus, in the...

A selective school has an environment in which most students are aiming for high ATAR's. This encourages competition and so fosters high results for all, and in doing so increasing the rank of the school. The advantages would be: 1) This competitive environment. Note: Selective schools don't...

Hi, I did the Philosophy Distinction Course in 2009. I can still remember we were having a presentation assembly and I recieved a call on my mobile phone. A lady asked, would you like to accept an offer and I was like......YESSS!!! LOL Of course id accept! The experience was amazing. We made...

Scaling does matter, BUT, if you don't enjoy the subject then it won't work in your favour. I was very determined to get into medicine as well and luckily the subjects I enjoyed and was good in filled the prerequisites for medicine. Did accelerated chemistry (absolutely loved it! - especially...

Tips, Tricks and Advice for the HSC Chezza Chem/Phys/Bio/Senior Science - Get out the syllabus. Look at one main textbook and have one supplementary textbook. Using one complete source of information is the best option but this is hard to find. (Many textbooks can be overpowering! but don't...

mmmz heaps of people used free periods to relax and vent off, have a chat, myself included. This worked very effectively if you ended up doing work at home. Some people like having people around them when they're working. Others are more independant. It all depends on how you best work and...

Chemistry - Chemistry 2 (Jacaranda) Physics - Physics 2 (Jacaranda) + Physics in Context The new excel guides for the above sciences are quite good as supplementary texts. Maths 2u/3u - Cambridge Economics - Tim Riley Advanced English - Your teachers, the internet and Top Notes Past HSC Exam...

In year 12 there is a huge jump in competition. Everyone, even those who never used to put in effort before and got detentions in year 10 and 11 lift their game and they will suprise you as to how smart they really are. In our school, there was competition but I must say it was healthy...

Did 13 units. Accelerated 2 units of chemistry in year 11 and then did philosophy distinction course outside of school. So in year 12 at school I had 9 units so about 14 free periods a fortnight. They were good at relieving the stress i'll tell you that :P ahaha but yea use them wisely..make...

If we say the future is not yet determined, that it isnt a realm which already exists i.e. it is a realm of unrealised possibility. Then if we were to time travel to the past one must have already existed in the future which by this stance, he/she doesn't exist. Maybe if we took a view with a...

y=cosx/x y'=(-xsinx-cosx)/x^2 =-(xsinx+cosx)/x^2

The curve secx is rotated around the x-axis between x=0 and x=pi/3 to form a solid. Find the volume of this solid.

(cos2x)-1 =(1-sin2x)-1 =(1-u2)-1 =1/1-u2