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It's not that bad lol

You'll also derive the equations for projectile motion, which you've memorised from physics, and when you consider oscillation to be a projection of uniform circular motion onto x/y axis, some ext 2 questions with heavy algebra can be solved in a few lines

No, if you take ext 2 english, you'll have to sit the advanced english hsc as well. The reason why ext 2 maths excludes the advanced math hsc is because ext 2 math students are expected to get band 6 in it so NESA deems it unnecessary

Depends on how long ago it was given and how chill your teacher is

Pattern recognition happens when you understand a concept and apply it enough to the point where you can just "see" how to solve a certain type of question People who say that maths is literally just pattern recognition are rote learning it and will severely regret doing so later on

Nah

Go unsw for stem-related degrees All of my friends attending usyd for stem want to transfer out asap Usyd is more catered towards arts and humanities from what I've heard

Definitely burn the notes, I just dumped mine in the bin and it wasn't as satisfying as I thought it would be

Hmm conceptually? Vectors and mechanics: light work, the latter even more so if you're taking physics Integration: bit more work but still light Complex numbers and proofs: if you haven't touched concepts like them, it can be challenging at the start and most of your workload will be on them...

Not at all Proofs and inequalities can be tricky the first time around but you'll get used to it You can't really compare 3u with 4u, it's like comparing yr 11 and yr 12 physics: you can do well in the latter even if you don't know anything about the former (besides general math skills)

Yea fair, macbooks are disgusting 🤢

Laptop for lecture material + tablet for note taking >>>> split screen on tablet

imo keep maths and pull through it. You're going into a stem field and you never know when nor where it'll pop up e.g. exhibit 1 People who went into food technology/nutrition at unsw thinking they'll never touch maths again, and hence not taken it in hsc, would've gotten pummelled right now...

I use a s8 ultra for uni since I got it for like ~900 off and it's pretty good; it does everything I need it to do Just get whichever one you can get cheaper and it'll do alright Laptops are situational in stem; if you do a lot of coding, carrying one around can be very useful since you can...

fair lol that was the first thing that came up to mind when I wrote that but it isn't really true In hindsight, better reasons are: convenience, unis upload everything online and courses change twice a year (or thrice for unsw) so you wouldn't really want a book for each one

Yea, can't say much about the license bit, that's tuff for you you could consider working casually during uni or even seasonally during your breaks. If you're eligible for CSP, it's pretty easy to pay off uni fees and even save a bit

Wdym by that? Just apply for hecs Also, personally, my rationale for not taking a gap year is that it'll be really hard to get back into the study routine again after relaxing for a year; the post-hsc holidays is enough of a break imo and if you go to a uni that operates on semesters, you get...

You wouldn't want to carry around paper books especially when your uni is a 1-2 hr one-way commute lol

Hsc != 50% of your atar If that was the case, every school out inflate the hell out of internal marks

Is your cohort strong and are you confident in your abilities to compensate for your rank in the hsc? You'll get your answer if you think about the above