y doesnt every1 choose standard.. (1 Viewer)

[muttiah]

if standard is easier than advanced and if u can get band 6 in standard den y doesnt eveery1 do standard and ace all the tests?

 

[Testpilot]

Some uni course may specify advanced English. Most standard students don't get high bands and there are very few band 6s.

 

[muttiah]

oh ok i get the uni part... but lets say u write a good essay which is worth a band 5 in advanced.. will the same essay be a band 6 in standard?

 

[DeathB4Life]

quite the opposite

 

[muttiah]

what the? y will it be the opposite?

 

[Forbidden.]

The Board of Studies will reward students undertaking more intensive work i.e English Advanced, so that's why English Standard students must try really hard to overtake English Advanced students

 

[jest]

so, not to sound mean or anything, but advanced students will always do better than standard? even if for example, the advanced student is averaging 60 and the standard averages 80?

 

[Born Dancer]

im not sure how it works exactly, but the answer to this question is scaling.
screws everything up.

we were told in school that its near impossible to get a band 6 in standard eng, but thats not to say that you should be doing advanced so you can get a band 6, ultimately the best thing you can do is do the level of english that you are most capable of

 

[Forbidden.]

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we were told in school that its near impossible to get a band 6 in standard eng, but thats not to say that you should be doing advanced so you can get a band 6, ultimately the best thing you can do is do the level of english that you are most capable of

Sooo true ....

I am glad my mum failed to coax me to do English Advanced, I am already having enough madness in English Standard ...

 

[muttiah]

k thanks

 

[lizziegirl]

Sooo true ....

I am glad my mum failed to coax me to do English Advanced, I am already having enough madness in English Standard ...

wow ur lucky that ur mum didnt encourage u to do adv. english...my mum, to this day, tells me i should've done advanced. it doesnt help when she says stuff like i'll never get a good UAI cos i'm doing standard. :mad1:

 

[Forbidden.]

wow ur lucky that ur mum didnt encourage u to do adv. english...my mum, to this day, tells me i should've done advanced. it doesnt help when she says stuff like i'll never get a good UAI cos i'm doing standard. :mad1:

You are given the chance to compete with the English Advanced cohort ...
Really, I would rather get a Band 5 in Standard than Band 3 if I did Advanced.

I hate English Paper 2 ... bloody Yearly Exam ...

 

[lizziegirl]

Really, I would rather get a Band 5 in Standard than Band 3 if I did Advanced.

i agree. but try explaining that to my mum.

 

[Forbidden.]

i agree. but try explaining that to my mum.

You are studying year 11 & 12, not your mother, that's one of my lines of defense ...

 

[lizziegirl]

You are studying year 11 & 12, not your mother, that's one of my lines of defense ...

lol good point...wish u were there when my mum was/is going ape @ me

 

[Forbidden.]

lol good point...wish u were there when my mum was/is going ape @ me

its too late now ...

... your HSC is coming very very soon ...


And i see a trend between english and maths were a person can either have

1. Advanced English or 3U English + General Maths

2. English Standard or ESL + 2U Maths or 3U Maths

And I am just proud at the second choice ...


By the way, do graduated Year 12s have their formals before or after external HSC exams ?

 

[poopoohead]

most schools have their formals after HSC- i think. My school does. it would be silly to have it before

HSC gay

 

[lizziegirl]

its too late now ...

... your HSC is coming very very soon ...


And i see a trend between english and maths were a person can either have

1. Advanced English or 3U English + General Maths

2. English Standard or ESL + 2U Maths or 3U Maths

i dont fit that trend general maths + sta. english

 

[Forbidden.]

And I see another trend where a typical "gal" picks Biology, Buisness Studies and General Mathematics, all in the name of "nice n easy" ... while boring guys like me pick Physics, Chemistry and 3U Maths ...

 

[RobbyWilliams05]

yeah that's true, many ppl who do eng adv also do general maths and vice versa.
i've noticed that after looking at other student's profiles