2011 Rens Roll Call!

[Russ]

I had Arts/Law on my preference list as well! (don't ask where)

[ProtonStar]

Thanks for your help! Yeah Law/Arts does seem to be a pretty popular course
Much more versatile than a single Law degree... or even a single Art degree. I'm not putting all of my cards on getting in, but if I do my absolute best, that's all I can ask for.

[Menang]

Whoo Arts/Law!

[ProtonStar]

Wow Menang! 46 in Revolutions! Mind you, I expect nothing less from a Mac Robertson's girl
From your picture and your quote, can I assume you did the French and Russian Revolutions? I'm doing those by the way

[Menang]

Wow Menang! 46 in Revolutions! Mind you, I expect nothing less from a Mac Robertson's girl
From your picture and your quote, can I assume you did the French and Russian Revolutions? I'm doing those by the way

Haha, thanks. I loved Revs last year, and would absolutely do it again if I could.
Yeah, I did France and Russia! It's a great combination of countries to do. May I know which one you're doing for each semester (and do you have an idea of which ones you'd like to do for each section of the exam)?

France is a great deal more difficult than Russia, imo. (Generally the French and Chinese revolutions are considered to be the more complex ones compared to the Russian and American).

[ProtonStar]

I'm doing the French Revolution in Semester One and the Russian Revolution in Semester Two. I couldn't imagine doing the French Revolution in Semester Two, considering you don't have much more than a term to cover it. I don't know much about the Russian Revolution as of yet, but I absolutely adore the French Revolution   There is an astounding amount of information that we need to cover to really grasp an understanding!

I'm not sure what I'll be doing for the exam yet. I suppose it will be whatever I'm more comfortable writing on

[Menang]

I'm doing the French Revolution in Semester One and the Russian Revolution in Semester Two. I couldn't imagine doing the French Revolution in Semester Two, considering you don't have much more than a term to cover it. I don't know much about the Russian Revolution as of yet, but I absolutely adore the French Revolution   There is an astounding amount of information that we need to cover to really grasp an understanding!

I'm not sure what I'll be doing for the exam yet. I suppose it will be whatever I'm more comfortable writing on

Yup, you're absolutely right - I did France in Semester One, too. France's AoS1 is relatively short, where as France's AoS2 is ridiculously long, twisty and complex. Russia's the opposite - AoS1 is really long where as AoS2 is probably the shortest of them all - which fits quite well with the length of the terms.

Personally, I'd recommend Russia for the last section of the exam (the section with the extended essay response). Russia's AoS2 is short and straightforward enough that organising a big essay for it will be much, much simpler than organising a big essay for France AoS2.`

[ProtonStar]

Haha righty-o! Thank you very much for your advice
I did think AoS1 for the French Revolution was quite straightforward! I have accelerating ahead of the class, but I haven't reached AoS2 yet. At least I'll be prepared to get overwhelmed though =P
I couldn't imagine AoS2 for the Russian Revolution to be incredibly complex; it only covers a couple of years after all!

[LeahT]

Well maybe we'll all see each other at Monash next year in Arts/Law. Although a 98ish ATAR score is looking a little hard to acheive at the moment (I'd only need a 94 with SEAS, but that's still a lot to ask).

Menang; My teacher actually mentioned your school today. Said she was meeting your teacher, who is also an exam writer/marker, correct? God I'd kill for that opportunity!

[ProtonStar]

My school is classed as "underrepresented", but I'm not too sure what ATAR I require to do Law/Arts. Hopefully is significantly less than 98, 'cause I'm definitely going to struggle to get that! :O

[Menang]

Well maybe we'll all see each other at Monash next year in Arts/Law. Although a 98ish ATAR score is looking a little hard to acheive at the moment (I'd only need a 94 with SEAS, but that's still a lot to ask).

Menang; My teacher actually mentioned your school today. Said she was meeting your teacher, who is also an exam
writer/marker, correct? God I'd kill for that opportunity!

My Rens teacher? Wow, I never knew he was a marker/exam writer! 0_0 I shall attempt to find out. His name is Mr John Stewart, just in case anyone is interested.

[LeahT]

Well maybe we'll all see each other at Monash next year in Arts/Law. Although a 98ish ATAR score is looking a little hard to acheive at the moment (I'd only need a 94 with SEAS, but that's still a lot to ask).

Menang; My teacher actually mentioned your school today. Said she was meeting your teacher, who is also an exam
writer/marker, correct? God I'd kill for that opportunity!

My Rens teacher? Wow, I never knew he was a marker/exam writer! 0_0 I shall attempt to find out. His name is Mr John Stewart, just in case anyone is interested.

Hmm, well I can't remember the exact name, but I'm pretty sure it was a female - any female Ren teachers there? She was telling me that she's got to go down to Melbourne for a Ren teacher's convention or something where exam writes and markers all give an insight into what to expect etc. Apparently we're one of two non-Melbourne non-Private highschools in the state to do Renaissance History, so we seem to be the oddballs

Jarryd; It's pretty easy to find out. Your teachers should know, if not I'm sure the VCAT site should tell you. I'm pretty sure you get an extra two points for an underrepresented school, and an extra two points for a rural school. I'd say most you could hope for would be about 4 points lower, for a first round offer. Might make all the difference though And it might change from course to course and uni to uni, so I wouldn't take it as a steadfast rule or anything.

[Menang]

Well maybe we'll all see each other at Monash next year in Arts/Law. Although a 98ish ATAR score is looking a little hard to acheive at the moment (I'd only need a 94 with SEAS, but that's still a lot to ask).

Menang; My teacher actually mentioned your school today. Said she was meeting your teacher, who is also an exam
writer/marker, correct? God I'd kill for that opportunity!

My Rens teacher? Wow, I never knew he was a marker/exam writer! 0_0 I shall attempt to find out. His name is Mr John Stewart, just in case anyone is interested.

Hmm, well I can't remember the exact name, but I'm pretty sure it was a female - any female Ren teachers there? She was telling me that she's got to go down to Melbourne for a Ren teacher's convention or something where exam writes and markers all give an insight into what to expect etc. Apparently we're one of two non-Melbourne non-Private highschools in the state to do Renaissance History, so we seem to be the oddballs

Jarryd; It's pretty easy to find out. Your teachers should know, if not I'm sure the VCAT site should tell you. I'm pretty sure you get an extra two points for an underrepresented school, and an extra two points for a rural school. I'd say most you could hope for would be about 4 points lower, for a first round offer. Might make all the difference though And it might change from course to course and uni to uni, so I wouldn't take it as a steadfast rule or anything.

Really? As far as I know, Mr Stewart is the only Rens teacher - this year and last year.
There is another history teacher - Mrs (Marina) McAlpine who teaches Revolutions, but I don't think she teaches Rens, or at least she didn't last year and she doesn't this year... ?

[azngirl456]

Well maybe we'll all see each other at Monash next year in Arts/Law. Although a 98ish ATAR score is looking a little hard to acheive at the moment (I'd only need a 94 with SEAS, but that's still a lot to ask).

Menang; My teacher actually mentioned your school today. Said she was meeting your teacher, who is also an exam
writer/marker, correct? God I'd kill for that opportunity!

My Rens teacher? Wow, I never knew he was a marker/exam writer! 0_0 I shall attempt to find out. His name is Mr John Stewart, just in case anyone is interested.

Hmm, well I can't remember the exact name, but I'm pretty sure it was a female - any female Ren teachers there? She was telling me that she's got to go down to Melbourne for a Ren teacher's convention or something where exam writes and markers all give an insight into what to expect etc. Apparently we're one of two non-Melbourne non-Private highschools in the state to do Renaissance History, so we seem to be the oddballs

Jarryd; It's pretty easy to find out. Your teachers should know, if not I'm sure the VCAT site should tell you. I'm pretty sure you get an extra two points for an underrepresented school, and an extra two points for a rural school. I'd say most you could hope for would be about 4 points lower, for a first round offer. Might make all the difference though And it might change from course to course and uni to uni, so I wouldn't take it as a steadfast rule or anything.

Really? As far as I know, Mr Stewart is the only Rens teacher - this year and last year.
There is another history teacher - Mrs (Marina) McAlpine who teaches Revolutions, but I don't think she teaches Rens, or at least she didn't last year and she doesn't this year... ?

Yes, mr Stewart has been the Renaissance teacher at macrob for at least 20 years. He even has notes dated back in the 90s
He also wrote atlases and a geography textbook.

[Russ]

Yeah, the majority of Renaissance classes are at the old private schools. If you check the list of top scores, pretty much all of them come from rather well known schools. It's just because the resources are expensive and the knowledge is fairly specialised, so it's hard to find a decent teacher. My teacher had a ridiculous amount of resources, mostly because his father was a Renaissance historian so it's unfortunately a privilege thing

Jarryd; It's pretty easy to find out. Your teachers should know, if not I'm sure the VCAT site should tell you. I'm pretty sure you get an extra two points for an underrepresented school, and an extra two points for a rural school. I'd say most you could hope for would be about 4 points lower, for a first round offer. Might make all the difference though Smiley And it might change from course to course and uni to uni, so I wouldn't take it as a steadfast rule or anything.

You might want to check this, as far as I know you don't get flat bonus points.