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VCE Stuff => VCE Science => VCE Mathematics/Science/Technology => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE Physics => Topic started by: LinusX on August 24, 2011, 03:01:56 pm
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Went to TSFX for methods last yr and I hated it, dont really know about neap. Any good ones people have gone to? I think it would be good to know which lectures to attend so that we can book early and I find that not many people know about physics revision lectures.
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I went to the Physics Unit 3 TSFX lecture earlier this year. I didn't enjoy it.
I'm planning on going to the Connect Education lecture for Unit 4. I heard good stuff about them for Unit 3, so I'm expecting this should be good.
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+1
appianway took the unit 3 connecteducation lecture -> she was in the australian physics team last year
and paul khoo is taking the unit 4 one, he's amazing from what i hear
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Yeah i'm going to Connect Education too. I've only heard good things and also some of them are AN'ers.
I went to TSFX for unit 3 and i'm going to agree with laseredd in saying they weren't that great. Their notes were fairly comprehensive, but a lot of it covers basic stuff to add volume.
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TSFX, the only reason (other than help from VN) that I got an A+ in mid-years. Their notes are gold and the lecturers are very qualified teachers (eg. a PhD dude, the vice-chief assessor, etc.).
I can't really speak for any other lectures though, so I might be a bit biased :P
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TSFX, the only reason (other than help from VN) that I got an A+ in mid-years. Their notes are gold and the lecturers are very qualified teachers (eg. a PhD dude, the vice-chief assessor, etc.).
I can't really speak for any other lectures though, so I might be a bit biased :P
I'm guessing that most of us would be biased - I don't think there would be many who would go to 6 different lectures lol.
I reckon the TSFX lecture and notes, while the lecturers were pretty good, spent too much time on the basic stuff. A good lecture that I did learn a lot from was the Melb. Uni lecture for the KLD/UMEP students, that skipped all the stuff that you would be expected to know and went right into the intricate stuff. I guess it depends on what you're looking for with a lecture.
I just registered for this: http://www.vu.edu.au/future-students/secondary-schools/year-11-and-12-students/vce-summary-lectures
I'm kind of wary of going to Footscray though (probably irrational, but I don't want to get stabbed).
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I reckon the TSFX lecture and notes, while the lecturers were pretty good, spent too much time on the basic stuff.
I suppose it depends on your needs. I needed the basic stuff pretty badly :P
I'm kind of wary of going to Footscray though (probably irrational, but I don't want to get stabbed).
lol, I live even more west than that. Footscray is child's play to where I am :P
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TSFX, the only reason (other than help from VN) that I got an A+ in mid-years. Their notes are gold and the lecturers are very qualified teachers (eg. a PhD dude, the vice-chief assessor, etc.).
I can't really speak for any other lectures though, so I might be a bit biased :P
I'm guessing that most of us would be biased - I don't think there would be many who would go to 6 different lectures lol.
I reckon the TSFX lecture and notes, while the lecturers were pretty good, spent too much time on the basic stuff. A good lecture that I did learn a lot from was the Melb. Uni lecture for the KLD/UMEP students, that skipped all the stuff that you would be expected to know and went right into the intricate stuff. I guess it depends on what you're looking for with a lecture.
I just registered for this: http://www.vu.edu.au/future-students/secondary-schools/year-11-and-12-students/vce-summary-lectures
I'm kind of wary of going to Footscray though (probably irrational, but I don't want to get stabbed).
While you mention the VU lectures - I personally recommend chem, Neale Peters takes it. He was my chem teacher last year, and he's ridiculously good. Seriously knows his stuff, teaches it very well, and has a very subtle sense of humour.
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Thanks for the replies guys, I'll try the ConnectEducation lectures. Went to the VU ones for Unit 3 and personally found it a bit of a waste of time - but then again I was pretty good with Unit 3. Who knows, I might go the VU lectures just in case - not so good with Unit 4 :(
And yeah, Neale Peters is cool, defs recommend him.
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TSFX, the only reason (other than help from VN) that I got an A+ in mid-years. Their notes are gold and the lecturers are very qualified teachers (eg. a PhD dude, the vice-chief assessor, etc.).
I can't really speak for any other lectures though, so I might be a bit biased :P
I'm guessing that most of us would be biased - I don't think there would be many who would go to 6 different lectures lol.
I reckon the TSFX lecture and notes, while the lecturers were pretty good, spent too much time on the basic stuff. A good lecture that I did learn a lot from was the Melb. Uni lecture for the KLD/UMEP students, that skipped all the stuff that you would be expected to know and went right into the intricate stuff. I guess it depends on what you're looking for with a lecture.
I just registered for this: http://www.vu.edu.au/future-students/secondary-schools/year-11-and-12-students/vce-summary-lectures
I'm kind of wary of going to Footscray though (probably irrational, but I don't want to get stabbed).
While you mention the VU lectures - I personally recommend chem, Neale Peters takes it. He was my chem teacher last year, and he's ridiculously good. Seriously knows his stuff, teaches it very well, and has a very subtle sense of humour.
Is the VU lecture worth going to for unit 4 if I have to travel 1.5 hours to get to Footscray?
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Definitely.
Btw, just went to TSFX physics, the lecturer was actually quite good!
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LOL! you guys make me want to go to lectures now, but I still am skeptical about the high costs of companies like TSFX :S
I don't want a massive dint in my pocket =.="
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LOL! you guys make me want to go to lectures now, but I still am skeptical about the high costs of companies like TSFX :S
I don't want a massive dint in my pocket =.="
lol, I thought $90 for TSFX was expensive. Then I saw their prices for Unit 4 - $150 a lecture :/
I bought the three volumes of The Feynman Lecture's on Physics for cheaper than that.... I'm sure those would beat any notes that TSFX could churn out :P
There's Victoria Uni lectures if you want to give lectures a try.
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LOL! you guys make me want to go to lectures now, but I still am skeptical about the high costs of companies like TSFX :S
I don't want a massive dint in my pocket =.="
lol, I thought $90 for TSFX was expensive. Then I saw their prices for Unit 4 - $150 a lecture :/
I bought the three volumes of The Feynman Lecture's on Physics for cheaper than that.... I'm sure those would beat any notes that TSFX could churn out :P
There's Victoria Uni lectures if you want to give lectures a try.
That's what I'm thinking, because if I'm going for the notes, I can just buy other stuff, or grab the notes of someone who went last year, for example, and no way are notes worth the amount they charge - that's provided you don't learn much from the actual lecture itself
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Btw, just went to TSFX physics, the lecturer was actually quite good!
+1, both knew their stuff really well :)
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Is the TSFX lecturer Doctor Wilmoth?
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Is the TSFX lecturer Doctor Wilmoth?
The brochure says: Mr. Geoff Davies and Dr. Greg Wilmoth.
They both did the Unit 3 lecture, they know their stuff and can explain well.
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ditto for unit 4