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Title: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: jamonwindeyer on December 27, 2017, 11:17:34 am
They're baaaaaaaack!

FREE HSC HEAD START LECTURES!
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

Yep, as a late Christmas present for our awesome forum members, we're opening registrations early for our next set of Head Start lectures. No one else has this link yet, so jump on it ASAP to make sure you've got your spot before the rush. Details are below:

Who: You, and all your friends doing their HSC in 2018, make sure they don't miss out!
What: Free lectures delivered by Band 6ers, 99+ scorers and state rankers!
When: 15th-19th January 2018
Where: Building 11 at the University of Technology, Sydney - Few minutes walk from Central Station!
Why: Because learning your content early gives you a huge advantage heading into your last year of high school!

(https://i.imgur.com/u80Z0kl.png)

The subjects we are offering:

- English Advanced and English Standard
- General Maths
- Mathematics
- Maths Extension 1
- Maths Extension 2
- Business Studies
- Legal Studies
- Ancient History
- Modern History
- Studies of Religion
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology

(Note that although we won't be running lectures for Economics or PDHPE this time around, they will be back in future series, and we'll have the notes for both courses for sale as usual :) )

Who's coming??
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: prickles on December 27, 2017, 11:25:42 am
You may want to check the date :D
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: jamonwindeyer on December 27, 2017, 11:26:47 am
You may want to check the date :D

No, prickles, I expect you to time travel! ;)

Ahaha fixed, thank you! :)
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: RuiAce on December 27, 2017, 11:27:55 am
No, prickles, I expect you to time travel! ;)
I expect this too.
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: prickles on December 27, 2017, 11:29:24 am
No, prickles, I expect you to time travel! ;)
I expect this too.
I'd better fire up my time machine then
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: elysepopplewell on December 27, 2017, 01:32:45 pm
I can't wait to meet the faces of 2018's cohort! :)
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: sudodds on December 27, 2017, 05:50:51 pm

Who's coming??

Me!!! 😉😎

Super excited <3 If you're from the forum make sure to come and say hi during the breaks! Always really lovely to meet people irl!
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: Mada438 on December 27, 2017, 07:37:41 pm
Me!!! 😉😎

Super excited <3 If you're from the forum make sure to come and say hi during the breaks! Always really lovely to meet people irl!
Are you only going to be at the ancient and modern history lectures susie??

Also, who is running the advanced english, general maths and business studies lectures??
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: RuiAce on December 27, 2017, 07:48:59 pm
Also, who is running the advanced english, general maths and business studies lectures??
If you click into the links they tell you who's gonna be lecturing those subjects

(Although, they aren't forum regulars if that's what you were curious about)
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: sudodds on December 27, 2017, 08:21:42 pm
Are you only going to be at the ancient and modern history lectures susie??
I'm only running the ancient and modern lectures, but I'll be floating around outside some of the others :)

Hope to see you there Mada438!
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: Mada438 on December 27, 2017, 09:08:42 pm
I'm only running the ancient and modern lectures, but I'll be floating around outside some of the others :)

Hope to see you there Mada438!
Keen to meet you and debate further susie hahaha
But i'm a bit torn. Because i live in the blue mountains, to get to the lectures at UTS is an hour and a half on the train alone ONE WAY so its not worth heaps and heaps of trips, and given you're doing lectures for 5 of my 6 subjects, i'm torn about which ones to pioritise!!  :-\ :-\
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: NowYouTseMe on December 27, 2017, 09:14:03 pm
Are these lectures going to be the same content as the ones that were available in October? Kinda tossing up whether going to these would be useful as I went to all of the ones for my subjects in October as well...
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: RuiAce on December 27, 2017, 09:14:37 pm
Are these lectures going to be the same content as the ones that were available in October? Kinda tossing up whether going to these would be useful as I went to all of the ones for my subjects in October as well...
In general, definitely not because we don't want to defeat the purpose of another lecture
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: sudodds on December 27, 2017, 09:19:45 pm
Keen to meet you and debate further susie hahaha
But i'm a bit torn. Because i live in the blue mountains, to get to the lectures at UTS is an hour and a half on the train alone ONE WAY so its not worth heaps and heaps of trips, and given you're doing lectures for 5 of my 6 subjects, i'm torn about which ones to pioritise!!  :-\ :-\
Hmmm definitely see your dilemma! Of course, every single lecture will be amazing (though I am obviously biased aha), so you can't make a bad decision no matter which way you swing it! I'd say, pick the subjects that you are either a) the most passionate about, or b) you're struggling with the most, so you can get the most out of the day :)

I do think missing out on Advanced English would be a shame though - Emily, the lecturer, came first in the state in 2016 with 100%! So if you can make it to that one, it'd definitely be worth it!

Are these lectures going to be the same content as the ones that were available in October? Kinda tossing up whether going to these would be useful as I went to all of the ones for my subjects in October as well...
Can't speak for all of the other lectures, but Modern (which I noticed is in your subject list!  ;) ) will be more focused on skills this time around :) We'll be doing a quick bit of revision for the last two section of the WW1 syllabus (the ones people forget aha), then launching straight into how to maximise your marks in multiple choice/short answer, the source analysis, how to adapt to different sources, essay structure, the different types of essays, how to develop a strong thesis, etc. etc. :) All the stuff you need to know to smash your first set of proper exams! :)
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: Mada438 on December 27, 2017, 09:32:14 pm
Hmmm definitely see your dilemma! Of course, every single lecture will be amazing (though I am obviously biased aha), so you can't make a bad decision no matter which way you swing it! I'd say, pick the subjects that you are either a) the most passionate about, or b) you're struggling with the most, so you can get the most out of the day :)

I do think missing out on Advanced English would be a shame though - Emily, the lecturer, came first in the state in 2016 with 100%! So if you can make it to that one, it'd definitely be worth it!
I'm most passionate about the business studies and modern history ones, but they're so far from the english and maths ones!
It's a shame, i'd like to see you deliver an awesome modern history lecture!!  :)
I think i might go on the 16th, because i can go to the advanced english and general maths ones (probably the two subjects im worst at hahahaha)

Can't speak for all of the other lectures, but Modern (which I noticed is in your subject list!  ;) ) will be more focused on skills this time around :) We'll be doing a quick bit of revision for the last two section of the WW1 syllabus (the ones people forget aha), then launching straight into how to maximise your marks in multiple choice/short answer, the source analysis, how to adapt to different sources, essay structure, the different types of essays, how to develop a strong thesis, etc. etc. :) All the stuff you need to know to smash your first set of proper exams! :)
Now that you say its mostly gonna be about souirce analysis, i reckon i could give it a miss. Only because im pretty confident with it. I got 25/25 for my source based ww1 exam last term!! (Doing you proud!  :) )
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: sudodds on December 27, 2017, 09:44:20 pm
I'm most passionate about the business studies and modern history ones, but they're so far from the english and maths ones!
It's a shame, i'd like to see you deliver an awesome modern history lecture!!  :)
I think i might go on the 16th, because i can go to the advanced english and general maths ones (probably the two subjects im worst at hahahaha)
Now that you say its mostly gonna be about souirce analysis, i reckon i could give it a miss. Only because im pretty confident with it. I got 25/25 for my source based ww1 exam last term!! (Doing you proud!  :) )
No hard feelings! And 25/25 that's fantastic!! Very well done :)

If you mean General Maths though, that is running at the same time as English Advanced on the 16th!
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: NowYouTseMe on December 27, 2017, 09:55:01 pm
Can't speak for all of the other lectures, but Modern (which I noticed is in your subject list!  ;) ) will be more focused on skills this time around :) We'll be doing a quick bit of revision for the last two section of the WW1 syllabus (the ones people forget aha), then launching straight into how to maximise your marks in multiple choice/short answer, the source analysis, how to adapt to different sources, essay structure, the different types of essays, how to develop a strong thesis, etc. etc. :) All the stuff you need to know to smash your first set of proper exams! :)

Looks like I'll be going then! Mainly looking forward to the essay-based skill stuff; I find Modern essays super different to all my other subjects so they're a lot harder to write and prep for (for me anyway), so it should be good
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: Mada438 on December 28, 2017, 10:39:55 pm
Not actually sure where i'd post something like this, but i think it would be great if there were lectures for the more "lesser known" subjects. For example: society and culture-i'd absolutely love a lecture for society and culture!  :)
It doesn't have to be run by all the bigger admins. moderators and other lecturers, they could be run by some of us! the people on the forum who love their subjects!!  ;D
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: jamonwindeyer on December 28, 2017, 10:44:59 pm
Not actually sure where i'd post something like this, but i think it would be great if there were lectures for the more "lesser known" subjects. For example: society and culture-i'd absolutely love a lecture for society and culture!  :)
It doesn't have to be run by all the bigger admins. moderators and other lecturers, they could be run by some of us! the people on the forum who love their subjects!!  ;D

We've been getting lots of requests for Society and Culture - It is definitely something we are considering to maybe do in the future :) lots of pieces need to fall into place to offer a lecture for a new subject, there's reasons we can't do more even though we'd love to - But keep your fingers crossed ;D
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: Mada438 on December 28, 2017, 10:47:28 pm
We've been getting lots of requests for Society and Culture - It is definitely something we are considering to maybe do in the future :) lots of pieces need to fall into place to offer a lecture for a new subject, there's reasons we can't do more even though we'd love to - But keep your fingers crossed ;D
If it'd help, i bet we could gather a bunch of SAC students (me included  ;) 8) )to help it to "fall into place" to offer the lecture, or even run it? Idk? But im happy to help!
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: jamonwindeyer on December 28, 2017, 11:52:00 pm
If it'd help, i bet we could gather a bunch of SAC students (me included  ;) 8) )to help it to "fall into place" to offer the lecture, or even run it? Idk? But im happy to help!

Likely not in this series, but we'll see how we go next time ;D
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: Mada438 on January 06, 2018, 09:26:03 am
okay, so i completely forgot about actually registering for the lectures (even though i imagined i had) and now the english advanced lecture tickets are all sold out  :'( :'( :'(
So that means i can now only go to the general maths one on the 16th! (Both days of adv english are full!!) and now im torn about wheather i just go to the general maths one, or i go to the modern one on another day as well. But the flipside is its a very long commute for me to get to UTS!
 :( :'(
Title: Re: [HSC] FREE Head Start Lectures - Register Now!
Post by: jamonwindeyer on January 17, 2018, 09:33:03 pm
How AWESOME are these lectures going peeps!! We're certainly having a blast ;D