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VCE Stuff => Victorian Education Discussion => Topic started by: panicatthelunchbar on April 09, 2011, 03:47:31 pm
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Hi everyone,
I'm sure everybody is looking forward to these holidays :)
In the past few weeks I have been given a lot of information about upcoming lectures from various companies for the midyear exams!
BUT because these are my first midyear exams, I wasn't too sure which ones to go to :/ Theres Neap, and some other ones.
Does anyone have any information about these lectures? Past experience? Advantages, Disadvantages?
Thanks :D
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where did you get the info? cause im interested too
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it was just from flyers/brochures handed out at school. there are a few, so i wanted to make sure i choose the one which is worth the time.
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I got the ACCESS education flyers where the lectures go for 2 hours and it's like 30 something dollars.. But from what I've heard that despite their spam like advertising, TSFX is really comprehensive and worth it for the price ($95) and it goes on for like 7 hours or something? (correct me if I'm wrong)
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This is kinda relevant atm: http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,39773.0/topicseen.html
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enwiabe edit: All users should read this thread as this post is misleading and deceptive: http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,41044.0.html
I got the ACCESS education flyers where the lectures go for 2 hours and it's like 30 something dollars.. But from what I've heard that despite their spam like advertising, TSFX is really comprehensive and worth it for the price ($95) and it goes on for like 7 hours or something? (correct me if I'm wrong)
Pathway to Genius is 10.5 hours for $47 (http://pathwaytogenius.com.au). Access education is pretty good as well apparently, they go for 2 hours for around $40 I think.
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I got the ACCESS education flyers where the lectures go for 2 hours and it's like 30 something dollars.. But from what I've heard that despite their spam like advertising, TSFX is really comprehensive and worth it for the price ($95) and it goes on for like 7 hours or something? (correct me if I'm wrong)
Pathway to Genius is 10.5 hours for $47 (http://pathwaytogenius.com.au). Access education is pretty good as well apparently, they go for 2 hours for around $40 I think.
Is Pathway to Genius legit? Seems very very cheap....6 trial exams? 47 dollars?
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I got the ACCESS education flyers where the lectures go for 2 hours and it's like 30 something dollars.. But from what I've heard that despite their spam like advertising, TSFX is really comprehensive and worth it for the price ($95) and it goes on for like 7 hours or something? (correct me if I'm wrong)
Pathway to Genius is 10.5 hours for $47 (http://pathwaytogenius.com.au). Access education is pretty good as well apparently, they go for 2 hours for around $40 I think.
Is Pathway to Genius legit? Seems very very cheap....6 trial exams? 47 dollars?
+1, and I'm highly sure one of the endorsements is a lie - The school this person comes from I'm quite sure didn't get a 90+ :P
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enwiabe edit: All users should read this thread as this post is misleading and deceptive: http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,41044.0.html
Is Pathway to Genius legit? Seems very very cheap....6 trial exams? 47 dollars?
haha Mount Erin in Frankston = :knuppel2:
I booked tickets and talked to the lady at their office via phone. I don't know about the other teachers coz I'm just taking Biol but Andrew Douch (Douchy's biology podcast) is taking it. I agree, it's pretty cheap.
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So...is it legit or what? Like should I go (for psych...) ???
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enwiabe edit: All users should read this thread as this post is misleading and deceptive: http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,41044.0.html
So...is it legit or what? Like should I go (for psych...)
I haven't been yet, but it sounds pretty good. If you have any questions best just to call them because
the receptionist lady answered all my questions.
From their website:
"PATHWAY TO GENIUS
525 COLLINS STREET, LEVEL 27, RIALTO SOUTH TOWER, MELBOURNE
PHONE (03) 9935 2794"
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I think I might totally go to the Accounting one....
And turns out the whole methods class from school is roadtripping it to the methods lecture, according to my girlfriend.
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Is Pathway to Genius legit? Seems very very cheap....6 trial exams? 47 dollars?
haha Mount Erin in Frankston = :knuppel2:
I booked tickets and talked to the lady at their office via phone. I don't know about the other teachers coz I'm just taking Biol but Andrew Douch (Douchy's biology podcast) is taking it. I agree, it's pretty cheap.
how'd you know?
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enwiabe edit: All users should read this thread as this post is misleading and deceptive: http://vce.atarnotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,41044.0.html
how'd you know?
I Called them bro before I ordered.
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how'd you know?
I Called them bro before I ordered.
youngdoc - don't you feel uneasy at the insanely cheap price + testimonial being a lie? I'm struggling to find some confidence in this company that teaches you for 10 hours + 5 exams + notes for 47 dollars?
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Hi All,
Hope I'm not breaking any rules posting this, but I'd like to clear a few things up..
I'm a member of the Pathway team, and I appreciate the feedback on this thread. I think our site makes it a little confusing...
Essentially we're a new company (backed by a larger company) who are offering revision lectures to students in Melbourne. After consulting with many students we felt that there was a market for high quality programs without the expensive price tag charged by others.
Our events 8 hours are at RMIT in the city with teachers like Andrew Douch, Meg Adem from Scotch College and Linda Harvey from Mac Robs among others. Then there's a 2.5 hour webinar the next day students view from home with a different presenter.
In terms of how we have kept costs down: we're holding the events at RMIT Uni which has lower room rental rates than other locations and most of our teachers are working at reduced rates to what our competitors are paying.
However, from a marketing view what we're trying to do is get the word out about what we're doing and pricing will probably increase as we become more well known.
If you feel we aren't a legit company, please feel free to search for our business registration or give our office a call. You can call up the tax office etc. Details are on our site.
All our testimonials are on record with contact details about each, I'm happy to show these to anyone who calls.
Also ATAR & Luken if you PM me I'm happy to send you no cost tickets so you can see for yourself what we're doing and report back to everyone once you've attended. (I can't offer anyone else tickets though).
Hope that clears things up.
I think it's a good thing when people think we're too good value for money :P
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Also ATAR & Luken if you PM me I'm happy to send you no cost tickets so you can see for yourself what we're doing and report back to everyone once you've attended. (I can't offer anyone else tickets though).
Holy crap, lucky bastards :P Looks fairly legit to me anyhow. Doubt anything which has Douchy on board can be that dodgy.
EDIT: I'm going to laugh so hard if ATAR's at the PM limit again and can't get his free ticket.
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Also ATAR & Luken if you PM me I'm happy to send you no cost tickets so you can see for yourself what we're doing and report back to everyone once you've attended. (I can't offer anyone else tickets though).
Holy crap, lucky bastards :P Looks fairly legit to me anyhow. Doubt anything which has Douchy on board can be that dodgy.
EDIT: I'm going to laugh so hard if ATAR's at the PM limit again and can't get his free ticket.
Sorry to disappoint you Shinny - today has been a lowly day for PMs. Still on 111 PM pages!
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Also ATAR & Luken if you PM me I'm happy to send you no cost tickets so you can see for yourself what we're doing and report back to everyone once you've attended. (I can't offer anyone else tickets though).
Holy crap, lucky bastards :P Looks fairly legit to me anyhow. Doubt anything which has Douchy on board can be that dodgy.
EDIT: I'm going to laugh so hard if ATAR's at the PM limit again and can't get his free ticket.
That actually made me laugh so hard it's not funny
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if you offer me a free ticket, I will go and endorse you guys, I have a lot of nerd clout around my school and I'm sure people would go to a lecture if I reccomend it. just saying...
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if you offer me a free ticket, I will go and endorse you guys, I have a lot of nerd clout around my school and I'm sure people would go to a lecture if I reccomend it. just saying...
heheh ;)
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I'm doing 3/4 Bio and can go to check it out if your willing to supply the means
if you offer me a free ticket, I will go and endorse you guys, I have a lot of nerd clout around my school and I'm sure people would go to a lecture if I reccomend it. just saying...
Sorry guys, I don't have permission to offer anyone else review tickets I'm afraid. But if you decide to attend
you're going to love the events. All the best with your study :-)
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lol, i saw their broucher in the Year 12 study room, and then i was actually passing them out to my friends... actually, i think i basically bombarded them with all the flyers from every possible company and pointed out which ones i thought were good or not
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I WANT TICKETSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS HOW TO GET THEM?
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how'd you know?
I Called them bro before I ordered.
youngdoc - don't you feel uneasy at the insanely cheap price + testimonial being a lie? I'm struggling to find some confidence in this company that teaches you for 10 hours + 5 exams + notes for 47 dollars?
I can also confirm that this company is legit. I've had contact with some of their team.
Might I add, also extremely awesome. I paid $50 last year for 2 hours -.-
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Meh, i would have gone and reviewed on VN and MHS but i can't gather money for a trial session =.=
You have $1300 of bio books, you can afford this.
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Meh, i would have gone and reviewed on VN and MHS but i can't gather money for a trial session =.=
You have $1300 of bio books, you can afford this.
He's tight. :P
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I earn 300$ a week, my parents give me lots of money, I'm really not strapped for cash at all, and I don't even do VCE. Can I have a trial lesson?
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how'd you know?
I Called them bro before I ordered.
youngdoc - don't you feel uneasy at the insanely cheap price + testimonial being a lie? I'm struggling to find some confidence in this company that teaches you for 10 hours + 5 exams + notes for 47 dollars?
I can also confirm that this company is legit. I've had contact with some of their team.
Might I add, also extremely awesome. I paid $50 last year for 2 hours -.-
My friend paid close to $300 for 2 TSSM lectures at the start of the year and she felt they were a complete waste of time/money.
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TSSM is only good for maths, hence The Specialised School for Mathematics...
Waste of money and time if you go there for anything else
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Not actually sure what she went for, Physics and something else. Either methods or spesh.
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Sorry guys, I don't have permission to offer anyone else review tickets I'm afraid. But if you decide to attend
you're going to love the events. All the best with your study :-)
How do I book? From what I can see on the site you add it to your cart and then what? Pay? Don't we have to register or something? O_O
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How do I book? From what I can see on the site you add it to your cart and then what? Pay? Don't we have to register or something? O_O
We're using Paypal and the Commonwealth bank to process payments.You do NOT need to register for Paypal. Once you go through the cart, we get all your personal details through the order form. Details on your tickets to get into the events is available after payment. Hope that makes sense.
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Quick question to pathway to genius,
im a little confused by the wording, so any given lecture (eg accounting) will run for 10.5 hrs, one day, and costs $47? Or are the days divided?
Is it 10.5 hours how long are the breaks (if any) ?
Thanks.
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Quick question to pathway to genius,
im a little confused by the wording, so any given lecture (eg accounting) will run for 10.5 hrs, one day, and costs $47? Or are the days divided?
Is it 10.5 hours how long are the breaks (if any) ?
Thanks.
The accounting lecture is actually totally sold out at the moment, but each subject has a main lecture at RMIT university between 9am-5pm. Then
there's a 2.5 hour online class the next day with a student who got a perfect '50' in the subject who talks about exam tactics and exactly
what it takes to get a high 40's or 50 score in your subject.
For Instance on the 4th of June we have the psyc lecture w/ Ms. Meg Adems running between 9-5, then the next night between 8-10.30pm we have the online class for psychology.
These online classes are recorded if you miss them. But our goal is to make Pathway to Genius the most intensive exam prep. program in Australia. Hope that clears it up.
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Wait, so the accounting lecture is sold out? Crap!
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Do lectures actually make a difference to how well you do in the exam?
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Do lectures actually make a difference to how well you do in the exam?
No lecture unit 3 - A
Lecture unit 4 - A+
Worked for me, plus the lecture (TSFX) gave me some notes to work from (got around 15 marks more in unit 4 exam)
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oh hmmm. but like bazza, i already have the tsfx notes.
if you go to the biol one, is it a definite chance that you will get Ian macdonald guy?
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oh hmmm. but like bazza, i already have the tsfx notes.
if you go to the biol one, is it a definite chance that you will get Ian macdonald guy?
From memory, there are two presenters, and you get ian for 2 of 3 days. The other presenter is a bit dry, but still knows her stuff.
no. i had him for a free lecture anyway, he wasn't that great
I disagree, he's the best bio teacher (other than maybe Douchy) that I've come across. But thats just my opinion.
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Anyone think they'll be going to the Chem lecture?
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Anyone think they'll be going to the Chem lecture?
TSFX? I think I'll go, there's usually like 30 MHS ppl there, so I'll probably be one of them
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Lol. I have started listening to Douchy again - his analogy of CUTing yourself with a pyramid glass to describe pyrimidines is now stuck in my head.
so i reckon hes pretty good at describing stuff, in comparison to many other biol teachers.
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haha lol Douchy ftw ! :D
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Douchy is just absolutely brilliant. A bright example for teachers to look up to :coolsmiley:
I'll probably give his revision lecture a shot.
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Yeah Douchy's podcasts are great! I went to his mid year lecture last year and i felt that it was a bit of a let down. He didnt cover topics in much detail as there wasnt enough time etc, he just went through the major topics briefly. From memory the notes that he gave out were pretty comprhensive. Worth a try, if you like go again unit 4.
For chem i think ill go to Pathways.
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Yeah Douchy's podcasts are great! I went to his mid year lecture last year and i felt that it was a bit of a let down. He didnt cover topics in much detail as there wasnt enough time etc, he just went through the major topics briefly. From memory the notes that he gave out were pretty comprhensive. Worth a try, if you like go again unit 4.
For chem i think ill go to Pathways.
Was he doing his midyear lecture with pathway to genius last year as well?
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has anyone heard of Kellie Sewell for biology lectures? i heard shes good as well
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Lol. I have started listening to Douchy again - his analogy of CUTing yourself with a pyramid glass to describe pyrimidines is now stuck in my head.
I think thats his best tip! I'll never forget it!
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If anything, the more you learn in a lecture, the worse indicator it is of your progress.
Everything should just be revision.
The most i look for in a lecture are like "Tricks" or exam technique..
Not like a copious amount of notes 3 weeks before an exam... which i'll never get through lol
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i don't get that tip :S
D:
he tells you to imagine that you CUT yourself on the side of a glass pyramide.
and the pyrimidine bases are Cytosine, Urasil and Thymine - starts with C U T
GET IT!? :D
i also like the wheelbarrow one for NAD and FAD, the owning two pairs of 23 recipe book to describe genome and i think it was the picking up the rubbish thing to describe increasing substrate/enzyme concentration :)
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Which company does the best lectures for psych??
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Which company does the best lectures for psych??
I got a free ticket to 'pathwaystogenius' - it sounds alright.
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Yeah Douchy's podcasts are great! I went to his mid year lecture last year and i felt that it was a bit of a let down. He didnt cover topics in much detail as there wasnt enough time etc, he just went through the major topics briefly. From memory the notes that he gave out were pretty comprhensive. Worth a try, if you like go again unit 4.
For chem i think ill go to Pathways.
Was he doing his midyear lecture with pathway to genius last year as well?
I dont think so... I think he did it privately - it was at Monash clayton.
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What lecture do you guys suggest for psych??
I'm still not decided on whether I should go tsfx or engage :/
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For psychology, Pathways is probably the best: http://www.pathwayseducation.com.au/
The chief assessor Roger Edwards (who also writes the answer sheet and teaches all the assessors how to mark the papers) as well as Ross Down, the writer of the Grivas psych books takes them, so its very helpful both for the content of the course, as well as tips for the exam :)
EDIT: it's probably 2-3 times cheaper than tsfx and other big companies as well.
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Howabout Chem and Physics?
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I'm going pathways for Chem, it's got the chief assessor (Chris Dwyer)
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does anyone know who the chief assessor is for biology. and if she/he holds lectures? :D
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does anyone know who the chief assessor is for biology. and if she/he holds lectures? :D
Think its the guy who writes the NEAP smartstudy guide... So probs does NEAP lectures.
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yea the neap ones are
lecturers
mr ian alexander – Senior VCE Biology
teacher, Haileybury College, Keysborough.
mr malcolm Fraser – Senior VCE Biology
teacher, St Michael’s Grammar School,
St Kilda.
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Howabout Chem and Physics?
both access and pathways (not to be confused with pathways to genius) have the chief assesor for chem so i might end up going to one of those
and for physics my teacher recommends engage education
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Howabout Chem and Physics?
both access and pathways (not to be confused with pathways to genius) have the chief assesor for chem so i might end up going to one of those
and for physics my teacher recommends engage education
What'd he/she say about engage?
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Lol. I have started listening to Douchy again - his analogy of CUTing yourself with a pyramid glass to describe pyrimidines is now stuck in my head.
so i reckon hes pretty good at describing stuff, in comparison to many other biol teachers.
Believe it or not, i have that analogy in my head even now doing first year biology! i actually did year 12 biology in year 11. I listened to Douchy's podcast and its great! He was even nice enough to mail me the previous years podcasts! :D great guy
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i have already booked my lectures from tsfx, but hearing about this "pathway to genius" seminars, i have a feeling i might go to it as well... is it legit? has anyone been? cause it sounds too good to be true :S
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i have already booked my lectures from tsfx, but hearing about this "pathway to genius" seminars, i have a feeling i might go to it as well... is it legit? has anyone been? cause it sounds too good to be true :S
it's not that good. u don't really need 6 exams when there are like 50 on AN not to mention from teachers and school as well. Notes? there are better notes out there. podcast? is just a nono.
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I got a flyer for Engage ... seems pretty good 6.5 hours for $52 + notes + questions (I'm not fussed about practice exams, I think I have more than enough :P) Anyone know if this company is any good? It's for Bio & Chem.
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apparently not...
im not going to any i dont think
i went to engage biology .. it was biggest waste of 7 hours of my life.
i would have learned more if i stood outside and watched my lemon tree grow.
to be completely honest
ive been to many lectures
i HIGHLY DISCOURAGE anyone to go to engage ... srsly ur better of sitting at home watching ants have sex.. u will learn more about inheritance/genes ....
bio engage lecture was honestly biggest waste of time possible.
Yes I completely agree LOL engage is so shit.
Complete waste of time. Methods lecturer was so bad, went so slowly and so many mistakes in the notes.
OMG Engage was shit today for methods..
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