Login

Search the forums now!

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

July 21, 2025, 04:34:18 pm
Pages: 1 2 [3] 4 5 ... 9   Go Down

Author Topic: Things you would do different if you had a 2nd shot at the VCE.  (Read 34399 times)  Share 

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

abzzzz

  • Victorian
  • Forum Obsessive
  • ***
  • Posts: 302
  • Respect: +15
  • School: aia
  • School Grad Year: 2011
Re: Things you would do different if you had a 2nd shot at the VCE.
« Reply #30 on: October 13, 2011, 06:55:16 pm »
+3
Don't neglect English. Here comes my 15 <<<
Logged
B4i√U,RU/18QTπ

b^3

  • Honorary Moderator
  • ATAR Notes Legend
  • *******
  • Posts: 3529
  • Overloading, just don't do it.
  • Respect: +631
  • School: Western Suburbs Area
  • School Grad Year: 2011
Re: Things you would do different if you had a 2nd shot at the VCE.
« Reply #31 on: October 13, 2011, 06:56:33 pm »
+2
Quote from: laseredd on October 13, 2011, 06:53:41 pm
On the contrary, overall I really enjoyed VCE Physics and am really glad that I did the subject.

The subject is full of flaws, but it isn't as bad as everyone seems to be making it out to be (for me anyway).
laseredd, you will understand what we mean when you do 3/4 Chemistry, Methods and Specialist next year and have something fun to compare it too. But then you may be suited to physics (and from the looks of the posts on here you are). You have a very special gift, the ability to enjoy (or for us tolerate) VCE physics.
Logged
2012-2016: Aerospace Engineering/Science (Double Major in Applied Mathematics - Monash Uni)
TI-NSPIRE GUIDES: METH, SPESH

Co-Authored AtarNotes' Maths Study Guides

I'm starting to get too old for this... May be on here or irc from time to time.

b^3

  • Honorary Moderator
  • ATAR Notes Legend
  • *******
  • Posts: 3529
  • Overloading, just don't do it.
  • Respect: +631
  • School: Western Suburbs Area
  • School Grad Year: 2011
Re: Things you would do different if you had a 2nd shot at the VCE.
« Reply #32 on: October 13, 2011, 06:57:18 pm »
+1
Quote from: aiming_95 on October 13, 2011, 06:54:36 pm
Quote from: b^3 on October 13, 2011, 06:51:18 pm
Quote from: Rohitpi on October 13, 2011, 06:49:19 pm
Quote from: b^3 on October 13, 2011, 06:47:28 pm
Seconded (thirded?), but then it is VCE physics. I supposed a little bit of maths is better than drawing.
I'd take random folios anyday
Seriously? You would rather work hard on something that you are not interested in (i.e. "random") than be bored plugging pointless numbers in formulas?

EDIT: hey you changed you physics score from 10+ to 15+?

haha wasn't it always 15+ ?
I thought he changed it to +10 the day after mid-years, I may be wrong though.
Logged
2012-2016: Aerospace Engineering/Science (Double Major in Applied Mathematics - Monash Uni)
TI-NSPIRE GUIDES: METH, SPESH

Co-Authored AtarNotes' Maths Study Guides

I'm starting to get too old for this... May be on here or irc from time to time.

abzzzz

  • Victorian
  • Forum Obsessive
  • ***
  • Posts: 302
  • Respect: +15
  • School: aia
  • School Grad Year: 2011
Re: Things you would do different if you had a 2nd shot at the VCE.
« Reply #33 on: October 13, 2011, 06:59:14 pm »
+6
I downloaded an audio of someone reading the books to me just so i wouldnt have to read
Logged
B4i√U,RU/18QTπ

pi

  • Honorary Moderator
  • Great Wonder of ATAR Notes
  • *******
  • Posts: 14348
  • Doctor.
  • Respect: +2376
Re: Things you would do different if you had a 2nd shot at the VCE.
« Reply #34 on: October 13, 2011, 06:59:45 pm »
+6
Haha, yeh, I am feeling a bit more confident now :)
Logged

aiming_95

  • Guest
Re: Things you would do different if you had a 2nd shot at the VCE.
« Reply #35 on: October 13, 2011, 07:06:38 pm »
0
Quote from: abzzzz on October 13, 2011, 06:59:14 pm
I downloaded an audio of someone reading the books to me just so i wouldnt have to read


*ding ding ding* we have a winner.
Logged

acinod

  • Victorian
  • Forum Leader
  • ****
  • Posts: 631
  • Honour: +100
  • Respect: +96
Re: Things you would do different if you had a 2nd shot at the VCE.
« Reply #36 on: October 13, 2011, 07:12:18 pm »
+1
Quote from: jane1234 on October 13, 2011, 06:52:13 pm
Quote from: b^3 on October 13, 2011, 06:47:28 pm
Quote from: jane1234 on October 13, 2011, 06:45:55 pm
Quote from: tony3272 on October 13, 2011, 06:45:16 pm
Quote from: jane1234 on October 13, 2011, 06:42:55 pm
Quote from: Rohitpi on October 13, 2011, 06:41:32 pm
Quote from: acinod on October 13, 2011, 06:38:04 pm
-Do Uni Maths instead of Physics

Yes! Me too! It looks so much more interesting than phsyics!

Yeah I think I should have done uni maths this year too - better a 5.0 or 5.5 increment than a 3.X or (if I'm lucky) 4.X... :-\
Me too! Physics is seriously the worst subject I've ever taken...

Haha I think physics would be better than art...
Seconded (thirded?), but then it is VCE physics. I supposed a little bit of maths is better than drawing.

No, I'm fine with drawing. It's the essays... *inserts rant about having to write about artists no one cares about/has ever heard of*

And Rohitpi, no I think physics would be better. Try getting ~2-4 hours sleep each night for a week because of it, and then you'll appreciate physics.

I think studying art actually puts a lot of people off from the subject after they realise they have to write essays and it's not just all drawing. Oh the memories of that art essay that my teacher gave me an D+ for in Year 9.
But seriously Physics is worst than my frees in the library now. It's ironic how our school has the number one Physics teacher in the state but also the worst physics teachers....
Thank god Physics is my last exam.
And sorry for continuing this huge as chain of quotes :P
Logged
2015: Working Living The Dream
2012-14: BCom (Actuarial Studies/Finance) @ UniMelb
2011: English [41] | Mathematical Methods CAS [45] | Specialist Mathematics [43] | Chemistry [45] | Physics [42]
2010: Chinese Second Language [35]
ATAR: 99.35

“If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
-Albert Einstein

b^3

  • Honorary Moderator
  • ATAR Notes Legend
  • *******
  • Posts: 3529
  • Overloading, just don't do it.
  • Respect: +631
  • School: Western Suburbs Area
  • School Grad Year: 2011
Re: Things you would do different if you had a 2nd shot at the VCE.
« Reply #37 on: October 13, 2011, 07:17:28 pm »
+7
Quote from: aiming_95 on October 13, 2011, 01:15:39 pm
A lot of people I speak to who have finished VCE, always say "If I could VCE again I would do so much better"

So for the people who have already completed the VCE, if you were to do it again what would you do different ?
I would be more careful with how much time I spend "addicted" to Atarnotes.... not that that is a bad thing :)
Logged
2012-2016: Aerospace Engineering/Science (Double Major in Applied Mathematics - Monash Uni)
TI-NSPIRE GUIDES: METH, SPESH

Co-Authored AtarNotes' Maths Study Guides

I'm starting to get too old for this... May be on here or irc from time to time.

xZero

  • Victorian
  • Forum Leader
  • ****
  • Posts: 898
  • Respect: +68
Re: Things you would do different if you had a 2nd shot at the VCE.
« Reply #38 on: October 13, 2011, 07:27:24 pm »
+3
Quote from: b^3 on October 13, 2011, 06:56:33 pm
Quote from: laseredd on October 13, 2011, 06:53:41 pm
On the contrary, overall I really enjoyed VCE Physics and am really glad that I did the subject.

The subject is full of flaws, but it isn't as bad as everyone seems to be making it out to be (for me anyway).
laseredd, you will understand what we mean when you do 3/4 Chemistry, Methods and Specialist next year and have something fun to compare it too. But then you may be suited to physics (and from the looks of the posts on here you are). You have a very special gift, the ability to enjoy (or for us tolerate) VCE physics.
I prefer physics over methods any day, methods is just so lame and boring if you're doing spesh. Physics is really fun if you think about all the theories behind all the equations instead of just plugging in numbers (too bad VCAA fked it up)
Logged
2009: Chinese SLA
2010: English, Maths method[45,A+ A+ A+], Specialist maths[44,A+,A,A+], Physics[40,A,A+,A+], Psychology Atar:94.75
2011-2015: Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering/Science @ Monash

Methods/Spesh/Physics tuition

tony3272

  • Victorian
  • Forum Leader
  • ****
  • Posts: 721
  • Hi
  • Respect: +25
  • School: Wantirna College
  • School Grad Year: 2011
Re: Things you would do different if you had a 2nd shot at the VCE.
« Reply #39 on: October 13, 2011, 07:36:08 pm »
+1
Quote from: xZero on October 13, 2011, 07:27:24 pm
Quote from: b^3 on October 13, 2011, 06:56:33 pm
Quote from: laseredd on October 13, 2011, 06:53:41 pm
On the contrary, overall I really enjoyed VCE Physics and am really glad that I did the subject.

The subject is full of flaws, but it isn't as bad as everyone seems to be making it out to be (for me anyway).
laseredd, you will understand what we mean when you do 3/4 Chemistry, Methods and Specialist next year and have something fun to compare it too. But then you may be suited to physics (and from the looks of the posts on here you are). You have a very special gift, the ability to enjoy (or for us tolerate) VCE physics.
I prefer physics over methods any day, methods is just so lame and boring if you're doing spesh. Physics is really fun if you think about all the theories behind all the equations instead of just plugging in numbers (too bad VCAA fked it up)

Methods lets me smile after i finish a practice exam.
Logged
2010 : Accounting
2011 : Methods (CAS) | Chemistry  | Physics  | English Language  | Specialist Maths

2012: BCom/BSc @ Monash!

b^3

  • Honorary Moderator
  • ATAR Notes Legend
  • *******
  • Posts: 3529
  • Overloading, just don't do it.
  • Respect: +631
  • School: Western Suburbs Area
  • School Grad Year: 2011
Re: Things you would do different if you had a 2nd shot at the VCE.
« Reply #40 on: October 13, 2011, 07:38:00 pm »
0
Quote from: tony3272 on October 13, 2011, 07:36:08 pm
Quote from: xZero on October 13, 2011, 07:27:24 pm
Quote from: b^3 on October 13, 2011, 06:56:33 pm
Quote from: laseredd on October 13, 2011, 06:53:41 pm
On the contrary, overall I really enjoyed VCE Physics and am really glad that I did the subject.

The subject is full of flaws, but it isn't as bad as everyone seems to be making it out to be (for me anyway).
laseredd, you will understand what we mean when you do 3/4 Chemistry, Methods and Specialist next year and have something fun to compare it too. But then you may be suited to physics (and from the looks of the posts on here you are). You have a very special gift, the ability to enjoy (or for us tolerate) VCE physics.
I prefer physics over methods any day, methods is just so lame and boring if you're doing spesh. Physics is really fun if you think about all the theories behind all the equations instead of just plugging in numbers (too bad VCAA fked it up)

Methods lets me smile after i finish a practice exam.
As does spesh for me. I don't know why spesh is easier than methods for me, maybe that's because of stupid probability!

EDIT: WOW this thread is off-topic.
Logged
2012-2016: Aerospace Engineering/Science (Double Major in Applied Mathematics - Monash Uni)
TI-NSPIRE GUIDES: METH, SPESH

Co-Authored AtarNotes' Maths Study Guides

I'm starting to get too old for this... May be on here or irc from time to time.

jane1234

  • Guest
Re: Things you would do different if you had a 2nd shot at the VCE.
« Reply #41 on: October 13, 2011, 07:39:38 pm »
0
Quote from: b^3 on October 13, 2011, 07:38:00 pm
Quote from: tony3272 on October 13, 2011, 07:36:08 pm
Quote from: xZero on October 13, 2011, 07:27:24 pm
Quote from: b^3 on October 13, 2011, 06:56:33 pm
Quote from: laseredd on October 13, 2011, 06:53:41 pm
On the contrary, overall I really enjoyed VCE Physics and am really glad that I did the subject.

The subject is full of flaws, but it isn't as bad as everyone seems to be making it out to be (for me anyway).
laseredd, you will understand what we mean when you do 3/4 Chemistry, Methods and Specialist next year and have something fun to compare it too. But then you may be suited to physics (and from the looks of the posts on here you are). You have a very special gift, the ability to enjoy (or for us tolerate) VCE physics.
I prefer physics over methods any day, methods is just so lame and boring if you're doing spesh. Physics is really fun if you think about all the theories behind all the equations instead of just plugging in numbers (too bad VCAA fked it up)

Methods lets me smile after i finish a practice exam.
As does spesh for me. I don't know why spesh is easier than methods for me, maybe that's because of stupid probability!

EDIT: WOW this thread is off-topic.

I find them about the same... methods I hated probability, but spesh I hate vectors (though surprisingly I'm not that bad at them anymore :P)...
Logged

thushan

  • ATAR Notes Lecturer
  • Honorary Moderator
  • ATAR Notes Legend
  • *******
  • Posts: 4959
  • Respect: +626
Re: Things you would do different if you had a 2nd shot at the VCE.
« Reply #42 on: October 13, 2011, 07:42:12 pm »
+3
Spesh >>>>>>> Methods in awesomeness
Logged
Managing Director  and Senior Content Developer - Decode Publishing (2020+)
http://www.decodeguides.com.au

Basic Physician Trainee - Monash Health (2019-)
Medical Intern - Alfred Hospital (2018)
MBBS (Hons.) - Monash Uni
BMedSci (Hons.) - Monash Uni

Former ATARNotes Lecturer for Chemistry, Biology

b^3

  • Honorary Moderator
  • ATAR Notes Legend
  • *******
  • Posts: 3529
  • Overloading, just don't do it.
  • Respect: +631
  • School: Western Suburbs Area
  • School Grad Year: 2011
Re: Things you would do different if you had a 2nd shot at the VCE.
« Reply #43 on: October 13, 2011, 07:43:59 pm »
0
Quote from: thushan on October 13, 2011, 07:42:12 pm
Spesh >>>>>>> Methods in awesomeness
Plus you do physics the "proper" and "real" way in spesh instead of counting boxes. C'mon VCAA, fix physics like it should be!
Logged
2012-2016: Aerospace Engineering/Science (Double Major in Applied Mathematics - Monash Uni)
TI-NSPIRE GUIDES: METH, SPESH

Co-Authored AtarNotes' Maths Study Guides

I'm starting to get too old for this... May be on here or irc from time to time.

jane1234

  • Guest
Re: Things you would do different if you had a 2nd shot at the VCE.
« Reply #44 on: October 13, 2011, 07:47:22 pm »
0
Quote from: b^3 on October 13, 2011, 07:43:59 pm
Quote from: thushan on October 13, 2011, 07:42:12 pm
Spesh >>>>>>> Methods in awesomeness
Plus you do physics the "proper" and "real" way in spesh instead of counting boxes. C'mon VCAA, fix physics like it should be!

Physics should not be in spesh... they should stick to pure calculus :D
Logged
Pages: 1 2 [3] 4 5 ... 9   Go Up