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[offtopic] scaling, private vs public schools, etc
Peanuts11:
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--- Quote from: Peanuts11 on March 25, 2012, 09:51:19 pm ---To be fair, all I remember in years 1-8 were playing on the playground and yu-gi-oh cards, I can't believe people actually had an academic goal etc at this age. wow.
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You'd be surprised. I wanted to go to MHS when I was in year 8, and many I know had similar goals at that time. It's actually not that rare tbh.
Sometimes it comes down to parents (which isn't necessarily a bad thing), but the student usually has interest too (well, I did in any case).
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Look, I probably shouldn't say this, but I'm assuming you wanted to be doctors and large majority were Indian/Lankan/Paki/Asian etc?
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No. Of my friends who were keen to try-out, one wanted to own a casino, one wanted to become a lawyer, one wanted to become a CEO (I think, it was either this or an accountant...), two engineer, three or four didn't know what they wanted (in all honesty), and me a doctor (although, I wasn't entirely sure tbh).
They weren't all Asian either. Only 3 of the people above were Indian, a couple were Caucasian, the rest were Asian (this kinda reflected the demographics of my class in UHS too, coincidentally).
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This is going completely off-topic so I will stop after this, pm me if you want to discuss it further. But you basically said you all wanted to get rich?
pi:
--- Quote from: Peanuts11 on March 25, 2012, 10:04:53 pm ---But you basically said you all wanted to get rich?
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Haha, who doesn't want to become rich?
(although money might not have been the primary source of motivation for those guys (it isn't for me), I never really asked them)
edit: I edited the last post, showing you what they are doing now too
nubs:
--- Quote from: Peanuts11 on March 25, 2012, 09:43:47 pm ---
Thushan, this is my point, if the 99.95ers such as Cam were genuinely as intelligent and hard-working as their score reflects, why do they need that guarantee?
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They don't need that guarantee, it's probably just the university's way of luring very intelligent people into studying there and not going to Monash or some other uni instead.
Peanuts11:
--- Quote from: Nirbaan on March 25, 2012, 10:19:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: Peanuts11 on March 25, 2012, 09:43:47 pm ---
Thushan, this is my point, if the 99.95ers such as Cam were genuinely as intelligent and hard-working as their score reflects, why do they need that guarantee?
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They don't need that guarantee, it's probably just the university's way of luring very intelligent people into studying there and not going to Monash or some other uni instead.
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Orly?
To quote Russ two years ago on Melbourne University open day:
"A few of my friends who got 99.95 are actually struggling to keep the 75% needed for their guaranteed place"
And these days a 75% ( or 6.5GPA roughly ) is below average for Melbourne Med.
So yeh.
Kanon:
--- Quote from: xxEmoRussxx on March 25, 2012, 08:38:26 pm ---
Going to a private school makes it easier to get a higher ATAR. This isn't fair. Life is unfair, but get used to it.
Simple as that unfortunately.
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This post speaks the truth about scaling, public vs private and such. Whilst it is all bullcrap, in a way we as public schoolers do learn at an earlier age that life is unfair. I think honestly, we should all just be greatful with what we have remembering that someone is always going to be in a worse of position than you. Look at me, I was born into a family where education isn't valued, my parents are both undergoing their divorce this year, found out I had a secret step sister 3 monthes ago and am having problems funding tutoring because my parents would be considered lower class and don't believe in tuition, allst under other private circumstances. But the moment you sit there and weep is the moment you get blown over by the slightest of breeze.
As preachy as this is, just be greatful for what you have.
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