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[K888]

Completely unrelated to the current topic people are on, but has anyone got any recommendations for phones?
Need to buy a new one, given the fact that mine is going to die at some stage in the not too distant future.

Looking to stay away from Apple & Samsung - I like Android but dislike the bloatware that Samsung has on their phones.
Any input would be appreciated

[Maz]

There is nothing wrong with being an introvert and there's nothing wrong with being the "observer".

I sorta feel like doing nothing interesting is a common thing for Year 12's. Legit, the most interesting thing I've done in the last few weeks is watched ink travel up a chromatography plate (we did a whole tonne of chromatography and spectroscopy experiments and I have no idea why but I found TLC the most interesting, lol). idk what your friends are talking about but mine are freq talking about either one of the following:

1. Goal ATARs
2. Goal Universities
3. Future aspirations
4. What we're gonna do in that gap in between high school and uni
5. How much we're struggling with the stress/life/whatever
6. School-work

We've just been recycling those topics or variations/extensions of them for the last 6-ish months...

Feel free to contribute to our conversations! I promise we're not scary people (though Swag and the mods can be a bit scary sometimes what with how insanely smart they are).

Thank you all...Yeah, that's mainly what we have been talking about...except for like the past year haha 

Hi fellow VCER's

I am currently from NSW but the threads are very inactive from time to time (and I need to boost up my post count)

Mind if I join you all in your conversations? 

Cheers

HEY! Yeah, I'm from WA (where the boards are literally in hibernation haha) and I've been on here for the over a year and have received no complaints from these fellow humans...so I guess they are cool with it
besides, I'm generally happier the more people there are

Completely unrelated to the current topic people are on, but has anyone got any recommendations for phones?
Need to buy a new one, given the fact that mine is going to die at some stage in the not too distant future.

Looking to stay away from Apple & Samsung - I like Android but dislike the bloatware that Samsung has on their phones.
Any input would be appreciated

Hey, Kate
I had this problem earlier in the year...I made a new topic on it if you want to check it out:
i need a new phone? any recommendations?
Everyone was really helpful in providing input and comparisons
hope it helps

[Swagadaktal]

Thank you all...Yeah, that's mainly what we have been talking about...except for like the past year haha 

Did you have any hobbies/interests in your previous life (before year 12?)
Coz they make some good discussions

[pi]

maybe...but then I feel bad for being in year 12 and not studying.

Some hard truth time, but because you want to do med: every year after year 12 is going to be HARDER than year 12. Year 12 was the EASY part. This and next year are the years to get some hobbies going, develop a circle of friends who you can have good banter and times with, go out to town and make some memories you can look back fondly on when the times get comparably tougher.

It's great that you love studying, good for you and you'll find that most people here don't mind it either, but if that's your life then you need to find other people who make studying their life or you'll always feel like an outsider.

As for conversation topics, I find a mix of new things in sport, cool patients (not applicable to you I guess), stupid stuff celebrities have done, Donald Trump, politics in Aus, old racist Pauline Hanson, future aspirations, movies, relationships, funny shit that has happened in life, bagging my mates (I get my fair share of being bagged too - all banter), and complete random stuff.

Personally, I think talking about academia is a bit of a bore, a lot of my friends study med so talking about med school is kinda *meh* because we're all doing it (could draw an a comparison to a group of mates all doing year 12, why talk about it when you're in school for so long every day?). I find discussions outside of what I'm doing to be more interesting. edit: I should add, I made a handful of really good friends (who I see on a regular basis and go or graduated from Monash/UoM) from AN who all do different things to what I do (eng, sci, comm, arts), so that really helped me expand my social circle beyond med, school mates, and randoms you meet at social events. Might be hard for you coming from WA, but I'm sure you're not the only one on this forum with similar issues so I thought I'd make the point anyway - come to AN meets and meet like-minded people your own age!

I find that if you go into a convo thinking you have to say something, then you'll be just thinking about that and won't actually contribute to the natural flow of the conversation. Granted, I don't consider myself to be an "out there" social animal who gets along with everyone, but if you have the right people around you it shouldn't be a problem. 

[tasiakuz]

Hey guys just wanting some opinions, I really want to do law at usyd but I don't think I will get a high enough atar. Should I start at uts doing law and then transfer to usyd in my first year if i get high enough marks or is it better to start off at usyd in say a business degree and then transfer over to law. I've just heard its super competitive to transfer and I'm scared I will be stuck doing a degree I don't want.

[heids]

My other tip is: questions.  Whatever they choose to talk about, ask gradually deeper questions about it.  That way you don't have to think up anything much and generally the conversation is free to flow from there and you just naturally talk about the stuff that's coming up.  I'd also recommend having a list of appropriate questions that you could use (~like English, not just one piece of evidence that you specifically want to talk about, you want an entire buffet of possibilities to choose from as is relevant ) and you can use a relevant question (about their day, week, life, dreams, aspirations, hobbies, political opinions, career aims, pet hates, icecream tastes, homicidal fantasies, whatever, brainstorm a list) if there's a lull.

But can defs concur, heidii is extremely scary.

[Elizawei]

homicidal fantasies

 

[sweetiepi]

heidiii writes amazing obituaries. (That's my opinion...)
Swag may disagree.

[Glasses]

Completely unrelated to the current topic people are on, but has anyone got any recommendations for phones?
Need to buy a new one, given the fact that mine is going to die at some stage in the not too distant future.

Looking to stay away from Apple & Samsung - I like Android but dislike the bloatware that Samsung has on their phones.
Any input would be appreciated

I'd recommend the HTC 10, if you like Android and dislike bloatware
My phone history is as follows:
HTC Wildfire, HTC One XL, Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Samsung Galaxy S6, HTC 10. (I love phones... but also hate iPhones)

HTC worked closely with Google when designing the software for the HTC 10, and they organised the phone's apps so that there were no double ups. (E.g. - they kept the HTC Sense apps which they thought were better than the stock Android ones, and they used the stock Android ones which were better than the HTC Sense versions).
You can also hide pre-installed apps which you don't use/don't want to see.

The sound and design of the phone are also amazing - so I'd highly recommend that you check it out

I was tossing up between the S7 and the HTC 10, and I'm really glad I picked the HTC 10!

[Aaron]

@K888

For your information - it is possible to buy a device such as Samsung/LG etc. and (with a bit of technical knowledge regarding gaining root access), you can replace the original operating system that actually contains the bloatware and replace it with something much better (e.g. Cyanogenmod). There are risks involved though + you automatically void any sort of warranty you have once you do it (so I guess it's a matter of weighing up the pros vs cons). Something I wouldn't proceed with without having the technical capability to do so. I currently run a Samsung G S5 with Cyanogenmod 13 on it, so it's definitely possible.

If that sounds a bit too complicated for you, then i'd definitely check out the Nexus lineup (http://www.google.com/nexus). External manufacturers develop the nexus line for Google - you get stock android and pretty decent phones (zero bloatware whatsoever).

[conic curve]

Hey guys

What's maths, physics, chemistry and english like in Victoria? I heard that in maths you don't do anything equivalent to Maths extension 2 in NSW. I guess it's quite upsetting for all you top maths kids who are ready for a challenge

[Syndicate]

Hey guys

What's maths, physics, chemistry and english like in Victoria? I heard that in maths you don't do anything equivalent to Maths extension 2 in NSW. I guess it's quite upsetting for all you top maths kids who are ready for a challenge

Specialist Maths is equivalent to Maths Extension 2  . Check out this

Both Specialist maths and M.E.2 contains similar content such as complex numbers, mechanics, graphing, proofs, calculus etc... But then again, I am sure there must be some distinction between the two 

[pi]

I guess it's quite upsetting for all you top maths kids who are ready for a challenge

Unfortunately you'll find most of the "top maths kids" in Victoria are not in it for the challenge, they're in it for the cheeky scaling and subsequent high ATAR. Many end up doing health-related or other non-maths courses.

Luckily, for those who do genuinely care for higher maths in Victoria, Monash Uni and Uni Melb offer first-year maths units that people can complete in Year 12, so-called "uni extensions".

Specialist Maths is equivalent to Maths Extension 2  . Check out this

Yeah you wish it is haha, doubt many spesh students would fare well on their exams

[Maz]

Specialist Maths is equivalent to Maths Extension 2  . Check out this

Both Specialist maths and M.E.2 contains similar content such as complex numbers, mechanics, graphing, proofs, calculus etc... But then again, I am sure there must be some distinction between the two 

Yeah you wish it is haha, doubt many spesh students would fare well on their exams

Do you reckon the WA methods course is similar to Melbourne's methods? Cos when I asked a couple of questions on the Extension 1 thread, RuiAce said that it belonged in the Ex 2 topic...but comparatively to the questions we get, that was a pretty mediocre question (not excessively hard I mean). but then this is just methods...or maybe there is some overlap....

[conic curve]

Specialist Maths is equivalent to Maths Extension 2  . Check out this

Both Specialist maths and M.E.2 contains similar content such as complex numbers, mechanics, graphing, proofs, calculus etc... But then again, I am sure there must be some distinction between the two 

I guess I was wrong

At least in Victoria you don't do "harder extension 1 maths" which is the most difficult topic in extension 2 maths in NSW