CLASS OF 2018!

[clarke54321]

Also, does anyone know where i can find the sac to exam study score split for my subjects?
eg, sacs 34%, exam 66% etc
Thanks

You can find the percentage breakdowns on each relevant, VCAA study design.

Hope this helps

[Sine]

Anyone here feeling ready for year 12?

Also, does anyone know where i can find the sac to exam study score split for my subjects?
eg, sacs 34%, exam 66% etc
Thanks

study designs should have it

[snowisawesome]

Thanks sine and clarke54321

[snowisawesome]

Anyone here do math methods and find that it gets so hard and confusing sometimes?

[Lear]

It can be very tricky sometimes and requires some strong foundations. I’ve been doing some calculus in preparation for next year these days and there are definitely some tricky questions. I think having the solutions manual really helps.

[snowisawesome]

It can be very tricky sometimes and requires some strong foundations. I’ve been doing some calculus in preparation for next year these days and there are definitely some tricky questions. I think having the solutions manual really helps.

Did you find that the calculus was similar to calculus in 1/2 methods or was it a lot harder?

[Lear]

It’s definitely a step up, but not a big one imo. My school didn’t even bother to cover anti differentiation or areas under curves in 1/2. I just did it out of my own interest. I’m slightly biased as I truly enjoy calculus but I do believe it’s not too difficult. I’ve been doing a significant amount of textbook questions and think, with practice, eventually it becomes easy. It’s just the starting that’s tricky

Quick disclaimer: I haven’t covered it all yet, still working through areas under curves at the moment. Don’t plan to touch probability yet though, heard it’s a pain

[snowisawesome]

It’s definitely a step up, but not a big one imo. My school didn’t even bother to cover anti differentiation or areas under curves in 1/2. I just did it out of my own interest. I’m slightly biased as I truly enjoy calculus but I do believe it’s not too difficult. I’ve been doing a significant amount of textbook questions and think, with practice, eventually it becomes easy. It’s just the starting that’s tricky

Quick disclaimer: I haven’t covered it all yet, still working through areas under curves at the moment. Don’t plan to touch probability yet though, heard it’s a pain
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[snowisawesome]

So much for my hopes of getting 35 raw in methods. Hope it doesn't get too difficult this year (year 12), especially probability and application questions in general

[Lear]

So much for my hopes of getting 35 raw in methods. Hope it doesn't get too difficult this year (year 12), especially probability and application questions in general

You'll be happy to hear there is no counting methods in year 12 methods. Thank god right? I hated those
Seeing your ease in asking questions and early preparations I believe you are definitely able to get 35. There's a long year ahead of us and that means plenty of time to improve

[Yertle the Turtle]

So much for my hopes of getting 35 raw in methods. Hope it doesn't get too difficult this year (year 12), especially probability and application questions in general

It will, it simply requires a knowledge of why you do certain things. To do well in Methods, Chemistry and Physics you need to not simply know the formulas and what to do with them, you have to understand what you are actually using the formulas to do. That was something my dad drummed into me, since when he would help me with maths he would never tell me the answers, but would ask me to talk through what I'm doing and why, and this is so useful. Always try to understand the background maths, and it will eventually  become easier. Hope this helps!

[Quantum44]

You'll be happy to hear there is no counting methods in year 12 methods. Thank god right? I hated those
Seeing your ease in asking questions and early preparations I believe you are definitely able to get 35. There's a long year ahead of us and that means plenty of time to improve

Counting methods can actually come in handy in methods 3/4; definitely the easiest way to create a sampling distribution from a small population, although you won’t have to worry about that for a while

[sarangiya]

sorry for being daft but what are counting methods???

[Lear]

@quantum44 haven’t touched on probability have no clue but that’s what I heard haha.

@sarangiya Those silly questions where it asks you how many ways you can form a committee of 3 people out of 10 people or something

[Vaike]

@quantum44 haven’t touched on probability have no clue but that’s what I heard haha.

@sarangiya Those silly questions where it asks you how many ways you can form a committee of 3 people out of 10 people or something

Yeah you're correct in that counting methods aren't part of the study design anymore, they used to be in it so that they could teach the hypogeometric distribution (don't stress, this isn't on the study design either!). But as Quantum said, counting methods (i.e combinatorics) can still be useful in other types of probability questions.