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UoM Extension Program Help
cosine:
Hey everyone,
I was referred to by my teacher to undertake the extension program in year 12 (2015) and Ive got a couple of questions that I'm hoping someone could clarify for me.
Does mathematics at UoM have an increment towards my ATAR? Some people say it doesn't but the website doesn't say anything about so I am a little confused!
Also, has anyone done this previously and could fill me in on the experience and such, thank you!
stolenclay:
I did UoM Extension Maths in 2013, so hopefully I can answer some questions.
--- Quote from: sir.jonse on December 03, 2014, 09:00:15 am ---Does mathematics at UoM have an increment towards my ATAR?
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Yes. A few points here:
* It takes the place of one of your 5th/6th subjects, i.e. you will only have (at most) ONE normal VCE subject of which 10% of the scaled study score is taken for the aggregate.
* The amount of increment is given by the table here. Ignore the Equivalent VCE study score bit.
--- Quote from: sir.jonse on December 03, 2014, 09:00:15 am ---Also, has anyone done this previously and could fill me in on the experience and such, thank you!
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The experience is highly dependent on which school you go to to attend classes, I think. My classes were kind of half-interactive; the teacher would spend about an hour or so going through material (kind of like in a lecture), and the rest of the time was spent pretty much working on problems individually or in groups.
The subject is the equivalent of MAST10008 Accelerated Mathematics 1 (excluding MATLAB content), except taken over a full year, unlike the extension program for other subjects which cover the content of 2 university subjects during the year. If you want to know more about the content you could visit the subject reviews on the forum for MAST10008.
From memory there were 6 or so assignments, totalling 10% of the grade. You have a 3 hour examination and a 2 hour examination which is normally after all VCE examinations, and these 2 exams together make up the other 90% of the grade.
Other information should be available here: http://futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/info/school-students/extension-program .
grannysmith:
If you haven't already, I believe applications have closed.
cosine:
--- Quote from: stolenclay on December 03, 2014, 08:11:34 pm ---I did UoM Extension Maths in 2013, so hopefully I can answer some questions.
Yes. A few points here:
* It takes the place of one of your 5th/6th subjects, i.e. you will only have (at most) ONE normal VCE subject of which 10% of the scaled study score is taken for the aggregate.
* The amount of increment is given by the table here. Ignore the Equivalent VCE study score bit.
The experience is highly dependent on which school you go to to attend classes, I think. My classes were kind of half-interactive; the teacher would spend about an hour or so going through material (kind of like in a lecture), and the rest of the time was spent pretty much working on problems individually or in groups.
The subject is the equivalent of MAST10008 Accelerated Mathematics 1 (excluding MATLAB content), except taken over a full year, unlike the extension program for other subjects which cover the content of 2 university subjects during the year. If you want to know more about the content you could visit the subject reviews on the forum for MAST10008.
From memory there were 6 or so assignments, totalling 10% of the grade. You have a 3 hour examination and a 2 hour examination which is normally after all VCE examinations, and these 2 exams together make up the other 90% of the grade.
Other information should be available here: http://futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/info/school-students/extension-program .
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Thank you, will definitely check out the website. Is it hard though? I have heard its crazy hard... Kinda scared lol
cosine:
--- Quote from: grannysmith on December 03, 2014, 09:48:06 pm ---If you haven't already, I believe applications have closed.
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Ive applied already, but not yet sent in the documents
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