2009 School Rankings

[stonecold]

Mmm, how big are the classes and how many people per class would care about doing well?

Classes are normal compared to school early on, roughly 20-25 students.  Then give it a couple of weeks, and watch them drop out like flies.  By end of year, it can be anywhere between 5 and 15.

Year 11 was a disgrace at RMIT.  No one ever rocked up to class, and everyone seemed to have this, "I will just try next year attitude."  Main priority  for most students was organizing "break" with the teacher so they could all go for a "smoko."
I've been told year 12 is better though, and luckily I do subjects that students who don't care wont even go near.  

Also, I left school for a number of reasons.  I didn't really like a lot of the people for starters, and as mentioned previously, I couldn't stand the strict uniform policy.  I mean seriously, how does how I wear my hair or tie affect my education?
I also didn't really get the subjects I wanted, and it was the schools policy to make year 12 students undertake a minimum of 30 hours co-curriculum, and also Religious Education was compulsory.  Another thing which I really hated about my school was that they always favoured students who were involved in house activities such as performing arts and sports, as opposed to those who proffered to gear their time strictly towards their education.

[stonecold]

This may work vexx, tell them you are doing VCE at another TAFE, and that there is a timetable clash. 
You don't require a letter for this.  Just make sure they get your VCAA number and you'll be set.

We can be EL br0's.

[vexx]

This may work vexx, tell them you are doing VCE at another TAFE, and that there is a timetable clash. 
You don't require a letter for this.  Just make sure they get your VCAA number and you'll be set.

We can be EL br0's.

haha i wouldn't want to lie to them since they could find out and then kick me out or something - screwing up my life

plus if my school timetable clashes with the morning time of EL i wont be able to do it anyway.
i'll find out next year.

ahhh why do they need my school's permission to do ittt. sooooo unfair, i will cry if my timetable for school next year has three spares in the morning on that day =[

cryyy.

[stonecold]

This may work vexx, tell them you are doing VCE at another TAFE, and that there is a timetable clash.  
You don't require a letter for this.  Just make sure they get your VCAA number and you'll be set.

We can be EL br0's.

haha i wouldn't want to lie to them since they could find out and then kick me out or something - screwing up my life

plus if my school timetable clashes with the morning time of EL i wont be able to do it anyway.
i'll find out next year.

ahhh why do they need my school's permission to do ittt. sooooo unfair, i will cry if my timetable for school next year has three spares in the morning on that day =[

cryyy.

Damn, coordinators hey!  They wouldn't let me do Further this year at RMIT because "I'm too young and don't have enough Units on the board," so I went and did it at Box Hill TAFE instead.  I feel like writing that bitch a letter.  I showed her, best RMIT Further score was 41.

Try all TAFE's, i'm sure one will let you in, but RMIT and CAE are the only ones I know of who have EL.

Edit:  You may want to try the Distance Ed Center as well:
http://www.distance.vic.edu.au/subschools/ss1112.htm#vce

[vexx]

Damn, coordinators hey!  They wouldn't let me do Further this year at RMIT because "I'm too young and don't have enough Units on the board," so I went and did it at Box Hill TAFE instead.  I feel like wirting that bitch a letter.  I showed her, best RMIT Further score was 41.

Try all TAFE's, i'm sure one will let you in for EL, but RMIT and CAE are the only ones I know of who have EL.  Possibly VicUni but i'm not sure.

that's absolutely fantastic!! haha i love when that sort of stuff happens, you proved her wrong so bad, you should so write to her, she'd get so annoyed. well done;)

ooh i think that only RMIT and CAE have it but i'll double check with the subject searcher on vcaa.  i'll also confirm with RMIT,  but i'm pretty sure they have EL twice a week during the day so more difficult to get to then CAE:(

but i may do a couple of subjects in my year after year 12 at CAE to boost my enter (EL and Further) if i do bad in Lit anyways and also this will give me another chance of getting into the mbbs at monash:)

[kazoospasm]

Classes are normal compared to school early on, roughly 20-25 students.  Then give it a couple of weeks, and watch them drop out like flies.  By end of year, it can be anywhere between 5 and 15.

Year 11 was a disgrace at RMIT.  No one ever rocked up to class, and everyone seemed to have this, "I will just try next year attitude."  Main priority  for most students was organizing "break" with the teacher so they could all go for a "smoko."
I've been told year 12 is better though, and luckily I do subjects that students who don't care wont even go near.  

Good luck at CAE next year. I was considering moving there from my local TAFE, but opted to stay due to some twisted sense of loyalty.
While the majority of the 'students' were/are idiots, the staff have been ridiculously accommodating.

[stonecold]

Damn, coordinators hey!  They wouldn't let me do Further this year at RMIT because "I'm too young and don't have enough Units on the board," so I went and did it at Box Hill TAFE instead.  I feel like wirting that bitch a letter.  I showed her, best RMIT Further score was 41.

Try all TAFE's, i'm sure one will let you in for EL, but RMIT and CAE are the only ones I know of who have EL.  Possibly VicUni but i'm not sure.

that's absolutely fantastic!! haha i love when that sort of stuff happens, you proved her wrong so bad, you should so write to her, she'd get so annoyed. well done;)

ooh i think that only RMIT and CAE have it but i'll double check with the subject searcher on vcaa.  i'll also confirm with RMIT,  but i'm pretty sure they have EL twice a week during the day so more difficult to get to then CAE:(

but i may do a couple of subjects in my year after year 12 at CAE to boost my enter (EL and Further) if i do bad in Lit anyways and also this will give me another chance of getting into the mbbs at monash:)

Yeah, RMIT is twice per week, so it will be a bit hard. Plus the teacher is the fat bitch who knocked me back for Further.    There used to be a photo of her on the net, they must've taken it down.  You would be sick just at the sight of her lol.

And don't worry, I'm sure we'll both get into Monash in '11.  It will be awesome, I so can't wait!

Classes are normal compared to school early on, roughly 20-25 students.  Then give it a couple of weeks, and watch them drop out like flies.  By end of year, it can be anywhere between 5 and 15.

Year 11 was a disgrace at RMIT.  No one ever rocked up to class, and everyone seemed to have this, "I will just try next year attitude."  Main priority  for most students was organizing "break" with the teacher so they could all go for a "smoko."
I've been told year 12 is better though, and luckily I do subjects that students who don't care wont even go near. 

Good luck at CAE next year. I was considering moving there from my local TAFE, but opted to stay due to some twisted sense of loyalty.
While the majority of the 'students' were/are idiots, the staff have been ridiculously accommodating.

Thanks kazoospasm  

RMIT nearly got me with that loyalty thing lol.

[vexx]

^ haha i hope so, but just planning if i don't.

i'm considering doing english language by distance ed, is this a bad idea?
perhaps i shall make a new thread... lol but..

[stonecold]

^ haha i hope so, but just planning if i don't.

i'm considering doing english language by distance ed, is this a bad idea?
perhaps i shall make a new thread... lol but..

That would require loads of commitment.  But a tutor would make it a lot better.

I tried to enroll there though, and the clown was like, we need a letter from your coordinator/principal.
Can you go into school and have an interview with your parents and the coordinator.  Schools tend to shit themselves when parents come into it.  Just tell them what is the big problem, I wan't to do a subject outside of school, sign this letter please.

[vexx]

aww thats so annoying.

nah i had a meeting with my parent and the head of senor school & vce co-ordinator which is the furthest i can go. and after an hour or so, they still said no and reassured me that it'll be okay if i didn't do it. but now i need to do it so bad, but they told me they can't let a student do two subjects out of school, no matter what.
i may consider dropping uni chem which sucks bad to do it:( but if i'm doing four at school, theres a very small chance my timetable will fit EL in anyway. so difficult.
and if i could then i have to pick up some stupid subject.
so annoying.

i think i'll just try and do well in lit this year, and if i dont do well / dont get into mbbs, i'll do an extra year so it's ok..
but just annoying.

growl.

your lucky you dont have to deal with any of this anymore!

[minilunchbox]

they told me they can't let a stupid do two subjects out of school.

I lol'd.

[vexx]

they told me they can't let a stupid do two subjects out of school.

I lol'd.

haha shit. i mean to say student** hah changed...

[stonecold]

aww thats so annoying.

nah i had a meeting with my parent and the head of senor school & vce co-ordinator which is the furthest i can go. and after an hour or so, they still said no and reassured me that it'll be okay if i didn't do it. but now i need to do it so bad, but they told me they can't let a student do two subjects out of school, no matter what.
i may consider dropping uni chem which sucks bad to do it:( but if i'm doing four at school, theres a very small chance my timetable will fit EL in anyway. so difficult.
and if i could then i have to pick up some stupid subject.
so annoying.

i think i'll just try and do well in lit this year, and if i dont do well / dont get into mbbs, i'll do an extra year so it's ok..
but just annoying.

growl.

your lucky you dont have to deal with any of this anymore!

That plain sucks!  Every coordinator I have ever known was a control freak, and they always wan't you to do your education, their way.  Even my new CAE coordinator was like, why do 2 Englishes, just pick one it will only contribute a max 5 points to your aggregate.  Doesn't she get that maybe I want those extra 4-5 points.  AARGH!  Luckily she forgot about it and now I'm enrolled in both English and EL.

Don't drop Uni Chem, it is almost guaranteed to give you 5.5 points to your aggregate, which will help to make up for English.  Possibly try taking regular English as well if you are worried about Lit?
I am doing both so I have one as a back up.

And LMAO, I thought that was a bit harsh.

[vexx]

^ thanks for your opinions and such, i decided to make a thread haha.
http://vcenotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,21192.0.html
because this is going way offtopic here.

haha yeah definitely doing a 6th subject is worth it for those extra points, even if its only 3!! so yeah stay with it:)