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the.watchman:
That's all for physics, I've got the same years of Chemistry, please email me if you want them :)
appianway:
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--- Quote from: appianway on March 13, 2010, 10:10:58 pm ---A large amount of preparation is recommended for chemistry though - the whole multiple choice section tests knowledge, not reasoning skills. It's also recommended to try and do a few practice problems beforehand to get into the right zone of thinking - the thought processes required differ dramatically from VCE - there's a lot of first principles.
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How much prep would you need?
My school randomly entered me in along with 10 or so others students. I did no prep whatsoever, as I was only concerned about learning the 1/2 course, and I found I couldn't answer most of the questions. The questions I did answer, I had to rely heavily on first-principles and making connections on the spot, but otherwise, I had no idea about how functional groups were meant to react and how "protective functional groups" were meant to work. LOL I didn't even know what redox reactions were back then, so I got totally raped. Somehow got Distinction >.<.
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For Chemistry, I didn't prep too much - I had a bit of a look at redox reactions beforehand, including galvanic cells. I also had a quick skim through the concept of equilibrium which can be related to lots of things. I ended up doing most things on the spot too - my best mark was actually on the redox question, according to the chemistry program director. That said, I think that preparation for the chemistry NQE can really make a difference - seeing as you only need about 40% to qualify, if you gun the multiple choice and can get most of the "easy" questions in the extended response correct, you're almost in. I had a high enough score to attend the summer school in chemistry, but I did much better in physics, so if anyone wants some more information about chemistry, I might get evildoctorcow to post.
appianway:
Oh, and if anyone wants any help with past physics NQEs, I generally got above 90% on the ones I did for practise, so I might be able to help a bit.
== I'm so stupid. I just opened the 2009 NQE to have a look out of curiousity and started thinking about how easy it seemed because it was so familiar.
I then realised that it was the paper that I actually sat.
the.watchman:
--- Quote from: appianway on March 14, 2010, 10:24:57 am ---Oh, and if anyone wants any help with past physics NQEs, I generally got above 90% on the ones I did for practise, so I might be able to help a bit.
== I'm so stupid. I just opened the 2009 NQE to have a look out of curiousity and started thinking about how easy it seemed because it was so familiar.
I then realised that it was the paper that I actually sat.
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LOLOLOL probs would have been easy for you anyway ;D
Oh, I'm relying on you to get me through this :)
appianway:
Parts of the physics NQE were easy, parts weren't. Didn't like the differential equations question, probably because I didn't know what they were. It was a fun paper overall though.
I did think I'd failed chemistry though.
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