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  1. BackCountrySnow

    Half Yearly Exams

    Basically, if you rank xth in maths you will approx get the xth best external mark as your internal mark. It's not that simple but it's along those lines. So simply put, No! you can't just tell anyone getting <30% to drop. It would be good for them but it's self-centred of you to want them to...
  2. BackCountrySnow

    People who continue to write after time's up.

    For one of my half yearlies I finished my last word right on pens down.
  3. BackCountrySnow

    public school or private school to do better in HSC?

    Lol, the point of your UAI isn't to get a job. It's to get into uni... .
  4. BackCountrySnow

    public school or private school to do better in HSC?

    How do people actually know that public school kids do better at uni?? is there a link or something? because I go to a public school and my teachers tell me that public schools do better in uni aswell. So do this come from actual stats or is it just word on the street?
  5. BackCountrySnow

    why are cut offs decreasing?

    Now here's a guy who know's what he's talking about.
  6. BackCountrySnow

    Half Yearly Exams

    nope i do 3u, and im failing that.... Oh God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son" Abe says, "Man, you must be puttin' me on" God said, "No." Abe say, "What?" God say, "You can do what you want Abe, but The next time you see me comin' you better run" Well Abe says, "Where do you want this killin'...
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    whats the funniest argument between a teacher and student you have seen?

    In year 8 I told my LOTE teacher that my parents forbid me to learn german because I'm a jew. The term after that I told her that japanese was just english in an asian accent. She was soo gullible..
  8. BackCountrySnow

    Extremely concerned about assessment marks

    well, my dad and I watch ABC a lot so we just casually talk about the economy and shit, umm I don't talk that much about school though either...
  9. BackCountrySnow

    Multiple Choice Repetition?

    I never really notice patterns. because it's never like 'oh i have a lot of ds, why not an a?' And you teacher is a sped. one double is bad enough, but triples... wtf??
  10. BackCountrySnow

    Half Yearly Exams

    a lot of people fail general maths.
  11. BackCountrySnow

    The case study thread.

    China's the fastest growing economy.. I'd say stats would be changing.
  12. BackCountrySnow

    Do you write faster when you gotta go toilet?

    TESTED: today i had an exam and i really had to go... nope, didn't help, it just really hurt.
  13. BackCountrySnow

    Extremely concerned about assessment marks

    yeah, your internal mark is set based how well your grade goes in the externals. Grade. Just consider yourself lucky your parents love you....... *sob*
  14. BackCountrySnow

    Phuket 08

    lol. A good dish of exotic STIs coming your way!
  15. BackCountrySnow

    Help with subjects please

    not easy for a lot of general students. But this is a comparison b/w general & 2 unit maths. so compared to 2u, it's damn easy... general is a different type of maths though. no complex concepts. It's RL maths. like financial maths and stuff like that.
  16. BackCountrySnow

    Help with subjects please

    wrong! general maths is capped. I can't remember exactly. But the highest you can get is like a couple of SDs above the mean.
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