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Yeah - then your parents don't expect 'much'.Aplus said:I'd rather get crap marks for my whole life and then get good marks in Year 11 than get good marks my whole life and drop randomly in Year 11![]()
Thats the trend a lot of people go through.lyounamu said:I didn't read the OP, I just read the post above mine so I assumed that the OP got something like 70. So I said that getting 70 is great. In Mathematics, I think 70 was probably my lowest. My lowest for MX1 was 30-40%. I am so grateful that I am not repeating that dreadful pattern.
Well, at least you learnt something and improved greatly on it, wasn't that a good lesson? I am still in a greatly elongated learning curve towards HSC. I learn something different everyday! And I hope that I will have learnt everything necessary by the time I do HSC.Aplus said:I was somewhat in a similar state. My lowest mark in previous years was 70%, but this year in the first MX1 exam I received a mark around 30-40%. However, in the recent exam (not long ago), I managed mid-high 90's. However, my concern is that, I have never in my life, gotten a mark as pathetic as 30-40%. Seriously, from K to Year 10, I have never received such pathetic marks, but somehow in Year 11, when it's starting to count and be important, suddenly I get crap marks out of nowhere :burn:
I'll address your second last sentence first: if you change, do it RIGHT AWAY! People who drop to general find that even though the course may be easy, TRYING TO CATCH UP ON A YEARS WORK IN YEAR 12, WITH OTHER ASSESSMENT, IS IMPOSSIBLE!grundo said:Okay so I am wondering whether I should move from Advanced to General Maths. This is only because I don't feel like I can realistically get very good marks in the subject, when compared to General. At the moment, I am coming 1st or 2nd in every subject except Maths, where I am coming roughly around the middle of the course of 54. I hate that because I'm a perfectionist and it's really annoying me. In the end, I think that if I move to General, I will be able to get into the top 10 fairly easily.
So really, what will be better in the long term for my UAI?
Also, is it too late to change courses now? Should I just wait til Yr 12?
As you can see, I am confused!! Any thoughts on what I should do...?
Reading that made my day. Truly, it has brightened my extension-english-filled (and therefore crappy) day.prichardson said:That's why alot of people who drop down then don't do well in general, which scales so badly that it makes Chuck Norris go into the foetal position and cry.
If he were going into a course which required 2 unit in the future after dropping advanced maths, given that he obviously has an aptitude for it then a TAFE bridging course wouldn't be any problem. If I'm going to do an Engineering course at uni some time then I'll have to do the same.M@ster P said:Keeping 2 unit maths opens alot of doors in terms of the courses you can do at uni because simply most courses need 2 unit maths, general maths doesn't cut it, so think about that.
Honestly year 11 general math is basically year 10 advanced math and maybe a little harder, so catching up won't be a problem. If i were you though i would keep 2 unit math and work harder because it scales well and it gives you more options in uni but If you can't see yourself putting that extra effort then drop it.
The deed is somewhat returned by your picture, my geography teacher will have some difficulty overcoming my reason for not doing homework... I'll just say that it was evident I had been heeding the course when I refuse to waste paper.Cerry said:Reading that made my day. Truly, it has brightened my extension-english-filled (and therefore crappy) day.
LOL same.rebecca9 said:i went into every maths exam so confident. i came out with like nothing above 45%... you think your marks are bad. haha.
...An informed decision would involve some level of research. If somebody failed to stumble upon the whole bridging course thing in the course of that research they wouldn't be in school anymore, they'd be on the dole.catherinet said:Honestly, it's like closing 2/3 of the doors leading to career pathways that you may like to persue one day.
make an informed decision.