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Bears and Vodka · 05-03-2012, 20:06

I just don't get the obsession with 600 points. OP hasn't even done the actual JC yet. He/she is going by JC MOCK results that he/she is able to get 600 points in the LC. JC is a cakewalk compared to LC and the JC course is a drop in the sea compared to LC course especially with an extra subject on the side.

To get an A1, in any subject you have to know the course to the bones and not allow yourself to make any mistakes, naturally. Let's see.
English H - 4.3% of students got an A1 in this last year. Are you pretty certain that you fit into the 4.3% part?
Accounting H - 9.5% of students got an A1 in this.
Geography H - 3% of students got A1 last year.
French H - 5.7% of students got A1 last year.
Physics H - 8.9% of students got an A1 in 2011.

Economics H - 3.6% got an A1.

So roughly, do you consider yourself to be in the top 5% of the students in the country?
It's nice to have set up yourself a target of 600 in 3rd year and all that but you seem to be very particular about it. I fear you will become very disillusioned by the time you're doing your mocks in 6th year about the 600 points business.

And if you hate science now, you certainly not gonna like it for LC, so an A1 in Physics seems a bit out of reach.

P.S. Writing about getting an A1 in English while using 'you're' instead of 'your', 'chose' instead of 'choose' was bound to get some funny retorts.

cocaholic · 10-03-2012, 19:51

Want* not wan't. Seriously.

SureYWouldntYa · 10-03-2012, 21:01

Lad if you're looking for an easy subject pick Phys/Chem. It has one of the highest A rates, it is the same questions every year, like literally its so easy to predict, you dont have to do a project or get experiments checked, a friend picked it up in November of his LC year, got an A1 in the real thing and claims to have only done study for 3/4 weeks before christmas and the nights before exam

cathalio11 · 10-03-2012, 21:13

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Originally Posted by SureYWouldntYa

Lad if you're looking for an easy subject pick Phys/Chem. It has one of the highest A rates, it is the same questions every year, like literally its so easy to predict, you dont have to do a project or get experiments checked, a friend picked it up in November of his LC year, got an A1 in the real thing and claims to have only done study for 3/4 weeks before christmas and the nights before exam

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05-03-2012, 20:06	#31
Bears and Vodka Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,835 Adverts \| Friends	I just don't get the obsession with 600 points. OP hasn't even done the actual JC yet. He/she is going by JC MOCK results that he/she is able to get 600 points in the LC. JC is a cakewalk compared to LC and the JC course is a drop in the sea compared to LC course especially with an extra subject on the side. To get an A1, in any subject you have to know the course to the bones and not allow yourself to make any mistakes, naturally. Let's see. English H - 4.3% of students got an A1 in this last year. Are you pretty certain that you fit into the 4.3% part? Accounting H - 9.5% of students got an A1 in this. Geography H - 3% of students got A1 last year. French H - 5.7% of students got A1 last year. Physics H - 8.9% of students got an A1 in 2011. Economics H - 3.6% got an A1. So roughly, do you consider yourself to be in the top 5% of the students in the country? It's nice to have set up yourself a target of 600 in 3rd year and all that but you seem to be very particular about it. I fear you will become very disillusioned by the time you're doing your mocks in 6th year about the 600 points business. And if you hate science now, you certainly not gonna like it for LC, so an A1 in Physics seems a bit out of reach. P.S. Writing about getting an A1 in English while using 'you're' instead of 'your', 'chose' instead of 'choose' was bound to get some funny retorts.

10-03-2012, 19:51	#32
cocaholic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 29 Adverts \| Friends	Want* not wan't. Seriously.

10-03-2012, 21:01	#33
SureYWouldntYa Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: The West Posts: 489 Adverts \| Friends	Lad if you're looking for an easy subject pick Phys/Chem. It has one of the highest A rates, it is the same questions every year, like literally its so easy to predict, you dont have to do a project or get experiments checked, a friend picked it up in November of his LC year, got an A1 in the real thing and claims to have only done study for 3/4 weeks before christmas and the nights before exam