Is it worth going to TSFX Headstart lectures 2017?

[gameboy99]

I'm considering going to the TSFX headstart lectures for next year for Chemistry, Methods, Further and English. Especially as English, Chemistry and Further (revised) have new study designs is it worth going? I have heard that some people feel the lectures are not worthwhile but the lecture notes are valuable. So is it still a good idea to go just for the notes?


Please help and I appreciate any suggestions
Thanks 

[jamonwindeyer]

I'm considering going to the TSFX headstart lectures for next year for Chemistry, Methods, Further and English. Especially as English, Chemistry and Further (revised) have new study designs is it worth going? I have heard that some people feel the lectures are not worthwhile but the lecture notes are valuable. So is it still a good idea to go just for the notes?


Please help and I appreciate any suggestions
Thanks 

Hey hey! I'm not sure how they stack up against the free lectures run by ATAR Notes, or how the notes stack up against the ones published by ATAR Notes, but in general I don't think going to a lecture is worth it for just the notes alone! Like, I've not seen TSFX's notes (for HSC or VCE); I'm sure they are great, but just on hearing it, it seems a little counterintuitive. Perhaps you could ask around to see if anyone has been to the lectures and if they are worth it, and perhaps ask for a peek at the notes you receive? Having a flick through might help resolve the conflict for you

[Marionn]

I went to the biology end of year lectures for 2016 and I found TSFX to be reasonable with the cost and overall satisfaction with the lecture. The notes are quite hefty - I got 3 booklets each reasonably thick. However I didn't like how they were bounded by just a staple but that's personal preference. Try out the head start lectures for TSFX and continue if you like the way they lecture or just have that single lecture with them.

[Glasses]

At the end of the day the quality of the lecture and notes comes down to the author and/or presenter. So you might find that one lecture with TSFX is great, whilst another is terrible (this was my experience anyway). Whilst the notes are pretty comprehensive, this has a fair bit to do with the fact that, in my opinion:
a) TSFX use pretty big line spacing in their notes, meaning that they have more pages.
b) They tend to use a lot of pictures (some necessary, others definitely not).
c) They contain a lot of activities (again, some useful, others pointless).
d) In my experience, the notes contain a lot of unnecessary information.

I personally belief that the TSFX notes are quite overrated, and I wouldn't be paying $100+ per lecture just for the notes.

Further, I'd be quite careful when it comes to English lectures, just because the usefulness of them is limited to an extent, because different schools study different subjects. Therefore, I'd recommend attending ATARNotes' free English lecture (because it's free, so you've got nothing to lose really), and a text-specific lecture hosted by another organisation (such as VATE).

Best of luck!

[waftj]

Given that I'm currently beating around the bush like gameboy99, can any one suggest a lecture that is worth going? Specifically speaking, Chemistry and specialist? [well of course apart from those AN's ones]

[JohnXX]

Be wary of TSFX marketing tactics. They will advertise and promote a particular excellent teacher for a course to attract your enrolment. Only when you attend the lecture, you find out on that day (they never inform you since your payment) that they have substituted the teacher with someone else. You want to cancel enrolment, too late, there is a hidden cancellation fee (together with other unreasonable escape clauses and disclaimers couched under very fine prints) even though they stuff it up or intentionally lead you on.

[MarkOzz]

It is always a difficult one-way traffic when dealing with TSFX. Just like when they recently rescheduled the HHD head start lecture 12 days later, they just shaft it down your throat and never compensate students, who have signed up earlier based on their advertised schedule, for all the inconvenience they caused. Only they can change their mind without incurring any penalty.