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VCE Stuff => Victorian Education Discussion => Topic started by: costargh on August 26, 2008, 05:36:28 pm
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I want to know people's opinions on the lectures I am considering going to and whether there are better ones etc
English
-Might go to Access Ed one at Monash Clayton
-Any others?
Business Management
-Might go to Access Ed one at Monash Clayton
-WANT TO GO TO ONE MORE... SUGGESTIONS?
Economics
-There are two lectures presented by the same company "commerce presentations and publications"... one is "Exam prep" and the other is "Course revision"... $30 each.... want to go to both.
Any others?
Accounting
-Access Ed didn't do much for me last time. Looking at going to one at Monash Caulfield that has 4 lecturers (4 hours) Viki Baron, Anthony Simmons and Keith King and some other dude. around 45 bux but some of those names are big in acc and it sounds good. Probz wont go to any other accounting lectures but feel free to make suggestions
Further Maths
- Don't really want to go to any lectures but will probz go to Access Ed cause of cost and convinience.... anyone got any better suggestions?
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Going to NEAP for English and Accounting and tossing up between TSSM and Access Education for Business Management.
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Supposedly, VATE is good for English.
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I'm thinking of going to VCTA ones for both economics and accounting... i'm too lazy to go all the way to melb uni twice >.< but yeah the ones by VCTA doesn't sound too bad =)
last time i went to the acct one at monash caulfield... vicky baron was good, anthony simmons just read out of his textbook basically, keith king was boring, n the other gal (whom they took off) didnt noe wat she was talking about. i'm not going back there lol.
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Yeh i aint going to the monash caulfield one anymore, lol thanks for heads up
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if anyone is going to the swot lectures let me know :)
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Yeh i aint going to the monash caulfield one anymore, lol thanks for heads up
oh? how come?
where to now? :P
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Not the uni Mao. Lol ... just the VCE lecture at Monash Caulfield.
I'm not going to the lecture there because I am going to another one
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I'm going to:
- VATE for English (http://www.vate.org.au/) - My teacher will be running one of the sessions and has brought our whole class along. Apparently this program is pretty good compared to the rest :).
- Derrick Ha for Maths Methods and Specialist Maths (http://www.derrickha.com.au) - My friend goes to his Haileybury classes and recommended him. He's supposedly really good at explaining things :). I was going to go to one of the others (tsfx, etc) but some uni friends advised against them.
- Chemistry and Physics – undecided at the moment :-\
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$81 is a bit much for the methods
but i like the sound of VATE never heard of them, but definitely going
are there any for media studies? what are some recommended for psychology?
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one question, does VATE supply notes?
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Nah….at VATE, you apparently only get a few pages of notes for each book…that’s why they are soo cheap!!! :) but the discussion should be good because you mix with people from other schools who give you a different insight. also, my teacher got us in with the 'better' tutors/lecturers, so should be even better!
Hmm….I thought 81 was really cheap for methods n spec (only $13.50 per hour plus they give me the bound book which I’m going to use for the exam :) ) Anyways, its much cheaper than all the rest, especially tsfx and neap, so I’m happy! :) And its cheaper than my tutoring which is 50 bux an hour with a maths teacher who gives pretty limited notes >:(. Btw, I just received the preparatory questions for the program and they are amazing ;D.
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waste of time and money. the hours u sit listening is precious study time.
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Haha. n the hours u spend posting on this site is precious study time :P And at least by going to the three days of lectures, I wont be wasting my time surfing the net like i'm doing now :buck2:
Who knows? by learning his exam tricks, maybe I’ll get one of those 50s that he got :P And, I’ve still got 8 weeks - so one day at vate and another two at derrick ha is nothing. Besides, learning from this genius may motivate me and make the rest of the 8 weeks way more efficient (and I’ll save myself 2 weeks on writing 2 bound books :) ).
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so you think that derrick is worth it?
would it be more beneficial if i went to something like access education or tsfx?
p.s. im really struggling at maths methods, hoping to get a study score of above 30 :(
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Hell yeah. Judging by the quality of his website’s notes, the preparatory questions and my friend’s recommendation, I reckon that the lecture and revision book should be kickass too :). Not sure about access education because I’ve never heard of it. They could be decent. But, from what I hear from my uni friends, tsfx doesn’t quite live up to the hype.
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Does Derrick Ha offer tutoring as well or is it just that one lecture?
Has anyone here done the 'intensive courses' from TSFX for Methods or Spesh?
I'm in Yr 11 btw
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Hell yeah. Judging by the quality of his website’s notes, the preparatory questions and my friend’s recommendation, I reckon that the lecture and revision book should be kickass too :). Not sure about access education because I’ve never heard of it. They could be decent. But, from what I hear from my uni friends, tsfx doesn’t quite live up to the hype.
where did you get these preparatory questions from you talk about lol?
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Does Derrick Ha offer tutoring as well or is it just that one lecture?
Has anyone here done the 'intensive courses' from TSFX for Methods or Spesh?
I'm in Yr 11 btw
i wish i culd get tutoring. apparently he's booked out for this yr :'(
Hell yeah. Judging by the quality of his websites notes, the preparatory questions and my friends recommendation, I reckon that the lecture and revision book should be kickass too :). Not sure about access education because Ive never heard of it. They could be decent. But, from what I hear from my uni friends, tsfx doesnt quite live up to the hype.
where did you get these preparatory questions from you talk about lol?
i signed up :) the prep questions r part of what you pay for
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oh ok thanks for that, so u get the questions as soon as you sign up online? do u get like a pdf file or something
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Does Derrick Ha offer tutoring as well or is it just that one lecture?
Has anyone here done the 'intensive courses' from TSFX for Methods or Spesh?
I'm in Yr 11 btw
I went to the intensive classes for both methods and spesh in semester 1.
Personally, i didn't find them very beneficial. I guess it just wasn't my learning style.
But yeah, i guess it depends on the individual.
Basically, when u do those classes... ur just paying for their notes, some extra questions, and to listen to them explain how to work them out.
I think i study better on my own... so yeah...wasted A LOT of time and money on those classes :(
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Does Derrick Ha offer tutoring as well or is it just that one lecture?
Has anyone here done the 'intensive courses' from TSFX for Methods or Spesh?
I'm in Yr 11 btw
I went to the intensive classes for both methods and spesh in semester 1.
Personally, i didn't find them very beneficial. I guess it just wasn't my learning style.
But yeah, i guess it depends on the individual.
Basically, when u do those classes... ur just paying for their notes, some extra questions, and to listen to them explain how to work them out.
I think i study better on my own... so yeah...wasted A LOT of time and money on those classes :(
Is it group tutoring? And are the extra questions harder than your typical spesh question or are they just sort of similar to what you get out of books?
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Yeah it was group tutoring. About 15-20 people in a class, depending on which class you attend.
And hmm, i think the questions are like the 'interesting' or 'challenging' questions you may find in a text book. And sometimes they include questions which are supposed to resemble exam type questions :)
Truthfully, i didn't really pay attention in class and i haven't looked over the questions...so hmm...don't trust every word i say :P haha
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I went as well. I almost fell asleep in the specialist one. I was never an avid appreciator of the specialist course. :(
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I went as well. I almost fell asleep in the specialist one. I was never an avid appreciator of the specialist course. :(
yup. sounds like good old tsfx :buck2:
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OK....those reviews don't sound very encourage lol
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Hopefully this isn't too late BUT can someone help me with booking lectures...I want to go to English, Legal and Psych lecures but i have no clue what's the best, not looking to spend much money and don't REALLY need notes for Legal or Psych. AcessesEd, VATE, TSSM, whats the best??? Help would be great!...
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TSSM is very expensive, along with NEAP and TSFX. AccessEd is the cheapest...VATE is mostly booked up I think.
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Hopefully this isn't too late BUT can someone help me with booking lectures...I want to go to English, Legal and Psych lecures but i have no clue what's the best, not looking to spend much money and don't REALLY need notes for Legal or Psych. AcessesEd, VATE, TSSM, whats the best??? Help would be great!...
well does it necessarily HAVE to be the best? :s like the "best lectures" were meant to be booked some time ago. anyway its better going TO A LECTURE then no lecture at all yeah?
theres a free lecture for legal studies at vic uni. first thursday of school holidays. but u have to book a placement the website is like.... vicuni/freelectures or something. try check it out. im positive there is one for psych too.
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Bullshit. The "best" lectures still have places available. No lecture I've ever shown an interest in going to has ever been booked out
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payments dude.....
arnt heaps of them closed???
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payments dude.....
arnt heaps of them closed???
Not that i know of :P
I haven't sent in my forms for a couple of the lectures i wanna go to yet lol
The ones i've seen, they still accept the payments until like 5 days before the lecture.
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serious??? =O
what ones are these?
are they hugely expensive?
too bad my 2nd week is already filled up with lectures :(
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hey! 'best' is very geneall...just wanted to know what's out there...Does anyone know much about the monash uni lecture's? they seem pretty good for the cash...20 bucks for 3 hours
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payments dude.....
arnt heaps of them closed???
LOL. My friend ABSOLUTELY FREAKED OUT :uglystupid2: last nite coz he THOUGHT the derrick ha one closed and he missed out. But lucky for him it turns out that registrations are still open. Lol, was so funny with my friends reaction when he thought it was closed and then when he found out it was all sweet. I should tell derrick bout it at the lecture :P
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what's best for accounting?
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is vcta good for legal?