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    Anyone been to/off to NMSS this year?

    yeah, it's the experience that counts :p i was invited, was about to go, until i was offered to go to the chem summer school... unfortunately the two camps were held at the same time so... but all the people who have went said it was good, so i hope you have a wonderful time there!
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    Anyone been to/off to NMSS this year?

    Well, it was $850 last yr... and you should probably get your school to sponsor half your cost... and bruce hall at ANU is possibly the best accomodation there is...! :p
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    Compund Angles

    LOL, trig is not about rote learning, the best way to know your formulae is through: (1) knowing how the formulae came about (2) doing exercises Trig Identities Things like (cosa)^2 + (sina)^2 = 1, are easily derived by considering triangles (going back to fundamental definitions of...
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    Please Explain 0C0 = 1

    nCr = n!/r!(n-r)! This can be derived from the definition of permutation and combinations. Now there is also a direct correlation between Pascal's triangle and combinations. 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 1...
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    Best textbook

    coroenos + patel + arnold + fitz + terry lee
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    Anyone been to/off to NMSS this year?

    NMSS = National Mathematics Summer School It's more of a social event :p It seemed fun though.
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    BSc Ad.

    was it professor jerome friedman? =p yeah, the cudos stuff look really mad... but the chem/bio aspects interest me more. how are the lectuers? apart from maths (which u have discussed)
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    SC mark!!

    SC marks are useless :p no need to overgrieve or overjoy over marks... yr 10 is for absolute bludging. :D
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    malcolm chaikin

    i know... it's a rich scholarship, but still, having a rich dinner for all the students getting interviewed, well, I guess it depends on how many ppl there are.
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    usyd scholarship interviews

    hmm, yeah i guess...... mine clashes, i had to choose 1st or 2nd decmeber, but 1st is co-op open day 2nd is co-op interview >< so i had to choose 2nd. And somehow i'm grateful i didn't get malcolm chaikin, coz that could be on 2nd too. What course did you apply for?
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    malcolm chaikin

    OMG, they actually offer dinner? LOL, how rich are they.
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    malcolm chaikin

    haha, i don't think i did unless the postoffice stuffed up my mail like for co-op and i was online when they called. but my friend did, she got called up on last monday and got the letter on friday :p
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    Whtas Sydney like Compared to UTS and UNSW

    I totally agree with that. UNSW stairs just appear never-ending!! Hate stairs... :rolleyes:
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    BSc Ad.

    are you doing adv science blackjack? :p
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    usyd scholarship interviews

    i think they called up ppl on friday if you have been shortlisted for the usyd undergrad scholarship. i wasn't home to take the call just rang back today. Apparently the interviews (not sure for all faculty or just science) are on 1st and 2nd december, so it's on same days as coop but you can...
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    Success in 2004 for Maths Extension

    yep, cambridge 3u got excellent questions. It actually makes your brain do some work and you are likely to become better a problem solving (provided you have grasped the basics)
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    The perfect score: 100

    Haha.... I know I can quote in same msg. But when what I want to quote spans over few pages, it gets a bit difficult doesn't it? :p OH yeah... connections so important. To my knowledge, most of the ppl who have gotten jobs thusfar had some sort of connections.
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    When come to here?

    yeah i know, but i thought a lot of honkies left ages before that because adults predicted the upcoming situation :p no... coz not everyone got their permanent residence in early 90s... there were still ppl fighting for it, towards 21st century, and once these ppl get their permanent...
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    Success in 2004 for Maths Extension

    fitzpatrick is good for a textbook. supplementary, i recommend cambridge 3u.
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    When is 'samurai' coming out?

    read the question :p I'm referring to the movie... or did it come out ages ago? Haven't been to the movies for some time... I saw the preview when watching LOTR
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