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I was really good with math from year 9 to 11 but in year 11 I had a passing in my family and decided to drop to standard math and English as I could not cope. Is it possible for me to still do computer science as someone who did standard math?
 

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even with adv doing math1311 will be incredibly difficult. it literally covers ext 2 maths in the first few weeks, i wouldnt bother. people with ext1 barely pass..

with standard maths dont bother doing comp sci
 

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it can't possibly be that bad... why would the assumed knowledge only be ext1 if "ext1 students can't pass" 😭
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because there's people who for some reason don't do extension 2 because of NESA's shit policy

In other states you have to do extension 2 if you want to do extension 1, it's called specialist math, everything is in one subject.
 
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because there's people who for some reason don't do extension 2 because of NESA's shit policy

In other states you have to do extension 2 if you want to do extension 1, it's called specialist math, everything is in one subject.
so based on ur logic ur saying that for courses that have assumed knowledge for math adv for example u basically need to do ext 1 to pass?
 

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so based on ur logic ur saying that for courses that have assumed knowledge for math adv for example u basically need to do ext 1 to pass?
no thats not what it means lol, we're talking about engineering and comp sci. ext1 assumed knowledge means they expect everyone in that course has achieved a certain benchmark score for mx1
 

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It depends on which uni you are going to. For example in Western Sydney Uni Computer Science department, the only math related courses are Statistics and Discrete Mathematics which have nothing to do with ext 2.
 

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I was really good with math from year 9 to 11 but in year 11 I had a passing in my family and decided to drop to standard math and English as I could not cope. Is it possible for me to still do computer science as someone who did standard math?
Standard math should be okay. Depending on the syllabus you may need to improve, your knowledge.

Let say you are doing subject called mathematical modelling 1 at UTS (I recommend looking at the UTS handbook). Then the failure rate would be about 50%.

To deal with this you would need to study calculus. You can do this using any standard Advanced Mathematics high school textbook or university textbook that goes over calculus.

James Stewart Calculus: Concepts & Context should be good. However cover some content outside standard highschool maths class. There is also a solution manual or odd numbered exercises in book. In case you have any trouble understanding something you can always search on math stackexchange.

Although you have not mentioned it if you have not done any programming before that could cause potential issues. I recommend taking 1-2 Udemy courses.
 

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Standard math should be okay. Depending on the syllabus you may need to improve, your knowledge.

Let say you are doing subject called mathematical modelling 1 at UTS (I recommend looking at the UTS handbook). Then the failure rate would be about 50%.

To deal with this you would need to study calculus. You can do this using any standard Advanced Mathematics high school textbook or university textbook that goes over calculus.

James Stewart Calculus: Concepts & Context should be good. However cover some content outside standard highschool maths class. There is also a solution manual or odd numbered exercises in book. In case you have any trouble understanding something you can always search on math stackexchange.

Although you have not mentioned it if you have not done any programming before that could cause potential issues. I recommend taking 1-2 Udemy courses.
I'm pretty proficient with coding, its just the math i struggle with and its not that i cant learn it, its just about time. Do you reckon its possible?
 

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yeah, i'm not sure... because i'm pretty sure you can do adv and take a bridging course, but idk about standard?
is it possible to catch up to advanced in 2 months plus tutoring let's say with like 4-5 hours each day
 

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