For all those who got 90+ ATARS.... (2 Viewers)
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Shadowdude
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Umm, not a lot - actually. I kept up with my work and did a last minute study cram session before the HSC - well, in those four, five weeks preceding.
(i got 95.4)
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Lol. I did barely anything.
I was on fb 24/7, including in classes.
I talked in most classes, and I didn't really pay attention.
But, I did do past papers for chem throughout the year. So, do that.
Also, do practice essays (unlike me).
I was on fb 24/7, including in classes.
I talked in most classes, and I didn't really pay attention.
But, I did do past papers for chem throughout the year. So, do that.
Also, do practice essays (unlike me).
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^dont let my brother fool you
he studied 6 hours a day non stop. weekends were study camps holed up in his asian basement. public holidays were a glorious escape to a math haven called maths online
all at the same time he managed to produce a baby or two
he studied 6 hours a day non stop. weekends were study camps holed up in his asian basement. public holidays were a glorious escape to a math haven called maths online
all at the same time he managed to produce a baby or two
krnofdrg
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Well for me I head to put in alot of effort. I didn't study in prelims so I was behind in all my subjects (especially maths and economics) which meant the HSC was a huge wake up call. Beginning of the year I had to work a few hours (just doing school homework and college) and that was enough to get me good ranks already. Before half yearlies i wasn't doing much still much but pastpapers were very useful. Before your half yearlies you should be doing alot of them as schools tend to re-use past questions alot. For english and subjects like Ancient/eco/biz i read alot of books,newspapers, articles and texts to improve my writing skills which was good enough to give me a boost over my cohort, i also practiced an read my essays everyday.
Trials/hsc period i pulled 6+ hrs a day and did lots of study. Was worth it though. I suggest use your time wisley and efficiently. I don't think the amount of hours you do really gets you the high atar. Just requires a bit of organising , planning and efficiency. I only ended up with 91 but i guess it's still high for me
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You do realize that I went on an average of 3+ hours on facebook a day right?
I didn't pull a single all nighter but I managed a 99.40 atar (I know it's average by the standards of the top schools so maybe this isn't so surprising after all). Your teachers might've told you that you need all nighters for 99+ atars (I know one of my teachers did) but you really don't.
I'd say I studied 3-4 hrs a night, maybe 5 hrs a day on the weekend.
I'd say I studied 3-4 hrs a night, maybe 5 hrs a day on the weekend.
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that's normal isn't it? i pulled many all nighters because i didnt study during the day , was procrastinating and then crammed like a muddafker. all nighters are generally for crammers lol not for people who study heaps
oh I meant all nighters as in get home in the late afternoon and study till dawn, guess I have a really extreme definition of it. To any 2012 HSC students, don't do this kind of all nighter you'll hurt your result at the end by losing too much sleep (you can't catch up sleep btw that's bs)
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Past papers, past papers, past papers.
For everything except English, that's all I did: just do a past paper, make a list of things that you missed/didn't feel strong about, go practice/read up/ask your teacher about those things; repeat until the exam comes. Worked great.
For everything except English, that's all I did: just do a past paper, make a list of things that you missed/didn't feel strong about, go practice/read up/ask your teacher about those things; repeat until the exam comes. Worked great.
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but you still studied
+1, I think people are scared that they have to do a lot of hours ( I know I was panicking midway through the year because I'd done half my hsc only loosely sticking to my timetable<--which I got rid of in the end)
English is so BS.
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With english, it's important to look at past questions of the texts you're studying because even if the details of the question vary, the ideas are more or less the same every year. So I did that, rewrote/edited my essays two nights before exam, got 95 and same with EE1, got 48/50.
With maths, practise is really, really, really important. I know because i didn't practise as much as i should have, hence lower marks.
Same with chem, keep practising past papers throughout the year, deeply understand the concepts and memorise all dot points.
I had two major works, and left both till the last minute. Bad idea. They brought my atar down considerably
With maths, practise is really, really, really important. I know because i didn't practise as much as i should have, hence lower marks.
Same with chem, keep practising past papers throughout the year, deeply understand the concepts and memorise all dot points.
I had two major works, and left both till the last minute. Bad idea. They brought my atar down considerably
I did summary notes for phys, chem and eco then memorised them by putting them into past paper questions. For english I made model essays for each topic which I could put into anything and for math and ext I only did past papers. I ended up with 97.4 so I guess this isnt a bad approach...
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Crammed a lot the night before, but done notes and heaps of maths pastpaper questions during the year. For english, basically studied the night before the HSC and went to school forgetting my essays at home because I was kind of freaking out on the day. But in the end I done roughly ~2 hours a day and for upcoming assessments and exams was ~8hours + because I wasn't really consistent throughout the year... Ended up with 98.05