Hate it with a passion. I find it really annoying that whenever someone talks to me, it's about the HSC. Whenever I say I'm stressed, they assume its about the HSC. I hate the social factors to the HSC the most, and even though I know that my now brilliant PhD cousin had to go to TAFE first, I would kind of find that, humiliating? And Christmas with my extended families, might as well not go and see The Hobbit or go shopping. As for the HSC exams themselves, I feel that if I put my mind to it, I can get the marks I'm aiming for. For every subject, I'll do at least a section of a past paper once a week, and build my way up. The gap between the trials and the HSC, although will be intense is exciting: Uni open days, high school graduation (finally), movies, school fetes. Aiming for 2-4 hours of study per day. Looking forward to the end of SOR II exam, so I never have to go to school again.