Class of 2025 (2025 HSC CHAT) (3 Viewers)

[enchantedivory27]

Plath and Hughes. A bit more confusing than other Mod A texts bc context isn't temporal, but more personal iykwim

yeah their relationship was messssyyy. i did keats campion so cant help as much, but the principle is the same, i would argue keats is time based and Romantic theory, But was also very personal because he admitted his deepest fears about death on paper and believed he was never successful when he died, and the care he had for the love of his life, fanny was lovely and pain was so real in the film.
so plath and hughes can take similar view, how does the poetry make You feel? go deep, dont mention yourself but be empathetic (so if youre a psycho bad luck you will fail this lol). base your arguments around that and markers will love you.

 

[Legendary16]

How is sharpie not allowed in the hsc

It's interesting because I've used gel pens (Pentel Energel) and I've never heard of any restrictions on gel pens. Obviously the only thing we've been advised not to use were the erasable ink pens, though ballpoint remains the most popular. I swear by gel pens due to the deep colours you get.

 

[stagvampire]

Who else has my exact subjects please I need a friend to stress with... English Extension II and History Extension is actually so intensive, but it's all worth it surely...just as long as I'm distanced from STEM at all times because I could not cope with maths advanced.

 

[C2H6O]

It's interesting because I've used gel pens (Pentel Energel) and I've never heard of any restrictions on gel pens. Obviously the only thing we've been advised not to use were the erasable ink pens, though ballpoint remains the most popular. I swear by gel pens due to the deep colours you get.

Yeah it’s really just the examiners being pedantic about everything realistically it’s fine some of my friends used gel pens anyway. The erasable pens are more cause for concern cause the scanners can get hot and the pens erase when heat is applied

 

[C2H6O]

Who else has my exact subjects please I need a friend to stress with... English Extension II and History Extension is actually so intensive, but it's all worth it surely...just as long as I'm distanced from STEM at all times because I could not cope with maths advanced.

I do pretty much the opposite subjects but I find it really interesting how we are indeed all wired differently cause I enjoy stem but absolutely cannot cope with humanities or arts and I do terrible in any subject involving writing

 

[melanie_o]

Hey guys, I know what I’m saying will sound like a broken record but My English Mod A (Tempest and Hag-Seed) in class essay is coming up in about 3 weeks and I feel so cooked. I got 65% for my common mod crucible essay . Normally, I would get marks like 85%. Now, could someone give me any advice/ how much hard work I have to put in to get full marks on this assessment so I can at least clutch with an average of 80? I am so scared, since my ATAR goal/ requirement is cooked since I want to study medicine (the rest of my subjects are no worry to me as I feel more confident in my abilities and I understand what is going on) So any tips on how to actually clutch full marks and if it’s even realistic. Thank you besties. Sending good luck to my fellow struggle buddies/ ‘25ers.

 

[C2H6O]

Hey guys, I know what I’m saying will sound like a broken record but My English Mod A (Tempest and Hag-Seed) in class essay is coming up in about 3 weeks and I feel so cooked. I got 65% for my common mod crucible essay . Normally, I would get marks like 85%. Now, could someone give me any advice/ how much hard work I have to put in to get full marks on this assessment so I can at least clutch with an average of 80? I am so scared, since my ATAR goal/ requirement is cooked since I want to study medicine (the rest of my subjects are no worry to me as I feel more confident in my abilities and I understand what is going on) So any tips on how to actually clutch full marks and if it’s even realistic. Thank you besties. Sending good luck to my fellow struggle buddies/ ‘25ers.

By no means someone good at English but my usual plan during a term of English is read the text like 2 weeks before the exam, pull quotes using online resources when needed, generate a very generalised but not broad question based off what questions they could ask, then write an essay, and getting feedback until it’s good. Then practise with as many questions as you can a week before the exam and adapting the essay a lot, focusing on having your unique argument for each question very prevalent in your essay, so you actually answer the question and you’re not regurgitating the essay. This usually works cause there’s only so many types of questions they can ask. Obv don’t slack as much as I do and get started early. This has seemed to work pretty well for me so I’m doing wayyy better in English than I thought I would. Also full marks is defo possible depending on how strict your teacher is, my friend and I slack so hard in English and he didn’t even finish reading 1984 but he got full marks doing the same strat I did.

 

[melanie_o]

By no means someone good at English but my usual plan during a term of English is read the text like 2 weeks before the exam, pull quotes using online resources when needed, generate a very generalised but not broad question based off what questions they could ask, then write an essay, and getting feedback until it’s good. Then practise with as many questions as you can a week before the exam and adapting the essay a lot, focusing on having your unique argument for each question very prevalent in your essay, so you actually answer the question and you’re not regurgitating the essay. This usually works cause there’s only so many types of questions they can ask. Obv don’t slack as much as I do and get started early. This has seemed to work pretty well for me so I’m doing wayyy better in English than I thought I would. Also full marks is defo possible depending on how strict your teacher is, my friend and I slack so hard in English and he didn’t even finish reading 1984 but he got full marks doing the same strat I did.

Thank you so much! Also, do you have any tips of ext 1 maths, as I noticed that you accelerated and I have my vectors/auxiliary angle test this week and I am feeling nervous.

 

[C2H6O]

Thank you so much! Also, do you have any tips of ext 1 maths, as I noticed that you accelerated and I have my vectors/auxiliary angle test this week and I am feeling nervous.

I’ve kinda forgotten what each topic consists of, but some general advice:
For vectors just like find 2 vectors which can’t define each other and use those to express other vectors and prove. For algebraic proofs look for patterns and use previous parts. What I mean by look for patterns is like if you see something like 2a.b for example, you could see that that looks like the expansion of (a+b).(a+b) . I’ve said these in some other post somewhere.
For trig other than just practise auxiliary angle method more, if you’ve got time/ you want to, try memorise the general solutions to sin cos and tan (look them up they’re like formulas you can use to quickly solve complicated trig equations). My teacher taught them to me and it was one of the few things I actually memorised for maths. Lots of ppl on BoS have advised against it cause it’s oos tho so it’s up to you but I found it rlly helpful