Class of 2025 (2025 HSC CHAT) (27 Viewers)

[hellokitty48920]

I mean there's small volunteering stuff like selling Christmas cards which I did last week. But leadership positions are already full and I didn't get any. But there are some stuff I can do at my church like this charity thingy they have and also they have Sunday school but these kids are chaotic and I don't want to deal with my brother lol

yes definitely do the charity thing and just get a leadership/volunteering appropriate title for the christmas cards one. Im pretty sure you only need like 2-3 extracurriculars. I'm sure some other roles in ur school could come up early next year, if they do make sure to join them. Make sure you have good teachers if its a school role that are gonna actually check their emails/phone calls as ur references...
And dont even worry if you dont get in. There is ALWAYS the Schools Recommendation Scheme. Just ask whoever in ur school is responsible for it to actually do it for u

 

[Study to success]

yes definitely do the charity thing and just get a leadership/volunteering appropriate title for the christmas cards one. Im pretty sure you only need like 2-3 extracurriculars. I'm sure some other roles in ur school could come up early next year, if they do make sure to join them. Make sure you have good teachers if its a school role that are gonna actually check their emails/phone calls as ur references...
And dont even worry if you dont get in. There is ALWAYS the Schools Recommendation Scheme. Just ask whoever in ur school is responsible for it to actually do it for u

honestly I didn't even do that much for the chrstimas card one cause not many people came so they dismissed me cause they didn't need me. But for SRS, I don't know if my grades are good enough and the leaders and achievers one is the easiest to get into I think as long as I have extra curricular

 

[hellokitty48920]

honestly I didn't even do that much for the chrstimas card one cause not many people came so they dismissed me cause they didn't need me. But for SRS, I don't know if my grades are good enough and the leaders and achievers one is the easiest to get into I think as long as I have extra curricular

nope I didnt get in leaders & achievers even tho my grades were all As and Bs but I got in through SRS! Also, correct me if Im wrong, but I think leaders & achievers scheme gives a scholarship/money to the student?

 

[Study to success]

nope I didnt get in leaders & achievers even tho my grades were all As and Bs but I got in through SRS! Also, correct me if Im wrong, but I think leaders & achievers scheme gives a scholarship/money to the student?

oh wow really. I thought lots of people get into leaders and achievers. I'm applying for commerce tho. Maybe it's cause most competitive spots were filled in leaders and achievers so then SRS was less competitive or vice versa

 

[Tony Stark]

Predictions for all subjects (band 6 cutoffs):
81 for physics
87 for maths standard
82 for Biology
91 for English standard
83 for legal studies.

Fingers crossed, though in the words of M.r gonna cost ya, you won't need luck if you studied.

Also stop ignoring me bruh I know where you live.

 

[Tatya]

So y’all don’t know the prediction for b6 cutoff for Chem but I reckon physics will be lower like 79

 

[gossipgirllll]

9 days til atar

 

[hellokitty48920]

oh wow really. I thought lots of people get into leaders and achievers. I'm applying for commerce tho. Maybe it's cause most competitive spots were filled in leaders and achievers so then SRS was less competitive or vice versa

yeah I think so. anyways ik law is competitive as hell everywhere and there are only so many spots they can give. idk abt other degrees lol like I said ppl who failed chem, maths and more got into engineering soooo idk

 

[Study to success]

yeah I think so. anyways ik law is competitive as hell everywhere and there are only so many spots they can give. idk abt other degrees lol like I said ppl who failed chem, maths and more got into engineering soooo idk

I want to apply for commerce so idk how competitive it is

 

[hellokitty48920]

So y’all don’t know the prediction for b6 cutoff for Chem but I reckon physics will be lower like 79

I think someone said 85 ?? idk

 

[hellokitty48920]

I reckon physics will be like 78 or something it was harder than last years and previous years but it’s not gonna have the crazy alginement as 2019
Chem seems like an 85

here

 

[hellokitty48920]

what do u guys reckon the pdhpe cutoff is

 

[Tatya]

here

I’m the one who predicted that I’m just wondering if anyone else think it’s higher or lower

 

[hellokitty48920]

I’m the one who predicted that I’m just wondering if anyone else think it’s higher or lower

OH HELP SORRY I DIDNT REALISE

 

[CirrusTheJet]

Actually, I think legal studies would be 82 or even 80. There was more application of knowledge than last year's.

 

[CirrusTheJet]

A band 6 cut-off of 78 would be nice in physics, but this year's paper was quite textbook rather than any really challenging problems. Compare this year's HSC to 2023's HSC paper and you will see the difference.

Examples of some Moderately or extensively challenging questions (for 2023) were the energy and orbits questions as well as the 7 mark calculation question for projectile motion.

 

[jane1820]

Actually, I think legal studies would be 82 or even 80. There was more application of knowledge than last year's.

if legal scales up then why do i always here that business, pe and legal are the worst scaling subjects
do they mean in terms of atar contribution?

 

[Tatya]

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A band 6 cut-off of 78 would be nice in physics, but this year's paper was quite textbook rather than any really challenging problems. Compare this year's HSC to 2023's HSC paper and you will see the difference.

Examples of some Moderately or extensively challenging questions (for 2023) were the energy and orbits questions as well as the 7 mark calculation question for projectile motion.

nah I don’t think the exam this year was rlly textbook questions. They had specific questions rlly such as the romer question like the speed of light which it wasn’t that hard but it may been pretty difficult to understand especially looking at the loads of unnecessary information that was given which could have co fused students. Another example is the last question 8 marker where it was a niche topic about conservation of momentum which we haven’t rlly delved into as much since yr 11. The 8 markers and 6 marker questions, they were good questions except the theoretical and experimental one idk how u can yap that much for so that’s that . The module 6 questions were less this year but that last module 6 question was definently not a textbook question. So like it was pretty much a lot of theory just 25 marks of long responses that’s why I’m thinking it’s harder than 2024 and 2023 and expecting a lower b6 cutoff

 

[CirrusTheJet]

Your probably right. Maybe a 79/80. My initial 81 is likely wrong.

@jane1820 I think you are confusing scaling with alignment. These are two different processes for different purposes.

You HSC marks (marks received) are from NESA and are a conversion of your raw marks to NASA'S standards. For example, a raw 80 in some subjects is considered as a band 6 mark or "extensive knowledge" of thd course. Alignment involves a piecewise function with 4 to 6 linear equations for cutoffs for each subject so that each year, students receive marks to the same standards rather than being advantaged or disadvantaged due to change in difficulties from year to year.

Scaling is done by UAC and we do not receive this mark. Scaling is a fair process to compare the marks across different subjects and set them at an equally conversion. Think of it as converting all you currencies (such as Japanese yen and Australian dollars) to one currency (such as the United States dollar). In other words, a raw 80 in Mathematics Standard 2 is not equal to a raw 80 in Mathematics Extension 2 due to the competitive difference in each subject. It is a complicated process involving many mathematical methods such as percentiles and what not.

Hope this helps

 

[hellokitty48920]

Actually, I think legal studies would be 82 or even 80. There was more application of knowledge than last year's.

PLEASE BRUH THIS IS MAKING ME HOPEFUL