For all those who got 90+ ATARS.... (2 Viewers)

[Carl5]

I didn't get an insane ATAR like most people on this forum. I got 93.95. I'm from a school that was ranked at around 584th.

During the school year I wrote notes when I felt like doing so. I should have made them consistently over the year because I didn't even finish my IPT notes (and thus didn't really study the final topic very much) before the exam (still got 93 though). I just did all my homework. Didn't do extra study other than notes. Also important to mention is that I was school captain/SRC president and had 13 units, so I had a pretty big work load at times.

In the lead up to HSC, my Dad passed away and that really threw me out of everything for a while. I just couldn't study and forgot everything. After that, I studied about 5-6 hours a day in the 4 weeks before exams. I would wake up at 7am, start studying at 8am till 11am. I'd then go outside to trick (youtube tricking if you have to. This was my main outlet/exercise) or I'd drive to town and have lunch with friends (usually Subway rather than McDonalds). I'd then resume studying at whatever time to make sure I got an extra 3 hours or so in. I went to bed at 10pm-11pm most of the time I believe.

So yeah, in the end I got two band 6's (Mathematics and IPT), the rest band 5's + Band E3 and an ATAR of 93.95. I was also Dux of the school both internally and externally.

 

[IamBread]

I did a bit of study for maths (4u) because I enjoyed it a lot. Other then that I did barely anything.

 

[Kimyia]

so, its sounds like the trend is to try and work (mostly) consistently through the year, notes are golden, hard-out studying 4 weeks before HSC exams, past papers are your best friend, and always do your homework.

 

[cheezcake]

Go to sleep at 2am, set alarm for 6:30 for school, be a lazy cunt and press snooze three times and wake up at 7. Shower, brush teeth etc, eat cereal in 5 min and run to bus stop. Sleep in English, MX2. Play games on phone in MX1 and chemsitry. Play card games in physics because teacher doesnt give a shit (i recommend poker, mafia and mao). Go home, internet time (youtube,cracked,fb,BoS forums, porn etc) , watch some good pirated tv (Dexter and Breaking Bad are good). XBL until 12AM w/ friends. Listen to music or read for a solid couple more hours. Repeat. [When given homework do during any free periods at school or alternatively do it the day before if its an important subject in place of aforementioned internet time.]

In exam periods, start cramming either 3-4 days before regular test or about a week before large tests (trials, half yearlies etc). get rid of XBL time and study in place of internet time and tv time, push these back to where xbl time was.

Confirmed got me 98+

EDIT: holidays are called holidays for a reason

 

[brachester]

well can't really say i was hard working, sc2, facebook, etc. You should study consistent through out the year to not ended up sleepless the nights before the exam, like me.