General questions on HSC study (1 Viewer)

[Killua101]

Hey guys, i just have a few questions in mind that tbh i do not see a solution to, or dont have any experience to it.
For example,
1. When do you guys make your notes. Is it the day when you have learnt that content, the weekend following, or sometime later (eg holidays or end of term). In my prelim years, i made my notes on a weekend basis, but realised i was falling behind, so i tried moving to a daily basis. However, for some reason, most of the time, i felt like the was wasting my time and that it would be better if i did other stuff (eg practise papers etc). So can someone be honest about what i should do, or like share their experiences regarding this.

2. Secondly, what did you guys do in recesses and lunches. Did you study in the library, calmed yourself down or just mucked around without worrying about the next period. Because, the really intelligent guys at my school, seem to calm themselves down, whereas most the ppl in my grade go to the library and study. I seriously do not know what to do.

3. What were your study patterns.
For HSC, ive planned around 5.5 hours of study after school, and going to sleep at around 11.30-12. Will that be ok? or do i need more sleep.

4. Also regarding notes, will it be better if i finished them atleast 2-3 weeks before the exams or the day before so that i have more knowledge...


Thanks guysssss, really appreciate your views.

 

[strawberrye]

Have a read through my thread if you haven't yet-it might well answer some of your questions: http://community.boredofstudies.org...how-excel-senior-year-studies-yr-11-12-a.html

Usually I made my notes whenever I had time to, and I actually didn't really study during recesses or lunch-but instead use the time to socialise with my friends instead. You don't need to study 24/7 to get good marks I think you will figure out what sort of pattern will work for yourself best, remember though, it might be hard to study consistently for 5.5 hours every day after school, maybe take an evening off during a weekday to relax a bit-because HSC is a very long sprint and you don't want to risk burning yourself out-Best of luck for the HSC-I am sure things will figure out by themselves in due course-don't be too worried

 

[WrittenLoveLetters]

1. Make notes as you go, it really takes the load off you during the exams. However, notes should not be prioritised over homework tasks and assignments.

2. Whilst utilising every second of the day to be productive, I believe using breaks during school to just socialise with friends is idea. This is, in the end, our final year as high school students. And whilst we want to all achieve our ideal ATAR goal, we need to make sure our final year has good memories to look back to; it should be a stressful year, but a fun year because of the experiences you had with friends.

3. Anything works, as long as you wake up feeling alright and not dead. Personally, I study from 4 - 10, then I get a little lazy by then and relax. I spend a lot of my time reading until 1AM and then I usually wake up with 6 hours of sleep.

4. Back to what I said in question 1, they should be done way before exams.

 

[mkristie]

1. Just make your notes consistently throughout the term. You might find it easier to make notes daily, or every 2-3 days, or even weekly, and that might fluctuate depending on how much content you're covering in class. As long as you're making notes on content you've covered recently, it should be fine.

2. Use your recess/lunches to socialise, relax and eat! You're going to want to be paying full attention in class so use your designated breaks to actually relax

3. Depends on what time you wake up and how much sleep you can function on - just as long as you wake up feeling okay, it should be fine! Also, 5.5 hours should be plenty of study, but once again this might fluctuate depending on if you have upcoming assessment tasks or exams. Just ensure you're taking sufficient breaks and getting enough sleep.

4. Have them finished at LEAST 2-3 weeks before! You should ideally be using the 2-3 weeks before exams/assessments to be revising your notes and completing practice papers.

 

[BLIT2014]

2. Use lunch/recess for relaxation/socialisation purposes, I mean its not like they are massive length of time or anything.

3. Aim to get around 7-8 hours of sleep, its better for retention of information purposes.I'd say try and avoid electronics around 30 minutes before you aim to sleep.

4. Aim to finish notes 2-3 weeks before the assessment, so you can spend the remainder of the time revising/doing practice exams.Bursts of study works better then cramming if you need to retain the information.

 

[Killua101]

1. Make notes as you go, it really takes the load off you during the exams. However, notes should not be prioritised over homework tasks and assignments.

2. Whilst utilising every second of the day to be productive, I believe using breaks during school to just socialise with friends is idea. This is, in the end, our final year as high school students. And whilst we want to all achieve our ideal ATAR goal, we need to make sure our final year has good memories to look back to; it should be a stressful year, but a fun year because of the experiences you had with friends.

3. Anything works, as long as you wake up feeling alright and not dead. Personally, I study from 4 - 10, then I get a little lazy by then and relax. I spend a lot of my time reading until 1AM and then I usually wake up with 6 hours of sleep.

4. Back to what I said in question 1, they should be done way before exams.

woah! only 6 hours! I previously had problems concentrating at school after getting 6 hours of sleep. Was it ok for u at school?

 

[BLIT2014]

woah! only 6 hours! I previously had problems concentrating at school after getting 6 hours of sleep. Was it ok for u at school?

Different people can tolerate different amounts of sleep, if you are struggling to concentrate on 6 hours, that signals you need more then 6 hours worth of sleep.