how should i study for chem (1 Viewer)

[spiderlemonade]

ive been using textbooks and notes from this website but is there anything else i can do? also how should i make notes for science/maths cause i wanna start making notes but idk how to

 

[coolcat6778]

chem so fucking boring.

my prelim mark was 70% on an Independent prelim paper, now I hope I scraped a 50 raw in the actual hsc

It's boring cause of garbage hsc resources and garbage teachers. i'm not bothered to google search everything with useless out of syllabus stuff popping up every time i want to learn a new thing. I just gave up as a result.

the textbooks are so trash, verbose and convoluted, yet still lack the depth required to answer the hsc questions somehow.

chemisery would be so much more enjoyable if I didn't need to search on google every minute since the textbook covered it poorly or didn't cover it at all

 

[spiderlemonade]

It's boring cause of garbage hsc resources and garbage teachers

Yeah that's why a lot of people go to tutoring. Unfortunately i'm too broke to go to tutoring for any subject other than maths at this stage

 

[cheesynooby]

Yeah that's why a lot of people go to tutoring. Unfortunately i'm too broke to go to tutoring for any subject other than maths at this stage

i think theres more than enough detail on the textbook (maybe a bit convoluted but its not too hard to learn from it) and tutoring isn't necessary to do well
notes are probably best done as you learn the content/do practice questions and its best to have diagrams with your notes (so typing it might not be best) since science has a lot of diagram stuff

 

[spiderlemonade]

i think theres more than enough detail on the textbook (maybe a bit convoluted but its not too hard to learn from it) and tutoring isn't necessary to do well
notes are probably best done as you learn the content/do practice questions and its best to have diagrams with your notes (so typing it might not be best) since science has a lot of diagram stuff

rlly helpful!!! what textbooks do u recommend? im getting a laptop with a pen next year so that i can handwrite notes

 

[cheesynooby]

rlly helpful!!! what textbooks do u recommend? im getting a laptop with a pen next year so that i can handwrite notes

i don't have that much experience with textbooks but i use in focus and it works fine

 

[Bendwhat?_over]

rlly helpful!!! what textbooks do u recommend? im getting a laptop with a pen next year so that i can handwrite notes

Pearson.

 

[C2H6O]

ive been using textbooks and notes from this website but is there anything else i can do? also how should i make notes for science/maths cause i wanna start making notes but idk how to

i still swear by khan academy to get you started, even though their syllabus is not in the same order as ours so you might need to do some jumping around

 

[coolcat6778]

maybe a bit convoluted but its not too hard to learn from it)

bro, they are beyond convoluted. they are verbose and somehow still lack depth required in the hsc questions

 

[spiderlemonade]

wait is chem part of the syllabus change in 2027? should i not buy textbooks now then and just study off notes

 

[f7eeting]

wait is chem part of the syllabus change in 2027? should i not buy textbooks now then and just study off notes

i havent heard of anything about the chem syllabus changing in 2027. if it costs too much money to get textbooks perhaps dont buy them or, even better, get an online pdf. for me personally physical textbooks were always a hassle bc its more inconvenient to make notes online.. but its up to personal preference
also may i ask when you're going to start learning chemistry? i'd say studying a term or break ahead is perfect (and during that time its not necessary to learn more than a whole module)
for me personally, in yr 11 chem, bc i studied way too early most of what i learnt left my brain by the time we started it in class and i basically just wasted a whole lot of time that couldve been spent on roblox
i promise you, you can still perform exceptionally well even without studying super early!