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[lyounamu]

Who write notes based on the syllabus here?

I strictly follow syllabus when it comes to note-taking. But I am increasingly encountering problems in regards to this. It just seems to me that there are really important contents in the textbook that are not covered by syllabus, meaning that I don't end up writing about them.

I recently discovered that some exams can actually ask you questions outside the syllabus. I have found quite an intersting concept on the Biology textbook which is actually outside the syllabus (not included in the syllabus). Do you think it will be wise to put it in my notes?

And do you think that they can actually ask you questions outside the syllabus? In some occasions, that apparently happened, which really sucks.

 

[Aerath]

I do - just for Chemistry and Physics, though.

I recently discovered that some exams can actually ask you questions outside the syllabus. I have found quite an intersting concept on the Biology textbook which is actually outside the syllabus (not included in the syllabus). Do you think it will be wise to put it in my notes?

If you've seen it in your internal exams, then I think, it would be wise to put in your notes, since it might turn up in future internal exams. However, I sincerely doubt that they'd actually put it in the actual HSC exam.

And do you think that they can actually ask you questions outside the syllabus? In some occasions, that apparently happened, which really sucks.

To be honest, I don't think it was just questions outside of the syllabus, I just think that the question was worded differently, and that might have thrown people a bit.

 

[me121]

Learning beyond the syllabus is good. It shows you are really interested in a subject and willing to go beyond what you need to know. So I would encourage it. Sometimes even though it may be beyond the syllabus, learning it may help you understand parts of the current syllabus.

Yes, some exam questions ask things that are not in the syllabus, (more likely trials, not the actual HSC, but even with the actual HSC, it does happen). I don't agree with this, so it all depends on what you think. Although sometimes they can legitimately ask questions that are not directly in the syllabus, but they give you enough info in the question so that you can extend what you know to the off-syllabus topic.

It can't hurt to learn extra things, and if you never end up needing them, then its no harm done.