Tips for 2008 HSC Class/Things You Wish You Knew Before Starting Your HSC (1 Viewer)

[Buiboi]

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To pick things that I actually enjoyed =(
Was forced into picking physics - a grudge I`ve held against my parents for almost 2 years now
I would`ve picked bio !

lol i dropped bio for physics....and bio is pretty cool

 

[beentherdunthat]

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That assesments get moderated by the bos to suit your examination marks. Would've worked more on my assesments throughout the year. Damns.

 

[gaoOO]

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Yeah it is capped but that doesn't mean it will scale you down immensely. I know plenty of people who did standard, received marks in the 80s and 90s and got extremely high uais and no they didn't do any 4 or 3 unit subjects. Fuck scaling

well i guess it depends on what kind of UAI you're aiming for.

 

[-pari-]

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1) subjects do matter: i regret taking modern history

2) maths subjects are easier than humanities (if you have an apitude for both - choose sciency/maths subjects. less essays)

3) organisation is everything

4) you cannot study without breaks. it doesn't work.

5) the school you go to/teachers you have - matter - more than ppl say, but not entirely.

6) you cannot do everything. trying to do so will quite quickly screw you up.

 

[beentherdunthat]

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2) maths subjects are easier than humanities (if you have an apitude for both - choose sciency/maths subjects. less essays)

5) the school you go to/teachers you have - matter - more than ppl say, but not entirely.

6) you cannot do everything. trying to do so will quite quickly screw you up.

2) 2unit maths might be... . 4unit is a diff. story

5) But it does to a significant extent.

6) I didn't get screwed up

 

[anarekrap]

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I'm doing well in it.. but I wish I had known that Modern History was going to be such a massive and intense course...

probably wouldn't have dropped bio


and i wish i could have known that english would be a piece of shit, i.e. I used to like Frontline. Now, whenever I hear, 'hello I'm Mike Moore.. Welcome to Frontline..' I want to vomit.

ANYWAY good luck everyone for your upcoming HSC exams

 

[tanjin]

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well i guess it depends on what kind of UAI you're aiming for.

They got - 98.2, 95.5 & 95.3 uais Standard english doesn't kill

 

[xclusv2bhung]

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lol i dropped bio for physics....and bio is pretty cool

you mean you dropped phys for bio ?

lmao i assumed thats what you meant , seeing as i dint find a phys in your sig xD

 

[Martyno1]

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They got - 98.2, 95.5 & 95.3 uais Standard english doesn't kill

& they did no 3/4 unit subjects?
omg thanks for giving me hope!

 

[tanjin]

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& they did no 3/4 unit subjects?
omg thanks for giving me hope!

You're very welcome

 

[-pari-]

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2) 2unit maths might be... . 4unit is a diff. story

5) But it does to a significant extent.

6) I didn't get screwed up

2) my bad. i should have specified. but yes. i meant 2/3 unit maths. and mostly i was (in my head) referring to phyiscs - which i regret not doing in place of history.

5) i agree - thats why i said it matter. i put the end bit of "not entirely" so as to not freak out kids in schools that aren't ranked well...

6) "everything" is very subjective here. your definition is no doubt todifferent to mine. mine is ridiculously unrealistic. and unnecessary.

 

[SquirrelsRabbit]

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That English Advanced will eventually drive you insane

 

[yennie B]

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well standard english does scale pretty bad. Isn't it also capped?

i wish i'd realised that 13 units of work is not that different from 11. Then i would have taken one my subject and hopefully had a lot of fun.

really how so?
man this whole scaling thing sounds like ramblings of a hobo. i don't get it quite yet.

btw what do you mean by 'capped'?

 

[IronMaiden]

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The suggestion was that acheiving a Band 6 is not possible due to 'capping', however this is false, the only thing stopping you from getting a band 6 is your own lack of aptitude in the English subjects, which if you're doing standard, has shone through.

[EDIT]
For the nubs: Band 6 can be achieved.

 

[jdcb4]

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1)Doing subjects you like is a shit idea. Do subjects you're good at. Silly me chose Legal, Modern and SORII. And 4 Unit Maths. Should Have done Eco/Chem/Physics/4U but they bored the shit out of me in Prelim. 2)Pissing off english teachers is fucking stupid. They're the ones marking the most subjective tests you'll ever do. 3)HSC humanities have very little to do with intelligence, It's just rote learning. 4)Marks mean nothing once ranks are determined. 5)You could do 4U english and jsut stoip turning up to Adv Eng. Only best 2 units of Eng have to count. 6)Teachers almost always do the Core topics first, I never realised that these are almost always the easiest topics examined. I.E. In Legal 2 core topics are worth 50 marks, they're piss easy. Similarly Modern and WWI. I put the most work in at the start and then died. 7) A couple of text books and the internet is far more effective at teaching humanities than a teacher. Maths not so much. 8)HSC year is the most inconvenient year to turn 18. Casino V Maths. Casino ALWAYS wins. 9) I really, really hat English. 10) Deadshits who put in enough effort will beat smart people.

 

[~untitled~]

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that hsc music is SHIT

 

[KirrynAlane]

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i wish i didnt think that jst because i got a band 5 in the SC for science, i am good at it.

CUZ ITS A BLATANT LIE.

i shouldve done music, retail, art, bio, adv eng

NOT gen maths, bio, chem, adv eng and soc & cul


EWWWWW IM SO ANNOYED AT MYSELF.

 

[Chinmoku03]

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that hsc music is SHIT

Really? I have a friend who does music II and music extension and he says the majority of his class likes music lessons

I guess for me, it'll be wishing I found out sooner that bio is recommended knowledge for engineering, whereas engineering studies is not >.<;

 

[lilster]

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theres so much i wish i knew
1. yr11 is important, its the base of yr12
2. ranking is the most important thing
3. economics is so boring! should've droppd it instead of business
4. shouldnt have done 3unit maths esp when i had a shitty teacher.
5. NEED TO STOP BLUDGING
6. coffee doesnt keep me awake
7. never leave assessments to last minute
8. ADVANCE ENGLISH IS BORING
9. watching one too many episodes of frontline wil drive u nuts!
10. need to stay on top of my work. jst doing the homework isnt enuf
11. understand how to answer HSC exam questions is essential
12. free periods should be used wisely
13. BE MOTIVATED!

thats all i can fink of at this time of the night. some might have been repeated bt oh wells.

good luck to class of 07! =)

 

[Chinmoku03]

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9. watching one too many episodes of frontline wil drive u nuts!

Really? I find Frontline more entertaining than Blade Runner and definitely more than King Lear, so it's fine with me XD

12. free periods should be used wisely

*Is posting this during a study period on a school comp >.>;