Hard work vs. natural talent (2 Viewers)

[MickeyB99]

hard work

 

[Green Yoda]

Mostly Hardwork. Memory is a fair point but I think the biggest skill to a good result is Time Management and Organisation your work.

 

[Sien]

Hsc was more of a memory game than anything tbh. Especially in the sciences (can't say for physics) where the markers want you to write responses in a certain way and the questions tested you more on random slices of facts/info than actual science sometimes... I roted my essays for english then vomited it back out on paper during exams, I still did somewhat decent. I felt like you could do decently well in Maths if you roted, this probably doesn't apply for 4U though.

tldr: sit down and memorise

 

[eko367]

hard work, because you can literally memorise like 90% of what you need to know to do well.

 

[vx1000]

It's a memory game. Use Acronyms and you'll be fine.

However, there are students with 100% natural talent. I know people who didn't study half as much as I did, and yet achieved 98+ in the same subjects.

 

[FrequentBF4]

Hard work can always and will always beat talent, there is no such thing as talent, its either luck or nothing.

 

[swimfast]

Obviously both are important. Natural talent means you can do better with less hard work, but everyone can do well if they work hard AND work smart.

I have some blog posts which I've been spamming but they're helpful with making your hard work more efficient so that you aren't wasting effort:

The Key to HSC Success

Thinking About Memory

Studying for Success: How to Plan your HSC Preparation

What it takes to get 99.95: Interview with Nicholas Chang

Studying Over the Summer Holidays (good for any holiday study)

 

[RobertGreene]

Hi every-one there are a plenty of reasons that to success in HSC. In my opinion this success depends on hard work because if you hard work constantly you obviously got talented, this a facts that merge with hard working.Thanks