2026 HSC CHAT (57 Viewers)

[Shavi Masee]

To quote my favourite mongoose
'For the devilment'
(aka life means nothing have fun with it do what matters to you)

🥹 thanks man

 

[Armon]

You claim that a person who does Asian 5 is a "boring person straight up"? What a rubbish opinion to have for your old age. Personally I never knew what the fuck Asian 5 was until this forum, and in no way someone subject selections entitle you to belittle them. Personally I'll choose to pursue something similar to that in Year 12 due to me not being the utmost best in english but still good enough to go a bit higher. Excelling at maths, and wanting Physics for aviation/engineering and wanting Chemistry just incase I want to pursue something medical. Would you call be a "boring person straight up"? Honestly, your opinion will never matter anyways because you should let people do what they want to, and not everyone's cognitive functions are aligned to yours. Some may want better scaling, some may want easier subjects, but no matter there is something is someone elses head that you do not know about which is their reason.

Not many people care about scaling and whatever shit you do man, don't be that person who thinks their views are above everyone else. It's not a good title to carry around.

You've quite clearly got to take what I'm saying with a grain of salt considering I did something incredibly close to Asian 5 and still did physics in year 11 -> the only reason I didn't do unmodified A5 in year 12 is the only physics teacher went on maternity leave . The key take away from my comment was to say that the idea that Asian 5 is the only way to do well - which is an idea commonly pushed forward on this forum, on conquerhsc, and in all the other atarmaxxing groups - is not true and you shouldn't be clouded by it. The reason I claimed A5'ers are boring is because the vast majority of them are selective school students who are doing the courses not out of some passion for their future careers but rather because their school, tutors and parents tell them that it is the only way they will succeed. Anecdotally, most A5ers tend to go into one of a few disciplines in uni; engineering, computer science, medicine or actuarial studies. If these students are passionate about these careers, why - other than the scaling fearmongering - arent they choosing subjects like engineering studies, sdd/ipt, biology, and economics/business studies respectively? You claim that "Not many people care about scaling", but what you'll see when you network with people in year 12 is that the vast majority of A5'ers are doing the subjects for that exact reason! Which results in everyone in these circles doing the same boring stuff rather than things they actually enjoy.

 

[jane1820]

You're so right T-T I probably will regret it.
However I don't really want or see myself having a career in academics/health/law etc. I want to be a music director/producer for movies, it's a dream but idk if it's achievable tbh.The only reason I want a high ATAR is so that I have a whole ton of options I can choose from if I don't wanna career in music anymore.
i just don't know anything at this point...what is life and why do i have to care abt this?

OHHH MAKES SENSE HOPE U CONTINUE DOING WHAT U LOVE

 

[Average Boreduser]

im so glad that im in a single sex school cuz lord i would not be able to pass any of my tests with these buffoons around

Now imagine the roles reversed and a dude said that lmfao

 

[WeiWeiMan]

Now imagine the roles reversed and a dude said that lmfao

bro misandry isn't even a real thing

 

[Bendwhat?_over]

I can't do mx1, chemistry, physics, or engx1. The only other subject I actually want to do is Music 1.

Should I just end it all.

 

[amatterra]

I can't do mx1, chemistry, physics, or engx1. The only other subject I actually want to do is Music 1.

Should I just end it all.

Why can't you do those subjects?

 

[Bendwhat?_over]

Why can't you do those subjects?

My school has entrance exams for them. Naturally, I failed all of them. (I'm so fucking mad about English.)

 

[hi_998]

Why can't you do those subjects?

cos in that school (aka my old school) we dont have the priveledge to choose subjects due to shortage of teachers and also cos our school is disabled asf. this includes chem,phys,ext mat n eng

 

[Bendwhat?_over]

cos in that school (aka my old school) we dont have the priveledge to choose subjects due to shortage of teachers and also cos our school is disabled asf. this includes chem,phys,ext mat n eng

> shortage of teachers
You see it's funny that they say that because everyone knows its that they don't want to lose ranks. My siblings from girraween told me they didn't have enough teachers for 4UM but still taught three classes anyway.

 

[WeiWeiMan]

cos in that school (aka my old school) we dont have the priveledge to choose subjects due to shortage of teachers and also cos our school is disabled asf. this includes chem,phys,ext mat n eng

If you rly wanna do it you can do it via TAFE or SDEHS or smth (basically taking it online instead of at school I think)

 

[Bendwhat?_over]

If you rly wanna do it you can do it via TAFE or SDEHS or smth (basically taking it online instead of at school I think)

I'm not going to TAFE. I need these subjects for my ATAR (scaling).

 

[WeiWeiMan]

> shortage of teachers
You see it's funny that they say that because everyone knows its that they don't want to lose ranks. My siblings from girraween told me they didn't have enough teachers for 4UM but still taught three classes anyway.

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Schools can actually have a shortage of teachers for certain subjects
At selective schools, they don’t want everyone picking only STEM (heard this somewhere) so they can’t have stem for everyone.
If his school has a teacher shortage for those subjects specifically, I highly doubt it’s ranked thattttt highly

 

[hi_998]

If you rly wanna do it you can do it via TAFE or SDEHS or smth (basically taking it online instead of at school I think)

yeah i think alot of students in the school get rly upset cos its a selective school and everyone already studied so so hard js to get into the school, but its allllll a waste considering now they have to COMPETE for subjects any normal school can easily choose. thats the reason why i left that school plus also cause there's alot of not so nice people there.

 

[WeiWeiMan]

I'm not going to TAFE. I need these subjects for my ATAR (scaling).

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You prob shouldn’t be picking your subjects from just scaling but ok.
You take the HSC course via TAFE, however, you still sit the HSC and hence, still get a HSC mark.

 

[hi_998]

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You prob shouldn’t be picking your subjects from just scaling but ok.
You take the HSC course via TAFE, however, you still sit the HSC and hence, still get a HSC mark.

yes but i dont think any selective school kid would want to go to tafe, considering having asian parents lol..

 

[Bendwhat?_over]

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You prob shouldn’t be picking your subjects from just scaling but ok.
You take the HSC course via TAFE, however, you still sit the HSC and hence, still get a HSC mark.

I know I shouldn't, I don't even believe in scaling that much.

...But my parents do. Edit: AKA I can't even take music1 for year 12, only year 11.

 

[amatterra]

My school has entrance exams for them. Naturally, I failed all of them. (I'm so fucking mad about English.)

ngl that's silly

 

[amatterra]

cos in that school (aka my old school) we dont have the priveledge to choose subjects due to shortage of teachers and also cos our school is disabled asf. this includes chem,phys,ext mat n eng

ohh oof

 

[Bendwhat?_over]

ngl that's silly

Yeah:C