this is exactly what i meant, some people can do little work and end up with an alright atar but this guy for example did heaps of work but received a relatively low atar
finding out how much work others put into their hsc won't help you, instead what you should find out is how much work YOU...
^point of that story isn't that you shouldn't study
it's that everyone's required study pattern is different
it's something you have to work out for yourself
i hardly did any work outside of school (nor inside of school since i jigged most classes towards the end of the year lol)
and that...
my school is ranked in the bottom half
i did no consistent study AT ALL throughout the year
all my assessments were started 2/3 days before it was due
i did no preparation for assessments that were just tests (e.g. maths)
it was only during the 2 weeks before the hsc that i did proper study...