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This. I didn't even know what 4U was until I hit year 11, and didn't get offered to do it until 4 weeks before year 11 finished, but I still got an E4.

I don't think you need to, but it could help to show what your thinking is if you don't get the correct answer because it will make it clearer for the marker and you might get some marks for working. I always used to write it out anyway so I could make sure I wasn't missing anything out/counting...

If your mum refuses to sign the form to let you drop, just don't turn up to the classes/do any assignments. If your teachers know the story, they will probably just N-award you. You won't be allowed to take the course and your mum can't do anything about it.

How the hell is that only "above average"?

It's just practice. By the end of 4U, I could write out the derivation of every formula used in conics because I went over them so much. Repetition will also help you notice if you make a small error in your working, which is easy to do. And as Carrotsticks said, look at what the question...

It isn't necessarily a bad thing to sleep in the afternoon. I studied most effectively at night, so I would always sleep for a couple hours when I got home from school and then study till about 1 in the morning. I still got my 8 hours sleep, but I just split it up to accommodate my study habits.

Where the fuck did that come from?

Why are you disappointed at getting 85-90%?

Hand write it. It's good practice since you have to hand write in an actual exam.

I had a quick skim through the poem and found plenty of techniques. If you're having trouble with it, just look for simple ones like alliteration and metaphors. In the HSC, you're gonna have to pick out language techniques from at least 4 unknown texts in 40 minutes. It's gonna be more...

95 atar

Have you considered getting someone to be a mentor for you? Someone who has done the HSC to calm you down and help you when you're stressed and finding it difficult to study. Worked well for a few people in my year.

Quite likely if you put in enough effort. Don't let the poor scaling of these subjects make you think that it isn't possible to get a high ATAR. Last year someone got 99.95 doing drama.

Since when has the HSC ever been fair? I don't think it's worth the fight dude...

From about 3:30 in that video. Best moment of my life screaming out the words to Family Reunion :)

If you can't find the limits algebraically, then it's perfectly fine to chuck in a really big/small number to see what the limit is.

They're all quite poor scaling. I'm pretty sure Legal would scale the best. All this means is that you really need to get high band 5s or band 6s to not be affected by the scaling.

What is your definition of "Most of my night"? How many hours are you studying and how much of that is maths? It might be because you're doing every question and gaining no benefit from it. If you're finding every question easy, there's no need to keep doing the exercise. If I found a topic...

Physics/Chem - There's not really any content you need to remember, but the skills you learn in year 11 are assumed knowledge in year 12. Things like balancing equations and mole calculations in chem, appropriate use of formulas in physics. MX1/MX2 - Everything from year 11 Advanced/Extension...

Maths! It's the only subject where you don't lose marks due to subjective marking criteria.