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xeriphic said:
I have less than a day to study for my physics, hmm lucky me XD roflmao
i'll write a 'how-to-cram-physics in 12 hours' guide:p
 

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If you really need to cram. There is that 'Revise HSC Physics in a month' excel book.
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a nice summary of everything, and you could probably go through it in a day. But your not going to remember it all.
 

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mz_bubbletea said:
I have 9 free days before my physics hsc exam! :D

do you think its possible to cram the whole year's worth of physics into those 9 days?

Taking into consideration that I can study full time for at least 8 hrs each day.

lol of course, easily

i got notes on the whole course that i read over in an hour

i have done it twice
64 hours is more than enough dude
 

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gordo said:
lol of course, easily

i got notes on the whole course that i read over in an hour

i have done it twice
64 hours is more than enough dude
Finally, someone talking some sense!

Nine days is plenty. I have six days and I think that it is more than enough. In fact I believe that if you gave me one day I could cover the whole course in ~4 hours.

Assuming that you have done work throughout the year, so what you are reading is not new stuff, there is no reason why you can't get >80%, let alone >60%
 

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BTW I am cramming for Ext. 2 maths and Ext. 1 maths in 3 days, and to me this does not sound like an inappropriate amount of study.
 

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mz_bubbletea said:
I have 9 free days before my physics hsc exam! :D

do you think its possible to cram the whole year's worth of physics into those 9 days?

Taking into consideration that I can study full time for at least 8 hrs each day.
Basically the best way to cram for physics is past papers, so 9 days of past papers, assuming you go through the answers and go back over the ones you got wrong/ didn't understand etc. should see you alright. but as you said you have 12 units
 

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In my opinion, cramming is bad and it is something I try to avoid. That aside, if you don't even bother cramming thats even worse.
 

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oh well, not much I can do about it anymore but cram.

I pretty much spent the last two weeks cramming for chem and maths and I'm pretty alright at both of them now, I got 92/105 for the 2003 2U maths paper and i usually get 60-70% in my assessments. I pretty much grasp the basic concepts for chem, its just the 5-7 mark questions that scare me a bit. :S same applies for physics, though i havent touched physics for a long time.
 

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mz_bubbletea:

We did it babyyy :p

I studied for phys like 2 days before exam - 96.
UAI: 99.15

So the message is kids, learn your dot points and dont ask too many beyond-the-syllabus questions if u dont want to waste time.
 

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Thats so true, just keep it simple and know the dot points and you will be fine
 

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CrashOveride said:
96
UAI: 99.15
So the message is kids, learn your dot points and dont ask too many beyond-the-syllabus questions if u dont want to waste time.
Nice, I scored a bit higher than you last year- but I studied more than two days.
Take his/her advice- learn your dot points, focus on the syllabus.. I'll get round to writing another sticky about making summary notes
 

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acmilan said:
haha t-i-m-m-y we got the same UAI, but you beat me in physics

congrats mate nice UAI.. although its not that good:p compared to others that is... haha i beat u in physics *jumps up and down*
 

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i only studied for 2 days before the physics exam.. =D never passed a physics exam in my life.. ended up getting 74!!! WOOT!~!
 

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Meh barely studied for it and got 90. Oh well. The syllabus is annoying and various questions I didn't like but oh well.

Cramming I don't think would work that well for physics, since it relies on so much memorisation it is better to get it into your long term memory.
 

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