how are people studying for sdd?? (1 Viewer)

[mzcricket48]

im finding it hard to study for it

 

[Interdrama]

SDD is horrible, especially the paradigms, OH THE PARADIGMS!
But it's okay for me because SDD is the only thing I'm studying for.
Accelerated win.

 

[x_symphonic]

I'm just studying the textbook, esp algorithms and paradigms. And im just planning to do the last 3 years of hsc papers.

 

[ehtefaz.hedayet]

I'm consistently going through algorithms + binary and i'm writing up summary notes for social and ethical + others relevant to theory.

 

[breaker123]

I'm doing the same thing as x_symphonic aaah danniii boi xD

 

[Fluorescent]

Software? I haven't even picked up a book for it yet.... D:
But usually when I study for it I just use flash cards and also go over past papers. Sometimes I read entire chapters of books but I only do that when I am in concentration mode (rare)

 

[shawty-snappin]

Software is extremely hard for some reason, but I've got a feeling the HSC papers are getting easier each year.

And it scales terribly also, what marks has everyone been getting in the exams?
I got 71% for the Trial (Independent paper), and that was the highest in the class. The average was in the 40's.

Does anyone know what that'd scale to?

As for studying, I just do the past papers, skipping most of the long algorithm questions (coz theyre so hard).

Anyone from previous years have any advice as to what to do for SDD?

 

[mzcricket48]

what scares me the most is i got chem software and physics consectutive days...i got 57 for my trial lol i dont think i was taught properly ( out of wilson textbook) and finding it hard because i write 1 sentence and the answer has 5 paragraphs :S

 

[shawty-snappin]

yea im in the same position got chem on the 2nd, then software on the 3rd. some of my friends do chem, physics and sdd. 3 exams 3 days in a row...

 

[mattoxxxxx]

i got 26% on my trial, In my class came 4th in the trial.

But i'm first in the rankings....lols I don;t know how that happened.

 

[joshhunt]

Well, I am very confident for the majority of the course (1st ranked 2nd in the trials by getting 85% without any study and VERY MINIMAL classwork), it's mainly the binary arithmetic and the Hex > Oct > Binary stuff that confuses me a bit, so I have been working on them

Oh, and I don't really know the sorting algorithms that well (apart from bubble and linear), so I will need to take another look at them. I know how they work, but I'm just not so confident in writing down an algorithm for it under pressure

 

[greatgreeks2]

i got 70% in independant trial and i cam 3rd in my class but overal first. top mark was 80%

 

[jmuller92]

do we have to know how to convert binary and all that?

 

[Fluorescent]

I'm so suprised SDD doesn't scale good because the majority of people I know fail

I came 3rd in the last exam with 63 percent, the highest was 75 lol....

 

[Handmedown]

1st with 91% independant trial.

I think the most important thing is practice exams, as pretty much every question in the exam is skills based (excluding multiple choice) - so applying the content will be the key to a good mark.

 

[Chase Collins]

Sooooo!! Past papers huh? I'll do some tonight, I know guys who can read algorithms like English and I'm sitting there struggling to do a desk check

 

[Fluorescent]

Sooooo!! Past papers huh? I'll do some tonight, I know guys who can read algorithms like English and I'm sitting there struggling to do a desk check

TBH I have trouble with algorithms too

I'm not even sure if I should do CompSci anymore XD

I can't even work out how a flip flop works

IT MAKES NO SENSE

 

[matttayl]

what scares me the most is i got chem software and physics consectutive days...i got 57 for my trial lol i dont think i was taught properly ( out of wilson textbook) and finding it hard because i write 1 sentence and the answer has 5 paragraphs :S

i also feel pain, but less intense, i dont have chem, but having SDD til 5pm, get home and you dont feeling like studying for physics nice and early the next morning

 

[arman]

what scares me the most is i got chem software and physics consectutive days...i got 57 for my trial lol i dont think i was taught properly ( out of wilson textbook) and finding it hard because i write 1 sentence and the answer has 5 paragraphs :S

yeah, i had chem today... a bit hard..
(edit: SDD>>)i also cannot see why they have so many lines and marks for questions which i can only write a few words for.

somehow i ranked first with 20 marks ahead and i havn't learnt what a 'paradigm' is. lol. any help incase it's in the exam?

 

[psykotic]

Yay for me SDD is my last exam and i reckon it will be my worst by far...