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[ihatehippos101]

few days until the hsc for mx1, ive done most 2025-2024-2023 trials and 2018-2024 hsc's idk what else to really do, worst fear is going into the test and not knowing how to do a q. any advice? + should i just go back and do some trials from 2024-2021 ?

 

[BionicMango]

Do the actual hsc papers

 

[Eagle Mum]

worst fear is going into the test and not knowing how to do a q. any advice?

That anxiety is quite normal - that’s always going to be the possibility for a time constrained exam with questions that sample the problem solving skills across a wide population of students, but if you’ve been able to solve all the questions in the past papers and trials, then the wide sampling suggests you know the syllabus well enough to achieve a good mark. There’s an element of luck to achieving a state rank as the discriminatory question(s) can be on almost anything in the syllabus.

If you do encounter a question that seems unfamiliar, keep moving on through the paper and come back to it after you’ve finished solving the other questions. Sometimes, the relief, after completing the rest of the paper, clears the mind so that ideas can better flow on how to approach difficult solutions.

Best wishes!

 

[ihatehippos101]

That anxiety is quite normal - that’s always going to be the possibility for a time constrained exam with questions that sample the problem solving skills across a wide population of students, but if you’ve been able to solve all the questions in the past papers and trials, then the wide sampling suggests you know the syllabus well enough to achieve a good mark. There’s an element of luck to achieving a state rank as the discriminatory question(s) can be on almost anything in the syllabus.

If you do encounter a question that seems unfamiliar, keep moving on through the paper and come back to it after you’ve finished solving the other questions. Sometimes, the relief, after completing the rest of the paper, clears the mind so that ideas can better flow on how to approach difficult solutions.

Best wishes!

thank you so much !

 

[Luca26]

If you do skip questions and move on, intending to return, put aside the question that you are skipping... don't keep thinking about it while you attempt other questions, you will only make the other questions more difficult to solve by splitting your attention.