Study (2 Viewers)

[appleali]

how long on average or how hard did u study during the 6 week christmas holidays before term 2 of y12? im planning to js prep for my at2s throughout the holidays (which will continue all the way up to week 7-9, when my tasks happen) and near the end of these 6 wks, do some revision on the topics that have been tested in at1 (i do the same subjects as u), and im also terrible at english so im honestly very worried about that. how would u go abouts actually improving your writing?

uhhh lowkey i did like no study during the christmas holidays
but i don't recommend that, i think you should do some study and maybe try to get ahead for some subjects
i didn't tho cos i couldn't be asked lmao

so if i were to do it again, i would probably do this (considering you do the same subjects as me this might work for you too):
1. get ahead with the content in all subjects
so what i mean by this is just study a bit ahead, e.g to the first parts of the next module for chem/phys or maybe covering a few bits of the proofs. in english, if you know what the next book is, then just read it, no need for notes or anything. also try and polish your essays from t1 if you can.
or whatever is next in 3u/4u. don't overdo it though, you'll burn out like that, use this holidays to chillax a little bit.
2. have a quick gander at your notes for each subject
take a look at your notes to refresh your memory like a week before school starts, so you're not relearning stuff while you're learning new stuff
3. do some practice questions
this is especially important for maths. i find it super annoying how after every holidays in year 11 i would come back and id struggle to do questions that i was easily doing at the end of the last term. in the last week or so before school starts, do some textbook questions to get back into it and be ahead of the curve when you're learning new stuff (also helps review content from last term).

4. english
so i hated english, it was always my worst subject and i was really bad at it
but i needed a high english mark for my atar cos it was my worst scaling subject, so i decided to get on my grind (i kinda cheated tho)
basically my english grindset was in 3 steps
1. getting a good tutor
honestly i'm not ashamed of this because i rly needed a good english mark and i was bad at it, so i decided i may as well get a good tutor who can really guide me and put me on the right track, because i didn't know how to study for english, all my other subjects are just spam past papers
2. build a good relationship with your teacher (important)
my teacher did not like me in year 11 because i wouldn't pay attention and sucked at english as well. but i decided to turn this around as i realised i needed her to support me in terms of reviewing essays and short answers and stuff. but more important than this, was that all people have an uncontrollable subconscious bias towards their students. so if you're a student she likes, you never know, it could make the difference between a 16 and 17/20 in an assessment task which may push your rank higher by a few. obviously don't suck up to her/him, but you can start asking questions in class, and going to her after class to ask interesting questions about the text/or for her to review your essays/answers. trust me, it makes a big difference and also made me want to study english more and get higher marks to 'impress' my teacher.
3. ALWAYS memorise essays
in the 99% of cases (correct me if im wrong), the students who do really well at english always memorise at least a base essay to work off of. i was bad at writing on the spot (which makes sense, writing a good and cohesive 1000 word analysis of a piece in 40 mins on the spot under exam conditions is very very difficult), so i memorised all my essays word-for-word. however, a caveat of this, is that the question may not be perfectly tailored to your answer. the way to account for this, is to do tons of practice, especially early in the year (it is a skill to adapt essays), and try to adapt your essays by changing thesis statements, topic sentences, and small parts of analysis to fit the question. tbh, i left this part too late but got really, really lucky with my trials/hsc questions. but at least you know this now (I didn't), so you can start prepping for it.

sorry for the essay and best of luck. take it easy as the HSC is a marathon not a sprint (my teachers told me this lol)

 

[Smbdy]

so it would look like this

Thank you so much!!!! U dont understand how much this helps!! And also thanks for the reference picture lol, looks like a very useful method. Throughout the year would u do something similar?

 

[Axelscros]

(does this make sense?

yess it definitely does help,i can't thank you enough!!

mine if youd like

yes pls if u can

 

[fromthethickofit]

uhhh lowkey i did like no study during the christmas holidays
but i don't recommend that, i think you should do some study and maybe try to get ahead for some subjects
i didn't tho cos i couldn't be asked lmao

so if i were to do it again, i would probably do this (considering you do the same subjects as me this might work for you too):
1. get ahead with the content in all subjects
so what i mean by this is just study a bit ahead, e.g to the first parts of the next module for chem/phys or maybe covering a few bits of the proofs. in english, if you know what the next book is, then just read it, no need for notes or anything. also try and polish your essays from t1 if you can.
or whatever is next in 3u/4u. don't overdo it though, you'll burn out like that, use this holidays to chillax a little bit.
2. have a quick gander at your notes for each subject
take a look at your notes to refresh your memory like a week before school starts, so you're not relearning stuff while you're learning new stuff
3. do some practice questions
this is especially important for maths. i find it super annoying how after every holidays in year 11 i would come back and id struggle to do questions that i was easily doing at the end of the last term. in the last week or so before school starts, do some textbook questions to get back into it and be ahead of the curve when you're learning new stuff (also helps review content from last term).

4. english
so i hated english, it was always my worst subject and i was really bad at it
but i needed a high english mark for my atar cos it was my worst scaling subject, so i decided to get on my grind (i kinda cheated tho)
basically my english grindset was in 3 steps
1. getting a good tutor
honestly i'm not ashamed of this because i rly needed a good english mark and i was bad at it, so i decided i may as well get a good tutor who can really guide me and put me on the right track, because i didn't know how to study for english, all my other subjects are just spam past papers
2. build a good relationship with your teacher (important)
my teacher did not like me in year 11 because i wouldn't pay attention and sucked at english as well. but i decided to turn this around as i realised i needed her to support me in terms of reviewing essays and short answers and stuff. but more important than this, was that all people have an uncontrollable subconscious bias towards their students. so if you're a student she likes, you never know, it could make the difference between a 16 and 17/20 in an assessment task which may push your rank higher by a few. obviously don't suck up to her/him, but you can start asking questions in class, and going to her after class to ask interesting questions about the text/or for her to review your essays/answers. trust me, it makes a big difference and also made me want to study english more and get higher marks to 'impress' my teacher.
3. ALWAYS memorise essays
in the 99% of cases (correct me if im wrong), the students who do really well at english always memorise at least a base essay to work off of. i was bad at writing on the spot (which makes sense, writing a good and cohesive 1000 word analysis of a piece in 40 mins on the spot under exam conditions is very very difficult), so i memorised all my essays word-for-word. however, a caveat of this, is that the question may not be perfectly tailored to your answer. the way to account for this, is to do tons of practice, especially early in the year (it is a skill to adapt essays), and try to adapt your essays by changing thesis statements, topic sentences, and small parts of analysis to fit the question. tbh, i left this part too late but got really, really lucky with my trials/hsc questions. but at least you know this now (I didn't), so you can start prepping for it.

sorry for the essay and best of luck. take it easy as the HSC is a marathon not a sprint (my teachers told me this lol)

how did u cheat, where did u find a tutor priv message if needed

 

[rh_06]

thanks for the kind words sigma squad
doesn't take that long just gotta lock in for a bit and have 0 distractions
but i think past papers are the best way to study, get feedback from teachers for sciences and humanities written responses, obviously calc qs you just look at da mg and see how and why you got it wrong

my study strategy (very stupid simple no pomodoro or spaced repitisisihz or any of that) was just spam past papers, look at content i got wrong, and then study that using aforementioned blurt method and repeat until 100 in practice papers (never happened but ideally this is what we're aiming for)
i mean you could use those techniques, i tried in year 11 but the amount of time it took to research and setup all the stuff i coulda just studied
i just rawdogged it fr

Ye I definitely agree with you.
THSC carried me lmao.

fyi yall, heres the link. U can access multiple past papers from other schools. ion gatekeep

THSC Online - HSC Maths Resources

 

[C_master]

ion gatekeep

THSC Online - HSC Maths Resources

well u dont have to either ways because everyone already knows about thsc anyways

 

[rh_06]

well u dont have to either ways because everyone already knows about thsc anyways

Ye ig thats sorta true. I fell bad for ppl who dont know abt it lol.

HSC RESOURCE SURVIVAL KIT – Google Drive

drive.google.com

^ idk. someone might find this helpful.

 

[appleali]

how did u cheat, where did u find a tutor priv message if needed

im jk bro, some people consider having a tutor as 'cheating' but i think its fine lol
probs ask someone else i had connections, there are so many good tutoring services

 

[hscccc]

yess it definitely does help,i can't thank you enough!!

yes pls if u can

i only have handwritten notes for legal oop and it wont let me insert photos into a convo so here they are

im sure you get the gist (cases, media and legislation all incorporated alongside content). handwriting could be time consuming but i found it relaxing and memorised it better. its definitely not as complicated or overwhelming to do notes for legal as you may think

 

[iloveeggs]

uhhh lowkey i did like no study during the christmas holidays
but i don't recommend that, i think you should do some study and maybe try to get ahead for some subjects
i didn't tho cos i couldn't be asked lmao

so if i were to do it again, i would probably do this (considering you do the same subjects as me this might work for you too):
1. get ahead with the content in all subjects
so what i mean by this is just study a bit ahead, e.g to the first parts of the next module for chem/phys or maybe covering a few bits of the proofs. in english, if you know what the next book is, then just read it, no need for notes or anything. also try and polish your essays from t1 if you can.
or whatever is next in 3u/4u. don't overdo it though, you'll burn out like that, use this holidays to chillax a little bit.
2. have a quick gander at your notes for each subject
take a look at your notes to refresh your memory like a week before school starts, so you're not relearning stuff while you're learning new stuff
3. do some practice questions
this is especially important for maths. i find it super annoying how after every holidays in year 11 i would come back and id struggle to do questions that i was easily doing at the end of the last term. in the last week or so before school starts, do some textbook questions to get back into it and be ahead of the curve when you're learning new stuff (also helps review content from last term).

4. english
so i hated english, it was always my worst subject and i was really bad at it
but i needed a high english mark for my atar cos it was my worst scaling subject, so i decided to get on my grind (i kinda cheated tho)
basically my english grindset was in 3 steps
1. getting a good tutor
honestly i'm not ashamed of this because i rly needed a good english mark and i was bad at it, so i decided i may as well get a good tutor who can really guide me and put me on the right track, because i didn't know how to study for english, all my other subjects are just spam past papers
2. build a good relationship with your teacher (important)
my teacher did not like me in year 11 because i wouldn't pay attention and sucked at english as well. but i decided to turn this around as i realised i needed her to support me in terms of reviewing essays and short answers and stuff. but more important than this, was that all people have an uncontrollable subconscious bias towards their students. so if you're a student she likes, you never know, it could make the difference between a 16 and 17/20 in an assessment task which may push your rank higher by a few. obviously don't suck up to her/him, but you can start asking questions in class, and going to her after class to ask interesting questions about the text/or for her to review your essays/answers. trust me, it makes a big difference and also made me want to study english more and get higher marks to 'impress' my teacher.
3. ALWAYS memorise essays
in the 99% of cases (correct me if im wrong), the students who do really well at english always memorise at least a base essay to work off of. i was bad at writing on the spot (which makes sense, writing a good and cohesive 1000 word analysis of a piece in 40 mins on the spot under exam conditions is very very difficult), so i memorised all my essays word-for-word. however, a caveat of this, is that the question may not be perfectly tailored to your answer. the way to account for this, is to do tons of practice, especially early in the year (it is a skill to adapt essays), and try to adapt your essays by changing thesis statements, topic sentences, and small parts of analysis to fit the question. tbh, i left this part too late but got really, really lucky with my trials/hsc questions. but at least you know this now (I didn't), so you can start prepping for it.

sorry for the essay and best of luck. take it easy as the HSC is a marathon not a sprint (my teachers told me this lol)

unrelated but you sound like you're incredibly funny

 

[Axelscros]

m sure you get the gist (cases, media and legislation all incorporated alongside content). handwriting could be time consuming but i found it relaxing and memorised it better. its definitely not as complicated or overwhelming to do notes for legal as you may think

Ohhh thanks alot!! Did u base ur notes off a textbook? Also you notes are veryyy nice!!

 

[hscccc]

Ohhh thanks alot!! Did u base ur notes off a textbook? Also you notes are veryyy nice!!

thank u haha, i based them off edrolo and the cambridge textbook

 

[Axelscros]

thank u haha, i based them off edrolo and the cambridge textbook

Im not sure if you mentioned before (if you have my bad) but how would u study these notes?

 

[hscccc]

Im not sure if you mentioned before (if you have my bad) but how would u study these notes?

id use them to revise, just would read over them, use them to answer questions and refer back to if i was missing information. Id just get all the content i needed from them instead of referring to the textbook often. Id do the blurting method like appleali did too. I organised them all in a binder in order so it was really easy to just refer back to them when i needed to know something and jog my memory. For my crime essays id use the notes to construct my essay plans as well

 

[d.goomeister]

A lot of mindmapping for physics and english. helps you see the relationships between different areas and concepts visually which helps me remember information better. teaching an imaginary noob also works.

Maybe get a sibling and like force them to listen to your yapping and ask them to spam you with questions whenever they don't understand something, this is probably an extremely good method as it requires you to communicate a refined and easy to understand version of a potentially difficult topic which requires you to have great understanding too (Feynman technique i think).

For maths its doing textbook and past papers. A method I've heard is really good is actually trying to create difficult new questions yourself but that in itself is extremely difficult or impossible but it does allow you to see curveball methods and weird applications of techniques or concepts from the perspective of the examiner.

One quick note (kinda turned long): try to avoid reading over notes. As counter intuitive as this may sound your memory is much greater reinforced if you force yourself to try and retrieve information from your long term memory. The methods of retrieval can literally be anything, like the things I talked about above. The most important part is trying to use your long term memory first before you allow yourself to reread or stimulate your brain with previous information. You should use your notes instead as a quick and easy "lookup" for areas where you are unconfident so you can correct yourself. (E.g. You tried your best to remember something but you literally cannot first, so you go back to your notes and revise that information). Combining this with spaced repetition allows for a pretty neat way of learning.