Tips for 2008 HSc students from 2007 student
I know this may not be helpful to some, but I wish to share a few tips in the upcoming few days before the HSC exams.
-Organize your study based on your timetable, and allow AT LEAST 2-3 days of study for each subject.
-Know how to study for subjects...for example writing out notes for maths will not be effective as doing numerous amounts of past papers.
-Remove all distractions from the study area...everything, phone, pictures, porn etc.
-Know your syllabus well! Everyone that is examined is contained within the syllabus. Also it is important to know the meanings of keywords such as Discuss, Evaluate, Compare etc. You can have the best answer but if you don't answer the question based on these keywords, you will lose marks.
-Recommended 4+ hours of study a day. I myself did 6-7 hours in the final days of Stuvac, in the first few days I just caught up on sleep.
-Some people may disagree with this, but...Know which subject you are ABSOLUTELY doomed for and will not be counted in your 10 units (thats if you do more than 10 units). Based on this you can actually allocate more study time to the subjects that will matter. e.g. my lowest ranking subject was agriculture with a rank of 50/60 while second lowest was in the 20's, so I allocated most of my study time to other subjects instead of agriculture.
-Stay healthy! Lots of water!
-Plenty of sleep prior to exams, if you pulled an all nighter, I suggest some energy drink or coffee/tea in the morning of the exam.
-Finally relax, there's a life after HSC and no one gives a sh*t what UAI you got in uni.
I know this may not be helpful to some, but I wish to share a few tips in the upcoming few days before the HSC exams.
-Organize your study based on your timetable, and allow AT LEAST 2-3 days of study for each subject.
-Know how to study for subjects...for example writing out notes for maths will not be effective as doing numerous amounts of past papers.
-Remove all distractions from the study area...everything, phone, pictures, porn etc.
-Know your syllabus well! Everyone that is examined is contained within the syllabus. Also it is important to know the meanings of keywords such as Discuss, Evaluate, Compare etc. You can have the best answer but if you don't answer the question based on these keywords, you will lose marks.
-Recommended 4+ hours of study a day. I myself did 6-7 hours in the final days of Stuvac, in the first few days I just caught up on sleep.
-Some people may disagree with this, but...Know which subject you are ABSOLUTELY doomed for and will not be counted in your 10 units (thats if you do more than 10 units). Based on this you can actually allocate more study time to the subjects that will matter. e.g. my lowest ranking subject was agriculture with a rank of 50/60 while second lowest was in the 20's, so I allocated most of my study time to other subjects instead of agriculture.
-Stay healthy! Lots of water!
-Plenty of sleep prior to exams, if you pulled an all nighter, I suggest some energy drink or coffee/tea in the morning of the exam.
-Finally relax, there's a life after HSC and no one gives a sh*t what UAI you got in uni.