I'm glad to see that everyone else has done well. Congratulations!
I had my results finalised today. I'm not particularly happy with my performance in the trial exams. I was down with the flu for an entire week just before my trials started so I missed out on classes and had to learn some things in chem & maths on my own. Thankfully my overall ranks are saved by stronger results in previous assessments.
Adv English: 99/120 Exam Rank: 4/95
Raw Assessment Mark: 88/100 Overall Rank: 4/95
I won't complain about English. We've been told to expect a 10% increase to our raw mark after the HSC. I'm prepared to try a little bit harder.
Biology: 96/100 Exam Rank: 2/44
Raw Assessment Mark: 98/100 Overall Rank: 1/44
I will try to maintain that in the HSC. We've had fairly standard assessments all year through. My teacher said to not expect more than 3-5% increase.
Chemistry: 90.5/100 Exam Rank: 1/54
Raw Assessment Mark: 92/100 Overall Rank: 1/56
I'm quite happy with the rank but not really with the mark because I don't think it was a particularly hard paper, although others seem to disagree. I'm aiming for mid 90s in the HSC.
Maths Ext-1: 73/84 Exam Rank: 3/56
Raw Assessment Mark: 93/100 Overall Rank: 2/56
I'm actually not happy at all with my marks in the trial because I've had a 98+% average all year and this time ridiculously silly transcript errors alone like writing a minus instead of a plus costed me 8 marks.
Maths Ext-2: 77/120 Exam Rank: 3/21
Raw Assessment Mark: 74/100 Overall Rank: 2/21
Yeah, I know. This one was SHOCKING! My teacher apparently does this every year to, quote, "scare you girls into shape for the HSC". She wanted this to be hardest exam of our lives, and oh yeah, she got it. She has predicted mid to high 90s in the HSC for everyone in the top 5, but I know this will only be achievable through hard work. Despite all these reassurances, I honestly don't know what to think about MX2 right now so I guess I'll have to work, wait and see.
With only 44 days to go until my HSC starts, I think it's about time I ended my post-trials holiday.