Regrets (Tips for a year 11 soon to be in year 12) (1 Viewer)

[enoilgam]

Guys, let's try to keep things on topic.

 

[mr pappagiorgio]

Guys, let's try to keep things on topic.

Thankyou hahahaha

 

[Pavberry]

I would say my biggest regret was not doing more subjects that I actually liked compared to subjects I thought scaled well or were harder than I initially thought. If you do subjects that you enjoy and like and you can do well in them, that's better than getting 70's in subjects which you hate but scale well.

 

[mr pappagiorgio]

Yeh i was told that sooooooo many times before the year 11 subject selection. Makes sense, studying for a subject becomes so much more effective if you are genuinely interested in the material you are studying.

 

[mr pappagiorgio]

to be fair, you started it

Haha yes i asked how much time he spent playing it but it was a follow up question so that i knew how much time he spent during his HSC on other activities (as in how much time he didn't use studying) as that follows on from my original question - regrets. I wasn't asking so that people could generally discuss runescape.

 

[nerdasdasd]

Too much facebook.......,

 

[lilcutetricker]

wanna fight at wildy or go mining or fishing on the island. i can mine rune and addy but need someone to smith it and g for me. i can fish up to shark but need assistance with cooking. PS i had my guthix god armor, i could take on the demons easy

Woooow take it easy buddy, i kicked the habit like 4 years ago when i use to play 8+ hours a day, dont make me go back haha

 

[mr pappagiorgio]

k, lol

My original reply made next to 0 sense. Fixed.

 

[lilcutetricker]

Did not do 4u maths

Is it better to do 4u if you're topping 3u but risk losing ranks because of stress of 4u + 3u or should you just stay 3u and continue to top the class?

 

[SuchSmallHands]

Did anyone here do more than 12 units? If so, did you regret it?

 

[Focus is Key]

Slacking on my English Extension 2 story until it was too late. Probably should have chosen a critical response instead, shouldn't have let the teacher/other people influence my choice. Also should have targeted English earlier on for improvement.

Obviously there's a couple of little things like not stuffing my Module B essay in the trials which severely dropped my confidence for the next task and not making silly mistakes in Maths but I'm happy with my assessment marks so far.

 

[Focus is Key]

Did anyone here do more than 12 units? If so, did you regret it?

I did 14 units during Prelim and didn't regret it. I am currently doing 13 for my HSC (but EE2 is over so it's really more like 12). I don't regret it but I think if my 13th unit was a different subject then I may have (i.e. 13 units of HSC exams to do vs 12).

 

[SuchSmallHands]

I did 14 units during Prelim and didn't regret it. I am currently doing 13 for my HSC (but EE2 is over so it's really more like 12). I don't regret it but I think if my 13th unit was a different subject then I may have (i.e. 13 units of HSC exams to do vs 12).

Yeah, pretty similar situation actually. I want to do 14 HSC units but one is Catholic Studies and another is EE2. Good to see it's possible at looking at the ranks in your sig it doesn't look like you're struggling

@Shadow I've done 13 prelim units too, but I haven't found it too difficult to balance due to the fact that all of my subjects largely rely on skill/sense over study/rote learning and all tie in together quite nicely.

 

[SuchSmallHands]

i guess everyone has different strength and weaknesses

I think not having maths is what's really allowed me to do it. Maths has so much content that just needs to be memorised if you want to do really well, and not having that study burden is probably the only reason why I've managed.

 

[HSC2014]

I think not having maths is what's really allowed me to do it. Maths has so much content that just needs to be memorised if you want to do really well, and not having that study burden is probably the only reason why I've managed.

Cringe D:

"If mathematics is likened to prospecting for gold, solving a good mathematical problem is akin to a “hide-and-seek” course in gold-prospecting: you are given a nugget to find, and you know what it looks like, that it is out there somewhere, that it is not too hard to reach, that unearthing it is within your capabilities, and you have conveniently been given the right equipment (i.e. data) to get it. It may be hidden in a cunning place, but it will require ingenuity rather than digging to reach it." - Terry Tao

Good stuff

 

[SuchSmallHands]

Cringe D:

"If mathematics is likened to prospecting for gold, solving a good mathematical problem is akin to a “hide-and-seek” course in gold-prospecting: you are given a nugget to find, and you know what it looks like, that it is out there somewhere, that it is not too hard to reach, that unearthing it is within your capabilities, and you have conveniently been given the right equipment (i.e. data) to get it. It may be hidden in a cunning place, but it will require ingenuity rather than digging to reach it." - Terry Tao

Good stuff

Haha whilst that's terribly poetic for a mathematician, one must still acknowledge that in HSC mathematics you won't be playing many successful games of hide-and-seek without first committing pages of figures and formulae to memory (or map routes, if you'd prefer to extend the analogy), which isn't necessitated to a comparable extent in the humanities.