2024 HSC Chat (11 Viewers)

[radioheadfan42]

Oh my god your subjects make me wonder how you are surviving, sure I get that you like writing but almost all of them have essays?! if I did that I would've been 6 ft already.

I really like essays...even if i don't do the best on them a lot of the time, i just love the process. Which is why exams are so tricky, it takes away all the linguistic care and careful construction of a piece of writing...granted, its really good practice for strategic thinking! But I'm neither strategic or practical...yet. Im getting there...

Its funny too because the writing style of every single one of my subjects is completely different from each other. Doing english ext 1 and then going to chemistry is whiplash.

ALSO WHOEVER made the hsc timetable is evil they put ext 1 and chem on the same day. Im sobbing.

 

[hscccc]

I really like essays...even if i don't do the best on them a lot of the time, i just love the process. Which is why exams are so tricky, it takes away all the linguistic care and careful construction of a piece of writing...granted, its really good practice for strategic thinking! But I'm neither strategic or practical...yet. Im getting there...

Its funny too because the writing style of every single one of my subjects is completely different from each other. Doing english ext 1 and then going to chemistry is whiplash.

ALSO WHOEVER made the hsc timetable is evil they put ext 1 and chem on the same day. Im sobbing.

rip, as a fellow essay freak, chem and ext1 the same day is terrible

NO BUT EVERY ESSAY IS DIFFERENT even the english essays differ greatly imo

 

[radagastthebrown]

I really like essays...even if i don't do the best on them a lot of the time, i just love the process. Which is why exams are so tricky, it takes away all the linguistic care and careful construction of a piece of writing...granted, its really good practice for strategic thinking! But I'm neither strategic or practical...yet. Im getting there...

Its funny too because the writing style of every single one of my subjects is completely different from each other. Doing english ext 1 and then going to chemistry is whiplash.

ALSO WHOEVER made the hsc timetable is evil they put ext 1 and chem on the same day. Im sobbing.

that first paragraph is so true, JUST LET ME WRITE NESA

 

[radioheadfan42]

rip, as a fellow essay freak, chem and ext1 the same day is terrible

NO BUT EVERY ESSAY IS DIFFERENT even the english essays differ greatly imo

YES! Even all the englishes differ!

Advanced to me is super structured, there's no room for experimentation or any kind of playfulness. Very ridgid, albeit a little bit of personal voice can absolutely shine through, its a bit more condensed. Pop in a conceptual statement here and there, that's about it.

Extension one is a lot more playful, your personal voice is HUGE in essay writing, though that doesn't mean you go into full blown discursive - just that you can let your own writing style worm in a lot more. You also tend to use a lot more evidence, ie connections to literary theory, so you need to have this "flowy" style which lets you talk about a lot of topics at the same time seamlessly.

And then extension 2 is INCREDIBLY FUN!! Experimentation all the way, while i didn't continue with Ext.2, when i wrote my essay i implemented features of fiction-writing into essay writing. I cant describe it in any way other than discursive but extra arty farty.

 

[mvrcuriee]

rip, as a fellow essay freak, chem and ext1 the same day is terrible

NO BUT EVERY ESSAY IS DIFFERENT even the english essays differ greatly imo

One of my classmates has hospo and modern the same day

And then ext1 & chem the same day

 

[mvrcuriee]

Early entry is the only thing keeping my sanity in check

 

[radioheadfan42]

One of my classmates has hospo and modern the same day

And then ext1 & chem the same day

NOOO THATS EVEN WORSE

 

[aqwerty13402]

how the hell do people do this. i did a decent amount and still got like 15

its not difficult at all. You just need to link all of your points to a number, and CONTEXTUALISE THEM. The following case study I wrote in a practice paper and it was entirely fabricated:


probably not a great example but you get the jist.

Anyone can make up a number of profitability, staff turnover etc. but its the depth at which you contextualise that will make the marker think 'this guy knows what he's talking about'.

 

[Legendary16]

Thank you for the very nice intro and for module C I would recommend writing a narrative based upon an idea that is timeless, it has to have a key idea that is pronounced through each part of the text. For example, for my narrative I wrote upon the loss of a loved one and how its significance affectws the flow and nature of life creating a journey for the character who tries to uncover the meaning of mortality an living and how they interconnect to each other.

Interesting...mine isn't too different because its about a guy who through music, reminisces his past experiences of a relationship and how their breakup affected his psyche, and then finding solace and a moment of clarity from the natural world

 

[mvrcuriee]

its not difficult at all. You just need to link all of your points to a number, and CONTEXTUALISE THEM. The following case study I wrote in a practice paper and it was entirely fabricated:
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probably not a great example but you get the jist.

Anyone can make up a number of profitability, staff turnover etc. but its the depth at which you contextualise that will make the marker think 'this guy knows what he's talking about'.

What are you predicting for report and essay mate?

 

[radioheadfan42]

Interesting...mine isn't too different because its about a guy who through music, reminisces his past experiences of a relationship and how their breakup affected his psyche, and then finding solace and a moment of clarity from the natural world

Ohh super cool!! thats certainly a good one to recall for the exam, absolutely COATED in human experience…the markers will like that!

When i did my trial mod c i wrote about a woman who ABSOLUTELY DISPISED PHOTOGRAPHS because it was tangible proof of the past she count stand to see. It was very fun! For me at least. Not for the lady, she was having an unpleasant time to say the least….

For mod c i reckon ill take the story i wrote for the portfolio and adapt it…its quite a flexible one, ill just adjust the metaphors and writing style to fit the prompt is.

 

[aqwerty13402]

What are you predicting for report and essay mate?

Report --> Finance & HR (this is going to be so fucking shit)
Essay --> Marketing + Operations

 

[Legendary16]

Report --> Finance & HR (this is going to be so fucking shit)
Essay --> Marketing + Operations

I will end it if I get HR for the report...marketing for an essay is beautiful

 

[Legendary16]

When we get our ATAR's on the 18th of December, would it be feasible for everyone to share it here? Because a bunch may not have achieved their target ATAR and seeing everyone with really good ATARs or people just being happy with what they got, will hurt a little.

 

[Legendary16]

What are you predicting for report and essay mate?

TikTok - Make Your Day

 

[aqwerty13402]

WAIT SORRY GUYS SWITCH IT AROUND

ESSAY - MARKETING, OPERATIONS
REPORT - HR AND FINANCE

 

[mvrcuriee]

I just saw Venom on that hot wings show on YouTube. That’s my new marketing example

 

[hscccc]

One of my classmates has hospo and modern the same day

And then ext1 & chem the same day

id like walk off a very tall building if i had an exam the same day as modern

 

[Ksalu]

@hscccc, out of curiosity, what are your thoughts on pacino?

 

[katiekms]

When we get our ATAR's on the 18th of December, would it be feasible for everyone to share it here? Because a bunch may not have achieved their target ATAR and seeing everyone with really good ATARs or people just being happy with what they got, will hurt a little.

wait what are you asking