Not for me, mine was 10 lower than the calculator suggested. I think it doesn't help my school did really easy maths adv and english adv trials so they weren't very indicative of my actual performance in the HSC
Honestly this is a bit of a bold prediction, but usually the extended response discusses some emerging technology so I feel like it might be something to do with AI/ChatGPT. I'm not totally confident but that's the only stab in the dark I have to offer haha
Excel is really concise but tbh at times it feels like it doesn't give enough information. In tps for example it didn't talk at all about ACID. It's lacking detail so I'd honestly recommend sifting through Sam Davis for actual information. I've already gone through the whole Excel textbook so...
Oh cool I just noticed they put the paper on the nesa website https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/resource-finder/hsc-exam-papers/2023/software-design-and-development-2023-hsc-exam-pack