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Huh, I sympathise with you about the noisy classes etc... we've got a few that sit up the back in English and stuff up!! That's not too bad though, we just sit down the front and get the best out of the teacher while the rest of them fall behind - don't ask me why, the mind boggles. I think...

Thanks! Yes, I just need to get a band five in English, and get better results fro the rest of my subjects in order to get my ATAR goal... obviously if I can get higher 80s than this will give me some lee-way for the rest of my subjects.

Our first English task was a 60 min exam on Distinctive Voices. We received a short story - 'Cloud Busting' - the afternoon before, and then took it home to analyse and take apart. We came back the next morning and got a new copy (couldn't take our own in!) and did the exam, which was made up of...

Whoa! That's pretty excessive! However, in retrospection, I wish I had seen a little further ahead at that stage and got into more serious studying. As long as you can maintain it and you don't crack up after three years of it, I reckon go for it! Being proactive now and seeing what lies ahead...

Thanks! Turns out that teachers really do love it when you start bombarding them with questions, gets them enthusiastic as well! I have started reading my texts early - finished 'Great Expectations' for next year - so I can questions on that over the holidays. The hard work can kill at the time...

Wow, that's and awesome improvement in ranks & marks! Well done! I think I should be able to do it... hopefully without having to spend $1200, though! Tutoring sounds like a pretty good way to go, even if it is expensive. Did you get extra tuition all the way through your HSC year, or more...

Yeah, just did the first one last week - worth 15% of internal marks, therefore 7.5% overall. Don't know how I went yet, but you're right, it probably doesn't mean too much missing a few marks at this stage...

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Thanks for your help, everyone! Good to see there's so many people out there willing to 'give a hand'! Now please check out my latest one... and see what you reckon!

How well do you have to perform to get a HSC mark of 80% or above in Standard English? What sort of assessment task marks do you need to get? I know this is a bit of a vague question, but I have been calculating the marks I would need to get in each subject in order to reach my ATAR goal, and...

An hours travelling each way isn't too bad... I do a hour & half in the morning, same again in the arvo - in a bus. You just have to learn how to utilise the time - try reading textbooks in advance of classes, maybe a bit of maths - as long as its legible! Can also use it for sleeping if your...

Sign up to Maths Online - http://www.mathsonline.com.au/ Costs a bit but can be really useful if you use it effectively - you can keep on going over concepts that you don't get until you click & you can even get ahead of your class!

Cool, thanks for the encouragement & motivation! I suppose it is all over before you know it... time flies these days!

Can you print them at school? That's what I've been doing... have a electronic copy of each one & then just print them out at school instead... cheaper that way...!

Thanks. So the harder/bigger the subjects that you do, the bigger the scale-up is, sort of? Wish I had chosen a bit more wisely...

Okay, thanks! That lifts my sights a little... bit scared about English tho!

If I get better marks in the actual HSC examinations, will my overall scores be scaled up? Apparently the teachers at my school are pretty hard markers... (esp. for Modern History!) and if I do get better marks in the actual exam, can these marks be lifted by the BOS? I've heard something like...