I moved my post to a more appropriate place...
TIL - Prior to the 2010 HSC, "HSC distinction courses" were offered
...including Philosophy, Cosmology and Comparative literature
Not particularly relevant to the 2015 HSC, but I thought it was interesting
Here are some interesting things to note:
* students must first be accelerated in at least one subject
* worth 2 units and contributed to your UAI (if it was one of your highest performing subjects in your top 10 units), but did not count as the minimum 10 units required to be awarded the HSC
- This is a direct quote from the wiki " This is generally not a problem as students in the program on average complete 16 units of credit by the time they are awarded their HSC, compared to the state average of 11 units."
Here's what a typical paper would look like:
2007 Philosophy exam
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au...istinction.pdf
It's just a single page of 4 10 mark questions...