cram for physics? (1 Viewer)

[t-i-m-m-y]

I have less than a day to study for my physics, hmm lucky me XD roflmao

i'll write a 'how-to-cram-physics in 12 hours' guide

 

[senso]

If you really need to cram. There is that 'Revise HSC Physics in a month' excel book.
Its
a nice summary of everything, and you could probably go through it in a day. But your not going to remember it all.

 

[gordo]

I have 9 free days before my physics hsc exam!

do you think its possible to cram the whole year's worth of physics into those 9 days?

Taking into consideration that I can study full time for at least 8 hrs each day.

lol of course, easily

i got notes on the whole course that i read over in an hour

i have done it twice
64 hours is more than enough dude

 

[BillyMak]

lol of course, easily

i got notes on the whole course that i read over in an hour

i have done it twice
64 hours is more than enough dude

Finally, someone talking some sense!

Nine days is plenty. I have six days and I think that it is more than enough. In fact I believe that if you gave me one day I could cover the whole course in ~4 hours.

Assuming that you have done work throughout the year, so what you are reading is not new stuff, there is no reason why you can't get >80%, let alone >60%

 

[BillyMak]

BTW I am cramming for Ext. 2 maths and Ext. 1 maths in 3 days, and to me this does not sound like an inappropriate amount of study.

 

[SarahMary]

I have 9 free days before my physics hsc exam!

do you think its possible to cram the whole year's worth of physics into those 9 days?

Taking into consideration that I can study full time for at least 8 hrs each day.

Basically the best way to cram for physics is past papers, so 9 days of past papers, assuming you go through the answers and go back over the ones you got wrong/ didn't understand etc. should see you alright. but as you said you have 12 units

 

[t-i-m-m-y]

In my opinion, cramming is bad and it is something I try to avoid. That aside, if you don't even bother cramming thats even worse.

 

[bubble_tea]

oh well, not much I can do about it anymore but cram.

I pretty much spent the last two weeks cramming for chem and maths and I'm pretty alright at both of them now, I got 92/105 for the 2003 2U maths paper and i usually get 60-70% in my assessments. I pretty much grasp the basic concepts for chem, its just the 5-7 mark questions that scare me a bit. :S same applies for physics, though i havent touched physics for a long time.

 

[Adrian.]

But don't do STANSW tests, they are awful.

Awful as in too hard or awful as in badly written?

 

[CrashOveride]

mz_bubbletea:

We did it babyyy

I studied for phys like 2 days before exam - 96.
UAI: 99.15

So the message is kids, learn your dot points and dont ask too many beyond-the-syllabus questions if u dont want to waste time.

 

[acmilan]

Thats so true, just keep it simple and know the dot points and you will be fine

 

[t-i-m-m-y]

96
UAI: 99.15
So the message is kids, learn your dot points and dont ask too many beyond-the-syllabus questions if u dont want to waste time.

Nice, I scored a bit higher than you last year- but I studied more than two days.
Take his/her advice- learn your dot points, focus on the syllabus.. I'll get round to writing another sticky about making summary notes

 

[acmilan]

haha t-i-m-m-y we got the same UAI, but you beat me in physics

 

[t-i-m-m-y]

haha t-i-m-m-y we got the same UAI, but you beat me in physics

congrats mate nice UAI.. although its not that good compared to others that is... haha i beat u in physics *jumps up and down*

 

[velox]

pfft a 99 is a 99

 

[CrashOveride]

norths hore
northern bithces

my my the creativity.

 

[bubble_tea]

i only studied for 2 days before the physics exam.. =D never passed a physics exam in my life.. ended up getting 74!!! WOOT!~!

 

[velox]

crashoveride, why were u home schooled?

 

[Xayma]

Meh barely studied for it and got 90. Oh well. The syllabus is annoying and various questions I didn't like but oh well.

Cramming I don't think would work that well for physics, since it relies on so much memorisation it is better to get it into your long term memory.

 

[CrashOveride]

crashoveride, why were u home schooled?

Because i wanted to learn