my school makes our math papers very, very hard… what do I do? (7 Viewers)

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hello! i’m in year 12 and to turn a long story short, our school makes our math exams very very hard - like significantly harder than any other school paper i’ve ever seen.

people on average just scrape a 50% and the highest you can get in these tests are only 60-70 or so percent. i find myself so discouraged because i don’t know what to do like i prepare for it as much as i can but it’s still in a way no use because our teachers end up putting questions we’ve never seen before. the papers are harder than the papers from known selective schools as well, which i felt was very telling.

what should i do? is there anything i can even do? i’d love advice!

 

[MysteryATAR!]

all that matters internally is your rank, so atleast for me, harder papers are preferable as they better differentiate genuine ability as opposed to minimising silly mistakes (as in an easy paper)

if you’re looking for a competitive edge though, maybe try and get your hands on some specialist tutoring papers (eg kurt)

good luck!