Preliminary ranks - how drastically do they change in the HSC year? (1 Viewer)

[Hehehe22]

What has been everyone's experience? How reflective of your final ranks are your preliminary ranks, if you maintain a similarly high or higher level of effort? I've heard that a lot of people are able to turn their marks around during the HSC and clinch high marks despite flunking Year 11, but what about the other way around - if some go up, others have to go down, right?

I'm quite happy with my preliminary ranks but I feel like they're too good to maintain in the HSC year, particularly because everyone has ramped up their study habits. My results in the first term were decent, but they have low weighting, and it will only get harder from here. I do go to a selective school, so there will be a fair amount of competition. Do I need to try much harder to maintain or better my ranks?

 

[jimmysmith560]

You seem to have a good understanding of the potentially changing circumstances in year 12. Generally speaking, some students do not perform as favourably in year 11 as they do in year 12, which can be for one of two reasons:

• Lack of effort needed to ensure favourable performance
• Using year 11 to optimise study strategy, which may involve obstacles in terms of performance.

There are also students who may perform well in year 11 but end up performing at a lower standard in year 12. The number of such students is usually lower than that of those who make significant improvements in year 12, especially in the context of a selective school, the cohort of which would most likely be academically capable.

From your post, your year 11 performance was favourable. This is a good start. Maintaining and, if possible, improving your performance across your subjects will require you to maintain your commitment to your studies, meaning regular study and preparations. Year 12 is naturally more difficult and is as such a greater test of your ability to increase your efforts and be fully committed to your studies.

With that being said, a positive element to note is that while it would be good to place as high as possible, competition is an indication of a cohort's academic capability, and it is good for a cohort to perform well as a whole.

I hope this helps!

 

[Hehehe22]

You seem to have a good understanding of the potentially changing circumstances in year 12. Generally speaking, some students do not perform as favourably in year 11 as they do in year 12, which can be for one of two reasons:

• Lack of effort needed to ensure favourable performance
• Using year 11 to optimise study strategy, which may involve obstacles in terms of performance.

There are also students who may perform well in year 11 but end up performing at a lower standard in year 12. The number of such students is usually lower than that of those who make significant improvements in year 12, especially in the context of a selective school, the cohort of which would most likely be academically capable.

From your post, your year 11 performance was favourable. This is a good start. Maintaining and, if possible, improving your performance across your subjects will require you to maintain your commitment to your studies, meaning regular study and preparations. Year 12 is naturally more difficult and is as such a greater test of your ability to increase your efforts and be fully committed to your studies.

With that being said, a positive element to note is that while it would be good to place as high as possible, competition is an indication of a cohort's academic capability, and it is good for a cohort to perform well as a whole.

I hope this helps!

Thank you! I'll try my best

 

[appleali]

What has been everyone's experience? How reflective of your final ranks are your preliminary ranks, if you maintain a similarly high or higher level of effort? I've heard that a lot of people are able to turn their marks around during the HSC and clinch high marks despite flunking Year 11, but what about the other way around - if some go up, others have to go down, right?

I'm quite happy with my preliminary ranks but I feel like they're too good to maintain in the HSC year, particularly because everyone has ramped up their study habits. My results in the first term were decent, but they have low weighting, and it will only get harder from here. I do go to a selective school, so there will be a fair amount of competition. Do I need to try much harder to maintain or better my ranks?

yep you're doing great and keep pushing
just remember to not get complacent and start slacking off, this is something i did when i did accelerated SDD
i came 3rd in year 11 and got motivated to do better so i came 1st in the HSC year, 98 in the CSSA trial
then i flopped the hsc with a 90 (which is alright, but i could've done better) because i slacked off after trials with my high mark and got complacent

this is something i learnt from for my actual HSC year
also i was 44th/45 in adv eng in year 11, 59 average
i came 6th in year 12 with an 82 in trials (3rd, really good for me) and i got high band 5, which isn't great but far beyond what i thought i could get, especially with my year 11 results in mind

 

[Hehehe22]

yep you're doing great and keep pushing
just remember to not get complacent and start slacking off, this is something i did when i did accelerated SDD
i came 3rd in year 11 and got motivated to do better so i came 1st in the HSC year, 98 in the CSSA trial
then i flopped the hsc with a 90 (which is alright, but i could've done better) because i slacked off after trials with my high mark and got complacent

this is something i learnt from for my actual HSC year
also i was 44th/45 in adv eng in year 11, 59 average
i came 6th in year 12 with an 82 in trials (3rd, really good for me) and i got high band 5, which isn't great but far beyond what i thought i could get, especially with my year 11 results in mind

Thanks for your input! I'll try not to lose momentum throughout the year. English is also my least confident subject - do you mind sharing what you did to improve so much?