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Shadowdude

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I replay the following quotes in my head:

"99.95! 99.95! 99.95!" and "Must... get... 99.95" and "I want free lunch!"

More seriously, it's just a state of mind - it's a want to do your best, to put in all the effort needed - plus a little bit more. It's a want to be the best in the state at what you do, and the glory and prestige that comes with it.
 

Holly M

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As someone before me has said i found it all very basic until year 11. Pretty much just simple, logical, common sense stuff, and if not just needed listen in class and voila. However i have found now in senior school it is harder, and i can tell i am going to have to put in a lot more work, becasue honestly i pretty much relied on natural telent most of the way through. But you have to be serious. As people hve said if you wnat to get an honest answer it is a bit of both.
I got straight A's for my SC grades and all marks ranging from 85 to 99. And i won't say that i just fluked it. I did try and work hard, but mostly only at critical times. I revised before the SC and di all my assignments the night before.
I distinctly remember a history assignment which i got 95%+ for and got 45 minutes sleep that night.

I would not say i am an especially gifted or naturally super smart person or whatever, so i can't reallty answer... i can't even describe what it's like for me.
 

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As someone before me has said i found it all very basic until year 11. Pretty much just simple, logical, common sense stuff, and if not just needed listen in class and voila. However i have found now in senior school it is harder, and i can tell i am going to have to put in a lot more work, becasue honestly i pretty much relied on natural telent most of the way through. But you have to be serious. As people hve said if you wnat to get an honest answer it is a bit of both.
I got straight A's for my SC grades and all marks ranging from 85 to 99. And i won't say that i just fluked it. I did try and work hard, but mostly only at critical times. I revised before the SC and di all my assignments the night before.
I distinctly remember a history assignment which i got 95%+ for and got 45 minutes sleep that night.

I would not say i am an especially gifted or naturally super smart person or whatever, so i can't reallty answer... i can't even describe what it's like for me.
+1.

The junior school is dramatically different to the senior school. In year ten, I got away with pretty much zero study and top marks. I just put the effort when it was class and that is it. It was so easy and I didn't really have to think that much.

That said, I was always such a "deep" thinker and my brain would be (annoyingly) ticking. Constantly. So, I developed really good habits. I didn't study for the SC AT ALL, but I did great anyway.

Year Eleven is such a big leap and I am really having to work now. Sure, nothing from prelim goes into your HSC year, but still. At any given moment during the past month I would have at least one essay/assignment due. It was so crazy and I found it hard to deal first up - only now am I learning how to juggle everything.

OP: I am determined. That's what makes me work so hard. I want a good life, so to speak and I want to go uni. I want to get out of Sydney. I want to start life. And that, for me, begins with uni. But before that, the HSC. That's where I get my motivation and drive from - a desire to get away.
 

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If you're talking about year 10 and lower, if you have good memory just asking your friends for a quick summary of the topic should suffice as study if you pay attention in class/info sinks in while you're day dreaming.

Other than that, just ask questions when you don't understand something in class so the teacher can explain it to you instead of staying silent and being scared of asking because you'd sound "stupid". There's probably 5+ people wondering the same thing but they're too scared to ask as well

Flicking through your exercise book and discussing concepts with your friends also helps too.
+1

Also, up to yr 10 is just natural brilliance.

After that you need to work.

I seriously did not do anything until end of yr 10, i miss those days :(
 

thongetsu

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ewww the sc you dont have to try very hard to do good in this exam.
 

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People who achieve high marks are not necessarily smart, they simply have good memory. (Relevant up to year 10).
 

CheesePlease

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Yup, the teachers at our school have pretty much told us the same things since year 7. "You can rely on your natural intelligence until year 11, from there it becomes studying ability". I seem to be keeping up so far, but year 11 does require a lot more home study. Mind you, my teachers in year 5-6 told me similar tales about year 7, so you never know.
 

jy_choi

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hahah yeah everyone that ive talked to about sc said that year 7-10 is WAYY different to year 11 and 12...
but for some reason i cant stop stressing about year 10 :(
 

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consistently 95%+
wow.

ionno, i just cram as much as i can the night before, and hope for the best...
 

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It really depends on the caliber of the test and the subject. Some people just have super good memories and others are really good at expressing their ideas. But the people who do mega well in the HSC tend to be naturally smart and work hard. Oh and knowing the way you learn best is good too. I work best just reading over my notes or making up little mental images/rhymes to remember things. For my french, I record my dialogue and listen to it other and other.Some people like making little flashcards or doing quizzes, it just really depends on you.
 

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