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HSC Class of 2017 Discussion Thread
cindybuynh:
Hello guys,
My name is Cindy and I am also going to be a part of 2017!
I am extremely excited and anxious to start the hsc in term 4 :D ;D
qazser:
Could a kind soul explain how HSC works? Especially with the 5-6 different types of English and Maths.
caitlynmoore:
Glad someone made a post for this!
I'm currently undergoing a compressed curriculum. Instead of having 6 subjects, "Year 11" for Preliminary and "Year 12" for HSC, I have 3 subjects each year, double periods each day and sit my HSC exams twice technically. I have a term and a half of Prelim (which starts 5 weeks into the end of term 4) and 2 terms of HSC. Interesting as I have less subjects to study yet double the pace of the topics to catch up to.
But saying that, I finish school in 2017! I'm currently taking English Advanced and Extension 1, Chemistry and Music 1 and I'm looking to do Modern History, Advanced and Extension Mathematics and Biology next year. Glad there are some 2017 graduates here, here's to the two years to come!
KarenCho:
--- Quote from: Alyssapensini on February 15, 2016, 09:01:24 pm ---I'm doing
2U mathematics
Legal studies
Advanced English
1U religion
CAFS
PDHPE
Drama
:)
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--- Quote from: cindybuynh on February 17, 2016, 09:21:25 pm ---Hello guys,
My name is Cindy and I am also going to be a part of 2017!
I am extremely excited and anxious to start the hsc in term 4 :D ;D
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Nice to meet you guys!! :)
--- Quote from: qazser on February 17, 2016, 10:48:50 pm ---Could a kind soul explain how HSC works? Especially with the 5-6 different types of English and Maths.
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Sure! So in the your Preliminary year (usually year 11) you take a minimum of 12 units, and in your HSC year (usually year 12) you must take a minimum of 10 units. More info in the spoiler tab :)
Spoiler Most subjects are worth 2 units each, however Maths and English have additional units (3 and 4 unit options). There are also some other subjects that are 1 unit subjects, such as Sports, Lifestyle & Recreation (SLR), Photography etc. For 2 unit courses, you get a mark out of 100, whereas for 1 unit courses you get a mark out of 50.
Maths
- General Maths (2 units)
- Advanced Maths (2 units)
- Extension 1 Maths (1 unit)
- Extension 2 Maths (1 unit)
So for maths, you can either choose to do only General Maths, only Advanced Maths, or Advanced Maths with just Ext 1, or Advanced Maths with Ext 1 and Ext 2. So, you can do either 2, 3 or 4 units of maths, each option being harder than the one previous. You can only take up Extension 2 Maths in Year 12 after having done well in Extension 1 Maths in Year 11 though.
English
- English as a Second Language (2 units)
- Standard English (2 units)
- Advanced English (2 units)
- Extension 1 English (1 unit)
- Extension 2 English (1 unit)
Works pretty much the same as the maths courses, except that while with maths, all content carries on, each unit of english is separate. For example, you would study a different text in your Advanced English class as compared to your Extension 1 English class. So you can take any one of the 2 unit options, or take Advanced English and then add on units from the 1 unit options.
There are some other 1 unit subjects, such as History Extension, which can only be picked up in Year 12 after having completed a History course in Year 11, but don't worry too much about something like that.
Does that make sense? Feel free to continue asking and/or PM me if you didn't get that and I'll try to explain it better :) I totally understand how it would be super hard to understand - I was super confused at first too!
--- Quote from: caitlynmoore on February 27, 2016, 10:54:15 pm ---Glad someone made a post for this!
I'm currently undergoing a compressed curriculum. Instead of having 6 subjects, "Year 11" for Preliminary and "Year 12" for HSC, I have 3 subjects each year, double periods each day and sit my HSC exams twice technically. I have a term and a half of Prelim (which starts 5 weeks into the end of term 4) and 2 terms of HSC. Interesting as I have less subjects to study yet double the pace of the topics to catch up to.
But saying that, I finish school in 2017! I'm currently taking English Advanced and Extension 1, Chemistry and Music 1 and I'm looking to do Modern History, Advanced and Extension Mathematics and Biology next year. Glad there are some 2017 graduates here, here's to the two years to come!
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Ooh, that's really interesting! What type of course would you be taking/what kind of program would allow for you to do this? That seems pretty cool because then you can sort of focus more on fewer subjects within that one year, as opposed to remembering stuff for a greater number of subjects throughout the two years.
- Karen :D
Redsavage:
Hi guys, my name is Caroline. Forget about my stupid username..I looked through all the 3U math in yr 11 and find it's kind of easy. Should I keep practice or start to look at 4U? I think I'm kind of worried about 4U math cause all my friends are keep telling me that 4U math are bloody hard works. If I'm going to start looking 4U math what topic should I start with? Or should I just go with the syllabus dot points?
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