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General Questions
ssarahj:
--- Quote from: jamonwindeyer on August 23, 2016, 02:29:26 pm ---That's definitely not true, I used pen for diagrams in all my Math exams ;D I probably should have used pencil, and sometimes I did, but quick sketches were always pen. The only time I used a pencil was for really tricky curve sketches, from memory ;D
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--- Quote from: conic curve on August 23, 2016, 02:12:05 pm ---I think you are allowed to use pencil-only for diagrams though
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Actually for Chemistry (and maybe other Science subjects as far as I know) require you to use pencil for all diagrams/graphs! Not really sure about the logic behind it with all the scanning etc. but it's definitely a thing for Chemistry. But as Rui said, it will clearly say on the exam booklet.
jakesilove:
--- Quote from: ssarahj on August 23, 2016, 03:15:40 pm ---Actually for Chemistry (and maybe other Science subjects as far as I know) require you to use pencil for all diagrams/graphs! Not really sure about the logic behind it with all the scanning etc. but it's definitely a thing for Chemistry. But as Rui said, it will clearly say on the exam booklet.
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Definitely true, but to be perfectly honest, at the end of the day it doesn't matter! The scanning system will pick up pen or pencil; it's just more likely to pick up pen. Try to use pen as much as possible; it won't matter how you draw diagrams. Would recommend Pen though
RuiAce:
I bought my papers back. The scanning they used for the physics paper was good and I actually saw a pencil graph I did get picked up.
As opposed to the MX2 and English Adv ones. That scanning was horrible.
(I'm not allowed to post up the papers due to copyright issues)
Fact is, you should never use pencil unless the front of the book has permitted you to.
Chris_edwards:
How much ground can I realistically make up in the HSC exams? Can I go from being ranked last in all subjects (but my overall internal mark being 50+ for my subjects which are; Mathematics, Extension Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Business Studies and Standard English) to still achieving an ATAR of say 70+?
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: Chris_edwards on August 24, 2016, 11:36:27 pm ---How much ground can I realistically make up in the HSC exams? Can I go from being ranked last in all subjects (but my overall internal mark being 50+ for my subjects which are; Mathematics, Extension Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Business Studies and Standard English) to still achieving an ATAR of say 70+?
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Absolutely you can! You will need to put in a lot of hard work to really smash the HSC Exams though, if you smash the exams then you can definitely achieve that goal! ;D Work with your friends, you want your whole school to do well and minimise the negative moderation effects of your rank (if close to everyone does well, those effects are minimal) ;D more detail can be found here! ;D
But yep, you can always achieve whatever ATAR you like, your ranks just mean you have to work a little bit harder :)
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