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Mod B
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: studybuddy7777 on July 16, 2016, 08:58:39 am ---Offtopic i know but how does one achieve these marks!?! Yes, I know average Joe on the street couldn't; there had to be some talent involved but what was your study regime to get motivated and achieve an atar of 99.80? My goal is an 87.00 and I've only got 2 Band 5's atm so don't think it will happen.. :-\
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Ahahaha, average Joe on the street could with enough hard work!! And if he used ATAR Notes ;) you don't need expensive tutors or anything like that, you just need to work hard, and this site means that anyone who wants to get a 99.80 can do their absolute best to do that.
Look, it's true, I'm a naturally intelligent guy. Definitely not anywhere near the smartest person around, but reasonably intelligent, enough that absorbing information comes naturally for me. That helps, and I'm honest about that, it meant I got more out of my study. But that just means I had it a little easier, everyone can do the same, but it might just take them a little longer than me.
For me, I was motivated by two main things:
1 - I didn't know what I wanted to do and so didn't want to be excluded from my choice when I found out. I ended up needing a 96 ATAR, but I didn't know that at the start. I wanted to get the absolute best ATAR I could because I hated the thought of not being able to do what I wanted once I found out.
2 - I was told I couldn't. This is why I love being on ATAR Notes as well. Coming from Western Sydney, I was told by students from Sydney Uni at Open Days, and pretty much everyone else too, that "You won't get a 99 coming from that far out West." I was told to not try to get into Law, or Med, etc., because I wouldn't get the ATAR. That's bullshit. I worked hard to prove them wrong, they really pissed me off to be honest, and now I have a higher ATAR than them. Ha ;) that's why I love this site, because I had to do it without these amazing free resources, which was tough. I want everyone to have access to what they need to succeed ;D
My study regime was not overly intensive, couple of hours a day and then more on weekends. I worked, I saw my girlfriend (she studied heaps which was probably helpful for motivating me, lol). I had a pretty balanced life. But when push came to shove, I made a schedule, I stuck to it, I worked my butt off. And that's it. Natural talent won't give you success in the HSC, but hard work will pay itself back 10 fold :)
I've written a few articles you might want to read about study timetables and such:
99 ATAR Guide
Study Timetable Guide
Study Efficiency
Please don't ever say you can't achieve your goal. You can!! Work hard, smash your Trials, smash your HSC, who is to say you won't get Band 6's!! You can get 87.00, absolutely you can, but you won't get it unless you actually think you can. You won't try to run a marathon unless you think you can run the marathon, and this is the same. You CAN do it. Work hard to get yourself there ;D
Klexos:
That was a fuelled and inspiring speech LOL :D
Regarding Module B, how should we be studying for Module B? Its requirement a lot of flexibility (characters, settings and quotes etc) and I'm not too sure where to start.
elysepopplewell:
--- Quote from: Klexos on July 22, 2016, 12:26:44 pm ---That was a fuelled and inspiring speech LOL :D
Regarding Module B, how should we be studying for Module B? Its requirement a lot of flexibility (characters, settings and quotes etc) and I'm not too sure where to start.
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For module B, you just really really need to know your texts well! I had poems for Mod B, so I was stretching my memory as far as I could. You're spot on the money that flexibility is required for this module. I didn't memorise a specific essay for this module like I did the others, instead I pretty well just memorised as much of the poems as I could, and an analysis to this.
I think you should start by finding the main themes in your text(s). There should be some variety here, they don't have to link! So for me, themes included: identity, ageing, youth, artistic inspiration, questioning of life, and so on! So, as you can see, there's a lot of variety. Unlike Area of Study where you are given a rubric to work from, there's a lot of variation in what you could be asked, and the question is tailored to your text specifically! So if you identify as many themes as you can in your text, then it's kind of like you've created your own rubric to work from and predict questions or at least the region that the question might come from.
Then, it comes down to knowing your text(s) well, knowing the quotes, knowing how to analyse it, etc. Module B is definitely a tricky one, it is the least predictable in my opinion. So start with the themes, look through past papers to highlight some trends and patterns, work on knowing your text well and pick out significant quotes, and commit them to memory :)
Klexos:
Yup! My tutor and I have completed body paragraphs for Hamlet way back in Term 2 (with the introduction, topic sentences/concluding sentences and conclusion being completely up to my ability to explicitly address the question) to use to answer all types of questions (so I have addressed the main themes, settings - very subtly, and characters)
Definitely will be looking at a few papers for Module B :-[
elysepopplewell:
--- Quote from: Klexos on July 25, 2016, 11:55:53 am ---Yup! My tutor and I have completed body paragraphs for Hamlet way back in Term 2 (with the introduction, topic sentences/concluding sentences and conclusion being completely up to my ability to explicitly address the question) to use to answer all types of questions (so I have addressed the main themes, settings - very subtly, and characters)
Definitely will be looking at a few papers for Module B :-[
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It definitely sounds like your on the right track! Exposing yourself to as many past papers as possible will help you pick trends, which is super important so that you can eliminate as many surprises as possible!
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