What are your Pre-Exam Rituals?

[ssarahj]

All papermates

YES papermates are 110% necessary
also i can't forget; unscrewing the lid of my drink bottle for easy access, taking three deep breaths and sacrificing the kidneys of my first born child #justritualthings

[RuiAce]

If it's a pen (that I like or is cheap) then I'll use it, be it artline or papermate or whatever

[studybuddy7777]

YES papermates are 110% necessary
also i can't forget; unscrewing the lid of my drink bottle for easy access, taking three deep breaths and sacrificing the kidneys of my first born child #justritualthings

Well that escalated quickly!!

goddaughter i give up on life! (Omg this was such a good autofail im going to leave it there)

[jamonwindeyer]

YES papermates are 110% necessary
also i can't forget; unscrewing the lid of my drink bottle for easy access, taking three deep breaths and sacrificing the kidneys of my first born child #justritualthings

I felt weird giving this a thumbs up

Anyone take multiple calculators in? 

[ssarahj]

I felt weird giving this a thumbs up

Anyone take multiple calculators in? 

hell yeah i take two calculators; same type but different colours, one for degrees and one for radians 

[studybuddy7777]

I felt weird giving this a thumbs up

Anyone take multiple calculators in? 

Nah i just replace the batteries if they die
But why dont people do this? They bring in extra pens, pencils, erasers, rulers, sharpeners, highlighters, compasses and protractors (even spare water bottles ) but no spare calculator? What is with this?

[RuiAce]

Nah i just replace the batteries if they die
But why dont people do this? They bring in extra pens, pencils, erasers, rulers, sharpeners, highlighters, compasses and protractors (even spare water bottles ) but no spare calculator? What is with this?

It's a 2U thing. One for degrees, one for radians.

Spare everything-else (aside from spare pens of course) isn't really meaningful

[elysepopplewell]

At our school, like most, you don't have to wear your uniforms for the actual HSC exam. For the first two papers I did wear my uniform. It was partially about the familiarity of getting ready in the morning, and partially the study mindset it gave me for the exam!

For every exam, I got up at about 5am to study before the exam. I'd study for an hour, have some kind of breakfast or OJ, keep studying, and then do a 15-30 min YouTube, social media, whatever session before getting in the car to go to the exam.

The morning study really helped me. The stuff I studied in the morning seemed to be the most fresh for me in the exam. And by study, I moreso mean revise. Like, I wasn't learning new stuff. Just bringing old stuff to the forefront of my memory.

[conic curve]

At our school, like most, you don't have to wear your uniforms for the actual HSC exam. For the first two papers I did wear my uniform. It was partially about the familiarity of getting ready in the morning, and partially the study mindset it gave me for the exam!

For every exam, I got up at about 5am to study before the exam. I'd study for an hour, have some kind of breakfast or OJ, keep studying, and then do a 15-30 min YouTube, social media, whatever session before getting in the car to go to the exam.

The morning study really helped me. The stuff I studied in the morning seemed to be the most fresh for me in the exam. And by study, I moreso mean revise. Like, I wasn't learning new stuff. Just bringing old stuff to the forefront of my memory.

Speaking of uniforms and exams, heaps of schools seem to be strict with uniforms and exams

Also another thing I want to point out is that after literally every exam, you'll year people saying "Oh no, I messed up. I forgot to do this, I forgot to to do that". Furthermore they keep discussing the exam with their mates to see how they went and some still have that same old reaction haha. I don't know if anyone has realised this though

[RuiAce]

Yeah uniforms were important at my school. They did, however, say you can wear your jerseys and not your blazers

[conic curve]

Yeah uniforms were important at my school. They did, however, say you can wear your jerseys and not your blazers

Were blazers compulsory at your school? Do prefects only wear them or what?

[RuiAce]

Were blazers compulsory at your school? Do prefects only wear them or what?

Yeah.

Whilst the education systems at Catholic schools are better (usually), they are definitely stricter as well.

[conic curve]

Yeah.

Whilst the education systems at Catholic schools are better, they are definitely stricter as well.

lol what do you mean by the education system at Catholic schools are better? Do you mean there are better teachers or what?

Catholic schools are quite expensive though

[studybuddy7777]

Were blazers compulsory at your school? Do prefects only wear them or what?

Blazers were only compulsory with winter uniform and a recent change has seen everyone from 7-12 where them instead of just the seniors (11-12)

[elysepopplewell]

Yeah.

Whilst the education systems at Catholic schools are better, they are definitely stricter as well.

Sweeping call Rui! I went to a Catholic school but I wouldn't say the system is better