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HSC Journal- No Idea How This Is Going to Go...
fantasticbeasts3:
Glad to hear you came out of that exam alright! Don’t worry too much about your marks now – what’s done is done, and all you can do now is focus your efforts on your next exam.
Best of luck with maths!
StudyBuddyKJ:
Okay, so today was the maths 2 unit half yearly and....
TBH again it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I focused on my weak points whilst studying, to find out that it wasn't even in the exam! Overall, I found the exam do-able.
One positive thing I got from the test though- I didn't run out of time as I managed it pretty well. This was a big improvement from my previous maths 2 unit test in which I didn't do as well (didn't fail entirely, but definitely not up to standard). In the previous 2 unit exam I sat, I ran out of time and made silly mistakes, and I skipped questions that I could have easily solved had I managed my time properly. Plus there was the fact that in the previous test, the paper was ridiculuously long. i was struggling to finish it. Luckily in this exam, that wasn't the case. In this exam, I finished with 20 minutes to spare, so I can go back and fix the difficult questions. I didn't have time to check the whole paper though, but I think I did okay.
One negative thing- there were some questions I found tricky, and some I just had to leave out because I had no idea how to solve and get the answer. I did attempt the question, but I just couldnt get the solution...it was so frustrating. After doing the exam, I felt like I did okay, but then I spoke to my friends about the questions I found difficult, and found to my shock that they got a completely different answer to what I got. Now I am a little bit scared and doubting myself a lot, but anyway can't do anything about it.
Hope I did well though. Anyway, I have two days to study and revise Legal and Eco, which are the worst so far because both of them are super content heavy, and require essays (which I suck at writing), so I feel definitely screwed for both Legal and Eco. And worse, they are on the same day which means either I will forget some of my information or my hand is going to die mid way whilst writing. I'll have to cram as hard as possible. If I can get through the two exams all in one shot without screwing up anything then it would be a miracle.
Anyway, praying for my ATAR now! I better go and start building up motivation and cram for both Eco and Legal (ugh).
StudyBuddyKJ:
Well, I have just completed my legal studies half yearly and my eco half yearly, and both of them did not go too well...
In my legal exam, there was just one essay question that I did not prepare, and lo behold it was in the exam. I was utterly screwed. I crammed so much info yet in the test I experienced a mind blank. I barely knew the multiple choice.
Same in my eco exam, I blanked out in the test and forgot a major component of what I studied. I definitely know I flunked both of them. I felt so terrible that I literally just cried after the end of the two exams. I was so stressed, so tired and so vulnerable after attempting to cram in so much content and still experiencing a mind blank where I couldn't recall a majority of the information.
Anyway, the only thing is, the tests are over. The bad thing is, I know I didn't do well. :'(
Hit a low point. Hope I can stop beating myself up about it and move on.
Lumenoria:
--- Quote from: StudyBuddyKJ on April 06, 2018, 05:59:23 pm ---Well, I have just completed my legal studies half yearly and my eco half yearly, and both of them did not go too well...
In my legal exam, there was just one essay question that I did not prepare, and lo behold it was in the exam. I was utterly screwed. I crammed so much info yet in the test I experienced a mind blank. I barely knew the multiple choice.
Same in my eco exam, I blanked out in the test and forgot a major component of what I studied. I definitely know I flunked both of them. I felt so terrible that I literally just cried after the end of the two exams. I was so stressed, so tired and so vulnerable after attempting to cram in so much content and still experiencing a mind blank where I couldn't recall a majority of the information.
Anyway, the only thing is, the tests are over. The bad thing is, I know I didn't do well. :'(
Hit a low point. Hope I can stop beating myself up about it and move on.
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Jesus, you had economics and legal on the same day? That's just cruel, they're both so content heavy wtf haha - I struggled with having them both one day apart! That aside, fair enough, I completely understand why you must be feeling this way. I had my economics exam today, and for one of the EASIEST multiple choice questions, I got it right initially but CHANGED it in the last 5 minutes to something that I KNEW was wrong but did it anyway just in case of a "what if" scenario. This was literally just a result of the exam pressure, where it is notoriously easy to drown in an irrational mindset - where you can't think or seem to function properly. For the rest of the day, that error just ate away at my sanity and I couldn't get it off my mind but honestly the only way to curb this irrationality is to know your shit SO well that it overrides any possibility of this happening.
This brings me to my next point ,how are you "cramming" this info? There is a substantial difference between just taking notes with the assumption it'll go into your brain versus actually reinforcing this knowledge by testing yourself, through multiple choice, short answers etc. I find note taking basically useless, the ONLY way for information to stick in my brain is to do a shit tonne of past papers. That way, I truly know what I don't know and hence fill in the gaps in my knowledge by revising that content again after, then doing ANOTHER past paper until I'm confident in all my answers. This is particularly important for short answers and essays imo.
Personally, I am never REALLY studying on the days directly before the exam. I usually have my knowledge consolidated well before that so that in the lead up to the exams (3 days - a week before), all I'm really doing is refining my exam technique (HSC past papers). It sounds like a fat trek yes, but it is MUCH better than having a mind blank in the exam when you're confronted with the realisation that you don't actually know the information. For my economics exam today, I was cramming these papers for 10 hours straight last night because I didn't have time to do as many as usual due to how close my exams were together. I did all the half-yearly papers I could find online, as well as multiple trial papers from other schools - probably 7-8 in total? I was able to comprehensively answer most of these, which reduced my stress a lot. I think the reason you had a mind blank may possibly be because you're forcing too much into your brain in a short span of time? It is much, much easier to let the content sink into your brain over the term as opposed to just 2 days, and is WAY more effective too.
Remember, this exam is infinitesimal in the grand scheme of things. I know it is easy to dictate your self worth based on your performance in these exams - trust me, I'm notorious for doing this - but the reality is, all you can do is expend this energy into maximising your performance for your upcoming exams! Good luck, please take it easy on yourself :) You have 2 more chances to redeem yourself from this, this doesn't make or break you!!
StudyBuddyKJ:
--- Quote from: Lumenoria on April 06, 2018, 10:30:40 pm ---Jesus, you had economics and legal on the same day? That's just cruel, they're both so content heavy wtf haha - I struggled with having them both one day apart! That aside, fair enough, I completely understand why you must be feeling this way. I had my economics exam today, and for one of the EASIEST multiple choice questions, I got it right initially but CHANGED it in the last 5 minutes to something that I KNEW was wrong but did it anyway just in case of a "what if" scenario. This was literally just a result of the exam pressure, where it is notoriously easy to drown in an irrational mindset - where you can't think or seem to function properly. For the rest of the day, that error just ate away at my sanity and I couldn't get it off my mind but honestly the only way to curb this irrationality is to know your shit SO well that it overrides any possibility of this happening.
This brings me to my next point ,how are you "cramming" this info? There is a substantial difference between just taking notes with the assumption it'll go into your brain versus actually reinforcing this knowledge by testing yourself, through multiple choice, short answers etc. I find note taking basically useless, the ONLY way for information to stick in my brain is to do a shit tonne of past papers. That way, I truly know what I don't know and hence fill in the gaps in my knowledge by revising that content again after, then doing ANOTHER past paper until I'm confident in all my answers. This is particularly important for short answers and essays imo.
Personally, I am never REALLY studying on the days directly before the exam. I usually have my knowledge consolidated well before that so that in the lead up to the exams (3 days - a week before), all I'm really doing is refining my exam technique (HSC past papers). It sounds like a fat trek yes, but it is MUCH better than having a mind blank in the exam when you're confronted with the realisation that you don't actually know the information. For my economics exam today, I was cramming these papers for 10 hours straight last night because I didn't have time to do as many as usual due to how close my exams were together. I did all the half-yearly papers I could find online, as well as multiple trial papers from other schools - probably 7-8 in total? I was able to comprehensively answer most of these, which reduced my stress a lot. I think the reason you had a mind blank may possibly be because you're forcing too much into your brain in a short span of time? It is much, much easier to let the content sink into your brain over the term as opposed to just 2 days, and is WAY more effective too.
Remember, this exam is infinitesimal in the grand scheme of things. I know it is easy to dictate your self worth based on your performance in these exams - trust me, I'm notorious for doing this - but the reality is, all you can do is expend this energy into maximising your performance for your upcoming exams! Good luck, please take it easy on yourself :) You have 2 more chances to redeem yourself from this, this doesn't make or break you!!
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Hey,
Well I would imagine that my study strategy did not work. I spent too much time working on essays and trying to memorise them, and that stressed me out so much. Although I wanted to do past paper questions and practice them under time conditions, I simply did not have time as I barely knew the content well. It was just a horrible situation where my brain decided to give up on me. Hence, why in order to make the load easier on myself, I am going to drop one humanity based subject- either eco or legal.
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