I think I messed up paper 2 (advanced)..... I have a QUESTION!

[preliminary17hsc18]

Hi all,
Well... Paper 2 was absolutely horrendous for me I'm afraid....
I don't wanna get into what I did wrong because honestly I could talk for days, but I have a massive question
In all my internal assessments for English, I achieved pretty good marks (high 80s-low 90s) which gave me an overall rank of third in my cohort. Will still get whatever the third mark was in the external exam? Basically.. can my ranking save me no matter how good or bad I go?
I'm absolutely terrified that this could mess up my ATAR goal of 90+
THANK YOUU and good luck everyone with your exams!!

[joannelovescake]

hey! don't worry I think I sort of screwed up module b Yeats just a little..

so the 3rd highest mark in this external exam will be given to you as your assessment mark as you came third in the cohort. Your external mark is your own. Not sure what happens to the overall HSC mark though

[jamonwindeyer]

Here is an explanation of how it all works! You are totally fine, stay positive! Good luck for the rest of exams