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Joseph41:
How have you found sticking to the study plan in general? Difficult, or easy to keep with it?

meerae:

--- Quote from: Joseph41 on July 10, 2019, 04:26:18 pm ---How have you found sticking to the study plan in general? Difficult, or easy to keep with it?

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Hey Nick!

So far, I've been pretty good at sticking to it, especially because ive put it in a 'to-do' list kinda form, so it makes me super happy to tick off tasks when they're completed.
Hopefully I can stick with it for the next week and a bit so I can have a great chance at acing trials.

meerae :)

meerae:
Okaaaaay after neglecting this space for ages, I have decided to come back.

So trial period was not as stressful as I expected it to be, either that or I'm getting a lot better at managing my stress (which I really do owe to my amazing head English teacher and all the motivational speeches). I was really worried that trials was going to totally ruin my marks and my ATAR was going to go down a drain, but I was wrong.

Our trial period went for 3 weeks and a day. I only mention the day because I had an exam, and it was my last every internal exam. I began my HSC journey with a math exam, and ended it with one... which I find kinda symbolic and stuff (but it could just be the English student in me).

To fill you all in with what's happened over the past three months;
I handed in my English ext2 major, and was told that my reflection was pretty good, but I am personally unsure about my actual major, and marking is super subjective, so lets hope for a high band e3, but an e4 would be amazing because then I wouldn't have both eco units count to my ATAR....

My worst rank in trials was 5th, for math ext 1, which im personally very proud of. And I think I ended both trials and overall intervals pretty well, just need to pull through for the next two weeks (personally cannot wait).

Unfortunately I have not graduated yet, or had my formal. My school waits until after HSC exams to get both of these things done, so I am still counting down the days to actually officially graduate :(

My trial marks were;

English Advanced - 91/100 (3rd place)
English Extension One - 43/50 (2nd place)
Mathematics Extension One - 70/100 (5th place)
Economics - 84/100 (1st place)
Legal Studies - 92/100 (3rd place)

I am most disappointed for legal, as it was my worst mark all year, and I didn't even find the exam that hard.
These marks put my final internals at

English Advanced - 88% (7/62)
English Extension One - 89% (2/12)
English Extension Two - 93% (2/5)
Mathematics Extension One - 69% (5/12)
Economics - 86% (2/15)
Legal Studies - 95% (1/58)

Overall, I'm pretty proud of how half this whole journey ended, now I just gotta push a little more and (hopefully) see great results on the other side.

I think majority of my stress comes from English advanced, as I really want to band 6 that and extension, I just hope I can replicate what I did in trials in the HSC, even if I feel like I can't

So, good luck to everyone for the next month, absolutely cannot wait to finish!

peace out,
meerae :)

meerae:
Okay so there is about 60 hours left until English paper one...

I wish I could say I was freaking the hell out and I am so stressed I can barely study, but for some reason I don't feel anything like the way I expected.
I genuinely expected to be so stressed that I could barely talk and I'd have to bring out some  Bach or something to calm me down (worked before legal, don't @ me), but I don't feel like I need any of that, I made a nice playlist on Spotify and the second I feel my heart racing, I just put it on and let myself calm down.

I worked on memorising common module content all today, I plan to do mod a and b tomorrow and do common again on Wednesday, hopefully that all works out and I don't procrastinate like crazy (which has weirdly become a thing a week before HSC?)

I feel like I'm not stressing out as much as I was last year because I've done a HSC exam before? Like I know how it feels and I know that its not too different from our normal internal exams, also the fact that I'm sitting a new syllabus is weirdly comforting?

I feel like I'm freaking out more because my sister is going to watch Love Island before I can on Wednesday/Thursday night...

I feel like if I can just repeat what I did in my trials I'll be fine, and I think I can do just that, just gotta work for a little bit longer. It also helps that I've been helping the rest of my cohort and giving them advice/helping out, which helps my understanding as well.
I also don't have another exam until English Ext one (which is on the first of November, so I get to chill a bit)

I will let you know if anything gets worse in regard to my stress hehe

peace out,
meerae :)

meerae:
There is almost 12 hours before my first ever HSC exam.

I know that I've technically done an exam like this and I shouldn't be stressed but I am really beginning to psyche myself out. My English teacher left two weeks before the HSC, so I've had little to no help and have been freaking out because I haven't prepared the same way I did for trials.

I can't sleep, and am trying to watch Love Island to fall asleep, but it just isn't working and I know I shouldn't keep reading over my stuff because its just stressing me out. I don't know what to do at this point and am really feeling the pressure.

It's like all the stress I didn't feel gradually the past week is all coming now and I have no clue how to handle it. I'm really hoping I'll be better tomorrow...

Just wanted to update on the stress, we'll see how the exam is tomorrow...

peace out,
meerae :)

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