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You write 1500 words in 45 mins, quite identical.
 

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You cannot compare your wpm speed. Characters per minute is more accurate. For instance my Belonging essay took a lot more time to write compared to my module essays because it had significantly longer words.
 

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Wow, how do you guys write so fast?

I timed myself earlier copying a text and reached 135 words in 5 minutes.. so 1215 words in 45 minutes.

Way to make me feel like shit
 

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Over 1000 if it's a prepared essay

probably 800-1000 if it's on the spot
 

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I re-timed myself writing the first things that came to my mind and reached around 45 words a minute.. so like 2025? I attempted to make the words long.

I guess I need to accurately time myself over a period of 45minutes with an actual memorised essay.
 

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Prepared essay will help in HSC. As the questions revolve around the same idea.

But 1000 is enough for an essay in the HSC
 

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I can write at a decent rate but it comes at the expense of legibility. Pretty bad trade off IMO.
 

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You cannot compare your wpm speed. Characters per minute is more accurate. For instance my Belonging essay took a lot more time to write compared to my module essays because it had significantly longer words.
That's very true.

I think I'm much slower at writing now (thanks computing >_<).
 

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I wrote collectively about 4500-5000 words last year in my Paper 2 exam. Keeping in mind though these were all pre-prepared memorised essays.
 

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In my HSC economics exam, I wrote 2 essays that were 1980 words and 2040 words each - both of these were written on the spot, and I wrote them in each in about one hour, including thinking/planning time.
 

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I wrote collectively about 4500-5000 words last year in my Paper 2 exam. Keeping in mind though these were all pre-prepared memorised essays.
In my HSC economics exam, I wrote 2 essays that were 1980 words and 2040 words each - both of these were written on the spot, and I wrote them in each in about one hour, including thinking/planning time.
thats f***ing crazy
 

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In my HSC economics exam, I wrote 2 essays that were 1980 words and 2040 words each - both of these were written on the spot, and I wrote them in each in about one hour, including thinking/planning time.
Lol wtf, this is a true beast - no wonder you got the mark you did.
 

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in deed!

Fastest iirc writing is 1600-1650 in 52~ minutes.. i was surprised my english teacher could even read it..
 

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