How to push extended responses from 18/19 to 20 (1 Viewer)

[swagmeister]

Hey,

As I am assuming that HSC marking is stricter than my school, currently I feel as if I would be hitting around 18 or 19 out of 20 in terms of the extended responses. I'm sure many people are in a similar boat.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to push up your responses just the slightest bit to ensure you're pulling 20/20?

Cheers,
swagmeister

 

[turnerloos]

solid content in your responses is a must for th 18-20 ranage. to get 20, you'd need to be really concise and succinct. everything needs to be relevant. none of that rambling on bullshit.

 

[astroman]

Make sure you hit every relevant dotpoint from the syllabus.

 

[swagmeister]

solid content in your responses is a must for th 18-20 ranage. to get 20, you'd need to be really concise and succinct. everything needs to be relevant. none of that rambling on bullshit.

quantity in some cases can be quality though, I agree don't ramble but if it ends up long that can still be really good

 

[swagmeister]

Make sure you hit every relevant dotpoint from the syllabus.

As in like describe them all?

I've always thought the best way was to list them but focus on a few specifics, especially for something with literally so many different things e.g. operations strategies

 

[Crisium]

As in like describe them all?

I've always thought the best way was to list them but focus on a few specifics, especially for something with literally so many different things e.g. operations strategies

Yeah focus on those that are only relevant and make sure your case study content is relevant

 

[swagmeister]

Yeah focus on those that are only relevant and make sure your case study content is relevant

Definitely true

 

[Silly Sausage]

It'll have to exceptional, talking to several English HSC markers they've said usually essays that receive 20/20 are literally "30/20 essays". They also mention that the "20/20" sample essays the teachers give you as an example only just meet the minimum requirements of a 20/20 essay.

 

[Examine]

I doubt you need to cover every dot point relevant to the question.

Just cover up enough and make sure that each paragraph provides completely answers the question/what you're arguing and make sure there aren't any holes in your reasoning

For the case study question make sure that on top of this you continuously provide examples to reinforce your points and that's about all you can do really. As long you've covered enough points to fully answer the question and covered each point comprehensively, then there's not really anything a marker can pull you up on.

If aligning hasn't changed much since 2012 then getting 18+/20 in the HSC for the essays should be good enough for 94+

 

[Drifting95]

I doubt you need to cover every dot point relevant to the question.

Just cover up enough and make sure that each paragraph provides completely answers the question/what you're arguing and make sure there aren't any holes in your reasoning

For the case study question make sure that on top of this you continuously provide examples to reinforce your points and that's about all you can do really. As long you've covered enough points to fully answer the question and covered each point comprehensively, then there's not really anything a marker can pull you up on.

If aligning hasn't changed much since 2012 then getting 18+/20 in the HSC for the essays should be good enough for 94+

If someone manages to pull of a 20/20, they should really be cracking a SR. 94-95 would be disappointing with a 20/20 in my opinion because a lot of us achieved that with 17-18s

 

[Crisium]

If someone manages to pull of a 20/20, they should really be cracking a SR. 94-95 would be disappointing with a 20/20 in my opinion because a lot of us achieved that with 17-18s

I already have RoT's essays (They're godsend) but would you and/or examine have an exemplary essay responses (preferably for free) ?

 

[swagmeister]

If someone manages to pull of a 20/20, they should really be cracking a SR. 94-95 would be disappointing with a 20/20 in my opinion because a lot of us achieved that with 17-18s

I sense pressure haha... especially after getting full marks for both ER's in trials and getting 99/100 overall... really hoping I can pull high nineties raw and SR so we'll see!

But yeah I definitely agree with your point, it's hard to lose more than like 3 marks in total in all of MC and SA