Yeah I would assume that a ridiculous amount of tutoring comes into it. I don't see how you could get a state rank except in maybe English or a foreign language subject without loads of tutoring.
Make sure your algebra skills are up to scratch because algebra underpins almost everything you do in prelim/hsc advanced. Sooooo many students have a really good grasp of concepts and know all the fancy formulas but still lose a lot of marks because they make silly errors in their algebra.
If you do effective, targeted study its surprisingly easy to do very well in eco. This because eco content is not like modern or bio where you have to know reams of facts - its basically about understanding key concepts and applying them. Sure, you have to memorise some stats for essays but...
Especially at band 6 level the scaling difference is negligible. In terms of workload modern is more about memorising loads of stats and regurgitating them in a rigid, structured essay with lots of 'sophisticated' vocabulary. Eco is more about understanding concepts and applying them, also the...
Attached are my full Cold War notes. They're not nearly as well set out as my other notes, and when I backed them up on my pc the font changed and my headings now look no different to the rest of the text. Lots of stats and historians but unfortunately you might have to hunt around a bit to find...
Eddie Woo has some good vids that explain NESA's mark moderation and all that. Can't post a link but if you search "Eddie Woo HSC Marks" they should come up.
I've got an asus zenbook, cost about $1000. It is more than sufficient for school/uni work - its got like 16 gb of ram or something. I've heard Lenovo Thinkpads are quite good as well.
yeah definitely, at my school at least yr 11was the best year for co-curriculars, make sure you get involved in them as much as you can. It's more important that you develop broader understandings of things through stuff like robotics and debating clubs as opposed to just studying in year 11...
Lots of stats for a range of essay topics. Don't know whether these 2020 predictions will still be terribly useful for the 2021 HSC, but there are about a dozen essays in this doc so hopefully some of them should come up.
Thanks, yeah im not well off myself so got first hand experience of what its like going to a school where loads of people are tutored and you cant afford it.
For English it pays to read at least some of you prescribed texts in the summer holidays. For most other essay subjects (eco, legal etc) the content is reasonably straightforward and you should be able to learn the prelim content fine at school. The differentiator for these subjects is...
Lots of stats (some of which may require updating, although most should still be relevant because not much new micro stuff happens), diagrams and dissemination of theory. I got an HSC mark of 95 for Economics and this was the essay I based all my micro stuff off of.
My complete China notes - I got an hsc mark of 95 with them. Plenty of historical detail and the odd historian quote (you don't really need them for this section), and a decent amount of stuff for the survey (they can actually ask you 3-5 mark questions on the survey in this section).
My complete Power and Authority notes - I got an hsc mark of 95 with these. Heaps of historical detail and some historian quotes if you want to spice up your extended responses.
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Hi, I graduated from Fort St High School in 2020 with an ATAR of 99.6 and came 5th in my cohort. I am offering online tutoring in English Advanced, Economics, Maths Advanced and Modern History. I can also tutor Maths and English from yr 7-10.
My HSC...