The difficulty is similar in Standard to Advanced. However, Advanced has much better aligning (proportion getting band 4s,5s etc). You would probably be worse of, with respect to your ATAR, then if you stuck with Advanced English.
I would encourage you to stick with Advanced English. Have you...
Not to mention you appear to be a competent mathematics student, given you topped year 11 three units. Additionally, you can always re-sit the HSC exam in the next year, if your results are not up to your standards/expectations.
Do them together if you can. 3 Unit and 4 Unit complement each other. Not to mention, it is very helpful to get some units out of the way in the prior year so you have less units to focus on when your final year of HSC happens.
It's not too late. HSC does not start until Thursday the 17th so you still have a few days till it starts.
What I would recommend you do is get an a2 sheet of paper, and do a massive calendar of when each of your exams is.
Then see how much time you have between each exam, and allocate/write...
I mean put WSU at first, and see what happens with getting in.
If you don't mind travelling into a different state if that fails, you probably can get into La Trobe, James Cook, ECU, Uni South QLD, CQ Uni or the University of the Sunshine Coast.
https://bettereducation.com.au/SchoolR
School rank? In 2018,2017,2016
The number of band 6s in the respective subject?
https://www.topscores.co/select-nsw.php
Number of band 6s in 2018,2017,2016
"They evaluate how writers use language creatively and imaginatively for a range of purposes; to express insights, evoke emotion, describe the wonder of the natural world, shape a perspective or to share an aesthetic vision".
I could see it being useful to have quotes memorised, but it is the...
Off-topic, but meanwhile all? Macquarie Uni students can access travel grants to study overseas.
https://student.mq.edu.au/opportunities/student_exchange/travel_grants_terms_and_conditions/