2013 Half Yearlies? (1 Viewer)

[ChrisMueller]

How did everyone go in the half yearlies?

I felt I could have done better in some areas, but OK in others. :/

 

[Maryanayeah]

I'm doing mine after these holidays.. Hope you went well

 

[Focus is Key]

You'll be fine guys, there's still a long way to go to the end anyway Mine were:

English Belonging Paper: Well in the short answer (only part that counted toward our assessment mark and worth 5%) and creative writing, poorly in the essay because I ran out of time :/ Talked about my Prescribed text for way too long.

English Paper 2 (worth 0%): I was happy with the question, hoping for like 16/20-17/20.

Ext 1 English (worth 0%): Awful. But mainly because I had Legal on the same day and I didn't study much.

Maths Advanced (worth 30%): Probably got in the 50's out of 68 because of a few silly mistakes. I'll be okay with that though. There was also like 6-7 marks I outright know I got wrong (3 marks probability, one silly geometry mistake, 3 marks from a topic we haven't even studied yet!) This was made from HSC Past papers.

Maths Extension (worth 30%): Honestly quite a lot better than I thought it would be. No idea. I'm sure I passed at least though. Maybe in the 60's-70% range idk. Again this was made from HSC past papers.

Ancient (worth 20%): This was annoyingly easy, I wish it had been more of a challenge. I would hope 95-100% and an easy 1st place. The teacher basically told us what the questions would be!

Legal (worth 15%): Again, this was easy although most likely because I studied well. Hope for somewhere around 90% in this although I'm sure she could easily dock marks on the extended responses.

CAFS (worth 10%): The most difficult CAFS exam I've ever seen, this was an evil paper but I get why the teacher did it. The short answer sections and long responses were really good for me and I just finished them on time (many other people didn't finish the exam). The multiple choice on the other hand.... there was no giveaway marks, I know I dropped like 5 marks here which is unacceptable. He told us after he grabbed the 15 hardest multiple choices from the early 90's to now and use them. Uhmm lets just hope I get in the 80's lol. Multiple Choice will be the vast majority of those lost marks.

Overall mostly happy. The ones I think I did fairly well in are the ones that count more so

 

[anomalousdecay]

Chemistry -96%
MEX1-99%
MEX2-97%
English-Hopeful 90%
Economics - probably 70%
Physics - Hopeful 100%
Mathematics- 93% (doesn't count towards ATAR unless I drop 4-unit)


All-in-All, Happy as long as I am first in all my classes and getting 90+, except for Economics.

 

[yahyah123]

96% in PDHPE
92% in Business Studies
84% in Biology
25% in General Maths (Go me!)
Mine were all weighted relatively low (15% at the most) which sucks.

Bring on the trials!

 

[Hypem]

96% in PDHPE
92% in Business Studies
84% in Biology
25% in General Maths (Go me!)
Mine were all weighted relatively low (15% at the most) which sucks.

Bring on the trials!

If you're looking to get absolute top marks, any weighting counts.

If you get 50% in a low weighting (15%) assessment task, that's still 7.5 marks you've automatically lost from 100. The highest you can get from that point onwards is only 92.5%.

That's why I treat every task the same.

 

[yahyah123]

If you're looking to get absolute top marks, any weighting counts.

If you get 50% in a low weighting (15%) assessment task, that's still 7.5 marks you've automatically lost from 100. The highest you can get from that point onwards is only 92.5%.

That's why I treat every task the same.

Oh thanks for that information, I was never sure of the whole weighting stuff, but you have clarified it somewhat for me.
Good luck with your HSC!

 

[mac1996]

Chemistry -96%
MEX1-99%
MEX2-97%
English-Hopeful 90%
Economics - probably 70%
Physics - Hopeful 100%
Mathematics- 93% (doesn't count towards ATAR unless I drop 4-unit)



All-in-All, Happy as long as I am first in all my classes and getting 90+, except for Economics.

Impressive!

 

[anomalousdecay]

Impressive!

Thanks, How did you go?

 

[mac1996]

Thanks, How did you go?

tbh, i went alright considering i crammed every exam
but theres definitely room for improvement as i didn't give these set of exams my best shot
hopefully ill go a lot better in trials but that will only happen if i start studying from now

 

[mrbananaman]

Pretty happy overall

School rank: 20
Eng Adv: 15/15 Module A essay- rank 1/160 ish
Eng Ext 1: 14/15 Speech- rank 10/60
Eng Ext 2: 20/20 Report- rank 1/25
Modern: 19/20 Speech - rank 5/60
Ancient: 21/25 Source Analysis- rank 10/35
Business: 17/20 Report - rank 7/68

 

[Focus is Key]

Pretty happy overall

School rank: 20
Eng Adv: 15/15 Module A essay- rank 1/160 ish
Eng Ext 1: 14/15 Speech- rank 10/60
Eng Ext 2: 20/20 Report- rank 1/25
Modern: 19/20 Speech - rank 5/60
Ancient: 21/25 Source Analysis- rank 10/35
Business: 17/20 Report - rank 7/68

English beast right there!

 

[Hazballs]

PDHPE- 95%- Rank 1/30
SOR2- 93%- Rank 1/68
Biology- 86%- Not to sure on rank, hopefully still second or so
Maths- 74%- Rank ?? Dropping to general maths..

 

[ss09]

Why you sooo smart (
Nah I'm kidding good job but

 

[Focus is Key]

PDHPE- 95%- Rank 1/30
SOR2- 93%- Rank 1/68
Biology- 86%- Not to sure on rank, hopefully still second or so
Maths- 74%- Rank ?? Dropping to general maths..

74% isn't a bad mark you know I wouldn't drop to general if I got that. Say you got 74% raw in the HSC- that would get you a Band 5.

 

[bleakarcher]

2U Maths - 97% (1st, don't care about this)
3U Maths - 99% (1st)
4U Maths - 99% (1st)
Physics - 83% (2nd, highest was 87%)
Chemistry - 97% (1st)
English - Haven't gotten my final mark yet

 

[hayabusaboston]

3u maths: 100 percent
4u maths: 100 percent
Phys: 100 percent
Chem: 99 percent
English: 75 percent

EDIT: U got trolled lol
In reality,
88 for phys and chem
92 3u, 93 4u
70 english

 

[Hypem]

3u maths: 100 percent
4u maths: 100 percent
Phys: 100 percent
Chem: 99 percent
English: 75 percent

Holy shit dude, that is insane.

 

[hayabusaboston]

Holy shit dude, that is insane.

Not engish. Fuck me I hate english.

 

[Sirwest]

My gosh I receive an 80% and I would be so happy and you people are getting 90%+ and you're all like "yeah yeah it's alright but could have done better".