• Congratulations to the Class of 2024 on your results!
    Let us know how you went here
    Got a question about your uni preferences? Ask us here

How to prepare for trials/HSC (1 Viewer)

0wl

New Member
Joined
May 11, 2013
Messages
10
Gender
Male
HSC
2013
Hey guys, just wanted to know: how do you guys study or prepare for English exams?

Getting sick of writing essays!
 

oyuck

Member
Joined
Jul 6, 2011
Messages
126
Gender
Male
HSC
2011
Unfortunately, writing essays is the way to go! :-(
Tried and tested.
 

hayabusaboston

Well-Known Member
Joined
Sep 26, 2011
Messages
2,387
Location
Calabi Yau Manifold
Gender
Male
HSC
2013
haha, I just dont write anything for english lol. My natural level of ability is already reasonable (rank 7/21 after half of yr 12, everyone ranked better is doing extension english so I guess im the top student doing only advanced :p) so I feel I dont want to waste my time pushing for a band 6 when I am already probably going to get 80 something, which I am more than happy with.
 

madharris

Well-Known Member
Joined
Oct 23, 2011
Messages
2,160
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
N/A
Yeah I just wrote essays, it's really all you can do for english
It's essentially just like past papers, as you're answering questions

For the AOS part A though, I did a lot of them before trials as I didn't think I was any good at them
 

0wl

New Member
Joined
May 11, 2013
Messages
10
Gender
Male
HSC
2013
I dont want to just sit here writing essays and making the same mistakes though. It's not really something they're helping me with at school.
 

madharris

Well-Known Member
Joined
Oct 23, 2011
Messages
2,160
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
N/A
I dont want to just sit here writing essays and making the same mistakes though. It's not really something they're helping me with at school.
Have you gone up to your teachers?
Go ask them to mark your papers and ask them to show/tell you where you went wrong and possibly how to improve
 

Sunners

Member
Joined
Nov 4, 2012
Messages
58
Location
Eastern Suburbs
Gender
Male
HSC
2013
Uni Grad
2018
There's not much you can do other than write essays, hand it to your teacher/tutor and get feedback on them because that's what the trial is.
 

Spiritual Being

hehehehehe
Joined
Jan 10, 2012
Messages
3,054
Location
Sydney, Australia
Gender
Male
HSC
2013
Uni Grad
2018
haha, I just dont write anything for english lol. My natural level of ability is already reasonable (rank 7/21 after half of yr 12, everyone ranked better is doing extension english so I guess im the top student doing only advanced :p) so I feel I dont want to waste my time pushing for a band 6 when I am already probably going to get 80 something, which I am more than happy with.
nek min band 3
 

nerdasdasd

Dont.msg.me.about.english
Joined
Jul 29, 2009
Messages
5,353
Location
A, A
Gender
Male
HSC
2012
Uni Grad
2017
Hey guys, just wanted to know: how do you guys study or prepare for English exams?

Getting sick of writing essays!
Writing essays is the way to go (as boring as it is), don't heed to haya advice.....
 

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 0, Guests: 1)

Top