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[HSCExposed]

Okay, so I just moved to a private school. One of the top schools in the state. I missed about a month of a half of work. The problem is that every term the schools has exams. The end of term exams are next week. I don't know what to do, am seriously stressing out. The subjects I do are 2U Maths, Physics, Biology, Modern History, Legal Studies and Advanced English. I missed out on heaps in Biology and Physics. I might fail the exams. Does it really matter? If I start fresh from next term will all the content in term 1 matter? Also, is year 11 and year 12 work connected? Give me some tips guys! The teachers gave me a stack load of sheets to catch up on but I seriously can't catch up in so little time. I kinda regret my subjects but oh well nothing to do I hate legal btw, haven't learnt anything.


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[senorceepa]

Okay as far as I can remember, Year 11 scores/grades/whatever you want to call them, don't count towards your ATAR. However, apparently they show up on your certificate. The content you learn in term 1 is pretty important. You could cram, but I don't think you should stress out too much. You can only cram so much. Year 11 work is sort of like the foundation for what you learn in year 12, although the content is somewhat different. The only stuff you really need from Year 11 when you are in Year 12, is the skills you have learnt from Year 11.

I'm assuming you're in Year 11 now, right?

If you really don't like your subjects, you could probably change some next term (if you're lucky). Otherwise, you'll have to wait until the end of the year to drop one subject and change one of your sciences to senior science, if you want to.

Considering you moved to one of the top schools in the state, I'm assuming you're quite intelligent. If that's the case, Bio, Modern, Legal and English shouldn't be too much of a problem. All your subjects require a huge amount of memorization, so once you get your head around the structure of writing essays, answers to questions, pracs, etc... memorization is the biggest challenge you'll have (by memorizing, I mean, learning all the key concepts, ideas, themes, blah blah blah). As for Physics and Maths, I've heard that they are a pain in the *ss, unless you LOVE the subjects.

Specifically for legal, Prelim Legal Studies wasn't the best for me either. Like all your other subjects, you gotta learn all the concepts (so; legislation, cases, criteria for effectiveness, etc) and learn the essay structure. And also, ask for assistance from the other kids in your class who know what they are doing. This helped me out a lot.

Hope that helps Let me know if you need anything else.

 

[rumbleroar]

Ok:
1. Calm down. Stressing is seriously not going to help you with anything at all.

2. Look at all the assessment tasks and break down what you have to do for each one. Prioritise these tasks too, so you know which ones are most important for each test. Get organised and get cracking.

3. See if you can talk to the deputy and appeal to them for an extension for the subjects you're struggling in the most. Explain the reasons why you're asking for an extension (i.e. just moved and don't know anything is a pretty legit reason imo) and see if that works. You may get only 1 or 2 days extra, but it can be really helpful if you're learning content for the first time.

4. If you really hate your subjects, you can try your best to change them (if timetabling permits)

5. Term 1 prelim stuff might be needed for your prelim exams at the end of year 11, otherwise no one gives a crap about it for HSC (of course basic principles from at least maths will be carried over, but other than that, it isn't crucial)

6. What's the weighting of your exams? If they're seriously minimal, it's /okay/ to "fail" as year 11 doesn't count (I'm not advocating failure at all, but if you're in a serious rush to get all the content in, then it might have to happen, depending how strong you are with each subject. You need to use this as a learning curve as to how to organise your time much more effectively so this situation doesn't occur again.)