Who get's 90%? (1 Viewer)

[the_archduke]

I'd just liek to know, is there anyone out there who constantly gets 90% (or even 80%) in Chemistry with ease? How hard do you find it compared to all the other usual subjetcs ie. Maths, English, Physics, Biology? I hope I'm not the only one struggling...

 

[Xayma]

I constant get 90+% with ease.

Chemistry is just like the HSC sciences you need to learn the dot points and be able to write them to the verbs given.

Your not the only one struggling but if you can learn to write to the verbs and memorise alot of information it becomes easy.

 

[cj_bridle]

a lot of my class finds it very difficult duke.. just remember its all relative u might have a hard marking teacher.. just wait and see what u get for the trial.. (if u did an outside paper).

theres heaps of people who feel its hard... not all of us are xayma's

practice practice practice

 

[nomz]

chemistry is considered one of the hardest subjects at HSC level, and while I average about 90% I don't find it easy. It scales really well, so don't give up. Do lots of practice papers, and know all your formulas, and how to balance equations etc. Most people in my class average around 60% and we were told that would scale to high 70's... is that true does anyone know?

 

[cj_bridle]

obviously it depends on a lot of factors.. but generally yes nook.. that is true.. approximately.

 

[Tommy_Lamp]

ive got an average assessment mark of 96%

chem really isnt that hard, i find that doing test paper after test paper is the best way of studying for chem, that way u learn every Q they can ask

 

[jam3s]

i get above 90% for all my chem tests and asses but not sure about the cssc trials, yes definily wouldn;t get that high but still iget kicked by these other 2 guys who done chem last year, 1 who got band 6 and other high band 5 so they kinda pissing me off. always kicking my ass.

 

[jam3s]

ive got an average assessment mark of 96%

chem really isnt that hard, i find that doing test paper after test paper is the best way of studying for chem, that way u learn every Q they can ask

i did like 4 test papers few days before my chem trial but it was kinda diffrent damn it

 

[Tommy_Lamp]

ive done about 20 test papers since june, best way for me at least. obviously there not gonna have identical questions as ur test, but alot will be similar and it also helps by testing your knowledge

 

[jam3s]

ive done about 20 test papers since june, best way for me at least. obviously there not gonna have identical questions as ur test, but alot will be similar and it also helps by testing your knowledge

wow 20 test papers thats lot i hardly do any i still get good marks. prob not as good ur urs. but wth i am not aiming for 95+

 

[gershy]

Well for starters people who get 90% would know that there is no apostrophe in gets when it is a verb.

 

[Tommy_Lamp]

not necessarily, english is very different to chemistry (tho with the new crappy syllabi its pretty close )

 

[charmed_cuties]

i am so scared that i'm gonna get a shit mark for chem, but i hope that i will get at least 80

 

[Eagles]

not necessarily, english is very different to english (tho with the new crappy syllabi its pretty close )

??????????

 

[Enigmatic Eve]

Ehh...
For chemistry, assessments I manage to do well (~90's), but it comes to exams like my half yearly, I make so many silly mistakes and score in the 70's. But when I did the Catholics trials, I think I performed well in it (well, I hope so!!). I enjoy Chemistry though... finding it more interesting than Physics.
My friend, who is doing Biology, also has the same problem. She's hardworking, and does all her practicals, and can memorise all the syllabus dot points, but when it comes to exams, she scores only 70's.

 

[Steven12]

i find that hard to believe, i mean i can understand if its calculations. but if you can remember the dot points. there shouldnt be any SILLY mistakes? like what? misspelling?

 

[Survivor39]

It is not about memorising dot points. To get high marks, you need to be able to apply your knowledge to new suituation. This goes for in uni sciences too.

For example: I score 72 Credit in chemistry purely by memorising because I don't really understand chem. And I score 87 High Distinction in Biology, by understand and able to apply learned-knowledge to questions they ask you in the exam, without really memorising too hard. I spend more time studying/memorising for chem too...

 

[Li0n]

It is not about memorising dot points. To get high marks, you need to be able to apply your knowledge to new suituation. This goes for in uni sciences too.

For example: I score 72 Credit in chemistry purely by memorising because I don't really understand chem. And I score 87 High Distinction in Biology, by understand and able to apply learned-knowledge to questions they ask you in the exam, without really memorising too hard. I spend more time studying/memorising for chem too...

:/ ... i memorised i did alright...
The new syllabus is all about memorising, half of the questions are basically reworded from the syllabus with a few calculation problems. You only have basically one or two integrated questions (calculations + some other stuff) that require applied knowledge but you get that from practise.

Science subjects + memorised syllabus = win

well i don't do uni but i assume its true for what you say about uni because uni is uni and hsc is hsc.

 

[Survivor39]

:/ ... i memorised i did alright...
The new syllabus is all about memorising, half of the questions are basically reworded from the syllabus with a few calculation problems. You only have basically one or two integrated questions (calculations + some other stuff) that require applied knowledge but you get that from practise.

Science subjects + memorised syllabus = win

well i don't do uni but i assume its true for what you say about uni because uni is uni and hsc is hsc.

lol. no! uni is 2 times HSC plus 10.

 

[Xayma]

Memorising the dot points isn't as efficient as learning what goes on. However, there are questions that you just have to memorise (such as the contributions of Volta, Davi, Galvani etc in Shipwrecks).