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Well done, that's some pretty good results you've got there, especially Biology (97 is an incredible mark). If these are your raw marks, then there's some really great results there (honestly, all those results are very good, apart from English, which is relatively lower but not the end of the...

I think what you could rather do than taking a full week off studying and then unwillingly have to resume the following week would be to have deload days. So essentially, you are still doing something productive each day, but you may want to reduce the number of hours you spend per day. Within...

Just because you are approaching your HSC exams soon (bit more than 2 months till it starts), I wouldn't commit to a job just now as it may hinder your biggest importance of this year, which is to get the ATAR you are aiming for so you can get into the course you want to. That said, you will...

Being a 2020 graduate, honestly, I thought my year would be the worst it could get in many years, but after having heard about the current situation 2021 graduates are in, I can definitely sympathize with how difficult it must be for every one of them right now, even if things weren't as bad...

Yh sure, I can provide you with some notes. Check your PMs

4U and Chemistry were my best by far, while the thought of English just made want to kill myself sometimes (in basic terms, I absolutely loathed it, but hey, there's no other way around it)

Assuming your trials are finished/cancelled/about to happen, there are a few things you can do to set up an effective study timetable, which definitely helped me in between trials and externals. 1) Make it realistic; I'm sure you've heard of this before, but don't set yourself something like 1...

That's a fair point ... you could get more out of a tutor who charges $30 per hour compared to someone who charges $80 per hour because the cheaper tutor is less focused on the money and more focused on their students and making sure they can achieve the best possible marks they can. It can be...

I'm sure you've heard of the saying 'Too many cooks spoil the broth', and I think this analogy can be used in this situation. Especially for business studies where a lot of questions will be extended responses, there are 2 issues which can arise. 1) Will you all have enough time to get your own...

Hey, I'm currently in my first year doing actuarial studies with commerce at UNSW. So I would be more than happy to let you know through PMs about how I've been finding the course so far and its difficulty, if you wanted

This might not apply directly to you but may help you if needed. I graduated from a top 10 selective high school last year and found the externals for X1 to be much easier than our internals. This is granted that our school generally has quite tough internal exams, which helps in the long run...

Having done both these subjects myself last year, I can definitely say they are 2 demanding subjects which definitely require dedicated hours and consistency put into it in order to achieve the best results. I was definitely a person who enjoyed the STEM subjects the best, and as I had been...

Without being blunt, some of these tutors who charge relatively excessive amounts may be doing so for a few reasons. For example, if they are a med student and are living interstate, they would have to make sure they have enough money to take care of themselves (food, rent, etc), whereas at...

This may seem obvious but with internals done, it's time to look ahead and focus on externals. Remember, you still have 50% of your HSC to go, so nailing your externals can make a big difference in your final ATAR, and ultimately, where you want to go in university. Don't give up just yet...

Can you check your PMs

Would 2020 papers also be of use to you, as last year had the same syllabus as this year?

Like jimmy and nourished have said, copying quotes should be fine, as that is inevitable when there are 1000s of students who will have the same texts to analyse in their essays. Even though it is very unlikely to be caught for plagiarism, where it does change is when the analysis and topic...

Yep, there's no physical way HSC externals exams will be cancelled. They may find ways to change how it would usually run (for e.g making students go to places with larger halls to spread students out, for e.g like at Randwick (I think), but they will definitely go on this year)

Matrix does offer an accelerated holiday program for Chemistry (would be online for you guys). This meant by the time I went into Year 12 at the beginning of 2020, I had already finished Module 5, which definitely helps and puts you in a strong position. But it'd be best to wait for peoples'...

Haha yh that's over the last 5 years, so it's a pretty safe bet. I mean we did have a big chemistry cohort (bit less than 130, I think)