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The All-round Achievers List contains the names (in alphabetical order) and schools of students who have been placed on the Distinguished Achievers List for courses totalling 10 or more units. This may include placements on the Distinguished Achievers List in previous years...

Economics - 90 English Adv - 96 English Ext 1 - 48 Legal Studies - 96 Modern History - 91 History Extension - 47 Really happy, I was aiming for all rounders!

Same haha, I don't have the self control to wait so am going to end up messing around on ATAR calculators and then probably being disappointed on Thursday.

Wait... so did you miss your speech? Or did you get there on time for the speech, but committed 'malpractice' or whatever by taking the morning class off (giving you more time to prepare than others). Either way, having already admitted that you weren't sick, it kind of depends on how lenient...

Yes to organ donation. No, families should not be able to veto. (Which is really disrespectful to the dead's wishes, btw. I would haunt the shit out of anyone who tried that.) No to selling organs... we have enough inequality already, thanks.

Wow, Ron Paul talking sense for once...

^ I don't think it's that unlikely, tbh - obviously security was somehow compromised, or else BOS wouldn't have left it this late to issue new pins. And I still haven't got mine...

Some school districts aren't that strict about only accepting local students, particularly if you're a rather high achieving student. It's still worth contacting the schools (or even arranging an interview with a principal or deputy, because the secretaries will just brush you off) and...

If you told the first employer that you have unlimited availability and are on a casual roster, they probably won't be happy. But it depends if your shifts clash.

Having done Hist ext myself (as my tenth unit), I would drop it. The workload is simply too much for a 1 unit course - and like you, I was fine with the major work (except for writing it all the day before it was due - oops) but I found the exam essays pretty difficult, and in recent years the...

Wait until you get to recycle it all next December... I felt so guilty about all of those trees.

That's good, but just be careful - apparently most markers are quite left-wing, and although this shouldn't effect their marking, it could be the difference between 14/15 and 15/15. Good luck to both of you. :)

For example, I would say this ^, but follow it up with "However, Australia's obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child recognises that the best interest of the child should be paramount when dealing with young offenders; thus, this is a necessary measure."

I would generally say not to be too 'bias', just evaluative. For all of my legal responses I always had a conclusion like "Thus, police powers have clearly been effective in the areas of ____ and ____ in the criminal investigative process. However, as seen in the cases _____ and _____ [which I...

Also remember to use the stimulus metaphorically, not just literally. (My teacher told us that one year a stimulus was a ladybeetle without any spots or something...many, many people wrote about insects. Don't do that.)

If you're finding chem hard to understand and not doing well even though you're working relatively hard, then drop it. There's no point in torturing yourself for another few months when you're already having trouble with the material. That being said, you'll have to make sure to keep up with...

^ I would advise the complete opposite - creative is the one area where you're stupid to NOT have something memorised! But to each their own, haha. OP, you'll have to work out whether you can write a quality story on the spot (honestly, most people can't).

...Why? You obviously still have to be good at your subjects, you can't be like "LOL OK ART, DRAMA, FOOD TECH" (I assume that's what's meant by 'easy' subjects) and get 99.95 without a lot of work/talent.

My approach was to just have 1 story that was adaptable to the majority of syllabuses. I think you're doing the right thing - just practice adapting it over and over and over. You don't even need to write out the whole story - just make plans of what you'll change. I know some people went in to...

Definitely! Your whole life shouldn't stop because of your HSC, that's ridiculous and you'll end up really unhappy after a few months. Honestly, the HSC isn't particularly challenging, just requires effort and efficiency. You should have ample time to do all of those things. I said in another...