POST TRIALS UPDATE!!
It's been over a month and a half since I last updated, which flew sooooo fast.
So, I finished trials and have got my trial marks and most of my ranks back.
Trials was actually okay. It was a bit stressful at times, however it wasn't as bad as people make it out to be. Don't get me wrong, I never want to do it again. Buttt HSC is coming up in about a month so there's that.
My school creates it's own papers, taking questions from a variety of papers (CSSA, independent etc).
Here's a rundown of how I found each exam, my marks and my ranks:
English Adv: I completed paper 1 thinking I bombed the exam. I was consistently getting 10-12/20 for short answers and I was losing my mind. Paper 2 was decent, but I was shocked with my marks for both papers.
Paper 1: Section I (SAQ): 17/20, Section II (MoV): 17/20
Paper 2: Mod A: 19/20, Mod B: 17/20, Mod C: 20/20
Overall mark: 90/100. Rank: 3rd/92
I was extremely happy with my mark, considering how I thought I went. My last task was a Mod A essay which I got 14/20 for, so I was surprised with my mark. Tbh I thought Mod B was my best coming out of the exam but I realised I misinterpreted the question lol. I am worried that I was lucky with the questions we were given, since they matched my essays very well, hence I'm scared for HSC.
Maths Adv: This was probably the exam I felt the most relaxed for. I completed a decent amount of papers in timed conditions and was fairly confident. My marks have been fluctuating like crazy.
Mark: 92/100. Rank: 5th/72
I'm very happy with this mark, however it was quite an easy paper so I'm not too sure this is how HSC will turn out.
Physics: This was a weird exam. It wasn't too difficult however most of the content I studied wasn't in the exam.
Mark: 84/100. Rank: tied 2nd/33
I think I could have done better if I was confident in myself. Teacher's were not too sure on what questions to use, and how to go around the new syllabus. So I'm pretty concerned with the HSC :/
Economics: This was by far my most underprepared exam. I wrote like 2 essays the whole year and barely touched past papers. I thought I completelyyyy bombed the paper (I swear I'm not one of those kids that keeps saying they failed and got 100000%), but maybe I put a lil too much pressure on myself.
Overall Mark: 86/100. Overall Rank: 2nd/17
Um.... wut. I was so shocked with this. I would've been happy with low 70's but I'm thrilled with this. I really hope I can prepare more and perform well in HSC in this subject.
Business Studies: So I also thought this exam didn't go too amazing. I knew I was most likely going to pull off more than 80. I prepared a HR and marketing essay, and we ended up only getting operations and finance out of the 4 topics. So that kinda sucked. I was first throughout all of year 11 and some year 12, however I lost my rank and was 2nd for the rest of yr 12. Until
Mark: 93/100; Rank: 1st/66
I ended up coming first in this exam, and I'm so happy with this. Business has been one of my favourite subjects as well as economics (despite me not working hard for them), so I'm ecstatic that it was my best mark. The pipe dream is to get above 95 in business in the HSC, but we'll see what happens
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Overall, trials were decent, and I'm fairly happy with my performance (especially compared to some results in my first post in this thread). I'm not too sure how similar HSC will be (260ish ranked school, might have been easier) so I need to work hard to reduce any risk.
I've taken a bit too long of a break (haven't studied properly since the 23rd of August yikes) but I'm trying to get back on the grind for HSC.
Hopefully these final exams go smoothly, however I can't help but feel scared and underprepared (even tho that's from my own stupidity lmao).
Not too sure I'll be able to do another update, but I just wanted to wish everyone a big good luck for the HSC exams!!!!!