2026 HSC CHAT (18 Viewers)

[ALolly]

i think my trials are probs worth around 15% each cuz i have two for some reason

 

[ALolly]

ugh i have a chem and physics depth study next term

 

[ALolly]

With or without a test? They get really bad when they come with a validation test because that's just double the effort for no good reason. Although a validation test does catch out the people who use AI..........

i think mine are in class (idk how that works) but my physics teacher was saying something about bringing like cheatsheets or soemting and we do it in class

 

[ALolly]

Cheat sheets are useless unless it's organic chemistry and then they're op

idk if that is what they're doing for chem aswell but i know for physics they are and its gonna be one mod 7 & 8 so she said we need a cheatsheet or something

 

[f7eeting]

Are these students serious? Do they not know how important and lovely Physics is? Why waste class time?

do you have any recommendations on how i can learn physics?

 

[f7eeting]

I got 83 overall, so my recommendations might not be that good.

I guess try doing as many questions as possible and self mark yourself. Use 2001 to 2018 papers, most questions are still relevant. Maybe ask your teacher every bow and then also to mark the long response (especially) after you self mark (might be a good idea). This will allow to understand better how to answer questions

Focus on the 5 to 9 marks questions. The North Sydney Boys High School exams are probably the best on THSC. You could also have a look at JRAHS.

thanks so much!
but as somebody who's not studying the official hsc course, and in fact has little to no exposure to physics where do you think i should start? i dont think im quite at past paper level yet

 

[Sam Rowan]

I don't think it's allowed for trials to be worth 50%. Max amount according to NESA's rules are 40%. My trials are 30% for most subjects which is the same as half yearlies this term

oh it must be 40% then. either way their worth a LOT. its a yearly exam so it makes sense to me idk

 

[Sam Rowan]

How are trials worth 50 percent???? There is no way they can make it that if you mess up even 1 assessment task your cooked before hsc starts. Most assessment tasks will never be out of the range of 20-30 percent

yeah, i just learned its more like 40% though, so i believe at1,2,3 are 20% and trials were 40% making a total of 100% for internal assessments.

i remember my prelims were 50%, but i only had two assessment tasks (25, 25, 50)

 

[Study to success]

man you should come to my school, apparently our physics teacher is really good. but thanks! ill take your advice

The one who puts 67 jokes in the exam papers lol

 

[Study to success]

Huh what?

The physics teacher at my school

 

[f7eeting]

The one who puts 67 jokes in the exam papers lol

yup the bald goat!!
funnily enough though he actually hates 67. i remember i was sitting in physics class with my friends one day and i said 67 and everybody glanced at me with shame because he scolded everybody else for saying 67 before

 

[ALolly]

i am forced to study after like 8:30 today cuz of exams otherwise i literally shut down by now

 

[f7eeting]

because I'm trying to downplay myself this year

i think its okay to brag a little every once in a while, as long as you're not exaggerating

 

[ALolly]

How was english?

it was ok like the essay question was fine but idk about the unseen cuz i kinda rushed them so...

 

[f7eeting]

See if I walked around parading how much work ive done people will catch on and realise that I'm a threat. I came from failing chem physics and math so most think I am no competition and I can beat a lot of people without them ever knowing. In biology everyone knows my marks (someone was trying to bully me, and I used that mark in my argument so yeah). Low expectations just give a lot more room to work

whats wrong with people thinking you're a threat?

 

[f7eeting]

People don't feel competitive with me. They actually tell me things instead of gatekeeping like they do from others. I don't have expectations on me and yeah, I'm just chill. It's like they find it really easy to help and give resources to someone that's lower than them but could the same be said for someone who is higher or at the same level?

ohhh honestly fair fair i get it, that makes sense

thankfully my school isn't that competitive so people will share just about any resource if you ask nicely enough, even if you're higher ranked.
nobody really gatekeeps (unless ive been in the dark this whole time, i hope not... @Study to success is our grade hiding any resources from me i should know about? )

 

[f7eeting]

Our grade is so toxic, and everyone does anything to get the upper hand. Even the guy who was against gatekeeping tricked me in physics. Now I'm at the point where I don't trust pretty much everyone and I'm coming for these people next task.

damn how'd he trick you?? thats just so evil...
everybody in my grade knows our school is badly ranked and that we need to depend on each other if we wanna actually do well, so nobody really tries to mislead other people

 

[TheEliteTitan]

I read this and realise how much my study habits differ from you guys’
Plus how the f do you chat so much in 2 hours I dint look

 

[Study to success]

ohhh honestly fair fair i get it, that makes sense

thankfully my school isn't that competitive so people will share just about any resource if you ask nicely enough, even if you're higher ranked.
nobody really gatekeeps (unless ive been in the dark this whole time, i hope not... @Study to success is our grade hiding any resources from me i should know about? )

I mean there are very few people that I would be wary of but yeah that’s mostly true. And dw I haven’t gatekeeped resources either lol

 

[Study to success]

I read this and realise how much my study habits differ from you guys’
Plus how the f do you chat so much in 2 hours I dint look

This isn’t even much. If u looked at 2024 we chatted way more