Biology band 6 (1 Viewer)

[yonezwxu]

Hi, Im about to go into year 12 next term and to the people who managed to band 6 in bio, is any advice or strategy you guys can offer? I would be very grateful. For year 11 i've just been taking notes and trying to summarise them and put all my notes into anki and go through flashcards which is working but it is very time consuming and kind of tiring imo, like is there any other way of revising more efficiently besides what i mentioned or do i just have to bite the bullet and push through as there is sm content in bio. Im not doing too badly rn like i would say im middle of the pack but there are a lot of people who are good at bio so im kinda worried about my chances of a b6. thanks!

 

[Study to success]

bio is my worst subject and rn I'm sitting around a band 4 aligned mark of 71. raw 53 rip

 

[f7eeting]

From what I've heard from people who b6'd bio, in order to lessen your workload ask your teacher or just look over past papers to discern which topics are usually assessed in the HSC for a higher mark value (because some topics only appear in MCQ whilst others go up to 8 marks).
That way you can learn everything in the detail appropriate for the marks that they're usually assigned in the exam.
Also, in biology, I've found that learning all the content and knowing it completely doesn't mean you're guaranteed to do well in an exam.
You should be constantly looking out for exam style questions and adjust to the structure markers look for in certain topics.

 

[coolcat6778]

why tf do people think "bio" is the easiest science subject? physics is lol. it is the most objective

 

[Study to success]

why tf do people think "bio" is the easiest science subject? physics is lol. it is the most objective

Lowkey wish I picked physics over bio but it ran on the same line as DT

 

[reniiiblaseee]

Hi, Im about to go into year 12 next term and to the people who managed to band 6 in bio, is any advice or strategy you guys can offer? I would be very grateful. For year 11 i've just been taking notes and trying to summarise them and put all my notes into anki and go through flashcards which is working but it is very time consuming and kind of tiring imo, like is there any other way of revising more efficiently besides what i mentioned or do i just have to bite the bullet and push through as there is sm content in bio. Im not doing too badly rn like i would say im middle of the pack but there are a lot of people who are good at bio so im kinda worried about my chances of a b6. thanks!

honestly i was shitty at bio the entire year and trials is where i improved immensely. i recommend having ur notes up to date (which i didnt do, causing me to avoid bio)

bc i didnt have notes upto date i used ones from the internet, but bc u have plenty of time i recommend u make ur own

practice questions are a must! at ur stage u probably only need to do like 1-2 max a week. my jump from barely band 4 to a band 6 in trials is due to my exposure to questions, as i used to avoid them

id say dont stress too much, def do anki as it is very content heavy

edit: bio uses alot of thinking so ur content knowledge will only take u so far. doing questions is the only solution to improving ur application

 

[99.95dreams]

i agree with everyone who is advocating for the importance of past papers. my downfall in trial was knowing the content back to front BUT doing only 2 past papers rip. at the same time, it is imperative to know the content well because they can literally give you like 9 marks on any given topic (usually it is biotech/technologies but you never know). just yesterday i came upon a 7 marker on ACTION POTIENTIAL like what bro

 

[Trial&Error]

Agreed with everyone here. Definitely do lots of questions. It’s almost guaranteed the same types of questions will come up again and again so if you know what key words they’re looking for and exactly what the criteria requires, you technically wouldn’t even need to learn certain dotpoints in super detail.

 

[coolcat6778]

https://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/ebos/static/BD5471969.PDF

none of yall are getting a band 6 statistically

 

[99.95dreams]

if i can come first in a top 30 school, i think i can band 6 as well
also just because you can't get a band 6 in a humanities subject doesn't mean you have to project on others damn

 

[reniiiblaseee]

https://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/ebos/static/BD5471969.PDF

none of yall are getting a band 6 statistically
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shut up u ugly fark