Class of 2025 (2025 HSC CHAT) (23 Viewers)

qweeosh · Oct 4, 2025

Study to success said:
Guys do u think muji pens are worth it or nah

no

Mango__ · Oct 4, 2025

reniiiblaseee said:
has anyone started memorising their english essays?

Memorising essays is a trap and I would not recommend it.

The current english HSC syllabus and paper writers do NOT like memorised essays for obvious reasons and there has been a lot of discussion on how to combat memorised essays in english from the markers, so very likely this years question will be pretty specific and hard to adapt a full essay to. Also, if your memorising an essay for hsc in 2025 and its obvious, the markers will be extremely harsh, and if you can do all the work of research and practice to memorise enough essays to be prepared for an exam and get away with it, your probably better off using that energy towards actually studying and practicing to get a better mark. Don't fall to the trap of "oh my tutor or sibling etc memorised their essay and got great marks" because unless they did the 2022 hsc or later, their memorised essay plan was before they started cracking down, and wouldn't work today.

That being said, there is some positive to memorising an essay, it actually can help, but only if you use it to build on your ideas and remember key quotes instead of just retelling an essay you top and tailed to the question.

melanie_o · Oct 4, 2025

reniiiblaseee said:
has anyone started memorising their english essays?

I'm just memorisimg my quotes and thesis statements.

Baliistic · Oct 4, 2025

Does anybody know when our nsw education emails get deleted cause I wanna transfer all my files before that happens

reniiiblaseee · Oct 4, 2025

Mango__ said:
Memorising essays is a trap and I would not recommend it.

The current english HSC syllabus and paper writers do NOT like memorised essays for obvious reasons and there has been a lot of discussion on how to combat memorised essays in english from the markers, so very likely this years question will be pretty specific and hard to adapt a full essay to. Also, if your memorising an essay for hsc in 2025 and its obvious, the markers will be extremely harsh, and if you can do all the work of research and practice to memorise enough essays to be prepared for an exam and get away with it, your probably better off using that energy towards actually studying and practicing to get a better mark. Don't fall to the trap of "oh my tutor or sibling etc memorised their essay and got great marks" because unless they did the 2022 hsc or later, their memorised essay plan was before they started cracking down, and wouldn't work today.

That being said, there is some positive to memorising an essay, it actually can help, but only if you use it to build on your ideas and remember key quotes instead of just retelling an essay you top and tailed to the question.

well i get bad marks either way so i might as well memorise

Study to success · Oct 4, 2025

reniiiblaseee said:
well i get bad marks either way so i might as well memorise

imo if u get bad marks either way you as may as well not waste ur time memorise and use the time to practice adapting or working on other subjects

Mango__ · Oct 4, 2025

reniiiblaseee said:
well i get bad marks either way so i might as well memorise

ykw, completely valid

reniiiblaseee · Oct 4, 2025

Study to success said:
imo if u get bad marks either way you as may as well not waste ur time memorise and use the time to practice adapting or working on other subjects

i dont have time to think on the spot with 2 hours for 3 essays and im simultaneously adapting and memorising fuck this dhitty subject

Mango__ · Oct 4, 2025

reniiiblaseee said:
i dont have time to think on the spot with 2 hours for 3 essays and im simultaneously adapting and memorising fuck this dhitty subject

I just gave up and started freeballing every exam, i do no study dont pay attention in class but with a good short answer response i make it over 50% average and im happy. saves alot of time to not study but also like im not gonna get a good atar i might be screwed lmaoo

Study to success · Oct 4, 2025

Mango__ said:
I just gave up and started freeballing every exam, i do no study dont pay attention in class but with a good short answer response i make it over 50% average and im happy. saves alot of time to not study but also like im not gonna get a good atar i might be screwed lmaoo

but lowkey if that's kinda a good method cause if u know u can spend all that time u spend on eng on other subejcts and do really well then u can just bomb eng. Cause if u feel like u put a lot of effort into eng and aren't getting the results u may as well spend that time on other subjects to ensure u get a band 6 then spend all that time to get a mediocre mark. I would do this but too bad I suck at most of my other subjects as well so I can't.

melanie_o · Oct 4, 2025

Baliistic said:
Does anybody know when our nsw education emails get deleted cause I wanna transfer all my files before that happens

I'd assume when HSC finishes.

erin_4school · Oct 4, 2025

coolcat6778 said:
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this is the hardest math advanced financial question, it's also the last question in the standard 2 paper

lol love maths standard best decision ever to drop. I think i do like 1 practice paper a week max and I just got 99% on trials

Mango__ · Oct 4, 2025

Study to success said:
but lowkey if that's kinda a good method cause if u know u can spend all that time u spend on eng on other subejcts and do really well then u can just bomb eng. Cause if u feel like u put a lot of effort into eng and aren't getting the results u may as well spend that time on other subjects to ensure u get a band 6 then spend all that time to get a mediocre mark. I would do this but too bad I suck at most of my other subjects as well so I can't.

I spend all of the free time i gain on minecraft

Mango__ · Oct 4, 2025

erin_4school said:
lol love maths standard best decision ever to drop. I think i do like 1 practice paper a week max and I just got 99% on trials

maths standard my beloved

Study to success · Oct 4, 2025

erin_4school said:
lol love maths standard best decision ever to drop. I think i do like 1 practice paper a week max and I just got 99% on trials

ughh I should drop but I don't wanna take it the lazy way and plus it will be good for uni degrees

Study to success · Oct 4, 2025

Mango__ said:
I spend all of the free time i gain on minecraft

wait I just checked ur bio and u do eng ext? bro u should at least try cause it's literally 3 units. If u hate it so much than why are u doing it

melanie_o · Oct 4, 2025

erin_4school said:
lol love maths standard best decision ever to drop. I think i do like 1 practice paper a week max and I just got 99% on trials

It looks so chill icl. Obviously there is some tricky questions, but overall it seems that it gives ppl who are part of the exodus from Advanced a sense of a weight off their shoulders and allows them to spend more time on other subjects.

Study to success · Oct 4, 2025

melanie_o said:
It looks so chill icl. Obviously there is some tricky questions, but overall it seems that it gives ppl who are part of the exodus from Advanced a sense of a weight off their shoulders and allows them to spend more time on other subjects.

hmm yeah. But I like procrastinating my other subjects with math hehe. I mean throughout this year it was like the other way around but sometimes I do. If I dropped that means I would have to spend more time on my other subjects rip

erin_4school · Oct 4, 2025

reniiiblaseee said:
has anyone started memorising their english essays?

its def based on preference, like if u have memorised essays up till now dont suddenly start freeballing cause it probs wont go very well (concidering theres only 11 days to practice)

personally i memorise mine, but they r kinda just all my evidence clumped together, then I pick and choose what I use on the day. So for mod B I have an "essay" but each paragraph is super adaptable bcs I have so many different pieces of evidence which all work together in any order or situation.

Also, Mod A is always the exact same q just in a different font so I 100% recommend memorising mod A if nothing else. Its always "how did [old text] influence/inspire [new text] or how does [new text] critique/[insert another rubric term] the [old text] (if that makes sense...)

melanie_o · Oct 4, 2025

Study to success said:
hmm yeah. But I like procrastinating my other subjects with math hehe. I mean throughout this year it was like the other way around but sometimes I do. If I dropped that means I would have to spend more time on my other subjects rip

Tbh, as long as you put the work into ADV, it shouldn't be too much of a jump from prelim.

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