2026 HSC CHAT (9 Viewers)

[Geniusly]

can someone give me study tips to ace hsc and year 12 overall

To be honest, all you need to do is work hard, learn from your mistakes and stay consistent. There will be a lot of sacrifices you have to make if you want to succeed, so you've got to find a reason why you want to ace HSC. Something like getting into a good course, such as Med, will help you stay focused and guided when it gets tough. And it will definitely get tough during the year. Even if you study 6 hours a day like I did, it's impossible not to make mistakes. Inevitably, you will mess up exams and be disappointed with your results. The most important thing to do is to track these mistakes and learn from them so that when they come up again, you are prepared to ace them. I kept a spreadsheet of all my marks, mistakes, and the reasons I got the questions wrong, and it helped heaps by eliminating any silly mistakes.

Apart from that, there isn't really any cheat code to succeeding in Year 12. Just have a goal, work hard towards it and stay consistent. Just as a fair warning, at times it will become incredibly lonely and mentally taxing during HSC. There will be times when you don't want to continue studying, especially after trials, when it feels like the year has kept on for so long. It's times like this where you just need to keep pushing.

The good news, though, is that you will eventually succeed. It's just going to feel like hell before you do. Good luck with your HSC.

 

[Bendwhat?_over]

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I'm so confused and this is like the easiest year 12 topic.

When your translating Q(2,-6) for f(x-5)+3, when you shift it to the right by 5 wouldn't that make the x coordinate 7 because you are moving it 5 times to the right. I'm so confused cause it's supposed to make the x coordinate -4

Point Q is already on the graph y = f(x - 5) + 3
From point Q to point P, there is a difference of 6 units to the right.
Because you are going from (x-5) to (x-11)
I'm not sure why it's negative, honestly, but it is 2 ± 6, which would be 8 or -4.

 

[ellurbee]

You know you're cooked when they put two syllabus dot-points in for your 50 minute biology exam.

 

[Study to success]

Point Q is already on the graph y = f(x - 5) + 3
From point Q to point P, there is a difference of 6 units to the right.
Because you are going from (x-5) to (x-11)
I'm not sure why it's negative, honestly, but it is 2 ± 6, which would be 8 or -4.

this is the answer

 

[Bendwhat?_over]

Yes, that's correct. What were you confused about?

 

[Study to success]

Yes, that's correct. What were you confused about?

how do u know whether to add it or subtract it

 

[Bendwhat?_over]

how do u know whether to add it or subtract it

Draw it out and see. (x-11) is 6 more units to the right than (x-5)
If you were going left 6 units from (x-5), then it would be (x+1)

 

[Joey07111]

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[pradhyumn]

Hello guys, does anyone have any tips on how to be mentally sane(for example anxiety and nervousness)throughout the course of year 12?

 

[alphxreturns]

like 80/hr

80 is so crazy to me lol

 

[Study to success]

80 is so crazy to me lol

But that’s like what many tutors charge. I think it’s usually between 60-90

 

[Reasonabledoubt]

Hello guys, does anyone have any tips on how to be mentally sane(for example anxiety and nervousness)throughout the course of year 12?

You just have to build the mindset that anxiety will ruin your exam performance; the exam is not testing you on how much you feel but on what you can write. In the moment you really have to strip year 12 out of all of its weight and see it for what it is: you writing on a paper. Another thing I would do (totally up to you) is take St John's wort, which is an herb in a capsule that calms you down, this carried me through trials and HSC. Also, take walks, listen to music and exercise, it's a great way to burn off the stress. Good luck!

 

[Study to success]

You just have to build the mindset that anxiety will ruin your exam performance;

doesn't that just give u more anxiety cause then u get anxious that ur anxiety will ruin ur exam performance. it def did for me

 

[Study to success]

Hello guys, does anyone have any tips on how to be mentally sane(for example anxiety and nervousness)throughout the course of year 12?

I feel like just letting go and going with the flow helped me. Also just reminding myself that there's many other ways to success in life and it doesn't have to be determined by the hsc. I mean its hard but that was the only way I could get rid of my anxiety

 

[pradhyumn]

I feel like just letting go and going with the flow helped me. Also just reminding myself that there's many other ways to success in life and it doesn't have to be determined by the hsc. I mean its hard but that was the only way I could get rid of my anxiety

facts bro

 

[Reasonabledoubt]

doesn't that just give u more anxiety. it def did for me

That all youre doing is writing on a piece of paper? I mean, not for me personally. In prelims I would be very nervous and underperform due to my anxiety, so in year 12 I made it very clear that in order to succeed, my brain must be clear. I've noticed every time I was anxious, my essays would be confusing and reflect the state of mind I was in.

 

[Reasonabledoubt]

I feel like just letting go and going with the flow helped me. Also just reminding myself that there's many other ways to success in life and it doesn't have to be determined by the hsc. I mean its hard but that was the only way I could get rid of my anxiety

Yeah that works too but it could also make you partially give up on what you want to achieve

 

[Study to success]

That all youre doing is writing on a piece of paper?

no like the first part where u said "You just have to build the mindset that anxiety will ruin your exam performance;". Cause fixating on that will make u more anxious

 

[Study to success]

Yeah that works too but it could also make you partially give up on what you want to achieve

But honestly for me I do better when I do 0 study than when I study so much and end up doing poorly cause of anxiety. My anxiety is so bad that even when I get a tiny bit stressed my whole world comes crashing down so I just need to try and stop caring as much as possible. But obv I will care so I'll still put in some effort but not stress too much

 

[Reasonabledoubt]

But honestly for me I do better when I do 0 study than when I study so much and end up doing poorly cause of anxiety. My anxiety is so bad that even when I get a tiny bit stressed my whole world comes crashing down so I just need to try and stop caring as much as possible. But obv I will care so I'll still put in some effort but not stress too much

If that works for you, then go right ahead, I was just responding to pradhyumn's question