The break over Christmas is a long one for school students. Especially those just transitioning over to the HSC – you could be starting to feel those pressures add on; or it could feel like the break is over way…
Author: Ashlee Negrone
Ash studies Pre-Medicine at the University of Technology Sydney. She gradutated in 2016 with an ATAR of 95.3 with the subjects Biology, Adv English, PDHPE, English Ext 1, Design and Technology and Studies of Religion 2U. Contact ash.negrone@gmail.com for tutoring inquiries.
PDHPE exams can be deceiving – the content is pretty straightforward, but answering questions well is another matter altogether. It is important to keep going through practice papers and recognizing certain question types to maximize your marks. Here are some…
Writing an essay in 40 minutes to an hour can be a daunting task. So much so that taking five minutes, or even ten minutes, to plan, seems like it costs too much. But everything will be made so much…
It’s really important to make sure you take time out for yourself during the HSC. I was notoriously bad at doing this – and it was not the best idea. My excuses always revolved around time and whether it was…
It is inevitable that there will be aspects of a subject, or even a whole subject, which you won’t enjoy. It’s impossible to love every single moment of a topic – even with English Extension 1, a subject which I…
Sometimes after receiving feedback, it can be hard to know exactly what to do with it to make the most of it. In addition, results can sometimes make you overlook valuable feedback and instead focus on the number. Here are…
In Year 12, there’s a lot more content than previous years of high school. Keeping on top of everything and making sure that your material is organised can be a challenge- but here are some tips to help keep everything…
The ATAR seems like the biggest deal when you’ve finished your HSC. You’ll hear people tell you that it’s not that important, that it’s not the be-all end-all. But if you’re like me, you unfortunately don’t take that advice and…
Students often leave HSC creative writing until closer to the exams, because improvisation is an easy option. Whilst sometimes this works, it’s better to work on your creative piece throughout the year, and shape it so that you’re more familiar…
Picking a Discovery related text is a deceivingly easy task. There are a number of things to consider, like relevance, size, sophistication, text type – and on top of that, it has to be SOMEWHAT interesting because of the time…