2026 HSC CHAT (4 Viewers)

[Study to success]

people that dropped subjects, how did you decide how to do so? I'm struggling with 13 units but feel I can't drop any of them due to how I've done in them/how I enjoy them.

well for me I dropped bio cause it was my worst subject and the amount of effort I was putting into it was not worth the marks I was getting. But if ur struggling with 13 units def drop one. I would just drop the one ur doing the worst in or u dont enjoy but if that's hard then just drop the subject that's just drag or takes up the most of ur time

 

[Ybot08]

I can't work out how to add signature to my posts but lowkey I'm doing fine with them all. I'm just concerned for mental stuff going forward (IG not quite yet) eg I need to put more time into maths and barely do any study for bio ancient or extension hist yet seem to always struggle for efficiency/for time.

 

[Ybot08]

I haven't got all marks back for all subjects but as of most recent stuff
Biology 2/79
Chemistry 3/59
Ancient History 3/22 (should be higher I think but this is 1 assessment)
Maths Advanced ~20-30/95 not released (yes we have to do all adv and ex2 until hsc)
Maths Ex1 17/39 1 assessment results
Maths Ex2 13/18 1 assessment 1 assessment results
Extension History 5/7 (but with 90% and a very strong cohort)

 

[Study to success]

I can't work out how to add signature to my posts but lowkey I'm doing fine with them all. I'm just concerned for mental stuff going forward (IG not quite yet) eg I need to put more time into maths and barely do any study for bio ancient or extension hist yet seem to always struggle for efficiency/for time.

u need at least 10 messages I think for a signature

maybe drop the subject that's taking ur not able to find time for and if u dont' think u can improve or find time for it then drop

 

[Ybot08]

I know this sounds stupid but I wish I could do more subjects (except english of course). I feel I could improve in all of them but its just really difficult to choose. I might drop hist ext if my current idea for the major work doesn't work out. still leaves technically 14 units of assessments with 12 counting to hsc

edit- e.g. physics, modern history, geography with phys in particular being one I wished I did

 

[m_avi]

people that dropped subjects, how did you decide how to do so? I'm struggling with 13 units but feel I can't drop any of them due to how I've done in them/how I enjoy them.

I knew from day 1 I was dropping business
Dropp9ng physics was so hard for me, but I had to think abt my performance + how much effort i qas willing to put into it... and that made me think to drop.
Think about what subjects aren't prerequisites for ur course (if u have one in mind)

 

[Study to success]

I know this sounds stupid but I wish I could do more subjects (except english of course). I feel I could improve in all of them but its just really difficult to choose. I might drop hist ext if my current idea for the major work doesn't work out. still leaves technically 14 units of assessments with 12 counting to hsc

edit- e.g. physics, modern history, geography with phys in particular being one I wished I did

well since adv math doesn't count u can just bludge it ngl

 

[Study to success]

I knew from day 1 I was dropping business
Dropp9ng physics was so hard for me, but I had to think abt my performance + how much effort i qas willing to put into it... and that made me think to drop.
Think about what subjects aren't prerequisites for ur course (if u have one in mind)

u with business was exactly liek me with sac until I realised I was good at it lol. Keeping it was the best decision ever. (idk maybe if u kept business u could've excelled in it hehe) and physics for u was like bio for me

 

[Ybot08]

unless I drop yeah true I've kind of been doing that? I don't want to not have the foundations for ext though lol, I only learnt some year 10 stuff like the unit circle properly end of last year haha

 

[Study to success]

unless I drop yeah true I've kind of been doing that? I don't want to not have the foundations for ext though lol, I only learnt some year 10 stuff like the unit circle properly end of last year haha

u learnt the unit circle stuff properly last year? how are u in ext 2

 

[Study to success]

unless I drop yeah true I've kind of been doing that? I don't want to not have the foundations for ext though lol, I only learnt some year 10 stuff like the unit circle properly end of last year haha

but honestly then just only learn the stuff needed for ext like integration and the calculus stuff and whatever other stuff u need for ext. Stuff like probability and financial u can ditch im pretty sure

 

[Ybot08]

u learnt the unit circle stuff properly last year? how are u in ext 2

Well, I did get recommended advanced
my maths falloff was real, I got trophies for competition maths like top 2% etc and topped my year in early junior then had a lot of extra curricular and laziness/procrastination (Aspergers/ADHD (?)) so didnt do all that much in those years, I'm only just getting my marks back up.I actually failed the ext1 prelim but since I really enjoyed the subject i decidedto give it another go

 

[Ybot08]

I do still make quite a lot of silly mistakes but I tend to learn the stuff fairly fast? Idk
also yeah I guess I need to lock in for maths

 

[Study to success]

Well, I did get recommended advanced
my maths falloff was real, I got trophies for competition maths like top 2% etc and topped my year in early junior then had a lot of extra curricular and laziness/procrastination (Aspergers/ADHD (?)) so didnt do all that much in those years, I'm only just getting my marks back up.I actually failed the ext1 prelim but since I really enjoyed the subject i decidedto give it another go

yeah my math peak was in year 10 and I fell of so bad in year 11/ early year 12. idk if I'll ever recover my marks but if I lock in harder then hopefully

 

[Ybot08]

but honestly then just only learn the stuff needed for ext like integration and the calculus stuff and whatever other stuff u need for ext. Stuff like probability and financial u can ditch im pretty sure

there is unfortunately a bit of that in perms and combs in ex1, and some more in some of the statistics also in ex1

 

[Ybot08]

yeah my math peak was in year 10 and I fell of so bad in year 11/ early year 12. idk if I'll ever recover my marks but if I lock in harder then hopefully

thats good though late year 10 is where a lot of people start to struggle
you got this!

 

[Study to success]

thats good though late year 10 is where a lot of people start to struggle
you got this!

honestly year 7 and 8 I really sucked at math but I only started getting better in year 9 and 10 and now im flopping again. I think my year 11 adv teacher really tripped me up and it was just a flow on effect

 

[Ybot08]

Istg even if I lock in for ext maths my atar is getting spanked by english. scared I failed my most recent task because I panicked low on time and wrote the first garbage that went into the brain. English should not be mandatory. nearly everyone would drop it though ha

 

[ermmmmwhat]

I haven't got all marks back for all subjects but as of most recent stuff
Biology 2/79
Chemistry 3/59
Ancient History 3/22 (should be higher I think but this is 1 assessment)
Maths Advanced ~20-30/95 not released (yes we have to do all adv and ex2 until hsc)
Maths Ex1 17/39 1 assessment results
Maths Ex2 13/18 1 assessment 1 assessment results
Extension History 5/7 (but with 90% and a very strong cohort)

wow i did the exact same subjects except no ext 2 maths. first time im seeing someone with a list as similar as mine

 

[Sam Rowan]

people that dropped subjects, how did you decide how to do so? I'm struggling with 13 units but feel I can't drop any of them due to how I've done in them/how I enjoy them.

it was simple for me. i dropped hms because i hated it, i hated the content, the teacher, the class, the textbook, the whole thing. i basically dreaded coming to that class 9/10 times. and i’m glad i dropped it because every time i walk pass that class everyone looks dead inside