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Catch Up With Top Achievers: 2020 HSC and Beyond

by Adam Ma

Study strategies from HSC high achievers

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Study strategies from HSC high achievers

Compiled articles from students who achieved high HSC subject rankings bring together practical approaches to study, subject-specific advice and reflections on managing the pressures of Year 12. The collection addresses questions about how contributors prepared, handled stress and sustained their effort, with a subject cheat sheet closing each chapter. Its coverage spans a range of HSC subjects, from English and history to science, economics and engineering. The book is framed around the 2020 HSC and describes its material as aligned with the syllabus then in use, making that date an important part of its context.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • HSC students seeking study methods and subject-specific advice from high-achieving peers.
  • Parents supporting students through Year 12 and looking for perspectives on study and stress.
  • Readers interested in the experiences of top-ranking students across a range of HSC subjects.

Themes

HSC study strategiesManaging academic stressSubject-specific preparationBalance during Year 12

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Book overview

"They were born smart," - a clueless student.

Catch Up With Top Achievers: 2020 HSC and Beyond is a collection of articles written by the best performing HSC students in the State - HSC State Rankers. In our study guide, each author outlines their unique and results-driven study strategies. They also provide specific advice towards succeeding in their area of expertise. The practical study methods presented in this book are by no means conventional. Instead, they reflect the reality of what it is to be a student in 2020, and how to best succeed in the HSC whilst still maintaining a sense of balance.

In it, we answer many key questions faced by students and parents, such as:

WHAT were their strategies for success?

HOW did they cope with the stress?

WHY did they work so hard?

Everything in this book is up to date with the NEW NESA HSC Syllabus. We have also added a Subject Cheat Sheet at the end of each chapter.

Many of these students were not top achievers before Year 12, and do not represent an unattainable level of work ethic or intelligence. Truly, if they can do it, you can too!

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A list of contributors in this year's edition:

Jesse Caminer - 1st in NSW for English Advanced and Extension Two

Sophie Howard - 4th in NSW for Ancient History

Adam Gottschalk - 1st in NSW for Biology

John Wang - 8th in NSW for Economics

Patrick Nah - 3rd in NSW for Economics

Matthew Drielsma - 9th in NSW for Earth and Environmental Science

Adam Robey - 2nd in NSW for Engineering Studies

Lachlan Tran - 1st in NSW for Geography

Zair Ahmed - 2nd in NSW for Legal Studies

Seohyeong Lim - 3rd in NSW for Modern History

Emma Scroope - 1st in NSW for PDHPE

Daniel Monteiro and Wenquan Lu - 8th and 1st in NSW for Physics

Nicholas Fakira - 4th in NSW

Lara Hather - 5th in NSW

Finn Vercoe and Tallulah-Rose Adams - 1st and 4th in NSW

Julia Lo Russo and Christopher Farag - 5th and 6th in NSW

Sarah Kanuk - IB Top Achiever

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