Oak Flats HSC students share advice ahead of exams

Illawarra Mercury

Oak Flats students share their study tips and advice ahead of the first 2025 exam on October 16. Footage by NSW Department of Education

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00:00A bit nervous, a bit excited to be honest, because it'll finally be over, but yeah.

00:04And how have you been preparing?

00:06Very, very long over the past two weeks.

00:09Just been doing lots of memorisation, long hours.

00:12Yeah, it's been really hard.

00:13Space repetition's been really good.

00:16Talking to my teachers, like I find having conversations really good for me to understand everything.

00:20So it's been amazing for me, yeah.

00:22I've been studying quite often, going on our study sessions.

00:24And I've been spending a lot of time at the library and also hanging out with friends to make sure I have a break.

00:30And getting enough sleep, sometimes staying up too late.

00:33But yeah, just a mix of things to keep a good balance.

00:35I've kind of worked my load over weeks.

00:38Like after trials, I've kind of just gradually increased my load.

00:41And I'd spend a lot of time not just studying.

00:43Like I might do a practice paper a day and then go to the beach later with friends.

00:47So it's not so much a chore, but rather just something that needs to be done.

00:50After my HSC, I am planning on travelling through Europe across like over a month.

00:57Going to like Switzerland, Germany, London and other places.

01:02So I'm really excited to get out of the country, I guess.

01:06I'm going overseas, travelling with my sister to Peru.

01:09And then after that, I'm going to Nepal and doing Mount Everest base camp.

01:13And then after that, I'll go to Japan and backpack.

01:15Well, first off, I'm going to Queensland straight after.

01:17Nice.

01:18I'm going to meet some family, see how I'm going.

01:20Going to the beach a lot.

01:22I'm going to try and travel to London for a bit in January.

01:25Do a bit of work over there in a pub, hopefully.

01:27I think everyone should be proud of themselves.

01:29And we've gotten this far and it's nearly over.

01:31So yeah, I think she'll be happy.

01:33I'd say you all worked really hard.

01:35You deserve where you're at.

01:36And it really doesn't matter the mark you get.

01:38Because like who you are matters more than what you get.

01:41Just start the day really well.

01:43Make sure you have a good breakfast.

01:44And when you get into that exam, just remember that this is the culmination of two years of hard work.

01:48And you know what you're doing.

01:50Yeah, just be proud of yourself.

01:54We've all worked really hard.

01:55And no matter what happens, it will be all right.

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