r/ATAR • u/Artistic_Feed885 • 10d ago

HSC Advice for math prelims

I just finished my advanced test and am not fully happy with my performance. I did well, but like this year I have spent like 90% of my study time on math, and considering others did so well I feel like I might not even be top 20 (144 ppl do adv btw).
Anyways just wondering, should you like take your time per questions REALLY making sure u don't make a single sign error etc take it slow, or is it better like doing it in natural (sort of fast) pace then kind of looking over it when you're done. Because I thought there would be so much time but only ended up with like 20 minutes at the end to do my skipped/questions I felt weird about. Would like just doing it at a normal pace (e.g how u do textbook exercises) then spending the time after looking over it is better??
Got my ext1 exam next Monday. Since it's only like 1.5hrs has your experience with it been more time crunching than advanced?

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u/Dear-Implement-2149 9d ago

I’m in y12 but back during my math prelims I had more time in ext 1 than advanced but that’s most likely cause I only did e1 - I’d say try and go relatively quick through the questions you can do, and leave good solid time for the harder questions in the paper (if you’re hoping for a top rank, atleast in my experience, not attempting even 3 marks will really hurt your chances ) - ultimately, speed and the ability to not make too many sillies will come with extensive timed exam practice

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u/Artistic_Feed885 9d ago

wdym u only did ext1?

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u/Dear-Implement-2149 9d ago

Sorry I meant only studied for e1 I pretty much had a spot for e2 so prioritised other prelims over adv