Trial HSC

The HSC trial exams are the last internal assessments to prepare Year 12 students for the HSC. They serve as a ‘trial-run’ for students sitting the HSC.

What does the HSC trials format look like?

Just like the HSC, students will have an HSC trial paper for each assessment.

How much do the HSC trial exams weigh?

Since HSC trial exams are ‘internal’, the weighting of the assessment depends on the school.

Most schools will allocate a weighting of around 20-40% to the HSC trial exams, although they can be more or less.

The usual layout for the final HSC mark (or ATAR) allocation is:

• 50% – HSC Examinations
• 50% – Internal assessments (The majority of this mark is often from trials, and the remaining weight is from Year 12 assessments at school)

Encourage students to do past papers

Doing past papers is the best way to study for the HSC trial exams.

Treating the HSC trial exams as a trial run or another practice paper will take the pressure off students.

Make a to-do list

Encourage students to make a to-do list or scheduled list of content to study each day.

This will ensure that students complete what they need to before the trials with time to study. In addition, creating a list that students can ‘check-off’ can increase productivity and wellbeing.

Study in intervals

Encourage students to conduct interval study that works for them.

Many students use the ‘Pomodoro Technique of study’.