Matthew Higgins, Brody Musgrove and Wesley Hodgson are among 8649 Hunter year 12 students who will sit for the first English exam. Boys make up 49 per cent of enrolments this year (4248) while girls number 4401 – 51 per cent. 

The All Saints College, St Mary’s Campus students are prepared for a tough exam. 

“English is going to be the ­hardest,” Brody, 18, said.

Wesley, 18, added: “I wouldn’t say heaps [hard] but I have been studying.

“I think my stress will occur the moment before I go in for the exam. I wouldn’t say I’m as stressed as other people.” 

English is the only compulsory HSC subject. 

“I’ll be really happy if I get 75, I really want to get a decent ATAR,” Brody, who has already secured an apprenticeship at Tomago Aluminium, said. 

Wesley hopes to score somewhere in the 80 per cent range. 

“I wanted to do law but I’m ­thinking business and commerce now,” Wesley said. 

And for Matthew: “I want to do surveying which you can do at Tafe.”

Monday October 13

HSC Day 1

English (Standard) and English (Advanced)

Paper 1 10.20am-12.30pm

English (ESL)

Paper 1 10.20am-12 noon

Hospitality

(VET) 1.55pm-4.00pm

Indonesian Extension 1.55pm-3.55pm

Tuesday October 14 

HSC Day 2

English (Standard)

Paper 2 9.25am-11.30am

English (Advanced)

Paper 2 9.25am-11.30am

English (ESL)

Paper 2 - Modules 9.25am-10.30am

Listening Paper 10.40am-11.10am*

Industrial Technology 1.55pm-3.30pm

Automotive Technologies

Electronics Technologies

Graphics Technologies

Metals and Engineering Technologies

Multimedia Technologies

Timber Products and Furniture

Technologies

Latin Extension 1.55pm-3.55pm

Korean

Background Speakers 2pm-5pm

Korean Continuers 2pm-5pm

Modern Hebrew

Continuers 2pm-5pm

Wednesday October 15 

HSC Day 3

Ancient History 9.25am-12.30pm

Classical Greek

Continuers 1.55pm-5pm

Personal Development,

Health and Physical

Education 1.55pm-5pm

Thursday October 16

HSC Day 4

Human Services

(VET) 9.25am-11.30am

Information Processes

and Technology 9.25am-12.30pm

Tourism and Events

(VET) 9.25am-11.30am

Construction

(VET) 1.55pm-4pm

Arabic Continuers 2pm-5pm

German Beginners 2pm-4.40pm

German Continuers 2pm-5pm

Japanese

Background Speakers 2pm-5pm

Japanese Beginners 2pm-4.40pm

Japanese Continuers 2pm-5pm

Friday October 17

HSC Day 5

Dance

Core Appreciation 9.25am-10.30am

Major Study

Appreciation 10.40am-noon

Engineering Studies 9.25am-12.30pm

Modern Greek

Beginners 9.30am-12.10pm

Modern Greek

Continuers 9.30am-12.30pm

Community and

Family Studies 1.55pm-5pm

Latin Continuers 1.55pm-5pm

Indonesian

Background Speakers 2pm-5pm

Indonesian Beginners 2pm-4.40pm

Indonesian Continuers 2pm-50pm