IT’S one of the hardest subjects to tackle in Year 12, but these boys from Denison College Kelso campus were happy to take on the challenge of physics.
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On Thursday morning, Year 12 students across the state sat their Higher School Certificate (HSC) physics exam, which went for three hours.
A handful of students undertook the exam at Kelso, with many finding the questions challenging but fair.
Jake Parker said he felt much better after his physics exam than he had after completing his mathematics extension one exam on Tuesday.
“I thought it went good. I had a pretty rough time in my last exam, so I thought this was much better,” he said.
For Jake, physics has brought him much closer to the light at the end of the tunnel, with just one exam remaining for his HSC, industrial technology (timber and furniture technologies, next Thursday.
He hopes to finish his exams off strong so he can hopefully come away from school with an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) above 80.
That mark would make him eligible to study mechatronic engineering at the University of Wollongong next year.
“It is basically a combination of mechanical, electronic and computer engineering,” Jake said.
Fellow Year 12 student, Curtis Parrington, also sat the physics exam on Thursday and said he found it more difficult than others.
“The maths is probably the hardest part, keeping up with all the mathematics extension kids,” he said.
While he hasn’t decided exactly what he wants to do yet, Curtis does plan to go to university next year and study something relating to science, which is where his interests lie.
Physics was his second last exam for the HSC. He will sit his final exam, chemistry, on Monday.
For Ethan Hamer, there are two more exams to go until his HSC is over, with economics and industrial technology both coming up next week.
He has been pleased with his timetable, which has seen his exams spread out across the four weeks.
“In some aspects it’s good because you have more time to study, but then your friends are finishing [their exams] and want to do things but you can’t because you have to study,” Ethan said.
While still wanting to do well, Ethan isn’t counting on an ATAR for next year, instead planing to take a gap year in Tasmania.
The HSC will continue on Friday with five exams.
Business studies is the only exam on in the morning, with software design and development, textiles and design, modern Greek continuers and Spanish extension exams to follow in the afternoon.
