We typically do this each year. Basically, the idea is to predict what study score you'll get for each subject (you can either do this through exams, or in the wait between exams and results), and then compare on results day! You can use this discussion thread to check back and see how your predictions change over the next few weeks, too, if that's something that interests you.

Here are comparable discussions from the last couple of years for context:

Have at it! 😀

Alright, flex time. So here's what I'm hoping for:

  • English: 41
  • Chemistry: 44
  • Spec: 35
  • Physics: 46-

(Plus 42 methods & 46 bio from '21)

So aiming for a 99+ ATAR. (But i doubt that'll happen - unless english goes ridiculously good... )

    hopefully i end up underestimating these a bit but we'll see 🤞
    english - 42
    bio - 39
    chem - 37
    methods - 39 (i'm literally gonna cry if i don't get a raw 40 though lmao)
    spesh - 34
    and 42 in psych last year
    which should get around a 95+ i'd hope!

      Hopefully I get better than this 😭

      • Lit: 38
      • Chem: 39
      • French: 35
      • Methods: 25
      • Psychology: 37

      Atar calc says thats a 93, so fingers crossed

      2021 raw scores:
      Bio: 43
      HHD: 50
      2022 predictions:
      English Language: 45 (i really don’t know how I did I felt confident but I could realistically even under 40s which I will be slightly sad about it)
      Methods: 20 (if i get above 20 that’d be an absolute miracle i hated this subject should’ve dropped it like i dropped chem)
      Legal Studies: 37 (that was a bloody hard exam kinda sad but we move, my sacs weren’t too good but hopefully i did better than i thought on the exam)
      Literature: depends on what I write today so I’ll come back and edit it, aiming for a 37
      edit: um it didn’t go too well but its over, i’m hoping for a scaled 40 so 38? but realistically a 36

      ATAR prediction: aiming for a 98+ but probably only gonna get 97+ which is fine

        2021 raw scores:
        Methods 35

        Predictions for 2022
        Spec;35
        Chem; 46+
        Biology; 42+
        P.E;43

        Atar prdiction

        (HSC Exam)
        I did poorly in the trials, and also procrastinated for HSC since I got an unconditional offer from Macquarie University. But I'm really scared now bc I also got an offer from UTS... which requires a 69 atar. My internal marks are good (average As-Bs) but my external marks are looking down. Here is my est based on trials:

        Eng Adv: 70/100
        Eng Ext 1: 30/50
        Math Adv: 36/100
        Math Ext 1: 36/100 (Idk my actual mark)
        Chemistry: 30/100 (Idk my actual mark)
        Biology: 67/100
        Business Studies: 82/100

        Est Atar: 65
        Wishful Atar: 75
        Really wishful atar: 89 lol

        4 days later

        only did methods for 3/4 in yr 11 and even though i wanted a 40+ ideally at least a 42, i was very sick on the day of the exam so did not perform well and i was sick for like a week leading up to it. im thinking a 38 which im very disappointed with considering all of my hard work and good sac scores 🙁

          10 days later

          2021 Raw Scores

          • Religion: 38 (rip)

          2022 Raw Score Predictions

          • Methods: 48
          • Spec: 46-47
          • Englang: 47
          • Chem: 46
          • Italian: 40
            7 days later

            2021
            Methods - 24 (😊)

            2022
            English - 39
            Chemistry - 45
            Health - 46
            Further Maths - 48
            Biology - 41

            I wanted a 98 but it's looking very doubtful, I'll settle for anything though.

            Here’s my predictions 🙂

            English: 37-38 (thought I did really good, finished everything but conclusion of section b however I’m hoping my ranking and cohort pulls me through since we’re strong)

            Health and Human: 48-50 (was very happy overall except for the last 10 marker, it was easy yet not time to finish so that got me deflated, however as rank 1 and finishing all the rest I’m confident I did well overall or else I’ll bawl lmao)

            Further: 40-42 (such a competitive subject no joke, section A let me down with max 5 marks lost however section b should pull through with 1 mark lost hopefully :/ )

            Methods: 34-36 (honestly enjoyed the exam but cbf studying until the last night but was still confident coming out of it)

            Chemistry: 37-39 (my goodness I actually loved this exam despite hating the subject)

            Biology: 35 (2021, didn’t do the best I’d hoped partly because of my poor studying habits)

            Overall predicted is 95+ which would be amazing but to stay realistic I’m staying in the 94+ zone.

            Revan Hey after reading the ss prediction forums it seems you're pretty good at doing ss predictions. Pls tell me your secret 😮, like how were you able to predict your cracked study scores for meth, spec and chem?

            Thanks! 😄

                qscgyjmlp
                I've done quite a few exams actually and most of them went into chem and spec. I know roughly how I went on the exam and I have also read previous students' exam scores and complementing study scores. To predict study scores, you should be familiar with past students results, grade distributions and be able to judge the difficulty of exams (this comes from doing past vcaa papers). I feel as though the methods, spec and chem exams were easier this year than last year so i'm very curious to know what ss's I received. It's only a matter of 6 days...