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One of the MOST common pitfalls students make in both the Preliminary and HSC Chemistry courses is that they don’t realise memorisation is a very inefficient method to studying the course! The syllabus is written in a way to purposely reward understanding over memorisation.Īs someone who had come in the top % of the state, and also had many around me who achieved stellar marks in Chemistry, this course is one of those subjects where you need to intuitively grasp the content and be able to adapt your understanding to any question in an exam. I hope the following article is helpful to you all:

Hi everyone! I’m Catriona Shen, a Chemistry tutor at Project Academy who graduated a few years ago from Baulkham Hills High School.
