Step 1: Know what's at stake Externals are worth 50% in Maths and Sciences and 25% in most other General subjects. Spend your time where the marks are heaviest, and check your IA results so far so you know which subjects have the most room to move. Step 2: Build your countdown schedule (do this tonight) 1. Write down every external date from your QCAA timetable 2. Count the days until each one 3. Give every subject at least 3 full past papers before its exam 4. Put your weakest/heaviest subjects in your best-energy time slots (for most people, mornings) 5. Leave the day before each exam for light review only, not new content Step 3: Do past papers the right way Key = timed condition + closed book + mistake review.

One of the best parts of Project 99.95 is that there are hundreds of students here going through the same thing. A lot of you are starting to think more seriously about Year 12 externals, and this is a really good time to use the community for more than just reading posts. If you’re stuck on a question, post it. If you’ve found a really good resource, share it. If you’re doing the same subject as someone else, compare how you’re preparing. If you want accountability, find a few people here and set weekly goals together. You don’t need to have everything figured out before contributing either. Sometimes even just asking a good question can help ten other people who were wondering the same thing. There are a lot of smart, driven students in this community, and everyone has something different they can bring to it. So over the next few months, I’d really encourage you to actually get to know each other, help each other out and make Project 99.95 a place where preparing for externals feels a little less individual. Drop your subjects below and feel free to connect with anyone doing the same ones.

Hey Ryan and David, How did you use mock exams/ past papers to your advantage? What was your mindset when you went through them? How did you learn from the errors you made in exam? Finally, how did you address content errors in the exam (e.g you forgot the content that was required to answer a multiple choice in chem), did you guys just reread the chapter it was in and do a few questions?

For the year 12's amongst us, welcome to the last 13 weeks of your schooling education. 13 Weeks for 13 Years... These next 80-90 days or so will play a defining role on how your schooling experience ends. The reality is regardless of your desired or required ATAR, I would empower each and every one of you to push beyond your personal best. Start strong, finish stronger. Prove to yourself and others that your level of performance is determined not on preconceived thoughts but instead by your personal will to achieve. 13 weeks for 13 years... Enjoy the next few weeks but just know the last push is well and truly here... Best of luck. Go well. Go Achieve YOUR BEST. RK.

External exam success usually isn’t built from one huge study session, instead, it comes from what you can consistently execute over weeks. This tracker is designed to help you measure the habits that actually support your performance: focused study, practice questions, past papers, active recall, sleep, exercise and your own personalised habits. The key is simple: habits are the input, marks are the output. Use the tracker daily, then check your Weekly Scorecard to compare your consistency against your actual results. If your habits are strong but your marks aren’t improving, that’s a sign you may need to change how you’re studying — not simply study more. How to use it: - Set up your own habits once - Log each day in ~60 seconds - Review your consistency every Sunday - Track practice papers, questions, errors and focused hours - Make one specific change for the following week Don’t aim for a perfect streak. Missed days are data. The goal is to identify what is actually working and build a system you can maintain through external exam season. Download it below and start tracking from this week. Project 99.95 - Study what moves marks.