Jordan Foster is confident his ‘’relentless’’ studying in recent months will serve him well during his HSC exams.
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He still feels that will be the case but the Corrimal High School student was nevertheless surprised at how nervous he was heading into his English Advanced exam on Monday.
But those nerves were long gone after the exams.
‘’My brain feels a little bit scrambled at the moment, but I’m pretty happy with how it went,’’ Jordan told the Mercury.
‘’I really got stuck on the first question but pushed on and I just smashed it out.’’
Jordan was also reassured by Corrimal High School head English teacher Alicia Van Loo, that he didn’t do as bad as he thought in analysing an extract from the poem Mango, by Ellen Van Neerven.
This pleased the 17-year-old, who needed no reassuring about how well he went in the exam's essay component.
‘’I know I went really well in my essay. Let’s just say it was the exact question I was hoping it would be,’’ Jordan said.
I got stuck on the first one ... but I just smashed it out.
- Jordan Foster
Hoping to get a ATAR score of 90 but expecting to get a mark in the 80’s, the pressure to do well in his next seven exams ‘’isn’t as great’’, with Jordan already assured of a place at the University of Wollongong in 2018.
He was successful in his early entry interview for a Dean Scholar of Chemistry and Dean Scholar of Medicinal Chemistry.
‘’It took away a lot of the pressure but I still want to make sure I maintain my marks,’’ Jordan said.
‘’I'd love to get a 90 ATAR or anything above that but personally I think I'll get an 80.
‘’I want to go into anesthesiology and become an anaesthetist. The aim is to get into medical school at the University of New South Wales.’’
But first he has another English exam on Tuesday, followed by Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Extension Mathematics and Legal Studies. Jordan’s final exam, Infromation Digital Technology (IDT) will be on November 6.
Ms Van Loo was glad to see so many smiling faces after Monday’s English exam.
‘’They are looking really happy at the moment. It’s good for them to get the first exam out of the way and settle the nerves,’’ she said.
‘’We are a small school which allows us to give our students individualised support. They have put in so much hard work and have had fantastic teacher support and tutoring.’’
