My checklist

Early in Year 12

• Read this guide.
• Check that I am eligible for the HSC (if appropriate).
• Make sure that my personal details and courses, including entry for any optional exams in English Studies, Mathematics Standard 1 or VET, are correct on my Confirmation of Entry.
• Record my NESA student number.
• Check if I meet the requirements for an ATAR if I plan to apply to university.
• Read the Student Declaration on my Confirmation of Entry, then sign it.
• Go to Students Online to:
  • activate my account if I have not yet done so
  • update my PIN
  • check my postal address, personal email address and mobile number.
• Read and become familiar with course and assessment requirements and with key dates. (See 4. During Year 12.)
• Talk to my school if I think I need disability provisions.

Term 2

• Get my personal HSC exam timetable from Students Online.
• Check that all my exams appear, including practical and optional exams.
• Check my exam centre locations and exam equipment I can use.
• If I applied for disability provisions for practical exms and have not received my decision letter, talk to my school.

Term 3

• Confirm my due dates for project submissions, performance exams and language oral exams.
• Submit projects on the due dates.
• Attend performance and language oral exams.
• If I applied for disability provisions for written exams and have not received my decision letter, talk to my school.

Term 4

• Check my exam timetable and the exam equipment I need.
• Attend and make a serious attempt at every exam.
• If I experience an unexpected illness or misadventure, immediately before or during an exam, submit an illness or misadventure application.
• Check my assessment ranks in Students Online after the last exam.
• Check that my Students Online account Personal Details section:
  • uses my personal email address, not my school email address, and change to my personal email address, if required
  • has my correct home address for the HSC testamur to be posted to, and correct the address, if required.
• Note my NESA student number and NESA PIN, so I can get my results online.