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Higher School Certificate Advice Line 2009

The HSC Advice Line

13 11 12

You cannot call the HSC Advice Line from a mobile telephone.

Support in the lead-up to your 2009 HSC examinations

A range of support services are available as you complete your final preparations for the HSC examinations.

Students Online

Students Online is a one-stop online study shop for HSC students. It includes:

  • your own HSC exam timetable
  • quick links to the syllabuses
  • past exam papers
  • notes from the marking centre for your courses
  • answers to frequently asked questions about the HSC
  • access to your Assessment Rank Order notice when it becomes available in November.

Take a look at http://studentsonline.bos.nsw.edu.au/ if you haven’t already. You should log in to this site and change your PIN to one you’re likely to remember. If you do this now you’ll be ready to check your results without delay on 16 December.

HSC Online

This website at http://hsc.csu.edu.au/ has information to help you prepare for the exams, including study strategies, advice on exam techniques and information about 48 different subjects.

HSC Advice Line

The HSC Advice Line is a telephone service that provides course assistance and support from experienced teachers in 20 of the most popular HSC courses. The Advice Line will be open from Saturday, 17 October to Thursday, 5 November 2009.

Call the Advice Line on 13 11 12 (for just 25 cents) and give the operator your student number, the course name and a summary of your question. The operator will put you through to the next available Adviser for that course. During very busy or off-peak times, you may be placed on a priority queue for callback later on the same day. You can call the Advice Line during the afternoon or evening, as well as all weekend. The Advice Line timetable is printed below.

The HSC Advice Line opens on Saturday, 17 October 2009.

Hours of operation

Monday–Thursday 4 pm–10 pm

Saturday 10 am–6 pm

Sunday 10 am–10 pm

Advice Line course timetable

Course Dates Course Dates
Ancient History 24–25 October History Extension 4–5 November
Biology 26–28 October Legal Studies 1–3 November
Business Studies 17–19 October Mathematics 24–26 October
Chemistry 31 Oct–1Nov Mathematics Ext 1 24–27 October
Economics 2–4 November Mathematics Ext 2 24–26 October
English (ESL) 17–22 October Modern History 31 Oct–2 November
English Standard 17–22 October PD/Health/PE 27–29 October
English Advanced 17–22 October Physics 1–3 November
English Extension 1 28–29 October Studies of Religion I/II 19–21 October
General Mathematics 24–25 October
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