Cheatsheets and crash courses: Insider’s guide to using TikTok for Year 12 exams
Queensland Year 12 students are turning to TikTok and other online services to get a handle on this year’s QCAA exams.
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State’s top students reveal study hacks to ace Year 12 exams
Almost 40,000 Queensland students are in the final stages of their study ahead of the “toughest four weeks” of their lives with the QCAA external exam block starting on Monday.
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