Study secrets of Nghe An female students in the 'top 3' nationwide high school exam

"Experience" of the top student in block D

High school graduation exam 2021, locationvaledictorianThe D block in the whole province is Hoang Ha Phuong - a female student from Nguyen Duy Trinh High School (Nghi Loc) with 28.95 points, including 9.75 points in Literature, 9.6 points in Math and 9.6 points in English. With this score, Phuong is also the candidate with the 3rd highest D block score in the country and she will register for the International Economics major - Foreign Trade University.

Receiving this result, Hoang Ha Phuong was extremely happy and she said that "I couldn't sleep all night because I was so happy and it seemed like my whole family had to stay up all night with me". That feeling was completely different from before the exam results were announced because at that time, because of concern, Phuong chose to secretly check the results alone. At 18 years old, this was a great gift that Phuong had received and she never thought she would be able to do it because compared to many other candidates, her "starting point" was really modest.

Hoang Ha Phuong is the candidate with the highest D block score in Nghe An and ranked 3rd in the country. Photo: PV

Phuong's house is in Phuc Hau hamlet, Nghi Lien commune (Vinh city). Located on the outskirts of the city, in 10th grade, although she passed the entrance exam to the Literature specialized class - Vinh University High School for the Gifted, Phuong decided not to attend. Instead, she chose Nguyen Duy Trinh High School simply because it was close to home and she did not put too much pressure on herself about her achievements.

Talking about the 3 years of high school, the thing that Phuong is most proud of is probably studying all subjects equally. Therefore, from grade 10 to grade 12, she changed her study block many times from natural science, to social science and finally to block D Math - Literature - English. Her second miracle was winning third prize in Literature in grade 12 at the Provincial Excellent Student Competition. However, among the 3 candidates, Phuong also admitted that Literature was the "worst" subject because "her handwriting was not beautiful and her writing was not smooth".

Instead of taking extra classes, the top student in block D chose to self-study and have a scientific learning method. Photo: PV

With a rather ordinary background, Phuong never thought she would set a goal of being valedictorian or salutatorian. In return, because she knew her limitations, Phuong worked hard to change to study better and better. Talking about this, Phuong shared: I was very surprised because I got 9.75 points in Literature. This is also the subject that I spent a lot of effort to study, because in addition to spending nearly two years to prepare for the team, I had to change my study method quite a lot.

Phuong also said that before being able to write a good essay, Phuong, like many other candidates, often fell into the state of "writing too much and being easily influenced by emotions". When she started to join the gifted student training team, the training teacher pointed out this weakness of Phuong and asked her to practice rewriting each sentence and each paragraph to ensure logic and avoid rambling. Phuong's advantage when studying Literature is that she really likes to read "read carefully, read slowly and read a lot", so Phuong has a good grasp and understanding of the work. Therefore, in the 2021 High School Graduation Exam, although the Literature exam was quite "off-topic", she was still confident in doing the test and had truly excellent results.

Another special thing about Phuong is that she hardly studies extra, apart from the review classes at school. This is very different from many other candidates, especially those in urban areas. Phuong personally also said that at first, seeing her friends studying a lot, she was also very worried. But after a while, she realized that this way of studying was not effective and only made her knowledge more "disorganized".

To study well on her own, Phuong registered for online courses on her own topics and suitable to her abilities so that she could be proactive in the learning process. Instead of learning by rote, learning mechanically, Phuong tried to grasp the lesson to understand the true nature of the problem.

This, according to Phuong, is very useful when doing the test because "even though you have practiced a lot, when it comes to the official exam, there are many cases where the test is "twisted". Therefore, if at this time, you only have a vague understanding of the knowledge, then when the test is changed, it will be very difficult to do the test effectively.

With her dynamic nature, Hoang Ha Phuong will choose Foreign Trade University. Photo: PV

Through the recent exam, Phuong also has many secrets to review effectively. That is, in addition to mastering the lecture, it is necessary to promote the spirit of self-study, thereby being proactive in arranging time, accessing knowledge as well as not being affected by external factors during the review process. 7 days before the exam, Phuong believes that you should not learn new knowledge but only review the core knowledge. That helps candidates before entering the official exam not to be confused and to adjust their time to arrange appropriately, ensuring to complete all the questions according to the requirements of the test.

Top 3 block C students nationwide stick to knowledge in textbooks

It has been a long time since Kim Lien High School (Nam Dan) had a candidate in the top 3 nationwide in the 2021 High School Graduation Exam in group C. The owner of the most outstanding achievement is Nguyen Thi Hai Anh - Class 12C8 with 28.75 points, of which she got 9.75 in Literature, 9.5 in Geography and History.

9.75 is also the highest Literature score in the province and not many candidates in the whole province achieved this score. As the teacher who directly taught Literature to Hai Anh, teacher Bui Minh Tuan said: I am very happy that in this exam I have an excellent student like Hai Anh. This is a very special student because besides studying in class, she did not participate in any exam preparation center but highly promoted her self-study ability. In addition, she diligently practiced writing to enrich her vocabulary and improve her writing ability. Her hobby is literature books, she can read books anytime, anywhere: during recess, on the schoolyard bench... During the learning process, she always tried hard, did not give up when facing difficulties, and persevered with the set goals.

Nguyen Hai Anh is a student who makes a lot of effort in studying. Photo: NVCC

Hai Anh's house is in Nam Giang commune (Nam Dan). When he was in 6th grade, due to difficult family circumstances, his mother went to work in Taiwan. His father was a driver, so at home, all the housework, taking care of his younger siblings, and educating them were all done by Hai Anh. Also because of the special circumstances, the house was far from school, so besides studying at school, Anh studied at home the rest of the time.

Of the three subjects, Literature is the subject that I like the most but also the subject that I lack the most confidence in because before that, I was selected to participate in the Provincial Excellent Student Team, with high expectations but then failed. From this failure, encouraged by teachers, I tried even harder. According to Hai Anh, to study Literature well is not difficult, but to be able to achieve maximum score, "it is necessary to practice many reading comprehension skills and not only read works in textbooks but also read more works outside because that will help me understand the work and love literature truly and long-term".

In the remaining two subjects, History and Geography, Hai Anh believes that his score could have been higher if he had been calm and not foolishly “corrected the answers” ​​after finishing his test. For Hai Anh, learning this subject is not difficult because he only needs to be diligent and have a firm grasp of the knowledge in the textbook. Moreover, he needs to practice a lot of questions, build a scientific learning method and understand the problems and events.

Literature teacher and students of Kim Lien High School. Photo: PV

Although her score was in the top 3 nationwide, after receiving her exam score, she did not change her wishes but still registered her first choice in the Public Relations major at the Academy of Youth and Children. This is also a fairly new major and quite different from Hai Anh's personality. However, pursuing a new major will be a challenge for Hai Anh to realize her dream of doing social work and help her become more confident, courageous, and dynamic.