The 2019 cohort of 75,006 students across NSW are finishing up with Hastings students completing their last exams today (November 11).

St Joseph's student Alyssa Castelletto, who completed the textiles exam, said was not impacted after all exams were moved to Mackillop College due to the fires.

"We did have to come to Mackillop for the exam because of the fires, but that's all good now," she said.

"Exams did seem easier than trials. It was pretty good, wasn't too bad.

"In the textiles exam we had to write about globalisation and how that influenced Australian consumers. We wrote about what culture we studied and how that influenced the textiles they produced.

"Now we have graduation in four days to prepare for and we have to think about university.

"I'm going to study a Bachelor of Communication and Media at the University of Wollongong."

Amelia Stennett, who took the Design and Technology exam, said many students were thinking ahead about future study.

"The exams weren't too bad, that one was actually quite easy. It was about innovative design," she said.

"I'm taking a gap year and just taking a traineeship at the school in the youth ministry officer program."

This week's exams are the culmination of 13 years of hard work by students since they began school in 2007.

The top five subjects this year included English, mathematics, biology, business studies and health education. The compulsory English exam stands out as one of the more difficult tests according to St Joseph's Regional student Toby Hill.

"Some of them were a bit tricky but it was mostly okay. English was a bit tricky than others because of the new syllabus this year," he said.

"Design and technology was a favourite this year with many people because it's bit more of a practical subject.

"I've got a schoolies trip planned up in the Gold Coast for about a week and then I'll come back to prepare for university."

Fellow student Declan Norris said all of his exams went well and he had plans to take a year off.

"We all think we did alright. It was pretty good," he said. "After this I'm going on a gap year just to work for myself and my dad as a photographer."

Paul Norrie, who sat the Design and Technology test, said most of the exams were alright.

"I was going to go to university but after I got my offer the other day I'm considering deferring it for next year and taking a gap year," he said.

More than 1800 students sat the HSC in the Mid-North Coast including Great Lakes, Kempsey, Nambucca, Taree, Gloucester and Port Macquarie.

Students have completed 123 written exams totalling 350 hours since the official start of the HSC on October 17.

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