The Otago Boys' High School duo are about to find themselves in a small room, sitting three exams in one day. That's nine hours of exams in the space of 10 hours.
NCEA and New Zealand Scholarship examinations begin on November 9 and the boys are using every spare moment to study.
Because of the exam schedule, some of the examinations for certain subjects are on at the same time.
That means on November 17, Hank will have to sit NCEA level 2 English, scholarship biology and scholarship statistics; and on November 25, Cam will sit NCEA level 3 business studies, level 3 economics and scholarship Earth and space science.
The boys will arrive at school at 7.10am and sit their first exam at 7.30am in a quiet school office.
At the end of the exam, they will have a 30-minute break before heading into their second exam, which will start at 11am.
They will have another 30-minute break at the end of their second exam, and then sit their third exam from 2.30pm to 5.30pm.
Because they are sitting the exams on the same day, but not the same time as their fellow pupils across New Zealand, they will be closely guarded by a chaperone, who will make sure they do not communicate with anyone else for the whole day.
It is to make sure they are not given answers to any of the exam questions that other pupils have already sat.
Hank said it would be a bit like living in a fish bowl for much of the day, because their every move would be watched.
``I'm pretty sure we're monitored the whole day until the end so that we can't communicate with anyone else.
``Some people could consider that a kind of torture.''
He said he would spend the 30-minute breaks between each of the exams just clearing his head and doing wrist flexes to stop his writing hand from cramping.
Cam said it was a daunting prospect, but being well prepared would be key to getting through the day.
``Good preparation means I won't be too stressed out about the day, and then on the day I'll just be focusing on keeping a clear head and concentrating on what I have in front of me - the here and now.
``I'm actually looking forward to it. It'll be good to get a third of my exams out of the way in one day. I'm trying to put a positive spin on the situation.''
Otago Boys' High School assistant principal Mark Hooper said it was very rare to have one pupil in a school do three exams in one day, let alone two pupils.
``The New Zealand Qualifications Authority usually persuades pupils to drop one of the subjects in these situations so that they don't have to go through this.
``But they want to do these subjects and it's hard for them to choose a subject to drop.
``That's a tough day at the office for anyone.''
