My ATAR story:
I was in a different country when I received my ATAR, so it came out at 3am in the morning lol. I did sleep that night because I already got into uni through the early offer scheme. But I was still excited to see how much my hard work actually paid off haha. Night before, I was messing around and logged into QCAA to see my final results and stuff. I saw 93/100 for Chemistry and I was instantly like, “what????” And then I looked at my final exam marks for all my subjects and was like, “how exactly did I do that well?” I was only disappointed with my English mark for my final which was 15/25. Lol. I calculated the average and it was 81.4. This is before scaling and everything so I stood there and was kinda disappointed. The next morning, I woke up early and before brushing my teeth, I ran and logged into the ATAR portal. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw 91.75, because I thought my ATAR would be below 85 or something. Scaling did some crazy stuff dude. I told my mum and she was really proud.
I messaged all my mates and asked how’d you all go and most of em got above 90. It was really nice knowing all of us had our backs throughout the past 2 years and our hard work paid off. Even writing about it now brings a smile to my face 😊
It was then I realised, that the most important thing in year 12 isn’t studying a crazy amount of hours. It’s having a good support system. It’s having one person or multiple to lean on (physically and/or emotionally) and that you’ll know will have your back. I know I couldn’t have made it through years 11 and 12 without my mates always being there for me. When we share and talk about stuff that’s stressing us out, we feel lighter, and it gives us this happiness when they talk about their life to you.
So, my number one tip:
Have a good support system, and be there for others if you can,
-jinx_58
Lol I rambled 😂😅 sorry bout that