Hi, I'm in year 11 next year and I'm doing Legal Studies 3/4. I was wondering if anyone who also did the same thing, or perhaps did another 3/4 in year 11, could tell me how they went in the final exam and what their performance was like compared to the year 12s?
Also, if possible, would anyone have any good tips on managing a 3/4 and getting good scores for it in year 11?
Question for people who did a 3/4 in year 11?
Yeah I did a 3/4 subject in yr11 which I did pretty bad in compared to yr12. However this was due to a lack of interest, effort, study ethic, etc. In yr12, I made sure I did many practice exams as thats probably the best thing you can do in my opinion. I can't talk fully as I have not yet received my yr12 results but i'm very positive they all beat my yr11 one.
In terms of advice, do a bunch of practice exams towards the end, since it's ur only 3/4 you could manage to do even 30. I didn't do legal so I don't know much about it. Some subject like chem may require 20-30 exams to do well while English may require less than 10. You can relax throughout the year, but i'd reccomend paying attention in class and start looking at prac exams as early as possible (maybe in june). I did maybe 1 or 2 prac exams for my 3/4 which is why I bombed it, but that's ok ig. lmk if that was helpful.
6 days later
I did methods in year 11 and got 39 raw which annoyed me alot but anyways. It was my attitude that was different.
In year 11 I felt like I was dragging myself through the mud to study, and in year 12 I defo was more motivated.
Exam performance, exam 1 I didn't do well but exam 2 I did well in it, so take that as you will. Most of my year 12 exams went more smoothly I would say.
I would highly recommend studying ahead and re-familiarise yourself with 1/2 legal content (I only did 1/2 legal btw). Memorisation is huge so memorise terms/ case studies throughout out the year, not at the end! Always check ur answers with teachers, there is always a better wording! Practice exam numbers depend on each person, but if you can do unit 3 revision in term 2 hols + start prac exams is a decent timeline.
I did two 3/4 subjects in Year 11.
Biology and Japanese Second Language.
I got a study score of 41 in Biology and 46 in JSL.
I would highly recommend.
Doing Year 12 next year so I can't compare sorry.
Did 3/4 economics this year as a yr 11 student, got a study score of 31 with a B average. Personally for me eco was fine for 1/2 and then 3/4 happened and I lost all motivation since I didn't get as high as I wanted on the first sac combined with also not being happy with my creative score for english. Then exam time was looming around and I didn't really understand any of the content and just forced myself to do around 10 practice exams which arguably is a decent amount.
For anyone who's reading this obviously I didn't do well but like I'd still recommend doing a 3/4 in yr 11, probably one that you are actually confident in doing well in though or actually like. Despite everything I don't regret doing it at all, I'm pretty okay with my score as I've managed to learn a lot and had a lot of fun in class with my teacher and friends.
Christian I'm in yr 10 next year and I will be doing Biology Units 1/2. I haven't specifically studied Biology before but I wanted to give it a shot. However, the holiday homework is already starting to throw me off since I don't know a lot of the content. What did you do to prepare yourself for the content? How did you end up doing in Units 1/2?
ATAR Notes I did really well (42 in psych) mostly because it was my favourite subject
11 days later
I would say don't have super high expectations/put too much pressure on yourself to do well. Personally, I had a good SAC average for my 3/4 subject, methods, but burnt myself out getting incredibly stressed over the exam and did way too many practice exams. As a result, I became incredibly sick and nearly had to be hospitalized around the exam period, but showed up and did my exams anyway. My sacs ended up scaling from a 92/A+ down to a B+, and I ended up with a 36 which was miles away from my goal of a 42. My advice would be to make sure the subject you accelerate is one you are passionate about, and don't put yourself under extreme pressure to do well in it. For example, I really chose the wrong subject to do early as whilst I am decent at maths I don't love it, whereas I do love my other 5 subjects which I am doing this year in year 12 and am far more consistent across the board in these subjects.
