TERM 1 IS OVER! Wow… that’s really scary… a lot of stuff happened between the last update and now so let’s speedrun.

Chem
I got the score for the chem test I did when I sick… AND I DIDN’T FAIL! Me and this other dude in my class tied for rank 2, which is kinda insane considering I literally ran out of time and had to speed run like 3 pages without double checking my answers. Maybe the batteries were a good thing??? Either way, very proud of myself for not failing that.

I also sat my chemistry U3 AOS 1 SAC, it went as smoothly as I could hope for. Ended up with a 48/50, which is not too shabby. I was very happy with that. Redox is my favourite topic in chem. (Not a popular opinion in my class)

Our next SAC is week 2 of term 2, which is terrifying so I gotta get myself together to prepare for that.

English Language
I got my English language SAQ SAC back, and, once again, not too bad. The upper beings must’ve blessed me because I managed to pull an 18/20, which is fantastic considering I literally cried over it after I finished the SAC… yeah it was not a good day.

I also sat a second SAC, which was an analytical commentary. I haven’t received the marks for that one yet, I’m not feeling confident about my paragraphs but it is what it is. Will update on how that turns out 😀

01/05/23: Got the SAC back, was kinda mid. 23/30, but I’m not complaining. This means that for the total outcome I achieved a 41/50 which is pretty solid and is considered a pretty high score on the VCAA rubric that my teacher bases his marking on so you know what, I’m very happy with that. Can only work harder from here!

Japanese
Sat a writing SAC for Japanese, in which I got a 13.5/15. It was one of the best essays I’ve ever written so I’m very happy about that.

General
We had our data analysis SAC and it was probably one of the worst SACs I’ve ever sat in my life. Nobody in the cohort felt good about it. It wasn’t that the content is hard, like it was really easy but the questions were so confusing and there was no marking scheme so we didn’t really know what was expected of us?

It was split into 3 parts, and I cried after part 2 so yeah. Not excited to get my marks back for that one.

It does really upset me though, because I do quite well in the practice exams I’ve done for general so far. I’m very comfortable with test and exam-style questions. But it was an application task and I just don’t do well with those, and I feel like I screwed myself over because I know I know the content, and I know I can do well.

But, at least the exam is worth 60% of the study score. As long as I try my best in the SACs, (whether that means getting a high grade or not), I can still pull through with a decent score if I can do decently on the exam… hopefully.

UPDATE: I got a 36/40! I am very pleasantly surprised, I was not expecting to get that. I’m so happy that I didn’t fail haha, there’s still hope for me.

The plan for these holidays is to get my copious amounts of holiday homework done, do some pre-study for the next AOS, and enjoy my birthday!!

Well, have a lovely holidays everyone! Take a break and relax.

2 months later

16/06/23
Uhm, yeah. So last time I posted at the end of term 1, and now it’s the end of term 2. That’s terrifying. One more term left (term 4 barely counts) and that’s it… I’m done.

Had my year 12 formal, lovely night, a lot of fun. Did the GAT, hilarious as always. (I was team BBQ, if you supported the benches then who even are you wtf.)

Anyways, subject time and updates on goals and stuff??

General Maths:
Only had one SAC this term, which was financial maths. Ngl, I thought it was kinda fucked like a lot of us genuinely thought we were gonna fail and it was not a good time. Terrible SAC, so very confusingly worded and yeah.

Somehow got 18/20 by some miracle that I won’t dare to question, so it all worked out but the tears shed over that SAC was not worth it.

Japanese:
Again, only had one SAC which was a speaking SAC this time. Went pretty smoothly, didn’t have any major complaints.

Got 13.5/15, which y’know for a language I’m not complaining.

English Language:
Had one SAC (again? What is it with the singular SACs…) and it was an AC + Short Answer SAC. Short answer was hella easy ngl, got full marks for that section. The AC was okay, I could’ve chosen better examples (I kinda rambled on about pronouns for too long and got marked down for that, which fair enough. I read through it when I got my feedback and I was like: yeah, uh, never doing that again)

Got 44/50.

Chemistry:
Once again, one SAC which was on equilibrium. I found it to be a pretty easy SAC, so I’ll admit I was hoping for a higher score, and I was a bit disappointed, but hey it’s still a decent score so yk.

44/50.

Methods:
The big one… the one that terrified me. We had one SAC, and it was a calculus application one. And when I tell you I cried so much over this, I mean I was ugly crying. I felt so bad after this SAC that I was convinced I was gonna fail.

I’ve never failed anything in my life before, so the idea of this being my first time just absolutely devastated me. My goal for methods is a 25 study score, so I really only need a pass or a bit more in order to get that. And I thought I wouldn’t.

So today we got our SAC marks AND our rankings for that SAC. I got a 42/50, and am somehow ranked in the top 5. What the fuck. I am absolutely ecstatic and it’s so much more than I deserve. 💀 Safe to say, just try your damn best y’all. I knew methods was gonna drag me down, so I did my best to compensate for it, and sometimes you’ll feel like shit but who knows, it might work out for you. You never know unless you try.

Anyways, in terms of goals (study scores and ATAR). Still aiming for an 80+ ATAR, and still aiming for a 30 study score at least in all my subjects… and I think maybe?? Just maybe?? I can get above a 25 in methods??? We’ll see how I feel next term.

Semester 1 is over. Here’s to hopefully a decent semester 2 🤙

6 months later

i completely gave up on this, (and VCE too ngl)

but i know people enjoy seeing other’s results so 🙂)

VCE RESULTS 2023
Chemistry - 35 (scaled 39)
English language - 33 (scaled 35)
Japanese - 33 (scaled 41)
General maths - 40 (scaled 38)
Methods - 29 (scaled 33)
Biology - 39 (scaled 40)

ATAR: 92.80 (!!!! WTF!!!!)

to those who read my year 11 journal and knew that my goal this entire time was to get a 90 and be the 6th person good enough,, i did it <3

    lxna
    Ayyyyy!!! Nice work my dude!!! Awesome job 🎉🎉🎉

    -jinx_58

    • lxna replied to this.
        10 days later

        this’ll be my last update and then i’ll be off for good

        uni offers came out and i was accepted into my first preference! nursing (scholars program) at monash university!

        the current plan is to finish nursing, and hopefully try for med school in the future 🙂 but that’s a problem for future me. good luck to all the future vce students who happen to stumble upon this forum like i did, remember to try your best and have no regrets, but also remember that vce is only a small part of your life, and there are so many ways to get to where you wanna go.

        adios!

          lxna congrats mate with both your Atar and offer!! Good luck with your studies, all the best with your future career! 😁🥳

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