Entry #4 - 28/02/2023

Wow, it's already the last day of February. 2 months in, 8 months left for the English Exam. How did my Chem SAC go? It went fine!. I don't have much going on this week because of Year 12 camp, and since I'm not going, I have 6 day (not 5 days) long weekend. Leniency is my biggest problem, I'll attempt not to procrastinate and get lots of work done. Also going to start doing the learners practice test, which I have put off for longer than a year. My plan is to do pre-studying, something that I did last year for methods, which got me a 93% average on SACs. My first physics SAC is going to be in exactly two weeks, and my Complex Numbers test next week. It looks like I'll have to keep my head down and hit the books this week, oddly enough, I feel motivated this time.

Tasks (for this week)

  • Watch High Ground (I didn't end up watching it).

  • Timestamp interesting points in High Ground.

  • Get up to date in Spesh and Methods..

  • Do practice SACs for Physics.

Have a good day 👍🏿

7 days later

Entry #5 - 7/03/2023

Greetings from planet Zorbo 👽. I have come back from my 6 day slumber feeling dishevelled, as I usually do on Mondays (and in this case; Tuesday).

I actually am surprised with myself as I managed to get the work done. I finished all my homework in the time period, so it actually feels great. Today we did some pseudocode in Methods (hopefully I'll get the hang of it) and we finished Functions and Graphs in Specialist Maths, so we're starting Differential Calculus next week. I have a test on Thursday for Complex Numbers, so I'll have to start working on my bound reference. Chemistry got me confused, we were doing redox and it is unlike Year 11, I had a severe case of brain fart (probably because I was fatigued). My physics SAC(s) is next week, and It will be in two parts, Relativity on Wednesday, and Motion on Friday, this time, I'll actually prepare for once, rather than winging it like I did for all my SACs, regardless of the subject in Year 11. I have a feeling SAC season is coming up, so I'll have to prepare weeks ahead in advance, someone's got lots of work to do😫.

It seems I haven't mentioned my obsession with clouds, I have loved clouds since I was 6 years old, I have memorised every major cloud type (my favourite is the cumulonimbus incus), also related to it, weather and atlases (and geography). The weather phenomenon I find most interesting is the supercell thunderstorm, specifically the classic supercell, which usually has a defined wall cloud (evidence of a mesocyclone) and a tornado normally forming. The high precipitation normally brings hail and heavy precipitation, but has a lower chance of forming a tornado, while a low precipitation usually forms in dryer climates, has strong winds but rarely forms tornadoes. Unfortunately, I haven't met anyone who shares this interest.

Tasks

  • Add Complex Numbers to Spesh bound reference.

  • Begin preparing for Physics SAC next week.

  • Watch episode 3 of His Dark Materials.

Have an amazing day👍🏿

    grrrmestudyhard I love the randomness of the cloud infodump, and it was interesting. I looked up cumulonimbus incus (I, unfortunately, am not a cloud expert), and wow they are gorgeous. I understand your liking of them.
    Also good luck with your SACs!

      Entry #6 - 10/03/2023

      Rightio, this week's done. What went on? Yes, that's a good question. On Thursday, I had a Specialist Maths test on Complex Numbers (tech free was significantly harder than tech enabled). And I surely am surprising myself now that I'm actually doing more English homework. I have mentioned that I'm in the D&D Club, today was meant to be the beginning of the D&D campaign, unfortunately, the DM who happens to be a teacher was unable to attend due to changes in the timetable so it's going on next week Wednesday. It seems the stress of my approaching Physics SAC is piling on.

      Tasks

      • Complete all Physics VCAA questions booklets (and do Giancoli questions).

      • Do a TEEL paragraph for English.

      Have a good day👍🏿

      5 days later

      Entry #7 - 15/03/2023

      Seems that good things are coming, I just did the first part of my physics SAC (and I think I did really well), the second part is going to be on Friday, so I'll make sure to study well for that, and most importantly, we had our first Session Zero in the DnD club, we'll be playing in a land known as Faerun, so it looks like I'll have to do some reading of the Faerun lore (also sending my DM my character sheet to make my character compatible with the lore). Differential Calculus is fun, and we also started Exponentials and Logarithms, to be fair, spesh and methods are really chill subjects if you enjoy doing maths. I'll be having my second Chemistry SAC on Galvanic Cells on week 9, so I'll definitely put effort this time.

      Tasks

      • Start Differential Calculus exercises.

      • Finish Chapter 4 in Methods

      • Watch Galvanic Cells on Edrolo

      Have a good day👍🏿

      4 days later

      Entry #8 - 22/03/2023

      Apologies to the infrequent entries, but I do have to say, things are going quite well for me (other than the fact that I have to do 2 practical investigations at once), things seem to be favourable. Today was the beginning of the DnD campaign, the one I have been waiting for and it was fun. I also got my SAC scores for English, Chemistry and Physics. 56, 79 (surprising cause I winged it) and 78 (the Motion part was absolutely cooked) for each subject respectively. I feel disappointed, but I also imagine this as a lesson to prepare for future SACs, although, the Creative SAC only counts to 7% of the study score. I have a Methods test tomorrow and a Chemistry SAC next week on Monday, which I have been studying for. In other good news, the Chemistry teachers are preparing for an excursion in University of Melbourne 😃.

      Tasks

      • Finish Checkpoint 1 of Physics logbook

      • Make methodology on Chemistry logbook

      • Send character sheet pdf to DM

      • Make Methods bound reference

      Have a splendid day👍🏿

      8 days later

      Entry #9 - 30/03/2023

      Do you hear it? It sounds like the end of Term 1 is approaching! It's really shocking to me how quickly this term went by, and now I'm already a one-third of my way in this year (Term 4 isn't really counted as a term). Well? I haven't been making entries since Wednesday last week, so what has been going on? I did my Chemistry Practical for the Practical Investigation assignment on Tuesday, and today we started Circular Functions on Methods and Integral Calculus in Spesh. Oh, and DnD, we continued from last week (my group was sent to Nightstone to due to a goblin raid), and it turns out I'm really good at rolling. The Galvanic Cells SAC was on Monday, and I actually think I did really well, I could answer all questions with confidence, considering the fact that a few weeks ago I couldn't identify what was the anode or the cathode. Although the term is coming to an end, I shouldn't be relaxing. I got work to do!!

      Tasks

      • Complete Checkpoint 2 on Physics logbook.

      • Write two TEEL paragraphs for English

      Have a great day👍🏿

      6 days later

      Entry #10 - 5/04/2023

      Wow, this term went by really quickly, but I do have to say, I HAVE TONS OF TO WORK TO COMPLETE DURING THE HOLIDAYS. I guess that's fine because I have time, but I just have to hope that it doesn't obstruct my plan to study ahead. Today was the last DnD session of the term, my character (who's name is Sergev) was knocked unconscious, hopefully RNGesus will grant me good rolls for my death saving throws. Also had my Physics SAC, actually wasn't as hard as I thought it would turn out to be. Recently, my motivation to get a high ATAR has increased, and now I'm developing a plan to get one, and it seems that the plan is better started now than later, I'll push forward, full steam ahead!

      Tasks (for the holidays)

      • Physics

      • Finish logbook and poster

      • Work on practice VCAA questions booklets

      • Chemistry

      • Finish logbook and poster

      • English

      • Rewatch High Ground, make timestamps, and do practice paragraphs.

      • Spesh

      • Finish set exercises

      • Do practice complex numbers and vectors questions

      • Methods

      • Finish set exercises

      Have a good day (and a relaxing holidays)👍🏿

      22 days later

      Entry #11 - 27/04/2023

      Well? It's the first entry of the term. I hope you all had a great break, other than that, things are looking quite rough. Today I had my Differential Calculus test for specialist maths, and only now have we started Differential Calculus in methods. In roughly two weeks is my English text reponse SAC. Next week, on Monday, is the due date for my Chemistry Poster (on Monday, the Further maths students have a day long SAC💀💀). On an unrelated note, my current DM said that I would have to DM at least once for a campaign, my social and communication skills are already bad enough😭. We also started Gravitational and Electromagnetic Fields in physics, and my teacher already handed us a ton of VCAA questions, so much paper, I'll tell you. My teachers have been warning me that this term is going to be a tough one, and term 3 will be tougher, I gotta get a move on!

      Tasks

      • Watch 4F Edrolo for Chemistry

      • Do Chapter 4F exercises

      • Watch 5A & 5B for Physics

      • Do Chapter 5A & 5B exercises

      • High Ground scene analysis

      Have an amazing day👍🏿

      19 days later

      Entry #12 - 16/05/2023

      Greetings, apologies for the inconsistencies between entries, but man, it's already Week 4, that's what's so scary, time feels so quick! Other than that, I'll have to summarise shortly what occured during the short hiatus.

      • I did my English Text Response SAC.

      • I began reading The Lord of the Rings (Highly recommend).

      • We have started Logic and Proof in Specialist Maths.

      Enough about the past, what about what happens next? This week, I have my Electrolysis SAC on Thursday, next week, I have a 4 period Spesh SAC (begins on Tuesday and finishes on Thursday), alongside my Physics SAC. How am I feeling? Uncertain, I feel underprepared, even though I have done enough. Recently, I have been applying some good habits such as: going to bed by 9pm, reading, time management. My parents keep telling me this: "my source of stress is from having no schedule", and I do agree, alongside the benefits of sleeping 8 hours, studying consistently will eleviate my stress. The take away? Studying consistently and doing my homework will definitely ease the sense of uncertainty within me. Well, I gotta get a move on!

      Tasks

      • Revise Electrolytic Cells.

      • Revise Vectors and Complex numbers. Complete practice questions.

      • Complete Argument Analysis questions.

      Have a good day 👍🏿

      8 days later

      Entry #13 - 24/05/2023

      Phew, it's really Week 5, and it seems that it is officially SAC season. Yesterday I had the first part of my Spesh SAC, surprisingly, it was actually not that difficult! Today I had my Physics SAC on Electricity, Magnetism and Gravity, which thankfully, I studied for it, and found it easy. Tomorrow is the final part of my Spesh SAC, I'm really looking forward to finishing it. Despite my excitement, my calendar is looking bleak. I will be have a SAC every week until the end of the term, and next week will be Methods (yet again, in 2 parts like Spesh, but it's methods, so I'll be fine). On an unrelated note, I'm doing something I know I shouldn't be doing, but I'm watching the LOTR films whilst reading the books, I finished the Fellowship of the Ring and have begun The Two Towers. But I'll finish the book and then continue with the films. Other than that, it seems that I'll have to hit the books.

      Tasks

      • Revise Complex Numbers and Vectors.

      • Annotate Argument Analysis article.

      • Begin Methods revision.

      Have a wonderful day👍🏿

      23 days later

      Entry #14 - 16/06/2023

      Gosh, looks like the end of Semester 1 is right around the corner, and I do have to say, I have MANY regerts¹. One is definitely not taking Year 12 seriously, I know what I'm doing is wrong, I'm putting my study score (and ATAR) in jeopardy, and I still continue in self-destructive behaviour such as winging my SACs. But what has happened in the (more than) 3 weeks that I have not posted?

      • I did my Argument Analysis

      • Integrals test for Specialist Maths

      • Rates of Reaction and Equilibrium SAC for chemistry.

      • Oh, and we started (and finished) electricity.

      Something to brighten the mood, I'll be in the University of Melbourne for a Chemistry excursion!! I have been anticipating this day since last term, but it's going to be my final excursion in school, while also being the first excursion I have ever been to since 2019, rough ain't it. I have received my scores for my chemistry and physics SAC, 81 for electrolysis and 87 for physics, surprisingly, I'm rank 2 in physics so that's great. Looking further, I'm going to get serious this holiday, and I am, this time not going to falter. I have two SACs next week, one on my Chemistry Unit 4 AOS3 poster outcome, and the other on Electricity. Well, I got some serious work to do this weekend.

      • Watch 8A, 8B, 8C on Edrolo Chemistry

      • Revise for Physics SAC

      • Work on my English oral presentation

      Have a good day👍🏿
      ¹Regerts is an intentional misspelling of regrets

      8 days later

      Entry #15 - 24/06/2023

      Well, I guess I'm finally entering the final stretch. Seriously, some retrospection and I can see that I was clearly lax with my attitude towards year 12. These holidays will not be wasted this time. This update will be pretty short, but I guess I'll summarise what occured this week, and what I'm going to be doing from now on. I had my Chemistry excursion on Monday, it was great, the Masson Theatre is nice, but damn the Chemistry Building is a labyrinth. In these holidays, I will attempt at self-studying the Unit 4 content, and start practice exams. It's nerve racking that the exams are coming close now, and there's only one way to alleviate this anxiety.

      Have a good day, and a splendid holiday👍🏿

      a month later

      Entry #16 - 27/07/2023

      Well? It's been a while since my last entry, and I'm finally in part 3 of the final season (totally not a reference to AOT). I've been coming to terms with the fact that this is really my final term and that I have to get serious with studying. But, I've got to say, things are going pretty fine. I got an 84% for my unit 3 spesh SAC (making me rank 1!!). In English, we are working on TLM and TSOG, In Chemistry, we are doing organic analysis and in Physics we started light and waves. It's a good thing that I am now used to studying for more hours consistently which is a habit I have been working on since LAST YEAR, and attempting to fix my sleep schedule, which I should've fixed during the holidays. The following weeks are going to be tough, next week I have a Differential Equations test on Tuesday and on Thursday... Back to back SACs, A Chemistry SAC in the morning and a Methods SAC on periods 3 & 4💀, week 5 I will have my Specialist Maths SAC and Physics SAC. Ok, gotta get to studying😬.

      Tasks

      • Revise for Chemistry SAC

      • Revise for Methods SAC

      • Do some preparations for DiffEqs Test

      Have a good day👍🏿

      3 months later

      Entry #17 - 9/11/2023

      Well, damn. That's it, I've finished my exams. It's been a few months since my last update but here I am, no longer worrying about a thing. And about how I'm doing now? Great, today was my physics exam and I found it easy, I think I probably aced it😄, alongside Specialist Maths and Maths Methods, I've done well in all of these subjects, I think I went pretty well in Chemistry. In all journeys, you reach the end of the road, and today, I have done exactly that. Despite the amount of time I have been left with, I'll have to learn to manage because I have plans, but in a month, I'll leave an update regarding my ATAR result and course entry, other than that, I will be away...

      Have an awesome day, especially Class of '23👍🏿

      Newbie
      Chem exam was fine, however, it's quite embarrasing that VCAA has been making consistent mistakes in their exams (first question of section B). I thought it was going to be difficult, really, it wasn't as hard as I made it out to be.

        a month later

        Entry #18 - 11/12/2023

        Well? I guess it's time, and I'm pretty disappointed, not at my ATAR, but at my english study score.
        Here goes🤷🏿‍♂️
        Specialist Maths - 37 --> 49.52
        Mathematical Methods - 41 --> 46.55
        Physics - 37 --> 39.85
        Chemistry - 34 --> 38.24
        English - 23 --> 20.19
        My ATAR is 91.80.
        I'd also like some clarification about Study Score Consideration in UniMelb as I am eligible for it.
        Have an amazing day👍🏿