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Ok so random little update because i felt like it!!
BIOLOGY - So i completed all the exam questions and videos on edrolo for bio plus made flashcards and have been testing myself and its all going really well!!! Really loving the bio content so far. I feel like i have done so much bio stuff cause now im already doing chapter 3 work but i honestly think its cause im procrastinating kother subjects by doing bio, which is a common thing for me to do

CHEMISTRY - Ok so read through the first chapter but havent really done much else as i have a tutor group which starts next week so after that i think ill get into a bit more chem work and do a little grind before school starts to cover the early content. For chem I think i really just need a push and then ill be off and going with my study for chem

METHODS and GENERAL - Did most of the holiday homework for these subjects before my last post which was chapter 2 and 4 of methods and chapter 1 of general but i am still looking to do a bit more, still struggling with what to do for my bound reference though so need to figiure that out

ENGLISh - Ok so improvements!! Ive strated reading and annotating the english book, although it is one of our later aos so im not totally prioritising reading it yet but maybe next holidays but still trying to get through it. Can people give me advice if they think i should just prioritise getting through it or taking a bit longer but annotating it? Also did some questions from the mentor texts but still have some more to do. Hoenstly i think a part of english i hate is that i cant listen to music while studying for it cause it usually involves reading or writing, and when im really enjoying lsitening to music i do other subjects instead or english, also a reason why im always far ahead in maths cause its my fav listen to music while study subject

EDIT: Just finished all methods holiday homework and got a little ahead so feeling happy

Hope everyones last few weeks of holidays are good!

a year later

Okay this feels weird seems that my last post was in the summer holidays, but I thought I would do a little update and Im happy to answer any questions anyone has!

I got an atar of 98.40!!! I could not be happier🙂
My study scores were
HHD 48 (2023)
Bio 47
Chem 45
General 50
Methods 38
English 34

Here are my thoughts for each to compare from the start of the year.

Bio - I love bio with my whole heart. It carried me through semester one when I was going through a pretty rough time, and ultimately came through with the goods on results day. That bio exam was rough tho, Id con vinced myself I would have been lucky to get a 40. All my sacs were around 88-92% and I was so shocked to find out that I was rank 1, even after I had almost given up on bio in late term 3. But that just gave me the biggest motvation boost which ended up getting me the score that I did!

Chem - Chem was definately a slow burn. I hated 1/2 chem and luckily with a great teacher this year it slowly became my favourite. Again, I had convinced myself I had done much worse on the exam, but came out with a 45 which I was soooo happy with. I also got rank 1 for chem, which year 11 me would have never believed.

English - I in fact did not work much harder. I neglected it all year, and certainly neglected it come exam time. I ddint do one practice piece for it, rocked up to most of my sacs with not one bit of study. My good short term emmeory worked on my side when I would read a quote bank the mornign of each and somehow fluked a pass. Anyways, if i had studied my atar would have thanked me for it because instead I ended up with a scaled 32 in my top 4 🙁

General - pulled my stuff together in term 3 when I found out i was rank 1 and came out with the goods. Thank god because I dont know what I would have done if those 50+ practice exams were a waste.

Methods - very happy with my score. Pretty quickly i realised methods would be in my bottom two so i stopped caring as much as I should. Methods will always be a what if, because I believe if I put as much effort into methods as I did for general I definately coul;d have gotten 40+.

Anyways cya guys, if you have any questions let me know.

Im also selling general and health resources so let me know if your interested!

    haps20 congrats on the AMAZING atar!! you deserve it and worked hard it sounded 🙂

      haps20
      WOAH!! That's an incredible score, job well done!
      What are your next plans? Where will you study? What course will you take?

          haps20 heyy thats soo good do you know where I could find practice exams for general math and chem

              a month later

              S007🌿☁️ i got all mine from vce rocks (now vce.best i think?) and my school. For both subjects i also did lots of old study design vcaa as they are all great too!!

                5 days later

                • din

                  • Post #14

                  yr 11 also contributes to ur atar if u do a 3/4 subject in yr 11

                  matureagedstudent

                  im really confused by your message sorry.

                  I go to a regular public school, not selective or anything.

                  I did a year 11 (1/2) in year 10 and so did most people at my school? This meant that most people did a 3/4 in year 11 which went towards our atar.

                  What do you mean by 'youre cleaerly in year 11'???

                    • FH

                      • Post #20
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                      matureagedstudent Wait until you’re 23 years old to cringe at your teenage self.

                      wait under you're 45 and cringe at your 23 year old self, it's just life no need to be pessimistic.

                      matureagedstudent Cheating happens all the time in school, it’s the only way to get 100% on a VCAA state exam

                      also encouraging cheating and saying it's the only way to do well on a vcaa exam is NOT true one bit. i managed a 93 on one exam and there was no cheating involved, and proves that hard work pays off. so it'd be great if you stop being in every page and spreading negativity because it's truly dulling.

                            • MMMHS

                              • Post #22

                              FH yea someone honest and truthfull like you wouldn't cheat, you did the best you could and now you have gotten in uni! Wish you the best there

                                • FH

                                  • Post #24

                                  matureagedstudent prove i cheated. honestly if you can prove if i cheated, and that i in fact didn't put effort in, go ahead.
                                  remember one thing; you can have all the notes you want if you cheat, but if you dont know how to formulate an answer that meets the demands of the questions, cheating is useless.
                                  don't appreciate being called a cheater either...

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