So yesterday I got my SAC result back for the digestive system, which was a 73% (B) which kinda hurts as I studied my butt of and was very confident in my SAC, but I am still happy with my score and yeah. I tried hard and I passed and I guess at the end of the day I passed and that Is all that matters in senior school.
Getting a lower result then expected does feel bad, but it's important not to just accept it. You should criticise your mistakes and really try to learn from them. Often I find my issue is with my expression, so I try to do examstyle practice.
What kinda things do you think you messed up?
This week has been slow and sad. Monday I had absolutely no motivation to do anything whatsoever. I stayed up late because I struggle to sleep when I am stressed (rip) But exams are eating away at me and I am so stressed. Like I know its only worth 5% (apparently) but we haven't even started revision week and I am loosing sleep over the stress. I am honestly scared to fail all of my exams. I know I will fail my science.
In Reguards to dealing with major stress, I might be able to give some advice. I used to deal pretty shockingly with stress, but throughout my VCE have worked on it and think I maintain a healthy level of stress. If I had to attribute it to 3 things, it would be to:
1. Find an effective routine. Routines really give you confidence in your learning and make finding motivation to study a bit easier too. My routine is to make notes (not spending too long on them), then move right onto exam style questions. While doing these I edit my notes for stuff I don't have and I will write questions I get wrong in a special book such to try and prevent further mistakes.
Whatever your routine may be, just make sure you're not wasting your precious time doing things which don't actually help you (don't read over notes instead of doing practice questions if you can help it)
Once you find a routine it just makes study seem less daunting and helps you get stuff done, thereby giving you confidence.
2. Try to expose yourself to content in advance. Even if you just read the next chapter of the textbook before the class moves onto it (not even having to make notes on it), you will find yourself much more confident when going through it in class and stressing less. I am not perfect at this, but try to do it whenever I can.
3. Do more than just study.
Have other activities outside of school that you can input your effort and time. You seem to be getting into this singing, so I hope you can keep working on it and continue to invest time in it. When study is your only focus, of course you're going to get overly stressed and lose motivation. Make sure you take breaks from it so that you can try to enjoy your study.
Anyways, sorry for the ramble and good luck on your experimental SAC!