GeneralThis one may be a long read.
Yet again it's been quite a while since I've updated the journal, hope everyone's been able to cope with the busy term 3. Honestly, I've been struggling quite a lot. The past few weeks I have been extreeeeeeeeeeeemly unproductive. During the weekdays I tell myself I'll do the work on the weekend, but once it gets to the weekend I end up going out with friends and watching Netflix instead and I am now very behind in terms of where I'm usually at with my subjects. I have my comparative English sac next week (worth 60%) of Unit 4 and I STILL HAVEN'T READ THE GODDAMN BOOKS. I can't remember if I've shared why my username is 'NomotivationF,' but last year, it was the day before one of my accounting sacs and I was freaking out because I had done literally no study and my motivation levels were dropping throughout the year to the point where I basically gave up on all my subjects. So I still remember the night before the sac at around 11:30pm I created this account and made a post (which I have since deleted due to embarrassment/the amount I cringed when I read it back) where I basically ranted about how I needed motivation to study and I couldn't find any. I feel like what's been happening recently is history repeating itself.
I know what steps I need to take to bounce back, but similar to last year, I just cannot bring myself to do them. Maybe its the cumulative stress of the amount of sacs + uni preferences + my recent breakup and other shit that's just reached a tipping point, but I really don't know.
EnglishAs I said I still haven't read the two books we are studying, however I do have a grasp of (mostly?) what happens in the books. The sac is next thursday and I am obviously not very confident, but I am planning to smash out reading both books as well as write a comparative essay and hand it into my teacher tomorrow. I really hope I can push myself tomorrow to try catch up on my work. At this point, I am aiming to finish with over 90/100 for unit 4 English, meaning I have to score 53/60 or over. I'm not sure if this is achievable given how far behind I am, but I have pulled through before so maybe I can do it again.
EconomicsI got my last unit 4 sac back and I scored 46/49, which scales to 56/60 for vcaa. Initially I was happy with this score however I was very pissed off about a question that I lost 2 marks on. The answer I provided on the sac was almost exactly the same as what I provided on the homework (that I aced) with the same questions a few weeks ago, yet I still lost two marks. My teacher has to cross mark the sacs with the other economics teacher so he apologised but said he couldn't do anything about it. Oh well, I'll have to live with it. The highest mark on this sac was 58/60 so I couldn't have fallen to far down the rankings, if anything, I may have moved up as our previous rank one low-key screwed up the sac. Overall I'm content with the sac. The next and final sac (40% of Unit 4) is sometime in week 8, which is a lot closer than I expected since we've hardly started the topic, hoping for 37+/40 on the next sac.
PsychologyHOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I fucking
KILLED my last psych sac. I scored 44/45, which scales to a 29/30 for vcaa. I aced every part of the sac and only lost one mark on the 10 marker. My teacher said my ER was one of, if not the best in the cohort (nobody got 10/10 for it). All I needed to do to ace the sac was to write a concluding statement which addressed the audience of the question, which I was going to do before I ran out of time. I'll still gladly take the 29/30 as I now know that I'm either rank 3/4 in the cohort. Very very happy with this sac result. In terms of the next sac, it's week 8, the same week as my economics sac. The content for this AOS is rather interesting as it focuses on states of consciousness and sleep, both of which I seem to have a growing curiosity about. Aiming for 28+/30 on the next sac.
MethodsYeah soooo I got 15/25 on the last sac, which I thought I would've been happy with, but after looking at it I was quite disappointed to find out how many marks I missed just due to lack of time. I think I only answered 70% of the questions, and I scored a 60%, so not toooo bad I suppose. I'm content with the score, I was only hoping to pass anyway. Next sac is a 3 part sac from Wednesday - Friday. I've heard from past students that probability is one of the hardest methods topics but I'm honestly finding it okay. I think the data-analysis and standard deviation content from further last year has helped quite a lot with the distributions part of the content from methods. As with everything in methods, my goal is just to pass so that I can get a ss of 25. However I feel like I can do well (comparatively) on this sac, so I'm aiming for 17-18/25. I still haven't completed the sac prep but I'm planning to do that tomorrow, but I don't really know if ill be able to do it as I have English to do as well. In this case this may be one of the first times that I may prioritise methods revision over English.
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As I expected the last few weeks of term are extremely busy. Methods sac this week, English sac next week, Psych and Eco sac the week following, and then trial exams the week following that. It's going to be a grind to say the least.
ScoresSpoiler
English
Sac 1 (Creative) - 29/30. Pretty happy with this one, but was still hoping for a 30/30.
Sac 2a (Single analysis) - 17/20. Disappointed. I thought I did well on this sac but apparently not. Also annoyed since this mark should've been scaled up due to comparative mark but my teacher did not change the mark.
Sac 2b (Comparative analysis) - 19/20. Very happy. I honestly thought I screwed this one up pretty bad so I was extremely happy with this mark.
Sac 3 (Single text response) - 27/30. Very happy, hard work paid off.
Unit 3 - 92/100
Sac 4 (Oral + Statement of Intention) - 28/30, 9/10 (37/40). Very happy, felt like I deserved both scores.
Sac 5 (Comparative text response) - Hoping for 53+/60 to end over 90/100 for Unit 4
Psych
Sac 1 (The Nervous system/Stress) - 47/50. WoooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Extremely happy knowing that the work i put in paid off. However, feeling a bit nervous since on average other classes did way better than mine.
Sac 2 (Neural plasticity + processes of learning) - 23/25. Holy fucking shit I was hoping for around a 22-23/25 but I'm fuming right now as i'm suffering due to my teacher's mistakes
Sac 3 (Learning and memory) - 34/35 --> 24.2/25. So fucking happy, the ward work paid off.
Unit 3 - 94/100
Sac 4 (EPI) - 28/30. Not happy, ranking has been pulled down from 2 --> 4.
Sac 5 (Mental health and phobias) - 44/45 --> 29/30 - Absolutely stoked. After sac was hoping for over 40 but I exceeded my expectations. Had one of the best ER's of the cohort which I was proud of. Bit disappointed that I didn't ace it but nobody did.
Sac 6 (SOC and sleep) - Aiming for 28+/30
Eco
Sac 1 (Microeconomics) - 42.5/45 --> 37.77/40 . Pretty happy, was expecting lower.
Sac 2a (Macroeconomics + Growth) - 36/40 --> 13.5/15. Pretty happy considering I had to cut a few answers short due to time pressures
Sac 2b (Low inflation + full employment) - 32.5/35 -->13.9/15. Extremely fucking happy. Thought I screwed up but I didn't so yaaaaaaaay
Sac 3 (Australia and the world economy) - 27.5/30. Very happy, hard work paid off, 2nd highest score in cohort by a mile
Unit 3 - 92-93/100
Sac 4 (AD factors) - 46/49 --> 56/60 - I'll have to live with it. The highest mark on this sac was 58/60, may have moved up or down rankings, not sure.
Sac 5 (AS factors) - Week 8, aiming for 37+/40.
Methods
Sac 1 (50% coursework, graphs and stuff?) - 36/50. Well I greatly exceeded my expectations, so nothing to complain about. On top of the world!!!!!
Sac 2 (25% coursework, calculus and stuff) - 15/25. Was aiming to pass so I'm content, but could have done better if I worked quicker.
Sac 3 (25% coursework, probability) - As with everything in methods, my goal is just to pass so that I can get a ss of 25. However I feel like I can do well (comparatively) on this sac, so I'm aiming for 17-18/25.