MHS Exam Stress

[forbiddensoulxx]

I always feel like I'm going to go do the test, and even when I do my best, I won't get in. But I really want to. Can someone help me with getting over my stress and having the best chances to get in?

[shadows]

I always feel like I'm going to go do the test, and even when I do my best, I won't get in. But I really want to. Can someone help me with getting over my stress and having the best chances to get in?

You need to have faith in yourself. Don't doubt yourself.
Go into the exam and seriously give it your best shot. You have nothing to lose. I mean it.

Take it as a learning experience.
If you absolutely gave it everything but unfortunately didn't get in, I'm sorry but maybe it was meant to be.
I know right now it can seem like the biggest thing in your life but trust me, but trust me, once you leave school and start uni or whatever you'd want to  do.... no one is going to care about what school you went to.... or even what atar you got.

But the exam hasn't even taken place yet, the examiners haven't assigned to a score yet, the school hasn't accepted nor declined you yet.
There's still time. You still got a shot .

[Orb]

Hey, look, one thing I want you to try:

-Write down all the possible events that might happen if you DIDN'T get in.

Post it here, private message it to me, whatever, but share it with someone.

Now re-examine it. Are they life-threatening? No. Will your high school life be over? Probably not. It's really not as bad as it seems.
Don't want to mention names, but i've messaged you a private little story about someone not getting into MHS and then succeeding. He was pretty recent too, graduated last year.

[Hannibal]

Please don't stress. Even if you don't make it in, it will still be an awesome learning experience that you will have for the rest of your life. If you have studied hard, you will have an awesome platform to which you can bounce off into VCE and beyond .

Judging by the fact that you are posting on a study forum in Year 8, you obviously care about your future, and so I would definitely put money on you to get in .

[Asteriskkk]

Dont worry, I too am taking the test, but not to MHS though haha.

At the end of the day, its just school, everywhere its the same.
My sisters didn't get into MacRob, but she managed to get and 89+ ATAR and got into the degree she wanted, plus she didn't even study for the Select Entry exam?

IF you don't get in, then apply the knowledge and use it in VCE

[forbiddensoulxx]

Hey, look, one thing I want you to try:

-Write down all the possible events that might happen if you DIDN'T get in.

Post it here, private message it to me, whatever, but share it with someone.

Now re-examine it. Are they life-threatening? No. Will your high school life be over? Probably not. It's really not as bad as it seems.
Don't want to mention names, but i've messaged you a private little story about someone not getting into MHS and then succeeding. He was pretty recent too, graduated last year.

Hey, well:

1. I would feel REALLY miserable.
2. My parents would feel absolutely rubbish and probably wouldn't be as enthusiastic for a few weeks.
3. "                                " as if they wasted so much money on tuition and preparations. (I know I'm learning something, but still)
4. I would do miserable for the rest of this year and a little even next year,
5. I would be very pissed if my classmates got in when I know for a fact I prepare and study WAY more than them. (2 hours weekdays, 6 hours weekends [x hours EVERY day]

[SKGUN11]

You gotta remember that none of this will happen. Just believe in yourself, dont make these haunt or daunt you. Dont even think about it. Go into the exam as if it is NAPLAN, lol and just do it! Really, it doesnt go on your grades, schools wont judge you and it will never go on toy studen chronicle. Give it your best shot and dont worry, whatever the outcome, you will always takes something out. Either experience, knowledge or a new school, or even all of them. The more you put it in the more you take out. Good Luck 

[IndefatigableLover]

Hey, well:

1. I would feel REALLY miserable.
2. My parents would feel absolutely rubbish and probably wouldn't be as enthusiastic for a few weeks.
3. "                                " as if they wasted so much money on tuition and preparations. (I know I'm learning something, but still)
4. I would do miserable for the rest of this year and a little even next year,
5. I would be very pissed if my classmates got in when I know for a fact I prepare and study WAY more than them. (2 hours weekdays, 6 hours weekends [x hours EVERY day]

1. I guess you have to look at it from both sides. Of course 'not getting into MHS' will make you miserable but you just have to take it within your stride. Life goes on and really you just try to take on as many opportunities as possible
2. Selective Schools and Parents generally don't mix well together but they should know how the system works (3% rule etc.) and whether actually going to MHS is the right option too. A parent's worse nightmare isn't about their son/daughter making it into a selective school (does go on for a few weeks but it dies off quickly).
3. Again not a parent's nightmare and although doing tuition for MHS costs money, you do pick up good techniques which can be applied to other study areas so it's not exactly a 'waste of money.'
4. Depends on how you look at the situation but being miserable about the exam won't extend for that long. My friends and I applied for MHS/Mac.Rob/JMSS and when we all look back on it we don't really care too much about where we ended up.. some were sad but used that as motivation and eventually the hard work pays off
5. Personally I would agree with you on this one. When I was in Year 8 we all had an idea on who would get in but one of my friends who was a shoe in didn't get in whilst the 'slacker' got in... however there is always the year after and those are easier to get in if you're a sporty player (or want to apply for JMSS, EBSS etc.)

And looking at it from another perspective... I got accepted into MHS as well when I was in Year 8 and wanted to go (before moving to JMSS eventually) but parents said no due to private reasons but in the end I don't regret a single decision because Year 9 at my old school was probably one of the best years for me

[chingchongling]

If you've done everything you can to prepare there's nothing else you can do. Just try your best. That's all your parents can ask for. As long as you give it your all.

[Orb]

1. I guess you have to look at it from both sides. Of course 'not getting into MHS' will make you miserable but you just have to take it within your stride. Life goes on and really you just try to take on as many opportunities as possible
2. Selective Schools and Parents generally don't mix well together but they should know how the system works (3% rule etc.) and whether actually going to MHS is the right option too. A parent's worse nightmare isn't about their son/daughter making it into a selective school (does go on for a few weeks but it dies off quickly).
3. Again not a parent's nightmare and although doing tuition for MHS costs money, you do pick up good techniques which can be applied to other study areas so it's not exactly a 'waste of money.'
4. Depends on how you look at the situation but being miserable about the exam won't extend for that long. My friends and I applied for MHS/Mac.Rob/JMSS and when we all look back on it we don't really care too much about where we ended up.. some were sad but used that as motivation and eventually the hard work pays off
5. Personally I would agree with you on this one. When I was in Year 8 we all had an idea on who would get in but one of my friends who was a shoe in didn't get in whilst the 'slacker' got in... however there is always the year after and those are easier to get in if you're a sporty player (or want to apply for JMSS, EBSS etc.)

And looking at it from another perspective... I got accepted into MHS as well when I was in Year 8 and wanted to go (before moving to JMSS eventually) but parents said no due to private reasons but in the end I don't regret a single decision because Year 9 at my old school was probably one of the best years for me

Just adding on to lover's point here, I'm actually one of the 'slackers' who experienced way more success than the rest purely because of my IQ and paying attention in class.

But in the end, that's life, there will always be people who are smarter than you. I got a good taste of that when I signed up for a class called 'physics olympiad'. I think I didn't study for the second test and I didn't even pass it.
You'll have something that's better than someone else, focus on that and working hard, because external factors are outside your control.