Post by: blasonduo on December 17, 2017, 10:49:44 pm
Was it through one of their awesome lectures, What convinced you?
Was it through a friend, What did they tell you?
Was it through Google? What were you trying to find?
So.... How did you?
Post by: sweetiepi on December 17, 2017, 10:54:37 pm
- A certain classmate of mine convinced about 20 of us to go to the January 2016 VCE lectures (A long time ago, I know :P )
- I hung around the forum for a bit
- Classmate finds me on the forum
- Now both of us are mods on the forum 8)
Post by: snowisawesome on December 17, 2017, 10:55:29 pm
Hello! I am genuinely curious how YOU found this site.
Was it through one of their awesome lectures, What convinced you?
Was it through a friend, What did they tell you?
Was it through Google? What were you trying to find?
So.... How did you?
Was it through Google? What were you trying to find?
I was in year 10 choosing my vce subjects and I wanted to do accounting so i googled information on vce accounting and then found some great information on atar notes, which was how i first found atar notes. This happened in august 2016, it's now December 2017, wow time really does fly :)
Post by: blasonduo on December 17, 2017, 10:57:42 pm
This is kinda funny, and I may have mentioned this a few times before but I'll keep it short and sweet:
- A certain classmate of mine convinced about 20 of us to go to the January 2016 VCE lectures (A long time ago, I know :P )
- I hung around the forum for a bit
- Classmate finds me on the forum
- Now both of us are mods on the forum 8)
What did that classmate say to convince you to go?
Post by: sweetiepi on December 17, 2017, 11:01:33 pm
What did that classmate say to convince you to go?Honestly can't remember, it was brought up about 2 years ago now!
(I also have a bad memory at times haha :P )
Post by: Calebark on December 17, 2017, 11:01:44 pm
This is kinda funny, and I may have mentioned this a few times before but I'll keep it short and sweet:I guess the identity of this person will never be revealed :O
- A certain classmate of mine convinced about 20 of us to go to the January 2016 VCE lectures (A long time ago, I know :P )
- I hung around the forum for a bit
- Classmate finds me on the forum
- Now both of us are mods on the forum 8)
Post by: Coffee on December 17, 2017, 11:04:03 pm
I definitely frequented the forums more regularly in 2014 because I was in Year 10 and taking a VCE subject. Still lurking at this stage because I didn’t feel like I belonged, I figured I was too young, I guess.
So, yeah, through Google, I guess.
Post by: Calebark on December 17, 2017, 11:08:16 pm
What did that classmate say to convince you to go?
Since Insanipi can't recall, I'll bite haha. I just told her that there's a company that do completely free lectures that go some of the VCE content, and that two dozen of us are going to try, get ahead of the pack, and try to break some school records.
Post by: Sine on December 17, 2017, 11:09:33 pm
Post by: beatroot on December 17, 2017, 11:18:56 pm
Post by: katie,rinos on December 17, 2017, 11:25:02 pm
- I joined AN at the end of May to download Ancient notes for an assignment (and I didn’t really know/care too much about the forum).
- Saw the trial lectures advertised on Facebook and was thinking about going to Ancient/English but wasn’t too sure.
- Saw Susie at the Western Sydney Careers expo, and she was really enthusiastic/passionate about AN and history. Told/encouraged me to post on the History Extension debate thread. Made my first post two days later on the first post thread and then later posted on the debate thread.
- Went to the English, Ancient and Legal lectures and started posting a lot more afterwards. ;D
Post by: chelseam on December 17, 2017, 11:45:42 pm
Post by: RuiAce on December 17, 2017, 11:49:48 pm
Post by: MisterNeo on December 18, 2017, 12:00:05 am
Post by: Jigsaw on December 18, 2017, 12:04:06 am
Post by: blasonduo on December 18, 2017, 12:06:01 am
I think I saw a post or an ad on Facebook about the lectures last year and went to Jamon, Elyse and Jake’s lectures. I went on the website when I got home because Brenden’s talks before each lecture were really convincing :p
I'm very intrigued! What made it so convincing? What did he say?
Post by: K888 on December 18, 2017, 12:08:45 am
I'm very intrigued! What made it so convincing? What did he say?Everything Brenden says is convincing. He could sell ice to an eskimo.
Post by: RuiAce on December 18, 2017, 12:11:39 am
I'm very intrigued! What made it so convincing? What did he say?Was probably his tone.
Like, it's Brenden's fucking tone. He just fucking has it.
Post by: Wales on December 18, 2017, 12:18:38 am
Post by: RuiAce on December 18, 2017, 12:20:23 am
Paging HappyPhysicsLand and my Physics teacher :DGood to know we were both victimised similarly
Post by: Calebark on December 18, 2017, 12:26:30 am
Was probably his tone.
Like, it's Brenden's fucking tone. He just fucking has it.
pHiLoSoPhY
Post by: strawberries on December 18, 2017, 12:33:58 am
Post by: chelseam on December 18, 2017, 01:07:54 am
I'm very intrigued! What made it so convincing? What did he say?
Was probably his tone.^^^ Exactly that
Like, it's Brenden's fucking tone. He just fucking has it.
I honestly have no idea it was just so convincing he really h y p e s it up!
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on December 18, 2017, 08:40:08 am
Post by: Natasha.97 on December 18, 2017, 09:19:05 am
I started fiddling with marks in various ATAR calculators, AN being one of them. Didn't make an account then. :3
After seeing it included in the list, the first thing I did was look at some subject guides and make an account to download some notes :P
Fast-forward 2 months later, I attended the Trial lectures (English, Maths 3U and Chem). I started becoming active on the forums and here I am! ;D
Post by: fantasticbeasts3 on December 18, 2017, 09:25:53 am
- never really looked at the forums, just downloaded notes. i used to have a folder dedicated to each subject full of notes from here
- went to the pre-trials lectures in july and on a whim the night after the last lecture i went to, decided to hop onto the forums!
- it's been almost half a year since that night and i don't think i'll be leaving the forums any time soon. AN is such a great community, and i'm so happy to be a part of it ❤️
Post by: Bri MT on December 18, 2017, 09:52:41 am
I first knew that they existed from going to a bio AN revision lecture but that didn't convince me to start posting.
Post by: cookiedream on December 18, 2017, 10:10:14 am
I went to a lecture that was run through the Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars program*gasp* You're a Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholar too? :O
Post by: Vaike on December 18, 2017, 11:34:25 am
*gasp* You're a Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholar too? :O
That makes three of us!
Honestly, I actually have no memory of how I really found AN. I think it might have been searching around in year 10 for VCE resources, but not too sure.
Post by: elysepopplewell on December 18, 2017, 02:00:11 pm
I'm surprised the free notes wasn't the main pull for most people! But not at all surprised that the lectures are how you heard about us :)
Post by: EEEEEEP on December 18, 2017, 02:23:11 pm
I first used AN for resources and then I sort of forgot about it. I used IRC (internet relay chat) for AN for a while
While I was at uni, I discovered these posters and saw these lecturers and remembered it was AN! I hopped back on the forums (after resetting my password HAHA) and remembered that I had old resources, so I decided to start writing stuff!
I made like 3 posts from 2013 to 2015, and then that went up to 551 in a few years ^^.
Post by: AngelWings on December 18, 2017, 02:49:21 pm
I've had an up and down relationships with AN :,). I sort of found it, lost it , and then found it again =)My story's a little like E6P's if I remember correctly...
I first used AN for resources and then I sort of forgot about it. I used IRC (internet relay chat) for AN for a while
While I was at uni, I discovered these posters and saw these lecturers and remembered it was AN! I hopped back on the forums (after resetting my password HAHA) and remembered that I had old resources, so I decided to start writing stuff!
I made like 3 posts from 2013 to 2015, and then that went up to 551 in a few years ^^.
I think I was in one of my late night mindless strolls across the internet back in Year 11. Pretty sure I was searching Google for answers to some Psych stuff, which was my U3/4 when I was in Year 11. After a few searches, I curiously found this website that just kept popping up - ATAR Notes - in the URL. Found some old posts dated around 2008-2011 of just random academic materials. In November of my Year 11 year, I made an account to access more resources and then forgot about this forum.
Half a year later, I'd internet-strolled back to the ATAR calculator and reconnected to the forum from there. I found that account I'd made (which was this one) again and started to post instead. Decided to check in for more help and offer help about once a month, but it eventually became more regular to once a week. It was primarily focused on chemistry, being the subject I needed the most help in. (Side note: I now hold a minor in chemistry.) Ever since, I've been on regularly for about 3.5 years.
To put how long I've been here into perspective, people in 2014 were opting to be temporarily banned by mods so they wouldn't see the exam discussions. I'd been regularly posting probably 4-5 months by then.
It feels surreal to think that I encountered this forum purely out of boredom and mild stress.
Post by: Bri MT on December 18, 2017, 03:07:05 pm
That makes three of us!
Honestly, I actually have no memory of how I really found AN. I think it might have been searching around in year 10 for VCE resources, but not too sure.
At least 4, hydroxyl is a Kwonger too.
Which reminds me that the only reason I knew about the lectures in year 11 was people talking about it in the KLD fb groups.
Maybe that should be part of the social media strategy :P
Post by: heids on December 18, 2017, 03:13:23 pm
Post by: AngelWings on December 18, 2017, 03:14:20 pm
At least 4, hydroxyl is a Kwonger too.Fun fact: I was previously a Kwonger myself, but I turned to the Monash side.
Post by: InfinityWen on December 18, 2017, 08:55:26 pm
Post by: clarke54321 on December 18, 2017, 10:02:30 pm
Post by: Aaron on December 18, 2017, 10:43:50 pm
~marketing~
Post by: elysepopplewell on December 19, 2017, 09:16:52 am
Post by: Potatohater on December 19, 2017, 09:32:12 am
*flash forward*
I was on Facebook and found an ad for free lectures so I signed my same above friend and I up for English and bio, then booked myself in for genny maths.
They introduced the forum at the start of each lecture but still, didn't pay it much notice. At some point later it did cross my mind so I searched it up out of curiosity and before you know it, BAM, potatohater is on the stage.
Short answer: the lectures
Post by: elysepopplewell on December 19, 2017, 12:10:30 pm
BAM, potatohater is on the stage.Is this my favourite ATAR Notes quote of the year?
Post by: TheSapaInca on December 19, 2017, 12:34:27 pm
Post by: courtney2502 on December 19, 2017, 07:48:35 pm
Post by: elysepopplewell on December 21, 2017, 02:54:27 pm
I found it through my Careers Advisor! She sent out an email to my whole Year level directing us to Eventbrite to go to the lectures, and that's how I discovered it! Also, my cousin did tutoring with Tutesmart so she also got me onto it before I signed up for said lectures!
What a top notch careers advisor! ;) So glad you're here :)
Post by: courtney2502 on December 22, 2017, 03:48:18 pm
What a top notch careers advisor! ;) So glad you're here :)
I know right? My school's good a pretty good career's advisor - we're very lucky because I've heard the horror stories about other advisor's who aren't so in with it!
Post by: hegihugo on January 01, 2018, 12:10:12 am
Post by: Aearator on January 01, 2018, 12:15:12 am
Post by: zhen on January 01, 2018, 12:29:41 am
Post by: Joseph41 on August 30, 2018, 04:16:49 pm
With so many new users, I'd absolutely LOVE to hear how y'all came across ATAR Notes.
I haven't actually contributed to this thread yet, so, for me:
At some point in Year 11, my Psych teacher mentioned it to my class as something we should sign up to, because there were heaps of great free Psych resources available. I had a look, was initially pissed that I didn't know about it until that point for the Year 12 subject I was doing in Year 11 (hahaha), and ended up making an account early the next year.
Post by: S200 on August 30, 2018, 04:23:13 pm
But yeah; I was a
Post by: tomatosauce on August 30, 2018, 04:30:24 pm
But yeah; I was a stalker here for ages and joined at the end of Yr 10.watch out... he's still into the stalking! ???
Post by: S200 on August 30, 2018, 04:32:02 pm
watch out... he's still into the stalking! ???Pot Kettle Black much? ;)
Post by: Joseph41 on August 30, 2018, 04:33:43 pm
I think I originally found it via Google...
But yeah; I was a stalker here for ages and joined at the end of Yr 10.
I reckon this would be pretty similar to a lot of people!
To anybody currently lurking - those who don't have an account or haven't yet made a post - please join up! This community is so great, and you won't regret getting more involved. :)
from friends' comments... all our year 11/12s swear by it!watch out... he's still into the stalking! ???
Awesome! Your mission is to get as many Year 10s involved as possible. ;)
Post by: tomatosauce on August 30, 2018, 05:10:15 pm
Post by: Poet on August 30, 2018, 05:41:14 pm
well... i sent the whole class an email when the year 10 thread was announced!! ive recruited all our class... but i'll keep trying on the others!!YAS MORE PEOPLE COME TO OUR WHOLESOME, EDUCATIONAL, PURE AND INTELLECTUAL FORUM!!! LET US LOVE YOU
As for me, word of mouth. I heard about the lectures from some people in the year level above mine, decided to check it out myself. As a curious person, I noticed the forums and subsequently found myself trapped in a palace of eternal academic pleasure. Lurked for a bit, went to the January lectures and never looked back. :)
Post by: jamonwindeyer on August 30, 2018, 05:53:16 pm
Post by: Joseph41 on August 30, 2018, 05:55:31 pm
Memes page?
This is a true love story.
Post by: technodisney on August 30, 2018, 06:02:37 pm
I feel like I saw the lectures keep coming up on my FB and I signed up at the start of the year when I saw a post saying sign up for VCE tips or something along those lines.
Then I didn’t think much of it until I noticed @poet was using it ALOT. I was originally using AN as a way of communicating with poet and then I realised that I could probably participate in parts of the forum myself.
Post by: jazcstuart on August 30, 2018, 07:42:41 pm
Post by: Joseph41 on August 30, 2018, 08:03:38 pm
I was googling articles about HSC, and the articles on here were by far the most useful and interesting, so I signed up for the newsletter. I didn't even really know about the forums until the last month or so! It really is an awesome community! :D
What led you to the forums? :)
Post by: fun_jirachi on August 30, 2018, 08:43:30 pm
Post by: jazcstuart on August 30, 2018, 08:44:44 pm
What led you to the forums? :)I think it was one of the newsletters which had a link to the english question thread, and I did have some questions so I asked and got a quick, helpful response :) So then I was looking at other threads and tried to answer some questions as well, and here we are ;D
Post by: PhoenixxFire on August 30, 2018, 10:09:39 pm
I know I definitely hung around in the shadows for ages before I started posting because I remember being way more familiar with everything than I should have been given my post count.
I started posting in the games threads and explored the other areas of the forums whilst I was waiting for people to reply (and whilst I was procrastinating).
That was when I found a question I knew the answer to - and so I answered it.
Now here we are, not much has changed except my post count haha (but damn some of my original posts are super cringey :-[ and they show how little I knew about VCE, even halfway through year 11 after having already finished one year 12 subject)
Then I didn’t think much of it until I noticed @poet was using it ALOT. I was originally using AN as a way of communicating with poetI can’t help but find it incredibly funny that you decided to use a private messaging feature on a random website to communicate with someone you know IRL.
My sister told me about it. ;)Is she on the forums!? WHO IS SHE
Post by: hums_student on August 30, 2018, 10:22:43 pm
I actually had an account way back then - made a couple of post - then completely forgot my username and password lol.
I "rediscovered" AN in year 10 and lurked around account-less for a solid 2 years before finally making one this year.
Best decision ever, as now I can procrastinate while telling myself what I'm doing is still technically academic related ;D
EDIT - somehow (year 8.) without a full stop behind it automatically gets converted to 8) lollllll
Post by: technodisney on August 30, 2018, 10:24:46 pm
I can’t help but find it incredibly funny that you decided to use a private messaging feature on a random website to communicate with someone you know IRL.
Well it was either AN or school emails. And our school monitors our emails.
And Poet showed me her motivation thread so I was coming here to find out how she was going anyways. So it just made sense to message her here.
Post by: PhoenixxFire on August 30, 2018, 10:31:30 pm
Best decision ever, as now I can procrastinate while telling myself what I'm doing is still technically academic related ;DI’m pretty sure this is most of the reason I started posting a lot towards the end of last year haha
Well it was either AN or school emails. And our school monitors our emails.Makes sense - I figured it was something like that, it still made me laugh when I realised you guys knew each other though.
And Poet showed me her motivation thread so I was coming here to find out how she was going anyways. So it just made sense to message her here.
Lol I thought I was the only one!@J41 New marketing idea? (Comes with the added bonus of looking educational if your teacher catches you sending msgs in class
AN Private Messaging doesn't cost me phone credit ;D
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Post by: turinturambar on August 30, 2018, 11:07:22 pm
Post by: BrittyG on August 30, 2018, 11:16:22 pm
Post by: Poet on August 31, 2018, 09:20:56 am
Well it was either AN or school emails. And our school monitors our emails.
And Poet showed me her motivation thread so I was coming here to find out how she was going anyways. So it just made sense to message her here.
Techno's said it! I have zero social media, nor do I have my own phone haha. This is kind of the only way I can communicate with anyone outside of verbal face-to-face stuff, without constant surveillance from school or family or something. :/
And Techno wanted to converse and I'm awful at said 'verbal communication', so naturally AN became the all-new Messenger 2.0 ;)
Thanks, brenden. Pls make a quick chat <3
Post by: fun_jirachi on August 31, 2018, 12:18:27 pm
Is she on the forums!? WHO IS SHE
Yes, and you'll likely never know. :D
Post by: owidjaja on August 31, 2018, 12:46:21 pm
Post by: angewina_naguen on January 05, 2019, 09:07:22 am
Post by: jamonwindeyer on January 05, 2019, 09:57:48 am
Just found this thread and wanted to share my story on how I found ATARNOTES. I was coincidentally in the city on the day the first Headstart lectures for 2017 were on and I stumbled upon one of the UTS buildings on my way. There were a bunch of signs and posters everywhere and I just remember hearing who I would later learn to be Jamon screaming something about lectures from the inside. I was curious about what was going on so I looked up the event and ended up signing up for the Modern lecture with Susie and filling up one of the last spaces in Elyse’s Advanced lecture. Didn’t expect such a random encounter and a moment of curiosity to lead me to here but I’m very glad it did ;D
Amazing story!! One of our most amazing contributors is only here because I kill my throat every lecture series ;)
Post by: brenden on January 05, 2019, 06:32:40 pm
Memes page?😏
Post by: aspiringantelope on January 05, 2019, 07:19:47 pm
Post by: avocadinq on January 18, 2019, 07:43:06 pm
Post by: Joseph41 on January 18, 2019, 07:58:30 pm
i found atarnotes back in 2017 from attempting to look for free study notes in year 10 :))
I hope you found them! :D
Post by: scientificllama on February 23, 2019, 11:02:46 pm
It was year 7 and I was already crying about my ATAR, scrolled around online late into the night about how to get a "99" and came across this hella cool place
Post by: InnocentKid on February 27, 2019, 07:44:15 pm
quote "use ATAR notes, its a good resource"
well what da ya know ....surfing the forums , found some interesting stuff, bought some books, got tutesmart and even got a couple of previous accounts banned...(don't tell anyone)
;D overall this website is such a good tool and I think I improved at both studying and procrastinating
relatable?
Post by: Evolio on March 03, 2019, 11:33:56 am
I was going for the selective school exam and she thought it was a good resource for me.
:) :).
Now, I'm doing a VCE journey. Lots of time has passed.....
Post by: Joseph41 on July 15, 2019, 05:05:25 pm
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Post by: caffinatedloz on July 15, 2019, 05:15:08 pm
Post by: Joseph41 on July 15, 2019, 05:19:15 pm
I found it through my sister. She was going to the lectures and I tagged along and eventually made an account.
Awesome! Did you actually attend the lecture? If so, which one? :)
I found this through the internet. While I was going through many forums,this one seemed to be very popular and helpful, so I decided to make an account. I've got to say, almost everything I know about VCE, is from this.
Love it. I've learnt heaps about VCE from ATAR Notes, too! ;D
I found ATARNotes after I saw an ad on Facebook for the free lectures in January.
Wow, the power of Facebook! Haha.