hey guys! :>Heads up, I’m pretty bad with self-introductions so here’s just some basic, non-awkward, mildly interesting facts about me:
1. My name is Soph and I’m currently a Year 11/12/(
I don’t even know) student at a selective school in Sydney
2. Favourite subject is
not maths!
not English! Totally faithful to Modern History
3. Currently having a panic attack over subject choices!!!!! Right now, I’m taking Ext 2 Maths (not sure about that one actually), Ext 1 Maths, Adv Eng, Ext Eng, Biology, Chemistry, and Modern
4. Absolute stationary hoarder. Who knew I needed 10 highlighters in my pencil case?
5. Terrible sense of humour. Loves a good HSC meme. Will be inserting several puns throughout this journal
6. Overuses emojis a lot
7. Not spectacular at anything: your very average selective school student who makes friends from tutoring and the bus ride home
8. Listening to
Eastside by Khalid for the 23rd time today
9. Had 3 consecutive periods of Maths today. Still recuperating
I really hope writing down my HSC experiences will be either entertaining or even (?) helpful (?) for some of you guys in this forum. Most students in my school have a pretty hard time during Year 12 (pressure from parents, peers, teachers, but mostly themselves) and I genuinely think that starting this journal will be a good way to let out all that pent-up stress. If you guys have any questions or you just want to have a good chat, feel free to send a PM!!! :-)
25/10/18Second week of Year 12. Already thoroughly stressed because I don’t know if I should keep MX2
I went to talk to my teacher today and she recommended me to keep it until our first exam block in Week 6. Problem is, I have 13 units right now and I seriously doubt I’ll be able to keep on top of all my work AND study for MX2. Here’s my pros and cons chart and I’ll appreciate anyone’s two cents on this issue
Pros of keeping MX2 (for now)- I’m not bad at maths and my attitude towards it is neither intense love nor hate (I like it if I do well and I start to dislike it if I do badly
) . I ranked overall top 40 (ish) for 3U/2U which got me into one of the 72 slots for the subject. If I put a lot time into it or find some sort of motivation, I think I can do ok? (also my cohort is reasonably strong in maths)
- Helps with 3U content? More practice for 3U?
- Really good scaling? My school hypes up scaling because most students choose the “Asian 5” (MX2, MX1, Adv Eng, Phys, Eco, Chem etc) and apparently MX2 scaling is amazing even if you get like 75% (?)
- 3U mark will count for 2 units and I won’t have to sit the 2U exam (especially since I heard that 2U maths scales terrible unless you get 95+)
Cons of keeping MX2- I heard that you have to seriously love maths to do well in MX2. Not sure if I fit into that category? I mean, maths is fun but I don’t want to dedicate all of my free time into it. Nor do I want to do a degree that requires such a high level of maths
- Will probably affect other subjects because I’ll need to a spend a lot of time on it
- More personal reason but MX2 is morning classes for me. I am 120% not a morning person so it’s currently depleting my motivation to do maths
- Will have to go tutoring because I will definitely not be able to keep up with my class if I don’t
I don’t want to regret dropping MX2 early on, but I’m worried that I’ll burn out early because of the workload especially since I ~bombed~ my prelims because I stressed out too much. Any advice?
On a lighter note! Neighbour adopted the cutest corgi puppy ever. I spent a solid 2 hours playing with the doggo on their front yard. Seriously recommend puppy therapy for anyone who is getting overwhelmed like me
)))))
Till next time
x Soph