And I said I was going to update this journal every couple of weeks... hah. What a joke
It's time for the first update in over seven months time! Lets hope I can actually be consistent in posting this time.
Life in general/the UCATOnline learning sucked. I really hope I don't have to go back to that again - I had no motivation
Go away, COVID-19... please, I'm begging you.
Earlier this year I decided I wanted to do direct-entry Medicine at Monash University. I'm still not quite sure about what I want to specialize in, but I'm sure that will come to me soon enough. I actually did the UCAT only three days ago on the 15th of July, and ended up getting
3150 on it
(680 in VR, 800 in DM, 870 in QR, 800 in AR, and 577 in SJ). I was so stressed about it so I'm glad that it's finally over, and I got a score that will get me an interview at Monash (provided that I get a good ATAR), unless the 90th percentile for the UCAT is something insane this year. I'm one third of the way towards my goal... let's hope I don't screw up the other two thirds. I also need to consider backup courses that I might be interested in, in case I don't get a high enough ATAR and/or I fail the MMI interview.
ChemistryIn Chemistry I am doing the Unit 4 Outcome 3 Poster SAC as my first SAC for U4. At the moment we're performing experiments to collect our data. Honestly, I believe I can do alright, as I understand all of the Unit 3 Content pretty well. Not sure about Unit 4 though, which we're starting after this SAC is done...
PhysicsHonestly Physics is my favourite subject right now
I have absolutely no issues with the content for either Unit 3 or 4, and I strongly believe that this is going to be in my top 4. I'll be done with the course soon, and then I can start doing full-length practice exams. I have very high hopes for Physics.
MethodsI am currently in the middle of a week long SAC for Unit 3... I've completed one of the three parts for it. I'm kind of disappointed in my performance in the first part, so I'm going to study a lot after I finish up this post... I really hope I can drive my score up in the next two parts of the SAC. I feel like Methods is going to be in my top 4 as well, alongside Further & Physics (as long as I can do well on the next two parts of this SAC).
SpecialistAhh.. there is now two people taking Specialist Maths 3 & 4 at my school - me and one of my friends. Everyone else dropped out or left. Disappointing
We're combining our rankings with another school. I got an okay score for my first SAC - not great but not bad, and this makes me think that this subject will be in my bottom two.
EnglishEnglish. The one subject I absolutely hated through Year 7-11.
Somehow, I actually enjoy this subject now, and have come to like it.
For the entirety of my high school life I was plagued with terrible English scores. Scores that would get me below a 30 study score if I got them in year 12. I thought of it as the subject I could never get better in, no matter how much I tried. However in Year 12 I managed to get significantly higher scores than I wanted - scores that might actually give me a chance of getting close to a 40 in this subject. I really hope that I can continue getting these scores throughout the year with the rest of my English SACs.
Well that's the end of this journal post. Lets hope this won't be the last