I'm, on the whole, happy with my scores; but I do feel some frustration over my awful performance in Biochemistry. I hadn't planned on doing it initially, but at the suggestion of a few friends (and my own desires of challenging myself to do a 2nd-year subject), enrolled in it last-minute. By the time I realised it was too difficult for me to handle, the census date has passed.
Going from averaging high-90s in high school to suddenly getting a below-average score was super frustrating. As selfish as this sounds, seeing others who didn't do as well in VCE outperform me in uni makes me worried that I'll become one of those "I-peaked-in-high-school" people.
My other worry
(I worry a lot, in case you haven't noticed) is the fact that, despite being a
veterinary bioscience major, I seem to suck at bio and chem. I mean, c'mon - how did I do better in FINANCE? Looking at both my uni and VCE results, one thought that plagues my mind is whether or not I am actually good enough to be a vet. I only got the ATAR needed thanks to subjects that have nothing to do with veterinary science. In uni, I got scores below my WAM for ALL bio/chem subjects.
I don't think I've ever talked about this in detail, but as much as I'd like to say VCE is behind me, my horrendous raw 33 in biology still bothers me. In my bio classes, I'm surrounded by people who achieved spectacular scores in bio, including 50s. How am I supposed to compete with them?
Not going to lie, I had considered (and am still somewhat considering) swapping to a maths major, or at least adding a maths diploma - but how useful will that be?? I get the stereotype of "maths majors are unemployable" is very much false but it still doesn't offer the stability and employment guarantee that DVM can. And I'm not just doing my current course for the job prospects - I truly want to become a vet - I have more passion for veterinary science than I ever will for maths, so why don't my grades reflect this??
One other reason I considered dropping veterinary science is the sheer amount of people telling me not to do it every since I started uni. Seriously, where were y'all when I was in year 12? Some gems:
https://prnt.sc/wcplwbhttps://prnt.sc/wcpm7thttps://prnt.sc/wcpk4yhttps://prnt.sc/wcpkkgBut while I'm taking all this into consideration, for now, I am going to power through undergrad veterinary science and make a decision for myself later down the track.