Hmmm... I've read quite a lot of others' VCE journals and thought it'd be interesting to start my own. This also happens to be my first post on this forum so I have no idea what I'm doing
Other people start their journals at the beginning of the year, and here I am writing one at the very end of Term One! XD
Think I should start with a quick self-intro:
School + Year level:Won't reveal the name, but it's a school in regional VIC.
Currently in year 12
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Subjects:Last year I did Chinese 3/4. (study score - 35)
This year I'm doing:
Literature
Methods
Ancient History
Global Politics
Chemistry
Thoughts on my subjects:Chinese: I'm not even Asian, but I lived in China for 8 years because of my parents work. Got a raw score of 35 which was kind of disappointing (was aiming for 40). Hoping to redeem myself through my 3/4s this year
Literature: meh... I like reading, hence why I chose lit over mainstream English, but I was kind of disappointed when our teacher didn't choose the good texts. Personally I find it outrageous that we're not studying
Shakespeare for LITERATURE.
Last year my grades were very up and down, I got mostly B+ or A on assessments, A+ for creative, but got a D+ for a comparative essay.
I'm aiming for a study score of at least 38 in lit.
Methods: I didn't do well in methods last year (C+/B average) because I never paid attention in class
For our last assessment though (calculus) I actually tried and ended up with an A+. Obviously I'll be trying a lot harder this year. So far, methods has been my favourite subject (I'm not ashamed to say that
).
Aiming for a raw score of at least 40.
Ancient History: I actually wanted to do Revolutions, but our school doesn't offer that subject so I ended up with the only other history subject available. Last year I had an A/B+ average. I just finished my first SAC on source analysis and I know I screwed up, because I completely messed up the structure of my answers.
Aiming for a study score of at least 40.
Global Politics: I chose global because I wanted to do Revs and thought it would help with the subject. Global turned out to be my best subject last year, averaging at an A. The school I go to doesn't do very well in humanities subjects though, last year our school's highest raw score for global was a 36.
I'm aiming for a study score of 30.
Chemistry: Aaannnd we've arrived at my absolute worst subject, chemistry. I've never been good at science but I didn't want all of my subjects (except methods) to be humanities-based, hence why I chose it. Last year I averaged a D (I know, what a disgrace). We just got back our results for our first SAC this year and I just scraped a B.
Aiming for a study score of 30, but honestly I feel like I'll only be able to get 25 or above. I suck at this subject.
Plan after VCEI'm hoping to get into Arts at Melbourne, so I'm aiming for a minimum ATAR of 90+. I want to study history, especially modern history, and I'm hoping to continue to postgrad, and hopefully get into research at an overseas university.
HobbiesMusic. I love piano and performing arts, and nearly chose music performance as one of my VCE subjects. (Didn't end up doing it because my school doesn't offer that subject)
Reading. (Why else would I choose literature?) I used to read a book a day, but since year 11 I've toned it down considerably. Favourite author is Stephen King.
Rubiks Cubes. I can waste hours just playing with them over and over again in my room.
~ Will hopefully update soon ~
Actually, don't expect any updates for a while, because in three days it's holidays XD