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VCE Stuff => Victorian Education Discussion => Topic started by: psychlaw on October 26, 2008, 10:28:50 pm
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Well, the year 12s are reaching the end of there schooling lives, with there final (and most important) exams coming up...
But theres still a year for 09'ers, like me :-X
So year 12s, share your advice, in hindsight what would you have changed about your year (if anything), that could be of use for year 11s going through the same process next year
What should we (possibly) do, that you guys didn't do
Anything advice or reflection of the year would be good :angel:
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Get a better balance than I did.
I didn't go out as much as I should have. Most of the time I wasn't studying (which was also not as much as I would have liked), I was sticking around home and not having as much fun as I should have.
I've probably lost quite a few friends this year (going into next year) as a result of me being more anti-social than I needed to be. I suggest that you spend a good part of your time with your friends but make sure its not too much
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just do the work and stay on top of things.
doing well in year 12 is as simple as that. if you do the work that is set, prevent yourself from falling behind, then put in a bit of effort before exams you will do well. Doing this will put you in front of 90% of other year 12s
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The only thing I would have done different was to research uni courses beyond monash=close, uom=far => go to monash.
For me personally, I don't think anything I could have done in year 12 would have made much of a difference. The act of leaving the place was far more helpful than anything I could have done while I was still trapped there.
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Don't burn out during the summer holidays studying. Have some balance between work and social life.
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I would've tried harder in methods.
I underestimated the seriousness of SACs and didn't have a complete understanding of the system.
I would have done less tutoring - didn't help me at all besides waste my time.
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I would have kicked my internet addiction earlier. Unfortunately I am still hopelessly addicted right now, despite fully understanding the potential consequences of this addiction.
And I agree with costargh's point about going out more and not alienating your good friends...I also screwed up a fair bit in that department, which I suspect, has left one of my best friends at least annoyed, if not a little angry, at me. Not a nice feeling.
Oh and, if you feel like there's going to be any impending dramas in your love life, deal with it AFTER exams, not a few weeks before. I'm holding out the temptation to deal with things now, in case there is a bad outcome. I don't want to be sitting in my exam thinking about someone instead of thinking of how to answer the questions!
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IF I HAD TO DO IT ALL AGAIN~
I WOULDN'T TAKE AWAY THE RAINMUEP
COZ I KNOW IT MADE ME WHO I AM
absolutely recommended to anyone who wants an exciting year.
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study more lol
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better yet, got out of economics when i still could have
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better yet, got out of economics when i still could have
I dropped Psychology this year, just 3 weeks before the mid-year exam! One of the better decisions I made in 08. I don't know the cutoffs for end of year ones though.
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Prioritise your time well and don't neglect subjects - it's not worth investing all your efforts on one subject, then have a sinking feeling that you'd be spending sleepless nights up cramming for the other 3 you've completely fallen behind in.
(Ironical that this is precisely what i've been doing all holiday/SWATVAC - spending 5 hours on English every day and not planning to touch any of my other subjects til after Friday, which might not end so well, especially for Bio which is next Monday. D'oh.)
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Wish I started learning how to speak engrish earlier. Well actually, reading through my texts and getting quotes together etcetc. The amount of stuff to do in this subject is ridiculous <_< I've still only read through each of my texts just once...And yes, as dekoyl said, DON'T PICK UP UNNECESSARY TUTORS. Luckily I realised this pitfall prior to year12, and only picked up spesh and English =T
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Wish I started learning how to speak engrish earlier. Well actually, reading through my texts and getting quotes together etcetc. The amount of stuff to do in this subject is ridiculous <_<
And there's another statement that pushes me towards English Language. I think they should re-do the scaling for the three English.
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i wouldn't have chosen chem. its my only regret.
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better yet, got out of economics when i still could have
haha i dropped eco at the first week and picked up accounting
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Don't burn out during the summer holidays studying. Have some balance between work and social life.
Yea, i agree with that. Even if you manage to finish the course during the summer holidays, chances are you'll probably forget most of it and end up having to learn it again(like i did). Just relax. These coming holidays are probably the last one you'll be able to enjoy wihtout feeling guilty.
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I would have done more study during the summer holidays - including reading/watching all my english texts at least twice.. and I suggest it would be a good idea to start gathering quotes as early as possible!
I probablly would have liked to have done more consistent study for english throughought the WHOLE year (that is, maybe a language analysis a week.. so that my skills kept progressively building up over a period of time.. instead of trying to fine tune them only before a sac or exam).
Also, I would have never ever done studio arts if I actually knew how much it scales down and how hard it is to get a good score - it's pretty much a pointless subject (for me anyway) and one that is rare to do well in.. you need to be really creative yet very, very good at english! If I could turn back time I would have chosen something more interesting (and one that you can actually study for).. possibly accounting or even physical education. So the point of this is... if at anytime during the start of the year you are not enjoying a subject, drop it as soon as you can and perhaps see if it is possible to transfer to a different subject and one that you would enjoy.
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In hindsight, since I wasn't gonna get into med anyway, I would've dropped chem and bio and done Chinese and politics/philosophy instead ... but that doesn't really help unless you go into year 12 really knowing what you want. Which I clearly didn't :)
In hindsight I would have deleted MSN off my computer because that thing took up so much study time it's not funny.
In hindsight I would have studied for SACs earlier than at 2am the morning before the SAC. Actually I wish I'd studied full stop. Although I might be in med now if I did, which would not be good :P
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gone on an accelerated learning program in yr7 which would have had me completing VCE in yr9 or 10. Who knows, I might have bettered 75.70
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In hindsight, I should've bought the AUDUSD at 95cents, it's almost 60 now :o
;)
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Should've done at least one 3/4 subject last year.. regret it so bad now.
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Doing Psych last year and getting a bad score. Even though it was a year 12 subject in year 11, it nevertheless deflated my aspirations to try harder this year. :(
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Consistent studying throughout the year is key.
Trying to cram for english 4 days before the exam really really sucks.
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Consistent studying throughout the year is key.
Trying to cram for english 4 days before the exam really really sucks.
yes, this.
its too bad that year 12 coincides with the opportunity to do everything worth doing outside of school.
maybe if year 12 occurred when you were 17...
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make sure you're home by 12 on a saturday night
Don't do further unless you're really good at maths or willing to study for it
Do alot of English
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Consistent studying throughout the year is key.
Trying to cram for english 4 days before the exam really really sucks.
maybe if year 12 occurred when you were 17...
I was 16 for most of year 12, only turned 17 a month ago :)
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In hindsight, work harder and more consistently throughout the year!
Pick subjects you enjoy, not ones you think you should do...
Try not to let little things distract you.
Make sure you have fun! Year 12 was my MOST enjoyable year at high school, even though I went out significantly less. It is good to form new friendships, help others out and learn together!
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I don't think I'd have changed anything, in hindsight. Though I think it would have been better for me to take it easy after year 12. Although I was lucky I didn't get burned out during the year, I certainly was afterward. A GAP year would have been a good idea, but I was so excited about going to uni and I'm glad I didn't take it now. I think it would have made a difference though.
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Studied more on the summer holidays.
Dropped ITA...I don't need an 8th subject -_-
Focused on Context in English much earlier in the year.
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Nothing really, proably start studying earlier and harder... but I'm really happy I didn't neglect my social life, or get too wrapped up in the stress side of year 12. I had fun, and I studied. So... no massive regrets, thank goodness
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here's a massive one:
In hindsight, I'd have wasted less money on random useless shit.
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^ DITTO.
In hindsight, I would not have gone to any lectures.
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haha in hindsight, I WOULD'VE gone to more lectures than just the one.
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Eat less.
I went on an eating rampage just then, grabbed boxes, packets, tub of icecream (low fat); after KFC with MUEP class. I think this is called stress.
Fuck, why didn't I see this coming - could've joined a gym instead of paying TSFX.
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not looking at the entercalc
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not looking at the entercalc
lol totally relate to that one, it's a killer
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Eat less.
I went on an eating rampage just then, grabbed boxes, packets, tub of icecream (low fat); after KFC with MUEP class. I think this is called stress.
Fuck, why didn't I see this coming - could've joined a gym instead of paying TSFX.
LOL I agree. But I've only been to one lecture this year, and that was at the start of the year. I just don't find them an effective form of revision for VCE subjects at all, so I don't want to waste my money and time.
I just went on a food-buying rampage, which will therefore lead to an eating rampage before the day ends.
I went to Safeway and bought two 1L tubs of Connoisseur ice cream, 3 boxes of Heaven ice cream, plus a 12-pack of Yogo. Not to mention in my fridge at home I already had two boxes of Wei's ice cream bars, a 1L tub of Wei's Raspberry and Cream ice cream, and a tub of vanilla ice cream. Plus in my pantry, I've got lots of biscuits, crackers, and a pile of amazingly delicious (and therefore very tempting...) chocolate that I brought back from Austria after my recent school music tour of Europe. And my 'family' only consists of myself and my mum. Looks like I'll need a gym subscription for Christmas!!
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I just went on a food-buying rampage, which will therefore lead to an eating rampage before the day ends.
I went to Safeway and bought two 1L tubs of Connoisseur ice cream, 3 boxes of Heaven ice cream, plus a 12-pack of Yogo. Not to mention in my fridge at home I already had two boxes of Wei's ice cream bars, a 1L tub of Wei's Raspberry and Cream ice cream, and a tub of vanilla ice cream. Plus in my pantry, I've got lots of biscuits, crackers, and a pile of amazingly delicious (and therefore very tempting...) chocolate that I brought back from Austria after my recent school music tour of Europe. And my 'family' only consists of myself and my mum. Looks like I'll need a gym subscription for Christmas!!
If you're not dead by the time you finish.
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^ Haha don't worry. Despite indulging in so much crap, I'm a vegetarian and for my regular meals I eat very healthily and nutritiously, and people describe me as being very skinny. So I think I'm safe from dying...for now :p
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In hindsight; I would have dropped IT, picked up Chemistry, continued Japanese and sought help sooner.
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Not really a "regret" as such, but I possibly would have picked up Accounting instead of Physics. Just because I think I would've been better at it - and possibly enjoyed it more.
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I have a stomach ache now. (see my last post)
Note to self: don't repeat same episode day before exams.
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Not go on VCE notes!!
HAHA jks.
I should have planned better. Remember QUALITY is MORE IMPORTANT then quantity.
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- Don't neglect your English subject if you're an M/S/T person
- Don't stress too much over SACs
- Do enjoy your holidays but don't completely waste them
- Most importantly, KEEP CONSISTENT!
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Maybe listen in maths rather than write notes and stories. Now I'm behind (as probably everyone on these forums knows now :P) and am finding it very difficult to catch up. Tutoring, lectures, these forums, you name it, nothing works. :'(.
Also, helped more people in VCE. I know how it feels to get behind in subjects, and at least attempting to help those people really makes my life that much sweeter. :smitten:
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Maybe listen in maths rather than write notes and stories. Now I'm behind (as probably everyone on these forums knows now :P) and am finding it very difficult to catch up. Tutoring, lectures, these forums, you name it, nothing works. :'(.
Also, helped more people in VCE. I know how it feels to get behind in subjects, and at least attempting to help those people really makes my life that much sweeter. :smitten:
Helping other people has the benefit of reinforcing the concepts to yourself too. If you can't explain it well enough, then it lets you know you need to go understand it more :P
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gone on an accelerated learning program in yr7 which would have had me completing VCE in yr9 or 10. Who knows, I might have bettered 75.70
u finish yrs 7-10 in 3 years and vce in the same time.
sources=experience
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gone on an accelerated learning program in yr7 which would have had me completing VCE in yr9 or 10. Who knows, I might have bettered 75.70
u finish yrs 7-10 in 3 years and vce in the same time.
sources=experience
Well, there are different ways it can happen
but, kinda hypothetical
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i'm finishing school at 16 which pisses me off. I WANT AN ID THAT SAYS IM 18...
you didn't hear it from me......................
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Retrospectively, I would:
a) Do methods in year 12.
I chose further, because I thought I'd do something easy to get good marks. I was an idiot.
b) Do chemistry in year 11.
In year 11, I abruptly decided that I longer wanted to do medicine... thus dropped chem.
c) Not get viral meningitis during midyears :P
I have to do my year 12 over two years now, but ah well.
d) Continue with Spanish through VSL
e) study more
So basically, I wouldn't be as lazy, and I'd choose subjects that actually suited me and which kept my options open, rather than ones I thought would be easy. Silly me.