for those who dont get their desired result - dont worry, your midyear is not a reflection on how well you will do for the rest of the year
I remember this time last year where I was absolutely devastated by my B+ for my accounting midyear, having an A+ streak for my unit 3 SACs and being rank 1 in class (although it was a small class). I knocked on my teacher's door and said "I dont understand..." as I showed him my grade and literally bursted into tears - I know, sounds dramatic but I honestly thought that Japanese and Accounting were the only subjects that would get me my desired ATAR.
I took the next day off and just spent my lunchtimes trying to hide away from my peers and study in the library. My school forced me into seeing the school counselor (I originally declined the offer but the counselor eventually came into one of my classes and asked to see me) and it made things worse for me since she just said to "carry on and not worry so much" and it made me feel like she had no idea what that exam meant to me. My pride was hurt, my expectations and goals weren't met, I was just wondering why my hard work rewarded. I felt that I didn't deserve that grade.
For the rest of the year I spent most of my lunch times studying in the year 12 study area and sometimes spent time with friends and spent more time with them towards are last few weeks of school. I became "numb" to any VCE-related disappointment as I started to be comfortable with the fact that there were other courses for me and thought that getting into my dream course was over.
Come exam time I was relatively calm and didn't mind what mark I would get, I just casually told myself to "try my best" and understand that I was doing the best I could knowing that I still studied my ass off like I did for my midyear.
On results day I was pleasantly surprised, I received an ATAR that would secure me for the course I originally wanted and exceeded beyond my expectations. I was dancing and woo-ing all over the place.
And you know what? that B+ in my accounting midyear was the lowest GA I received out of all of my subjects
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