Class of 2012: ATAR and Study Scores Discussion Thread

[BoredSatan]

+1

Bio in VCE was a huge let down for me, but i've been getting A's in uni so I must be doing something right!

+2

I got a 50 in Accounting but if I did this as a career I would literally kill myself.

Ironic cause I'm studying dent which has the highest suicide rate

[pyro-53]

For Psych, from C+ mid-year to B+. Woohooo! 

[Genericname2365]

I can't believe I got the exact score for Physics that I wanted this year haha.

[VivaTequila]

I did so much Chem study its actually ridiculous. Really pissed with that score.Stupid Chem VCAA bitches. Argh.

I seriously need to re-consider what I want to do now. Thinking Chem was my best....and now I have to look at a career with English.

Nisha, I want to meet you.

I'm currently doing Chemistry at UoM.

I got a 48 SS in English. I got a 36 SS in Chem. I did at least 200hrs of Chem study throughout the year (that's a lot - around an hour a day for every day of the school term including exams and breaks, averaged out). I did 40 practice exams at 1.5hrs each (70hrs) for the midyears, and significantly less for end of years due to more subjects, but still a hell of a lot of practice exams.

I was distraught with my Chemistry score because it was the subject that I enjoyed most. And I was shocked at what I got for English - I didn't envision a single mark above a 40.

Don't rethink what you want to do.

At university, I scored a H1 (first class honours) in Chemistry 1 at Melbourne Uni, and I got a H2A (one mark off a first class honours) for second semester Chemistry. It's by far a strong subject. Trust me - stuff you are passionate about goes a long way; you'd be very surprised at how much better you do in university with a little motivation. PM me if you want to even discuss this further, I'm suddenly inexplicably very passionate about making sure you pursue chemistry if you enjoy it. I feel like I'm in the EXACT same boat.

Note: I'm planning on a Medicinal Chemistry + Regular Chemistry double specialization of the Chemistry major, whilst concurrently taking all of the Pharmacology pre-requisites major so I've effectively triple-majored by the end of my uni bachelors. And I can't wait for next year, I'm excited for it all to happen. Trust me, Chemistry is good and it gets better. I don't know what happened for me in VCE with Chem, and I think you feel the same way. But pursue it. It's so worth your while.

[nisha]

Nisha, I want to meet you.

I'm currently doing Chemistry at UoM.

I got a 48 SS in English. I got a 36 SS in Chem. I did at least 200hrs of Chem study throughout the year (that's a lot - around an hour a day for every day of the school term including exams and breaks, averaged out). I did 40 practice exams at 1.5hrs each (70hrs) for the midyears, and significantly less for end of years due to more subjects, but still a hell of a lot of practice exams.

I was distraught with my Chemistry score because it was the subject that I enjoyed most. And I was shocked at what I got for English - I didn't envision a single mark above a 40.

Don't rethink what you want to do.

At university, I scored a H1 (first class honours) in Chemistry 1 at Melbourne Uni, and I got a H2A (one mark off a first class honours) for second semester Chemistry. It's by far a strong subject. Trust me - stuff you are passionate about goes a long way; you'd be very surprised at how much better you do in university with a little motivation. PM me if you want to even discuss this further, I'm suddenly inexplicably very passionate about making sure you pursue chemistry if you enjoy it. I feel like I'm in the EXACT same boat.

Note: I'm planning on a Medicinal Chemistry + Regular Chemistry double specialization of the Chemistry major, whilst concurrently taking all of the Pharmacology pre-requisites major so I've effectively triple-majored by the end of my uni bachelors. And I can't wait for next year, I'm excited for it all to happen. Trust me, Chemistry is good and it gets better. I don't know what happened for me in VCE with Chem, and I think you feel the same way. But pursue it. It's so worth your while.

Lol. I did 52 prac exams for midyear. Around 40 ish for end of year. Did all the study guides I had. I got a 36 for Chem too. Really disappointed tbh. I could've done a bit better in English if I kept a level-head and didn't bomb out on my context, which is normally my strongest in writing.
This is pretty much me: I need some help. Course help.
I really adore chemistry. BUT I love English too. I know I want to do something with Chem and I will...I just don't exactly know , what.

[cookiemonster95]

You guys mind posting your corresponding grades with your study scores? I'm in year 11 and I just want to know what I should be aiming for. Thank you!

[BoredSatan]

You guys mind posting your corresponding grades with your study scores? I'm in year 11 and I just want to know what I should be aiming for. Thank you!

All A+ except chinese.. (B+ A A+)

[abcdqdxD]

You guys mind posting your corresponding grades with your study scores? I'm in year 11 and I just want to know what I should be aiming for. Thank you!

GA1: A
GA2: A+
GA3: A+

Study Score: 43

[#1procrastinator]

I said I wouldn't check my scores but I did (but that was to be expected, right? haha). Correctly predicted chemistry score but did not expect the math and physics scores at all after the ass whooping at exams and on the last couple of SACs. Best case scenario for me would've been anything over 80 and most of my 'realistic' predictions were high 70s so super happy with 84.70

2:27 was me this morning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8uWmzLydsI

[Furbob]

I really fucking adore chemistry. BUT I love English too. I know I want to do something with Chem and I will...I just don't exactly know , what.

Arts/Science @ Monash? or Science @ UoM with English-related breadths?

[Patches]

I got a 36 for Methods, thought i did much better to be honest. I got, A+ B+ A. If my B+ was an A would my score have increased by much?

I got A+ B A+ and a 38, so you probably would have gone up one or two. Does GA2 correspond to Exam 1 for Methods?

[Tragesty]

Business Management was weird:

GA 1 A+
GA 2 A
GA 3 A

But still scrapped a 40 

[appianway]

Nisha, don't give up yet! Everyone has bad days or bad exams, seriously.

There are tons of careers that need science and english skills. Have you considered going into science communication or into science policy? Or science teaching?

If it makes you feel any better, I got a 40 in VCE methods, which is only a few points higher than your 36 in chemistry. I'm a physics major, and you'd think that physics needs a lot of maths... anyway, I'm still taking maths now, and even though I work really hard now, I still find it tough. I stay up really late most Wednesday nights doing my assignments. But things change, and I somehow managed to top our first differential equations midterm this semester (we have two midterms). Moral: work hard, and you can get to where you need to get. Don't take your VCE score as gospel, because things change over time.

[nisha]

Nisha, don't give up yet! Everyone has bad days or bad exams, seriously.

There are tons of careers that need science and english skills. Have you considered going into science communication or into science policy? Or science teaching?

Could you please provide me a link to the relevant courses? I have to do some research on the courses...

[~T]

49 in Further after ranking 1 and being pretty confident for a 50, but I'm still ecstatic!


Well, then I found out that my rival got 50... So I'm eating chocolate for breakfast.