Class of 2014! :D

[katiesaliba]

Oh okay, I see where you are coming from. Serious question though- does that mean next year I should basically get rid of my social life and solely focus on VCE? (since I'm not naturally smart I kinda feel like it's necessary)

opinions? :p

Okay, just to add my take on this, I pretty much ignored everyone throughout the entire year and now I'm in this really awkward position where I'm like "hi friends, remember me?". DO NOT GET RID OF YOUR SOCIAL LIFE. I'm only just realising how insignificant my ATAR truly is in the grand scheme of things. Of course, I really want to get into my uni course (UOM BSc pls take me), but seriously, your HAPPINESS is the most important thing. I made myself sick with stress so many times over SACs and whatnot...and now it's just like what. During my ACTUAL bio exam I had an existential crisis LOL where I realised that VCE did not matter. So, to summarise, yes you will have to make some sacrifices for year 12 BUT DON'T COMPLETELY ABNEGATE SOCIETY!  Still make time to do things that you love doing, otherwise your life will just suck for an entire year. Good luck! xx


QUESTION: To tutor, do you need like a working with children's check?

[spectroscopy]

Oh okay, I see where you are coming from. Serious question though- does that mean next year I should basically get rid of my social life and solely focus on VCE? (since I'm not naturally smart I kinda feel like it's necessary)

opinions? :p

100% not worth you will spend half the time being depressed and unenergetic because you have no social events to look forward too + if you are gonna study you will study regardless whether you have a busy social schedule or not

[M_BONG]

QUESTION: To tutor, do you need like a working with children's check?

Apparently you are required by law to have it. But no one really cares, I think, if the age difference isn't too big. But if you're a professional tutor (like more than three students, I say) you should get one.

[vceisajoke]

On a side note, I've got my hazards test tomorrow.

Hey, I've got mine on the 17th! Let me know how you go

[Vermilliona]

Apparently you are required by law to have it. But no one really cares, I think, if the age difference isn't too big. But if you're a professional tutor (like more than three students, I say) you should get one.

*laughs awkwardly* *shifty eyes*

[mikehepro]

Okay, just to add my take on this, I pretty much ignored everyone throughout the entire year and now I'm in this really awkward position where I'm like "hi friends, remember me?". DO NOT GET RID OF YOUR SOCIAL LIFE. I'm only just realising how insignificant my ATAR truly is in the grand scheme of things. Of course, I really want to get into my uni course (UOM BSc pls take me), but seriously, your HAPPINESS is the most important thing. I made myself sick with stress so many times over SACs and whatnot...and now it's just like what. During my ACTUAL bio exam I had an existential crisis LOL where I realised that VCE did not matter. So, to summarise, yes you will have to make some sacrifices for year 12 BUT DON'T COMPLETELY ABNEGATE SOCIETY!  Still make time to do things that you love doing, otherwise your life will just suck for an entire year. Good luck! xx


QUESTION: To tutor, do you need like a working with children's check?

Well said, I felt the same. I focused hard from term 1-3, no social life. Then term 4 hit and I just had that moment where ATAR is not important at all anymore, there's always other way to get into the course you want, just a different pathway. Friends, you will only have one chance, it's easy to start a friendship but you need time and effort to maintain it.
Btw I want to go to UOM Sci too! High five and good luck to you.

[katiesaliba]

Well said, I felt the same. I focused hard from term 1-3, no social life. Then term 4 hit and I just had that moment where ATAR is not important at all anymore, there's always other way to get into the course you want, just a different pathway. Friends, you will only have one chance, it's easy to start a friendship but you need time and effort to maintain it.
Btw I want to go to UOM Sci too! High five and good luck to you.

So much truth^ Unfortunately, I did not realise this until now.  haha!
Awesome good luck to you too!

[evawu]

Okay, just to add my take on this, I pretty much ignored everyone throughout the entire year and now I'm in this really awkward position where I'm like "hi friends, remember me?". DO NOT GET RID OF YOUR SOCIAL LIFE. I'm only just realising how insignificant my ATAR truly is in the grand scheme of things. Of course, I really want to get into my uni course (UOM BSc pls take me), but seriously, your HAPPINESS is the most important thing. I made myself sick with stress so many times over SACs and whatnot...and now it's just like what. During my ACTUAL bio exam I had an existential crisis LOL where I realised that VCE did not matter. So, to summarise, yes you will have to make some sacrifices for year 12 BUT DON'T COMPLETELY ABNEGATE SOCIETY!  Still make time to do things that you love doing, otherwise your life will just suck for an entire year. Good luck! xx

HAHAHAHAHA that was soo me! Everyone was like... 'where is eva? is she dead?'
But what if my social life isn't the only thing that brings me happiness? Tbh I'm really looking forward to immersing myself in Bio, PE and EngLang!
(lol i say that now, but idk)
thanks for your input!

Well said, I felt the same. I focused hard from term 1-3, no social life. Then term 4 hit and I just had that moment where ATAR is not important at all anymore, there's always other way to get into the course you want, just a different pathway. Friends, you will only have one chance, it's easy to start a friendship but you need time and effort to maintain it.
Btw I want to go to UOM Sci too! High five and good luck to you.

Problem is.. I'm not just trying to get into a course. I'm striving for a scholarship lel. So I guess ATAR is more important for me :/
Q- Apparently you don't really keep much of your high school friends (I probably have 2 TRUE friends). So what's the problem with studying hard, getting into a great uni and making friends there?

[mikehepro]

Q- Apparently you don't really keep much of your high school friends (I probably have 2 TRUE friends). So what's the problem with studying hard, getting into a great uni and making friends there?

In my opinion, due to the fact that high school does classes instead of lectures, you will have more time to interact with the your cohort. You have recess and lunch to chill with your friends...etc. In university, it is a lecture based environment, you might sit next to some awesome guy one day, but due to so much people in the same lecture, you might not get the chance to interact with that person as much. Sure you could try pick him out after lecture or something, but he might have commitments after class anyway. Further mor, a friend you made in high school have a greater bond in my opinion, after all you spent like 5 years with the cohort assuming you never switched schools. Those relationships will be stronger then the 3-5 years you get in Uni. Also, this is the relationships that are most likely pure, not colored by other motives. (I'm not saying ppl u met in Uni have motives but hey, back in year 7 we just friends to play with, now in year 12 I see people sucking up to some friends they rejected before so they could help them....)
 I'm thinking about attending O-week to meet some friends before I go to university, should be pretty damn good and it is BYO.

[Mieow]

Q- Apparently you don't really keep much of your high school friends (I probably have 2 TRUE friends). So what's the problem with studying hard, getting into a great uni and making friends there?

From what I've heard, the opposite is true. Most people tend to keep their high school friends and make very few, if any, uni friends. I'm 99% sure it's because you've spent ~5 years with these people, seeing them and being with them for 6 hours a day, 5 days a week. You build a rapport and develop a friendship from seeing them so much. At Uni, so I've heard, people attend their lectures and their tutes and they leave. Doesn't give you much oppurtunity to casually chat with them and start a friendship.

[fareseru]

Yeah and that's where accommodation comes in. In ten years time you'll realize that most of the people you thought were the best in the world during high school actually weren't. But you also make friends during placements/clubs/whatever.

[Yacoubb]

yay! Passed my Hazards Perception test! The graphics though, SO CRAP!

[~V]

In my opinion, due to the fact that high school does classes instead of lectures, you will have more time to interact with the your cohort. You have recess and lunch to chill with your friends...etc. In university, it is a lecture based environment, you might sit next to some awesome guy one day, but due to so much people in the same lecture, you might not get the chance to interact with that person as much. Sure you could try pick him out after lecture or something, but he might have commitments after class anyway. Further mor, a friend you made in high school have a greater bond in my opinion, after all you spent like 5 years with the cohort assuming you never switched schools. Those relationships will be stronger then the 3-5 years you get in Uni. Also, this is the relationships that are most likely pure, not colored by other motives. (I'm not saying ppl u met in Uni have motives but hey, back in year 7 we just friends to play with, now in year 12 I see people sucking up to some friends they rejected before so they could help them....)
 I'm thinking about attending O-week to meet some friends before I go to university, should be pretty damn good and it is BYO.

From what I've heard, the opposite is true. Most people tend to keep their high school friends and make very few, if any, uni friends. I'm 99% sure it's because you've spent ~5 years with these people, seeing them and being with them for 6 hours a day, 5 days a week. You build a rapport and develop a friendship from seeing them so much. At Uni, so I've heard, people attend their lectures and their tutes and they leave. Doesn't give you much oppurtunity to casually chat with them and start a friendship.

Yeah and that's where accommodation comes in. In ten years time you'll realize that most of the people you thought were the best in the world during high school actually weren't. But you also make friends during placements/clubs/whatever.

All sad but true  . I still remember people being sad over finishing primary school then 1 week into high school you forget all about it. Not a big transition from primary to secondary compared to secondary to uni.

[walkec]

I just got home from going into school to give my teachers thank you presents. I now really feel like school is done. Sure, I might have finished my exams a week ago, but all week it has felt like I've just been on term break. Now there's a sense of finality to it. This will probably be even more true after my valedictory dinner on Thursday.

[fareseru]

Man I'm fed up with studying. Was thinking about it before... I've been working like this (get up, do essays/practice questions, eat lunch, do practice questions, eat dinner, read stuff etc etc) since the 22nd of October. Well that was when school ended, I've been studying for a lot longer than that and it's still going. I'll be done on Monday but bloody hell.