Is it still possible to achieve 95+ having not done much in the summer hols?

[michak]

You still have about 2 weeks left of holidays, so if you are worried that others have an advantage over you why not do a little bit of work now? Doesn't have to be much just enough to settle your nerves.

[WhoTookMyUsername]

This time last year is around when i started my serious work, i  would suggest starting now to releive  bit of pressure throughout the year but anything is definitely still possible!

[Mr Keshy]

I'm trying to do enough work to stay ahead by at least 1 to 2 classes so that when the class comes, I can deepened the knowledge I already have! Or I can ask questions if I find that particular section confusing. Except for Chemistry because Chemistry is just brilliant so I've just been going flat out on it.

[Professor Polonsky]

I can say from my own personal experience that I didn't even do the set holiday homework for Hebrew and Methods last year. Doing work is a good idea (and I am planning to finish all the set homework these holidays), but you still have so much time. No need to stress now.

[Furbob]

It's better to learn everything at a slower pace with a solid understanding while at school over cramming the course over summer holidays and going "pfft I've done this before, boring."

VCE is all about pacing yourself to have a solid understanding of the course - it's not a race to see who finishes first.

[Stick]

I did the entire Further course in the summer holidays last year and found it an absolute waste of time. Hence, this time around, I'm not doing any more than what I have to. You'll be grateful you took the break later on in the year, when you start to feel the pinch a bit.

[HossRyams]

Completing the 3/4 course during the Summer break sounds counter-productive, unless you're some crazy study-enthusiast who is immune to burning out - which is often never the case. It can also make people complacent, sometimes unaware of it. Drawing from the people I know: people who tried doing absurd amounts of work did "good" but far from those who paced themselves and thus dominated. To put numbers on it, I saw a lot of people who tried to be ahead a fair too much and got mid 30 study scores to very low 40s. Many of my good friends got 47+ in a 3/4 last year and all paced themselves out throughout the year... And we gamed together during the break.. HAHAHA but we still did well in the end because we worked hard during school!

[teletubbies_95]

I dont think it would be much help ! Because you'll forget everything before sacs ,exams. Well thats what happens to me, if i start studying extra early! I think its important to pace yourself , because then you have everything in perspective~ For example , in Unit 3 Pyschlogy i finished the course at the end of April , and for the exam i barely passed the A+ cut off by 3-4 marks , while in Unit 4 i decided to finish the course a month , before i started revising and ended up losing 4-6 marks in the entire exam ~ therefore pace yourself and dont race ahead like i did , because you WILL forget ~ GOOD LUCK~

[Will T]

I would have thought the best plan for working on the holidays would be to:
Firstly do everything your school has assigned to you, you never know it could be relevant.
Then read all your English texts at least once.
Then go to your school's student portal, grab their class outline for all your subjects and see what chapters are to be covered in class in preparation for the first SAC, then do all these chapters for all subjects.
That should be the extent of it, and 2 weeks should be about enough for all that. If you have spare time just search the Internet for free trial exams and SACs.

[HossRyams]

I would of thought the best plan for working on the holidays would be to:
Firstly do everything your school has assigned to you, you never know it could be relevant.
Then read all your English texts at least once.
Then go to your school's student portal, grab their class outline for all your subjects and see what chapters are to be covered in class in preparation for the first SAC, then do all these chapters for all subjects.
That should be the extent of it, and 2 weeks should be about enough for all that. If you have spare time just search the Internet for free trial exams and SACs.

For English, we were assigned as homework to read all the texts for the year and analyse all of them as well as some homework for our context and to finish our oral SAC which to me feels like a lot. I don't see why I should analyse the term 3 text response/context already, but I do want to score pretty damn well. Should I analyse those too or is that not necessary for now?

[Shenz0r]

The key to getting a high score is to review your knowledge consistently throughout the year (mostly by doing questions and writing essays).

[Will T]

For English, we were assigned as homework to read all the texts for the year and analyse all of them as well as some homework for our context and to finish our oral SAC which to me feels like a lot. I don't see why I should analyse the term 3 text response/context already, but I do want to score pretty damn well. Should I analyse those too or is that not necessary for now?

I guess it depends when your SACs are for those subjects. If they're not in the first term, I'm not sure I would prioritise them, as you'll have the term 1 holidays for that.

[Limista]

For English, we were assigned as homework to read all the texts for the year and analyse all of them as well as some homework for our context and to finish our oral SAC which to me feels like a lot. I don't see why I should analyse the term 3 text response/context already, but I do want to score pretty damn well. Should I analyse those too or is that not necessary for now?

Well all I'm doing is analysing my term 1 text response novel. I might analyse my term 2 context novel to some extent if I have enough time. I am not analysing my term 3 and term 4 texts as yet.
Yeah I understand you youshine - it really does seem like a waste of time, since we'll probably forget it all come semester 2. But I'm not sure...

[HossRyams]

Well all I'm doing is analysing my term 1 text response novel. I might analyse my term 2 context novel to some extent if I have enough time. I am not analysing my term 3 and term 4 texts as yet.
Yeah I understand you youshine - it really does seem like a waste of time, since we'll probably forget it all come semester 2. But I'm not sure...

Yeah, I'd imagine it'd be for more helpful to analyse it during the break prior to term 3. I'm thinking of just having a brief read of the text response and context that I do later... And then analyse it when the time comes. I've analysed my first text response and now I need to do my first context (a film which looks weird... I guess I'll just have to sit down and watch the damn thing haha).

[Limista]

Yeah, I'd imagine it'd be for more helpful to analyse it during the break prior to term 3. I'm thinking of just having a brief read of the text response and context that I do later... And then analyse it when the time comes. I've analysed my first text response and now I need to do my first context (a film which looks weird... I guess I'll just have to sit down and watch the damn thing haha).

Why do you have to watch the film if it's the book you need to analyse? (I'm just wondering, since a lot of people are watching the films in addition to reading the texts)