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Re: Class of 2016!!
« Reply #1815 on: July 08, 2016, 10:05:34 pm »
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Hey Hydroxyl, (lovin the name btw :)) )
Chiming in with everyone else, I'd definitely say that you should prioritise your 3/4s (two 3/4s too! So impressive  ;D), but also don't neglect your 1/2s completely (especially English :P, as it requires building up writing skills. I probs should have worked harder in Eng last year :P). I'm probably not a good example, but last year I didn't really understand the importance of my 3/4; crammed for SACs the nights before, and only starting revision for exam at the end of September XD (<<--- don't do this)

What you should do is to list out all the tasks you need to do at the moment, and sort them by urgency and importance. When there's multiple tasks to be done, ask yourself, is it urgent and important? Prioritise the urgent and important tasks first (like studying for an upcoming SAC), then proceed to do the urgent but not that important (like upcoming unit test/textbook questions due, etc). It's good to also allocate some time each day to do tasks that are important but now urgent (like starting revision for end of year exam, like doing practice exams for bio and further :)). Making a study timetable really helps with categorising the tasks, doesn't work for everyone I know, but I find it helpful to make a study timetable and be able to put all the stuff I need to down :)
There's also this cool to do list thing where you can prioritise tasks by importance/urgency called Habitica :) {It's in my signature if you wanna have a go at it}

And just like Swag said, if you're cruising in your 3/4s then you don't have to feel pressured (or guilty) to keep working at them. :)

on a side note: lol I probably use way too much smileys :) :)
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Re: Class of 2016!!
« Reply #1816 on: July 08, 2016, 10:06:30 pm »
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OOOOOOOOH YOU'RE NOT SPENDING ENOUGH TIME ON UR 3/4S
Wow it's usually the other way around.
Well. Does this stem from a lack of good marks? Are you not earning the marks you want for your 3/4s? Coz if there's no issue there then I dont see what the problem is - don't feel like you have to study every day. I did methods and further and there were times where I didnt touch them for weeks at a time (like post sac I would have a wind down period) and i wouldnt touch them. Dont feel obliged to study for them when you dont need to. I was happy with how i went :).

I don't think consistency is necessary if your method is working. There isnt a set method to study you know?


Oh, that makes sense! I guess I do feel obliged to study for them everyday. I do put a fair bit of time, but I guess I'd like to put in more time, just to be on the safe side.

Considering you did well in Methods (just wow, by the way) and Further in Year 11, it seems like its manageable now! Well done :)

I am actually doing a lot better in my 3/4s in comparison to my 1/2s, but I mean, everyone would want higher marks even if you just lost one mark for a SAC aha :P

Thank you for your response!

On a side note: how did you deal with stress? Did you stress at all?
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Re: Class of 2016!!
« Reply #1817 on: July 08, 2016, 10:10:21 pm »
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Hey Hydroxyl, (lovin the name btw :)) )
Chiming in with everyone else, I'd definitely say that you should prioritise your 3/4s (two 3/4s too! So impressive  ;D), but also don't neglect your 1/2s completely (especially English :P, as it requires building up writing skills. I probs should have worked harder in Eng last year :P). I'm probably not a good example, but last year I didn't really understand the importance of my 3/4; crammed for SACs the nights before, and only starting revision for exam at the end of September XD (<<--- don't do this)

What you should do is to list out all the tasks you need to do at the moment, and sort them by urgency and importance. When there's multiple tasks to be done, ask yourself, is it urgent and important? Prioritise the urgent and important tasks first (like studying for an upcoming SAC), then proceed to do the urgent but not that important (like upcoming unit test/textbook questions due, etc). It's good to also allocate some time each day to do tasks that are important but now urgent (like starting revision for end of year exam, like doing practice exams for bio and further :)). Making a study timetable really helps with categorising the tasks, doesn't work for everyone I know, but I find it helpful to make a study timetable and be able to put all the stuff I need to down :)
There's also this cool to do list thing where you can prioritise tasks by importance/urgency called Habitica :) {It's in my signature if you wanna have a go at it}

And just like Swag said, if you're cruising in your 3/4s then you don't have to feel pressured (or guilty) to keep working at them. :)

on a side note: lol I probably use way too much smileys :) :)


Hey, thanks so much for your awesome reply! I love using smileys too :))
(OH {being Hydroxyl} is my initials in real life ahahaha)
 
Your advice makes total sense, and I'll try using Habitica! Sounds useful, exactly what I need :)

By the way, 47 for Biology!!! Now that's impressive :) Will need all the help I can get for it ahah. How did you do so well for Biology? Did you have a particular study method that separated you from the others?


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Re: Class of 2016!!
« Reply #1818 on: July 08, 2016, 10:12:27 pm »
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I feel your pain Hydroxyl. My Year 11 exams start before I even sit my 3/4 CSL exam, smh..

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Re: Class of 2016!!
« Reply #1819 on: July 08, 2016, 10:17:54 pm »
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Oh, that makes sense! I guess I do feel obliged to study for them everyday. I do put a fair bit of time, but I guess I'd like to put in more time, just to be on the safe side.

Considering you did well in Methods (just wow, by the way) and Further in Year 11, it seems like its manageable now! Well done :)

I am actually doing a lot better in my 3/4s in comparison to my 1/2s, but I mean, everyone would want higher marks even if you just lost one mark for a SAC aha :P

Thank you for your response!

On a side note: how did you deal with stress? Did you stress at all?
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Re: Class of 2016!!
« Reply #1820 on: July 08, 2016, 10:23:04 pm »
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I feel your pain Hydroxyl. My Year 11 exams start before I even sit my 3/4 CSL exam, smh..

What on Earth! Why?
LMAO DID I STRESS
AHAHAHHA

LMFAOJDFHIGSFD

DSOKJDFOHUDHUFDHDF

STRESS

LOL NAH I DIDNT STRESS

sarcasm. Stressed a shit tonne lmao - everyone does.

I ate chocolate and played games as relief. gotta find your outlet or else youre gonna burn out

Hopefully we won't burn out!
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Re: Class of 2016!!
« Reply #1821 on: July 08, 2016, 10:34:24 pm »
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 I love using smileys too :))

YAYY :) :D ;D {restrains self}

Lol i honestly think my bio SS is a fluke, considering the last minute cram I did (sin no. 1)  :-X
Uhm as for study I didn't actually write any notes  :P (sin no.2) *well I guess our teacher gave us class notes, and I felt they were enough
But I guess what I did do is that I discovered the magic of practice exams.
{Lol what actually motivated me was the fact I got a 78% in my trial exam in term 4, both my teacher and I freaked out and I realised: oh sh*t } (sin no.3.)
:D Now I didn't really do many of them, cuz I didn't have time XD (sin no.4) but dayum those practice exams were what saved me :)

Oh if you're not already, listen to Douchy's podcasts on public transport when going home or something :) (He's great, heaps of great puns too), and John/Hank Green (can never tell who is who) has a pretty good vid series called Crash course bio :D (Best cramming tool for SACs. jks don't actually cram for SACs.) Hmmm these vids are also good for immune system https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQGOcOUBi6s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRv19gkZ4E0

Oh and of course around october when I was busy cramming practice exams I discovered the MAGIC OF AN :D
Seriously. The Bio 3/4 thread was amazing <3 Dr T.Rav and many other awesome people were just simply amazing, answering last minute questions :)

And yeah I loved bio 3/4 :) call me biased but it's got be be one of my favourite subjects :)
Oh yeah, who doesn't wish this happens . (But it doesn't. And this meme is scientifically inaccurate  :-X :-X :-X)


I feel your pain Hydroxyl. My Year 11 exams start before I even sit my 3/4 CSL exam, smh..

I feel ya man .... Chinese is nearly always dead last :P and first, because of orals :\
lol even thinking about SLA gives me shudders and bad mems
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Re: Class of 2016!!
« Reply #1822 on: July 08, 2016, 10:54:00 pm »
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Anyone here got pokemon go...........
was studying hard for umat but then i got distracted for like ... a few days

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Re: Class of 2016!!
« Reply #1823 on: July 08, 2016, 10:59:13 pm »
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Anyone here got pokemon go...........
was studying hard for umat but then i got distracted for like ... a few days
Yes!

I had MUEP labs on thursday and there were so many people at monash playing it (including me for a bit). You could just see people walking staring at their phone and then stop and start swiping(throwing pokeballs).


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Re: Class of 2016!!
« Reply #1824 on: July 08, 2016, 11:07:36 pm »
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Anyone here got pokemon go...........
was studying hard for umat but then i got distracted for like ... a few days

YESSS pokemon go ;D
Lol it's kinda bad because I'm turning into those kind of people who just walk and stare at their phones on the roads...
My house area sucks though, just heaps and heaps of Zubats :P
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Re: Class of 2016!!
« Reply #1825 on: July 08, 2016, 11:26:54 pm »
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I can't even get it on my phone. o.O
(Dammit old android :P)
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Re: Class of 2016!!
« Reply #1826 on: July 08, 2016, 11:30:48 pm »
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Yes!

I had MUEP labs on thursday and there were so many people at monash playing it (including me for a bit). You could just see people walking staring at their phone and then stop and start swiping(throwing pokeballs).

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Re: Class of 2016!!
« Reply #1827 on: July 08, 2016, 11:52:18 pm »
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YAYY :) :D ;D {restrains self}

Lol i honestly think my bio SS is a fluke, considering the last minute cram I did (sin no. 1)  :-X
Uhm as for study I didn't actually write any notes  :P (sin no.2) *well I guess our teacher gave us class notes, and I felt they were enough
But I guess what I did do is that I discovered the magic of practice exams.
{Lol what actually motivated me was the fact I got a 78% in my trial exam in term 4, both my teacher and I freaked out and I realised: oh sh*t } (sin no.3.)
:D Now I didn't really do many of them, cuz I didn't have time XD (sin no.4) but dayum those practice exams were what saved me :)

Oh if you're not already, listen to Douchy's podcasts on public transport when going home or something :) (He's great, heaps of great puns too), and John/Hank Green (can never tell who is who) has a pretty good vid series called Crash course bio :D (Best cramming tool for SACs. jks don't actually cram for SACs.) Hmmm these vids are also good for immune system https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQGOcOUBi6s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRv19gkZ4E0

Oh and of course around october when I was busy cramming practice exams I discovered the MAGIC OF AN :D
Seriously. The Bio 3/4 thread was amazing <3 Dr T.Rav and many other awesome people were just simply amazing, answering last minute questions :)

And yeah I loved bio 3/4 :) call me biased but it's got be be one of my favourite subjects :)
Oh yeah, who doesn't wish this happens . (But it doesn't. And this meme is scientifically inaccurate  :-X :-X :-X)
(Image removed from quote.)

I feel ya man .... Chinese is nearly always dead last :P and first, because of orals :\
lol even thinking about SLA gives me shudders and bad mems

Omg wow this is amazing, thanks for all your tips! You wrote it in such a humorous way as well!! :D :D :D :D :) :) :) :) (smiley attack) :P
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Re: Class of 2016!!
« Reply #1828 on: July 08, 2016, 11:55:10 pm »
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Hey guys,
this is a tad off-topic,but can I ask you all a quick English question?
Do you guys reckon that discourse (speech) is a narrative convention? I know that language is, but that is a little different to speech
I'm writing an essay btw :)
just wandering...thoughts?
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Re: Class of 2016!!
« Reply #1829 on: July 09, 2016, 08:24:33 am »
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Anyone here got pokemon go...........
was studying hard for umat but then i got distracted for like ... a few days
Even my mum's playing it, and I don't think she's ever touched a game in her life.  8)
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