Class of 2016!!

[Ourinnerchild]

Yo everyone, haven't posted in a while lol hope you're all well.
Wondering if anyone's had their french oral?? I have mine tomorrow and I'm equal parts stressed, nervous to the point of feeling like vomiting and just wanting it to be over already lol

[K888]

Yo everyone, haven't posted in a while lol hope you're all well.
Wondering if anyone's had their french oral?? I have mine tomorrow and I'm equal parts stressed, nervous to the point of feeling like vomiting and just wanting it to be over already lol

Mine's next monday...still a decent amount of time to prepare, but also a fair amount of time to stress!
Good luck, I'm sure you'll do awesome

[Ourinnerchild]

Mine's next monday...still a decent amount of time to prepare, but also a fair amount of time to stress!
Good luck, I'm sure you'll do awesome

Hey still can't believe my French oral is over lol, it hasn't fully sunk in! Thanks for your support, I managed to answer every question and I hope I did it well enough. Good luck for yours by the way, I'm sure you'll ace it! Is yours at the Tudor Hotel?

[K888]

Hey still can't believe my French oral is over lol, it hasn't fully sunk in! Thanks for your support, I managed to answer every question and I hope I did it well enough. Good luck for yours by the way, I'm sure you'll ace it! Is yours at the Tudor Hotel?

Awesome, well done!
Nah, mine is at a hotel but not the Tudor. Can't remember where exactly though.
I think it'll be so weird speaking to the examiners in a hotel room, I feel like I should call room service or something halfway through haha

[FallingStar]

Awesome, well done!
Nah, mine is at a hotel but not the Tudor. Can't remember where exactly though.
I think it'll be so weird speaking to the examiners in a hotel room, I feel like I should call room service or something halfway through haha

Lols. Well, when I did a language last year (Chinese btw) I did my oral in a church. So really, they can be anywhere.

[HasibA]

when does everyone graduate?
my last day is next monday !! excitementt!
then grad. ceremony next tueday, w/ formal/val next thurs
soooooo excited

[sweetiepi]

when does everyone graduate?
then grad. ceremony next tueday, w/ formal/val next thurs
soooooo excited

That's so soon!
My grad and final assembly fall on the same day- next Friday!
I'm super excited, but super nervous for the times ahead too!

[FallingStar]

That's so soon!
My grad and final assembly fall on the same day- next Friday!
I'm super excited, but super nervous for the times ahead too!

Mine? Muck up day this Friday. All the formal stuff next Monday. This includes a val breakfast, the leavers service (some really long assembly where they read everyone one of our names out and read a paragraph of each of us. yuck!) , and the Val dinner.

[Ourinnerchild]

Awesome, well done!
Nah, mine is at a hotel but not the Tudor. Can't remember where exactly though.
I think it'll be so weird speaking to the examiners in a hotel room, I feel like I should call room service or something halfway through haha

Hahahahaha the temptation is real  It was weird for me because I expected the examiners to be sitting towards like the back of the room for some reason but legit took 2 steps into the room and I was sitting down. It was also weird because I think someone tried to come into the room while I was doing my oral because the assessors looked really shocked and one went to go out of the room while the other was trying to keep the convo going with me lol

Mine? Muck up day this Friday. All the formal stuff next Monday. This includes a val breakfast, the leavers service (some really long assembly where they read everyone one of our names out and read a paragraph of each of us. yuck!) , and the Val dinner.

Yeah same with me, have the muck up dress up this friday (I'm going as a bunch of grapes lol) and then Monday is the assembly and then after we have our uniform dress up (zombies is always fun). Except the assembly for us is just us walking to the stage after they read out our names and then show a pic of our prep and year 12 photos. Hoping I get a couple of "aw"s from the audience hahah.

[Elizawei]

It was weird for me because I expected the examiners to be sitting towards like the back of the room for some reason but legit took 2 steps into the room and I was sitting down.

Haha i got my Japanese oral tomorrow at the Tudor! Is parking okay there?

[Ourinnerchild]

Haha i got my Japanese oral tomorrow at the Tudor! Is parking okay there?

Yeah there's a lot of parking in and around the hotel. Good luck for tomorrow! 

[K888]

Hahahahaha the temptation is real  It was weird for me because I expected the examiners to be sitting towards like the back of the room for some reason but legit took 2 steps into the room and I was sitting down. It was also weird because I think someone tried to come into the room while I was doing my oral because the assessors looked really shocked and one went to go out of the room while the other was trying to keep the convo going with me lol

Haha that's a bit awkward.
No doubt it'll be a weird experience, just keen for it to be over, then I can fully focus on my other subjects!

when does everyone graduate?
my last day is next monday !! excitementt!
then grad. ceremony next tueday, w/ formal/val next thurs
soooooo excited

Muck up day is on Tuesday next week (we also have our last assembly, etc.), val is on Wednesday. Super keen

[Joseph41]

Hi there, friends.

I haven't been around much recently for various reasons (primarily uni), but I thought I'd pop in and say hi. How are you all going?

This is a pretty strange time, so I thought I'd just chuck out some random thoughts:

1. There's still time to improve. Haven't done any practice papers? That's okay - there's still time. There's no point dwelling on the past, but there can be great benefit from applying yourself hereon. Trust me, the feeling walking out of your final exam is immense, particularly if you know you've done all you could have (note: this does not mean studying 24/7 - not even close).

2. Regarding uni preferences or whatever you're doing next, it's totally okay to not know. I've been thinking about this recently. You're probably studying ~5 subjects at the moment, all of which are pretty limited in the broader scheme of things. I'm not sure how you're expected to work out, from that, what you want to do next. Heaps of people start doing one thing and then completely change their mind. It's normal - it's okay. This was something I stressed about a lot (unnecessarily) in Year 12 - like, "I have to get this right. I don't want to change course. This is it." sort of thing. But that wasn't right at all.

3. Try to enjoy whatever you can! Final assemblies, last days, hanging out with mates, whatever - enjoy the moment. It's a significant time!

4. ATAR Notes is right behind you. If you're doing really well, we're right behind you. If you're really struggling, we're right behind you. And everything in between.

5. And on that note, why not stick around when you're done? Helping out others here who are in a position you were in not so long ago is very rewarding. (I'd suggest not throwing out your notes, either; they may come in handy for tutoring purposes.)

All the very best.

[sweetiepi]

1. There's still time to improve. Haven't done any practice papers? That's okay - there's still time. There's no point dwelling on the past, but there can be great benefit from applying yourself hereon. Trust me, the feeling walking out of your final exam is immense, particularly if you know you've done all you could have (note: this does not mean studying 24/7 - not even close).

3. Try to enjoy whatever you can! Final assemblies, last days, hanging out with mates, whatever - enjoy the moment. It's a significant time!

4. ATAR Notes is right behind you. If you're doing really well, we're right behind you. If you're really struggling, we're right behind you. And everything in between.

Some much needed inspiration and motivation right here, thanks Joseph41.
(Also I bolded #4 because I believe in this 100%! )

[Cornrow Kenny]

So for those who have not done so yet, the deadline for the scholarship applications on the VTAC website is at 5pm tomorrow.

For those that have completed there applications already, or done so in previous years, how detailed do your responses need to be. Eg "How will your scholarship benefit your 2017 studies?"

Do they even look at these responses?

Thanks a lot