Class of 2016!!

[Maz]

brah same omg I feel literally the same
it's fking tiring feeling like that

exact same situation here human...though I don't know if I'd rather know or not...cos like what if it's not good...at least now I am hoping it will be...hmm idk

[mtse]

"Late September"
Just expect it to be released 30th September, so won't get all insane-nervous-check-yo-emails-everyday before that.
:')

They said late September last year too.... got it on the 17 September..... I don't really call that "late" 

I know the whole waiting thing is agonising, but good luck and hope you all achieve the amazing scores you want.

If you wanted a quick explanation of how to obtain/read your results:

Spoiler

They send you an email but there will be no scores there. Just a link to the ACER site (which you registered through).
You login there and at the top should be "your registrations" and on the right will be a "view results" bottom.
Click that and you get a yellow rectangle with several numbers.
Left hand side:
- top: name ID etc. etc.
- bottom: 3 scores - one for each section - max is 100 for each - (for monash med, each of those scores need to be above 50)

Right hand side:
- top: your overall score = sum of individual section scores (there are decimal places involved which arent shown so it may not match adding up your section scores provided) - max is 300
- bottom: the most important: percentile rank - this is mainly what universities look at - max is 100

Scroll down the page:
- lots of FAQs and Graphs - I do suggest having a read through those whether you're ecstatic or disappointed with your score. It should help clear up any misconceptions etc

[HopefulLawStudent]

Not too bad - things have been really intense and busy lately, but I haven't died yet, so that's good.

What about you?

Currently feel like death warmed over.

My Eng/Lit teacher sent me home early on Friday because apparently it was ridiculous for me to stay when I was five seconds away from collapsing from exhaustion. Doesn't sound like a big deal but it is considering the fact that he's always like "DON'T YOU DARE MISS CLASS THERE ARE ONLY X NUMBER OF CLASSES LEFT AND WE MUST MAKE THE MOST OF THEM."

I saw all the UMAT talk and I was just like "ohhhh. That's a really long wait. September's so far away." And then I checked the calendar... 

Good luck guys!!!

[Aqua97]

ya'all living the nice and relaxing life that vce is, enjoy it, because uni is like vce's daddy

[HasibA]

ya'all living the nice and relaxing life that vce is, enjoy it, because uni is like vce's daddy

i wouldn't say vce is exactly relaxing and nice. different people find VCE or Uni easy/hard depends on the person and their learning style

[Orb]

ya'all living the nice and relaxing life that vce is, enjoy it, because uni is like vce's daddy

As someone who's experienced a bit of both, it's important for us not to generalise

If you go into Uni with the mentality that you need to average 99 or 100 (just like VCE) on all your assessments, you're probably going to find that impossible. It is definitely a lot easier in high school.
But if you go into Uni with the mentality that you just have to perform comparatively well, you can start to find that you can probably achieve a comparatively strong average of 85-90 with less effort than what it takes to get a, say, 99.95 in high school. This is due to a number of factors, including the fact that plenty of uni students tend to take up part time jobs during their period at uni, whereas in VCE most students tend to drop their jobs and focus on study.

Maybe you may have had an easier than expected time in VCE and been a bit shocked by the transition (the transition was really rough for me personally).

[Aqua97]

Maybe you may have had an easier than expected time in VCE and been a bit shocked by the transition

It wasnt really a shock.. i just gradually accepted the depression that came with uni

[HasibA]

bit random question, but what are our thoughts on designating bottom 10% subjects? tossing between spreading my effort across all my subjects vs 4 subjects i know i'll do better in, reckon it's a good idea?

[Swagadaktal]

bit random question, but what are our thoughts on designating bottom 10% subjects? tossing between spreading my effort across all my subjects vs 4 subjects i know i'll do better in, reckon it's a good idea?

Short Ans: I think it's a terrible idea. However, I think an exception is when you have a subject clearly worse than your others (i.e avg 80% in 4 subjects and like 50% in the other one) then it'd make sense to neglect it. But if you have 5 subjects of close ranking/potential then I don't think it's good to neglect one, coz curve ball q's come in the exams and you might not be able to answer a question and not get the score you wanted you know? There are some questions no matter what prep u do you might not be able to get on the day so don't wanna put all your eggs in one basket when you can spread em around ya feel?

[HasibA]

Short Ans: I think it's a terrible idea. However, I think an exception is when you have a subject clearly worse than your others (i.e avg 80% in 4 subjects and like 50% in the other one) then it'd make sense to neglect it. But if you have 5 subjects of close ranking/potential then I don't think it's good to neglect one, coz curve ball q's come in the exams and you might not be able to answer a question and not get the score you wanted you know? There are some questions no matter what prep u do you might not be able to get on the day so don't wanna put all your eggs in one basket when you can spread em around ya feel?

hmm , thanks for the insight- i guess ill focus my efforts on all subjects!

[pi]

bit random question, but what are our thoughts on designating bottom 10% subjects? tossing between spreading my effort across all my subjects vs 4 subjects i know i'll do better in, reckon it's a good idea?

Good idea to an extent. If you're really feeling nothing for a subject (eg. I did for physics), then it can be a good idea tactically to spend time on your stronger subjects. In the end of the day, the difference between a 3.2 or a 4.0 for you 10% subject, is nothing compared to all of your top 4 subjects going up by 1 raw study score. So yeah, I think it's safe to designate one subject to your bottom 2 (assuming you're happy with your 3/4 from last year to be top 4), but I also think it's risky to designate two subjects (ie. one subject this year AND a subject from last year), simply because you don't know what can happen on the day.

Granted, I didn't take this advice when I did VCE in 2011 and I gave up on physics and knew my 3/4 from the previous year was gonna be bottom 2. So the best advice is really just: back yourself. If you know you can do it, do it.

[Swagadaktal]

OH Yeah my advice I think applies given that you don't have a year 11 score that you want to be in your top 4 -- if you do then I think there's room to designate one subject to your bottom 4 (as you have 1 backup) but if this isn't the case then my initial piece of advice follows (imo)

[Maz]

hey,
I'm spending my time on the subjects I know which will count...just because I know for certain that no matter what curveball...explosion etc the exam throws at me...my top 4 are gonna stay that way. Methods, for me is a subject that's just not going to count to my ATAR (it's a good 20-30% below all the rest of mine)...so I'm just gonna pass and leave it. If you are absolutely certain about your top 4...then I would say focus on the top 4...however, allow for the 'mini/massive curve-ball' the exam could potentially throw your way

[HasibA]

hmm solid advice. i might see after a few prac exams how i am going to go. rn, putting in the same effort for methods nets lower results than for any of my other subjects (bar english, which must be included in the top 4). ill defs decide soon, i wouldnt mind my 3/4 last year to be in the top 4, but prefer it to be bottom. thanks

[bananabreadbelle]

They said late September last year too.... got it on the 17 September..... I don't really call that "late" 

I know the whole waiting thing is agonising, but good luck and hope you all achieve the amazing scores you want.

If you wanted a quick explanation of how to obtain/read your results:

Spoiler

They send you an email but there will be no scores there. Just a link to the ACER site (which you registered through).
You login there and at the top should be "your registrations" and on the right will be a "view results" bottom.
Click that and you get a yellow rectangle with several numbers.
Left hand side:
- top: name ID etc. etc.
- bottom: 3 scores - one for each section - max is 100 for each - (for monash med, each of those scores need to be above 50)

Right hand side:
- top: your overall score = sum of individual section scores (there are decimal places involved which arent shown so it may not match adding up your section scores provided) - max is 300
- bottom: the most important: percentile rank - this is mainly what universities look at - max is 100

Scroll down the page:
- lots of FAQs and Graphs - I do suggest having a read through those whether you're ecstatic or disappointed with your score. It should help clear up any misconceptions etc

Thanks for that 'how-to', mtse!