life after vce...

[paul anka]

can anyone tell me what happens when you don't get the enter you need?
because its seems as though an enter below 80 means your life is over.
and is it? if you don't get a good enter does that mean you'll live the rest of your life a failure?
but will it truly make you happy?
is the key to happiness really in how you do in school?
this is what the VCE truly does to people -.- lol

[/0]

If you don't get your required ENTER you can always go into another uni course or even tafe and you can transfer to the course you want later down the road!
ENTER is just a number
It seems that not many people really care about their ENTER when they leave high school.
It's up to you if it makes you happy
I would say that if anything you should view it as personal challenge. While it may help with getting into a course, there are lots more opportunities besides vce

[TrueLight]

no one cares or talks about enter after vce... but i guess if you really really want to do a course and u dont get enter youll be disappointed but you can still do it if you want through other means

so you shouldnt really stress, even though i had thoughts like u but it really shouldnt matter since you have so many options but that doesnt mean you try ur best... so the final point: try as hard as you can, and if that isnt enough to get you into the course then you couldnt have done anymore and there are many options

[Toothpaste]

You know how people say the ENTER is just something people talk about when it's released, and then completely forget when tertiary study starts for the year? Well it's true. No one cares that much after it's all done. I usually forget to recall the last two digits of my ENTER correctly, sometimes I say .25, sometimes .35 or .65, because I don't tend to think about it unless I'm on VN. For ease of mind, I have never been asked about my ENTER at uni. It really is just a number, but right now you're probably feeling like your life revolves around it. It's normal to pessimistically anticipate your results since you have the stress and probably peers exerting the same stress around you. The exams looming with the pressure from your own expectations add to your view that your results are the only thing in your life ... but the number doesn't define you unless you want it to. If it helps, look at it realistically. Yes you want to do well, but do you really think someone like a waiter or the first person you sit next to on the tram is going to ask you for your ENTER? Seriously, your life won't be over because you don't meet your own expectation for results. Get through it and you'll see how true it is.

Also enjoy high school. It's full of good things. Your biggest regret will be: not getting the most out of high school, instead of not getting the highest mark you can. Most of you will miss it, no matter how much you say you hate it now.

[ninwa]

can anyone tell me what happens when you don't get the enter you need?

You grudgingly accept your 3rd preference because you didn't get into #1 or #2. Then a year later you realise that you really love your 3rd preference, and wouldn't trade it for 1 or 2 for the world.
True story

[Toothpaste]

Also, your parents will still love you. If in doubt, ring them and say "I just got involved in a car accident".

Possible responses:

(1) ARE YOU ALRIGHT?
(2) IS THE CAR ALRIGHT?
(3) I KNEW IT.
(4) WHY ARE YOU ALIVE?

If (1), your parents love you; (2) they love the car more than you; (3) your parents are psychic; (4) they want you to move out.

[appianway]

can anyone tell me what happens when you don't get the enter you need?

You grudgingly accept your 3rd preference because you didn't get into #1 or #2. Then a year later you realise that you really love your 3rd preference, and wouldn't trade it for 1 or 2 for the world.
True story

 

That happened to my dad's friend's son. He just missed out on med, and accepted medical research instead. He then proceeded to top medical research, was offered a transfer into med, turned it down, and is now doing a PhD with a scholarship.  

[TrueLight]

lol yeah beofre i started uni i was thinking i want to transfer into biomed.... but decided to stick with science

[nicholasysc]

can anyone tell me what happens when you don't get the enter you need?

You grudgingly accept your 3rd preference because you didn't get into #1 or #2. Then a year later you realise that you really love your 3rd preference, and wouldn't trade it for 1 or 2 for the world.
True story

 

That happened to my dad's friend's son. He just missed out on med, and accepted medical research instead. He then proceeded to top medical research, was offered a transfer into med, turned it down, and is now doing a PhD with a scholarship.  

emm... which uni offers medical research? cos I dont think I will get into Med LOL.

[appianway]

It was UniMelb quite a few years ago... I'm not quite sure if it was called Medical Research (it might have been Biomedical Research, come to think of it), but it was definitely the equivalent of today's biomedicine.

[Edmund]

can anyone tell me what happens when you don't get the enter you need?

You grudgingly accept your 3rd preference because you didn't get into #1 or #2. Then a year later you realise that you really love your 3rd preference, and wouldn't trade it for 1 or 2 for the world.
True story

I also got preference #3

[xXNovaxX]

....there is no life after the VCE

[Damo17]

...Life begins after VCE.  8-)

[monokekie]

...Life begins after VCE.  8-)

[TonyHem]

...Life begins after VCE.  8-)

!!!!

days of my studying end after year 12