Zhen's VCE Journey

[plsbegentle]

Any other libraries you'd recommend? I've just been going to state, and the constant sounds of footsteps is starting to annoy me...

RMIT, i think lvl 8 are for students,not entirely sure but my mates sometimes go there. In state, everyone goes to the chess room to study, but usually the side halls on the first floor are pretty quiet.

[zhen]

I love how my VCE journal has become a place for people to discuss the best libraries to study in.   

[K888]

Any other libraries you'd recommend? I've just been going to state, and the constant sounds of footsteps is starting to annoy me...

If you're down south-east suburbs way, the library at Monash Peninsula is potentially the quietest library I've ever been in, plus, there's always heaps of free seats.

Seconding (maybe thirding) basement of HAL, though. 

[zofromuxo]

Any other libraries you'd recommend? I've just been going to state, and the constant sounds of footsteps is starting to annoy me...

You can always try RMIT's library with the silent area.

[zhen]

6/11/2017
Got a lot done in the library today, which I’m pretty happy with. Hopefully I can do another exam 1 before the end of the day. I’m really tired right now after the month long grind so far, but I’m going to push until the end cause I only have a bit left. Right now I’m listening to Yiruma’s river flows in you, which is so relaxing.

[lyoko]

6/11/2017
Got a lot done in the library today, which I’m pretty happy with. Hopefully I can do another exam 1 before the end of the day. I’m really tired right now after the month long grind so far, but I’m going to push until the end cause I only have a bit left. Right now I’m listening to Yiruma’s river flows in you, which is so relaxing.

YES! I love this song of his as well! Have you heard the guitar cover of it? It's so good!

[zhen]

YES! I love this song of his as well! Have you heard the guitar cover of it? It's so good!

Just heard a guitar cover of it, which was way better than I expected. It was actually really good, but I still prefer the piano version over it. The piano version just sounds so elegant and soothing.

[lyoko]

Just heard a guitar cover of it, which was way better than I expected. It was actually really good, but I still prefer the piano version over it. The piano version just sounds so elegant and soothing.

To each his own, like you said the piano is elegant and soothing but sometimes the guitar just hits the spot

[zhen]

12/11/2017
Exams are nearly over now. I’ve got specialist exam 2 tomorrow, which is really scary considering that I’m still making careless mistakes even if I know how to do the question. Hopefully the stress on the day makes me more alert and not more careless. After specialist is chemistry and physics. I’ve done a decent amount of preparation for chemistry but I never feel prepared for it. For physics, I really need to cram as much as possible cause I’m honestly screwed for it. I’m excited for after my exams where I can just chill and hopefully not worry about my results. I’m praying that my SEAS carries me over the line for whatever course I choose. I think SEAS is the only reason why I’m not panicking like hell.

[zhen]

How I felt coming out of exams (not the approximated scores after checking atarnotes answers)
English  It wasn’t bad but wasn’t excellent because of the comparative prompt which was much harder than I expected
Mathematical Methods Exam 1  I came out of this exam feeling incredibly badly cause I made heaps of mistakes which I had to fix. After checking my answers with the ones provided on atarnotes, I found out that I did pretty well.
Mathematical Methods Exam 2 I came out raging and swearing because I thought it was absurdly difficult. I pulled out my favourite Medea quote, “life has no pleasure left dear friends, I want to die”. After checking the atarnotes answers, I think I didn’t do as badly as expected but I still did pretty badly.
Specialist Mathematics Exam 1  I came out feeling pretty good about this because it was much easier than expected. After checking my answers with the ones on atarnotes, I realised that I still made a few careless mistakes which isn’t great.
Specialist Mathematics Exam 2  I came out feeling ok but not great. I think it was a moderate difficulty exam, but had a fair few easy and tricky questions.
Chemistry    I felt great for the first 2 hours, but then I realised that I had 20 marks worth of questions left in the last 20 minutes. I luckily finished on time, but I didn’t feel great coming out of the exam
Physics I felt good coming out of this exam. I don’t think I did well, but the exam went smoothly.

After my physics exam I plan to hopefully write some guides for methods, which has been my best subject throughout the year. Honestly, I’m not one of those amazing methods students and in fact my methods study score probably won’t be good, but I think I can offer some helpful advice to the younger year levels.

[zhen]

15/11/2017
I’m finally done. VCE is officially over.  It honestly feels really anticlimactic especially after all the studying in the leadup to exams. I think I want to thank HopefulLawStudent and my methods teacher who were the two people keeping me sane and really helped me learn. I’m really grateful to them for all they’ve done to help me especially after my unique experiences with my other teachers. I also want to thank all the friends that have supported me throughout the year. They’ve had to endure the pain of having to hear me rant about VCE for the past year. I’m going to relax and just chill for now, but I’ll be back to post and help people out on atarnotes.

[Max Kawasakii]

Hi-jacking your post Zhen, sorry my dude!! Just wanted to say congratulations on completing VCE!! Among many other individuals you were an integral part of my VCE journey, your constant help, advice and insight are something of such a sheer insurmountable magnitude that gratitude can no longer suffice. So although it wont amount to much, on behalf of many and from myself, we thank you for your service this year!! I hope our paths cross in the future at University because you beam personal qualities I respect, yet it is your assiduous and tenacious nature that is to be revered by all. ENJOY YOUR HARD EARNED BREAK!!

[K888]

15/11/2017
I’m finally done. VCE is officially over.  It honestly feels really anticlimactic especially after all the studying in the leadup to exams. I think I want to thank HopefulLawStudent and my methods teacher who were the two people keeping me sane and really helped me learn. I’m really grateful to them for all they’ve done to help me especially after my unique experiences with my other teachers. I also want to thank all the friends that have supported me throughout the year. They’ve had to endure the pain of having to hear me rant about VCE for the past year. I’m going to relax and just chill for now, but I’ll be back to post and help people out on atarnotes.

Congratulations on finishing, zhen.

It's been a pleasure reading your updates and I hope you enjoy your break!

[zhen]

Hi-jacking your post Zhen, sorry my dude!! Just wanted to say congratulations on completing VCE!! Among many other individuals you were an integral part of my VCE journey, your constant help, advice and insight are something of such a sheer insurmountable magnitude that gratitude can no longer suffice. So although it wont amount to much, but on behalf of many and from myself, we thank you for your service this year!! I hope our paths cross in the future at University because you beam personal qualities I respect, yet it is your assiduous and tenacious nature that is to be revered by all. ENJOY YOUR HARD EARNED BREAK!!

Thanks. Your kind words mean a lot more to me than you think.

Congratulations on finishing, zhen.

It's been a pleasure reading your updates and I hope you enjoy your break!

Thanks, I’ll probably continue to update my journal until the atar release date, when I’ll hopefully be fully free from the clutches of VCE.

[K888]

Thanks, I’ll probably continue to update my journal until the atar release date, when I’ll hopefully be fully free from the clutches of VCE.

Make sure you stick around afterwards, too!
You'll be able to come hang with the uni crew and also pass on some awesome insight to the class of 2018