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The HSC Marathon: Stride by Stride

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kauac:
Hmmmm.... Well, at least Math's done!

How did I go: ugggh, it was like trials all over again. Like, there were so many questions where I knew mostly what I was doing, but couldn't get the full marks for it. The only better thing about it then trials was that I did have more time to check over my work (but potentially because I couldn't do as much for the harder questions  :-[).

I am actually quite disappointed, but not in my own performance. I know I did the best that I could today. It just felt like a really hard test - harder than any of the HSC past papers I have done. Potentially could have been nerves that threw me, or it may actually have been a lot more difficult than previous years'. I just thought that I had a chance to achieve a decent mark in maths, but now I know that's not really likely.

Mostly scared I might get kicked out of early entry if my mark is as bad as I expect, since they can actually revoke the offer if your HSC marks are a lot lower than trials. Having said that, my trial mark was pretty terrible as well, so even if I did do as bad as trials, it would be a scaled mark, and thus,a lot higher.

A nice thing came out of the exam though... Once we had finished, and I was sorting through my extra writing booklets (3 extra, whoops!), the supervisor made a passing comment that they thought I was the smartest in the room (because I had used the 3 extra writing booklets, and didn't leave early  ;D). As I was the only girl in the exam, I felt honoured to represent the minority of women conquering the male domination of STEM haha.

So, I mean, that's it for the intense week of HSC! It is smooth sailing from here - let's see how well I can study to smash Food tech to salvage my ATAR, yay! (Wow - that sounded really sarcastic, but it wasn't meant to be...)  ;)

kauac:
The end is in sight! In slightly more than 24 hrs, I will have finished the HSC forever, (and not just for another year, as was the situation last year  ;) ). It definitely has been a marathon experience, especially in these last few days. The amount of food tech study has been slowly dropping off, but I made sure I got a few days of decent whole-hearted study in between the procrastination - in my defense, its not 'procrastination' anymore really, it is just real life. I think I reached saturation point for food tech study several days ago, and basically have been doing a bit of study to prevent the study guilt. No matter what happens tomorrow, I will be done, and that's all that matters. I have my formal to look forward, and the immediate victory dance my friend and I are planning for immediately after the exam.

Definitely going to make sure I get into a good routine after this has finished, because I think I function better that way. Keen to get out and about heaps more too - do all of things that I wanted to do in these last few years, but had to decline, with the common phrase, 'I'm studying'. Been trying to get a second job (the one I have at the moment, get about 1 shift/week), so I applied for one place, and another place I was suppose to drop my resume into was closed when I went. I don't think I will get that first job, so will definitely make an effort to drop resume in at the second place.

All steam ahead for Japan, need to finalise itinerary (everything's booked, but need to work out what activities to do each day). I have been on a "chopstick diet" to try and improve my chopstick skills, since I have always been dreadful. It has seem to have payed off - though I still find banana hard to pick up because it is slippery when cut into pieces haha. Really keen to meet my friend in Kyushu, as I haven't seen her for years! Also just found out a few days ago that there are multiple active volcanoes on Kyushu, so that's fun! I wouldn't be complaining too much if flights got cancelled due to volcanic activity, because who wouldn't want to spend a couple more days in Japan, right? Also, really, really hope that it will snow when we are there! Unfortunately won't be going to the Northern island of Hokkaido, which is known to be one of the coldest parts of Japan, but I still have faith.

That's it for now! I don't think I will update for a few days at least, despite the milestone accomplishments, because things will get pretty hectic with formal and all. Oh, and thanks Poet for the shout out (if you are reading this  :) ).

kauac:
Hi...

Predict what I am about to write? Yep, you're correct - I have finished HSC.  ;)

Will definitely have some fun memories from my last exam, food tech. Since we had our exams at a different local school, there were only students from our school at the exam - which is what I expected. But considerately, the school had a lock-down during the middle of the exam :o! They never actually said it was a drill, so it could have actually been real, oops. But when the siren started going, we just looked at the supervisors and they had no idea what to do, so, we just continued to do the exam, pretending that there wasn't a massive siren blaring. At least it wasn't a fire evacuation - that would have been even more inconvenient! ;D

A little recap from the exam content itself:
Spoiler
--- Quote ---So, the MC was a bit strange. Like some were dead easy, others were worded badly, others kind of missing the syllabus a bit. So reasonably difficult.

Short answer was lovely! I really liked the meal plan for active non-nutrients. The ethical advertising 6 marker was a bit difficult to interpret what they were asking for - so my examples were both health-related and non-health related for that. Suprising amount of 6 markers though - 5 overall.

Section III: Good! Questions on a food van at a music event were a bit unorthodox, but pretty straightforward, neverthelesss.

Section IV: Awesome! Got to talk about my Sanitarium case study, probably one of the easiest 15 marker questions I have seen. Did a similar practice response a few days beforehand so I was set!

Overall: A good one to finish.

--- End quote ---

Had a great time at my formal on Thursday! My sister drove me to the photos in my grandpa's convertible, which was fun. We only opened the roof up about 200m from the place, because I didn't want to mess up my hair haha. My friend who is training to be a florist made a corsage for me, and it was sooo pretty! Gosh, I have never worn that much makeup in my life before, but it was nice to dress up. Plenty of dancing and silly photo booth pics.

Things have been pretty chill since last week. I have a graduation assembly at school on Wednesday, so that will be officially the last time I have to wear my uniform. Have been pretty busy though, and my to-do lists are getting quite long. I don't mind the busyness though, because otherwise I would get really bored haha.

kauac:
It's me again.  ;)

Officially got my offer for B Nutrition and Dietetics at UOW today!

Was freaking out last week because the early admissions people tried to contact me while I was out and I didn't hear my phone, and then when I called back, the office was closed. Turns out they just wanted to go through the details of accepting the offer, rather than that there had been a mistake for my offer or something, which was what I thought it was about.  ;D

I was invited to the UOW Early Admission Congratulations Event (lol- a bit of a random event) that is tonight. As much as I would have loved to go, I don't think it was worth the total of 4hrs travel just for a 2hr event haha. And it was also designed for meeting people that you would be studying with next year, which is irrelevant to me now, because:

I am taking a gap year.  :) No surprises there, I have been thinking about it doing a gap year most of this year, but I have officially found a program that will work for me. It's called Year 13, and it is a Christian discipleship program run by the Anglican Youthworks College. I will be studying a Diploma of Christian Studies, with a month-long mission trip to Fiji in July. So next year, my basic week will involve staying 1 night at campus for my classes, as well as ministry placements at my Church each week.

It will be a challenging but exciting year, and I am definitely looking forward to Fiji! Conveniently, it is sort of like a test run for what my uni experience would be like, since for uni, it is likely that I will be staying part time at Wollongong, part time at home (Sydney), to complete the degree. Definitely a less intense version of getting acquainted to "the uni life" though, since the diploma is obviously not as consuming as a bachelor's degree, and I only need to be on campus for two days a week (vs a potential 5 at Wollongong  :o).

For the job scene, haven't been successful at getting a second job, yet. It's not crucial since I am still doing a little bit of work at my current job (salon assistant), but it would definitely be a big help for me at the moment.

Also had my graduation assembly yesterday. It was nice, I gave a devotions talk, my classmate ran a lip-synch battle, some classic small-school rituals like running through the human archway.  ;D I also received the Long Tan Award, which I was pretty stoked about!

So yeah, an interesting few days. :)

fantasticbeasts3:
Congrats on the uni offer!!! That's so exciting :-) Hope the rest of your break is amazing!!

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