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My Year 12 Life - Class of 2018
Bri MT:
CONGRATULATIONS!! best wishes for your course (& gap year) and I'm glad you've decided to stick around to share those journeys with us :)
I will tell you that disappointing scores lose their emotional impact overtime; but I'm glad that even now you can look at the bright side
I also want to tell you that higher ATAR does not mean more intelligent. You have been measured on your ability to answer tests they way examiners wanted, and although intelligence *helps* (and the hard work you've put in helps a lot) there are a range of factors that influence it. It's not fair on yourself and it's inaccurate to believe you're less intelligent than someone else because they got a higher ATAR.
(also, it tends to be the happy and confident people who post their results on AN - it's definitely not a representative sample)
congratulations again & I hope you have a fabulous gap year!!! :D
jazcstuart:
--- Quote from: Caitlynk_22 on December 13, 2018, 04:30:16 pm ---Hi everyone, its taken a while for me to post but today has been a really hard an stressful day for me. The idea I had about the whole HSC scaling, marking, moderation... Has all changed. All that I have ever been told about the HSC has been false. And it was very misleading.
Here are my final results, I know I won't reach my ATAR goal but I am happy with some of them. I was shocked by others and very disappointed with others.
Visual Arts - 89 Band 5 ( ONE MARK )
Ancient History - 83 Band 5
Advanced English - 79 Band 4 ( PROUD!!!)
Mathematics - 76 Band 4 (SURPRISED)
Engineering - 76 Band 4 ( So disappointed)
SOR 1u - 35/50 Band 4 ( Don't really care )
So there they are. I am happy that its all over and I never have to worry about it ever ever again. I am happy that I got admitted into my university course based on my report and I am happy that I do not have to worry about my ATAR. I must say that I am disappointed, I was expecting more but I guess sometimes its just not enough. I worked really hard and thats all that really matters right?
I look at the results page of ATARNotes and a lot of the people that I have completed my HSC and see that they're way way smarter than me. They get higher results and bands and I always thought that I had to match others here. But as much as I studied, I didn't reach my goal. Even as I studied my ass off. I would like to thank all these people who I have looked up to, help and support me throughout this journey. Yes, you got higher marks than me but you inspired me to work so much harder than I would have before. I want to thank ATARNotes for helping me through this tough time. There have been laughs and there have been tears but no matter my ATAR I am not going to look back on this time as a bad one. I am proud of myself. I am proud of how hard I worked.
I remember when I first begun the HSC, it was a huge daunting task that seemed almost impossible. People used to say 'You'll live, its not bad'. I didn't think that at first but look at me now. Here I am. Writing one of my final ATARNotes HSC Journal its a surreal experience.
THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!! I love you all and I will continue to write on ATARNotes about my gap year journey (Mada had the idea first) and then the year after, my Uni journey.
Bai for now!
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Huge congrats from me as well! I love your attitude towards your marks, that although you were a bit disappointed, you also recognise you achievements!
Also really excited to see another UoN person on atarnotes!
Good luck and keen to keep reading your journals.
Caitlynk_22:
HI GUYS!
So the ATAR was highly expected and the ATARNotes calculator was literally on the dot. I ended up getting 76.75. I've been like, five bonus points for being regional - 81.75 yay. Thats closer to my goal but ya know only some uni's acfept the bonus points luckily Newcastle does so I'm still like 81 81 81 81. Bahahaa
And I am literally thanking my unconditional entry because I would not have gotten into my dream uni course without it. THANK YOU UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE for seeing that I am bad at exams but good at other things and that I work hard :)
Anyway, this will probably be my final HSC Journal entry for 2018. I would like to thank everyone who has read and supported my journal throughout this year also to those who have inspired me to work harder than before. Thanks everyone!
I will probably be starting a gap year journal... May be boring as hell but I'll post it in accountability and motivation board.
Thank you!
This was My Year 12 Life everyone, thank you for reading.
Joseph41:
Just want to congratulate you on everything you've accomplished. This thread was genuinely fantastic to read. Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us - can't wait to hear about what's in store for you next. :)
Caitlynk_22:
--- Quote from: Joseph41 on December 15, 2018, 04:33:35 pm ---Just want to congratulate you on everything you've accomplished. This thread was genuinely fantastic to read. Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us - can't wait to hear about what's in store for you next. :)
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Thank you so much! The HSC really was an eye opening year, time to get into the real world now!
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