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Hoping for a HSC Viktory... (hsc '20 journal)
Viktoriak_:
--- Quote from: kauac on June 05, 2020, 08:43:46 pm ---Sounds like you've had a busy few weeks! It must feel good to keep ticking off assignments and exams - each one you complete is one step closer to being finished all together!
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Yep, it's definitely very rewarding to be getting through assessments, actually just handed in my chem depth study too ;D
--- Quote ---Definitely get your frustration about the asthma testing for the ADF! I applied for their gap year program a few years ago and had similar concerns with childhood asthma and other little picky things. From memory, I think asthma was only an issue if you were applying for a "flying" position (e.g. pilot, flight attendant), so if that's not you, hopefully it will turn out just fine! :)
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That's so cool you did the gap year program! I'm curious, what did you go for, and how did you find it?
I'm applying for civil engineering (so not a flying position), hopefully they aren't too strict about the asthma...
kauac:
--- Quote from: Viktoriak_ on June 08, 2020, 07:16:13 pm ---That's so cool you did the gap year program! I'm curious, what did you go for, and how did you find it?
I'm applying for civil engineering (so not a flying position), hopefully they aren't too strict about the asthma...
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Hi!
I didn't end up doing the program, because I really wanted to get a flight crew attendant position, but was ruled out for that because of the childhood asthma thing. I thought about continuing as an aircraft technician, but decided that it wasn't really for me.
Civil engineering is cool though! It would be quite cool to be paid to study, and have a guaranteed job at the end!
Viktoriak_:
--- Quote from: kauac on June 08, 2020, 08:04:16 pm ---Hi!
I didn't end up doing the program, because I really wanted to get a flight crew attendant position, but was ruled out for that because of the childhood asthma thing. I thought about continuing as an aircraft technician, but decided that it wasn't really for me.
Civil engineering is cool though! It would be quite cool to be paid to study, and have a guaranteed job at the end!
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Ahh ok, that's a shame... everything happens for a reason tho hey
Yeah I'm pretty keen for civil engineering! I actually applied for both airforce and army, but I might not be able to do army anymore. I'm still waiting to hear about the asthma; if they put me on a 3 months trial then that will end around September, but I still have to do the OSB.
The last OSB's for the 2021 intake are in the October holidays. For army, I have to wait until the asthma gets cleared (because there's a physical component in the OSB), meaning it would most likely be too late to apply for 2021 (I would miss the OSB). For airforce, you don't have to wait for the medical. I have airforce as my second preference, but I decided I'm going to try get booked into an airforce OSB as soon as possible, hopefully I can get an offer for airforce 2021. I don't really have a solid back up plan yet (other than applying for USYD/UNSW), because I'm really set on ADFA.
I know I should prepare for the chance I don't get in... Anyway it's important not to give up.
Viktoriak_:
11/6/20 - Term 2, Week 7
Hey guys, finally got around to updating this journal yay!!
School is alright at the moment - I handed in my chem depth study on Monday, I was pretty happy with it, so we'll see how it goes.
And that's all my term 2 assessments done, now for trials!
To be honest, I'm not super worried about trials (for the moment anyway, this will probably change...), but I've been thinking a lot about my ADFA application. This might be a bit long so I'll chuck it in a box:
SpoilerSo I still haven't heard back about the asthma thing - I called recruiting today, and the nurse said they received the report from the asthma test, so I just have to wait for the doctor's to make a decision... yikes. I'm not sure what's going to happen, but guessing by other people's experiences, they'll put me on a 3 month trial of meds then ask me to redo the test. I didn't really have a problem with this, but last night it occurred to me that 3 months is a LONG time.
Long story short, I still have to do an OSB (a round of interviews in Canberra - these are only held in the school holidays for ADFA so they don't affect your HSC. The last ones for the 2021 intake are in the October holidays, but you have to do a separate one for each service.) I've applied for civil engineering in both the army and the airforce. I had army as my first preference. The army OSB requires the medical things to be cleared - meaning I need to wait until my asthma is cleared. After 3 months, I would miss the last OSB opportunity and it would be too late. However, the air force OSB doesn't require you to have medical cleared prior to sitting it.
Long story short, I'm hoping to get an air force OSB booked asap, so I can secure a spot for ADFA next year. Most likely, I would have to do this OSB during the October holidays (right before HSC ahhhh!!!!). That's ok though.
I guess I'm just worried that what if after all this hard work, time and energy I've put in (and will continue to put in) to my application, what if I don't get accepted. What if they fail my asthma or I don't pass my interviews... I doubt I would fall short of the ATAR (it's only 85), but that's also a possibility.
ahhhh :'(
SO yeah, idk. I know it's out of my control, and all I can do is try hard at school, keep my fitness up, keep contacting DFR and trying to push my application. I'm also scared of what if I go to USYD or another civilian uni, then regret not going to ADFA. Or what if I go to ADFA thru airforce, then regret not going through army?? I've been thinking soooo much about all this. Bottom line is, I can't regret missing out on something which I tried my best to achieve. If I don't get into ADFA knowing that I couldn't have done anything different, then so be it. Aaand this is so much easier said than done! I KNOW I would be devastated if I don't get in, but for now, I will keep my options open and keep trying really really hard and doing everything I can to increase my chances of getting in.
This goes out to anyone else also applying for uni, especially if you have a fixed goal in mind - it's so easy to get set on that one goal (I know I certainly am...), and let it consume your mind. Literally I don't even want to consider other options (I know I will have to, better to plan and be prepared) because it means I have to consider the unwanted possibility of me not getting in to where I want to go. And that's painful, who wants to look at the negative! We just gotta be smart and plan for the worst...
So even though this application process is stressful and uncertain and scary, I'm gonna keep pushing through. Don't give up guys! Feels good to write + reflect on all this :) Just gotta keep pushing on.
And for the rest of my subjects! We also got our rankings so Imma include those.
English
Rank - 9th (how did this happen!! :o)
Still continuing with T.S. Eliot. The poems are pretty good, I'm enjoying them. I will need to read more perspectives though, I feel my understanding is still too basic and superficial - definitely not enough for an the in-depth analysis required in essays. I haven't been putting enough time into english, that's for sure. I know I need to do my homework, but my teacher doesn't give great feedback, and often I end up working on chemistry or physics. I think tomorrow and over the weekend I'm gonna put more time into english - this rank is definitely motivating me (at no point in my life did I expect to be coming 9th in english lol, I know it's not 1st but considering I'm more a science/maths student...). Not keen for the back-to-back paper 1 and paper 2 tho :-\
Maths
Advanced - 14th. Extension - 17th.
In advanced, we've just started statistics. Got heaps to learn. In extension, we've just finished differential equations and will be moving on to extension statistics once the advanced stuff is covered. I know I have to work really hard for both extension and advanced to pull my ranks up - trials are gonna be really important!!
Chem
Rank - 4th (my last test really pulled it up!)
Really enjoying chem at the moment! We're continuing with Mod 7, definitely still heaps of stuff to get through (no way we will finish the syllabus before trials...). I'm hoping to come 1st eventually in chem. My depth study task wasn't actually included in the ranks, so hopefully that pulled it up a bit. Of course, I've got trials to pull the rank up even more.
Physics
Rank - 4th
Physics is also really cool atm because we're learning similar stuff to chem! The chem depth study was about the spectroscopy stuff in Mod 8. The physics mod 7 has a lot of similar concepts, so it's really cool to be able to learn the same thing from two perspectives. Considering I want to be an engineer, I think I should really focus on physics. Hopefully my physics depth study will pull my rank up, but I wasn't super confident with what I handed in, so we'll see I guess. The trial is a good opportunity to boost my rank tho. I don't mind if its physics or chemistry but I want to rank 1st in at least one of them after trials are over ;D
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So yeah that's what's going on atm... I feel this is really relevant:
"Failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success." - Arianna Huffington.
It's really important to learn from your mistakes and use them to motivate you - keep trying again and don't give up :)
Best of luck to anyone reading this!
alice343:
Hey Viktoriak_ , it sounds like you're really enjoying school atm, and your ranks are great! Good luck for your AFDA application - I really hope you get the opportunity to go there!
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