And people find cramming effective? I thought VCE students that did well had the habit of spreading their workload during the year to cut stress and optimize performance. Is my perception wrong?
For VCE yes, but in uni you'll find that you have to cover a lot more content in a limited time (12 weeks/semester). For example, Calculus 1 is a subject offered at Melbourne Uni that pretty much covers Specialist Maths (except mechanics) in 12 weeks. As you'd imagine, the pace would be pretty fast.
Yeah the thing you find is that the pace is so fast that you end up spending so much time on assessments and the ilk and then the end of semester looms and you're like shit shit better start studying.
You feel so shit that you want to study but then you realise you've got: favourite TV shows, friends, work, etc so you don't end up studying until SWOTVAC and then you're like, "Shit, shit, shit." Right?