Natural Talent?

[chocolate05]

natural talent isn't essential, yet it can be said it makes it much easier to grasp concepts and you don't even have to study as hard as some. if you have said natural talent, use it to your advantage! if you want that 95+ score, you need to give it all your best, don't give vce a half-attempt..why would you? it took me a whole wasted year to finally realise that, don't let that same thing happen to you.  you'll only end up regretting it at the end of the year. one year of hard work is the difference between a good future and a GREAT future. you study your arse off for one year and the rewards are abundant. you want to be able to blow the competition by miles away anyway, not just beat your friends by .01 of a mark....

[Gloamglozer]

People are always talking about how 'You must have natural talent to get a good ENTER(ATAR)/SS)

Seriously? I'm always hearing the opposite, how people who work hard get the best results, whilst geniuses aren't neccesarily going to the best performers in VCE.

Is that because "geniuses" can be ignorant and hence are overconfident in their abilities?  And then come exam time, they choke?

[herzy]

no lol it's because the vce doesnt push you to your limits. ultimately, for each subject (chem, p.e., biology, for example) once you know the course, there's only so much you can be tested on. once you get above 40, everybody knows the whole course, and it becomes not about concepts, but rather not making silly mistakes, or answering the question in a way the examiner will identify as correct while skim-reading. sigh.

because of that, almost anybody who works hard enough can do well, because there's a very finite amount to learn. once learned, you're fine. the learning process, however, is easier for some than others.

im not saying im a genius at all, but i did very minimal work and did relatively well, yet still think the vce system is very flawed. i agree with ninwa - good subject choice is essential (plus doing well in english lol) plus a lot of work to learn the content inside out (if you're not one of those people who hear it once and remember it)

[herzy]

lol shit
im used to saying things like 'yeah i did well, i was happy' and not saying my score... i forgot i had it in my by-line :$

[ninwa]

one year of hard work is the difference between a good future and a GREAT future.

No it isn't. One year of hard work is the difference between building the foundations of a great future a few years earlier than those who didn't work as hard. That's all. VCE has little impact on the rest of your life.

[herzy]

one year of hard work is the difference between a good future and a GREAT future.

No it isn't. One year of hard work is the difference between building the foundations of a great future a few years earlier than those who didn't work as hard. That's all. VCE has little impact on the rest of your life.

+1 i realised/am realising this.

[herzy]

Modesty <3!

lol bit of a modesty fail there

[TrueTears]

one year of hard work is the difference between a good future and a GREAT future.

No it isn't. One year of hard work is the difference between building the foundations of a great future a few years earlier than those who didn't work as hard. That's all. VCE has little impact on the rest of your life.

very true indeed!

[Origin]

I agree with what others said that VCE is not a test of natural talent, but more of discipline and hard work. What your assessed on practised and learned, not something you can just know from being smart. Natural talent gets you no where without hard work - VCE requires more work than it does talent, which imo is a good thing. Despite this being a good thing, I myself am not a hard worker and probably should be doing something else now.