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OMG its all coming down on me ):
« on: May 24, 2010, 02:01:03 am »
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Okay, I'm in a really bad predicament, similar to kingpompba

All this week and next week is full of SACs and I havent been able to touch a trial exam for any of my two mid-years yet. :/

What do i do? If i dont try in these SAC's i'm going to lose all my rank 1's. I pretty much have SACS for every subject.
If i lose just a couple marks in bio and further my rank will drop drastically :/

Now I'm forced to pull an all nighter just to finish this english oral aha

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Re: OMG its all coming down on me ):
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2010, 02:22:52 am »
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I'm sure you can find time to study for the SACs and also for exams, and then spam the weekend! Just use all your time you have after school..
(Wish i could do this though haha)
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Re: OMG its all coming down on me ):
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2010, 08:20:39 am »
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I don't understand why every school seems to be piling on the SACs now. My school had the big SAC attack 2 weeks ago, now we're pretty much free to study for mid-years.
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Re: OMG its all coming down on me ):
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2010, 02:31:22 pm »
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My school has EVERYTHING next week.
I ask the teachers why and they reply 'ask vcaa'
UM WTF teachers VCAA doesn't say when to sit your outcomes. GRRRRRR.
Like literally all my subjects....don't even get me started on psych midyear

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Re: OMG its all coming down on me ):
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2010, 02:55:42 pm »
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Even though I have SACS for all my subjects in these next 2 weeks, I don't really think it's as bad as it looks.

~ Chem and Physics SACs I've already prepared for by revising for exams
~ English SAC is a speech that I've already written and only need to practice a little bit
~ Spesh SAC I really don't see what I can do except maybe 1-2 hours of revising theory
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Re: OMG its all coming down on me ):
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2010, 03:42:07 pm »
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My school is definitely disorganized, most of the subjects that have a unit 3 exam haven't even finished the course so now its being rushed and theres still one more sac to go.

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Re: OMG its all coming down on me ):
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2010, 04:01:27 pm »
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I have a Biology Assignment + Test SAC, A Chem Practical SAC, and two pieces due for English plus a written SAC, all on Context. 

As kyzoo says, the SAC's for the mid year subjects aren't that bad.  You should already be prepped for them by having revised for exams, and they make for good exam practise too.  English only the other hand can go suck a fat one!


My school is definitely disorganized, most of the subjects that have a unit 3 exam haven't even finished the course so now its being rushed and theres still one more sac to go.

Since when do you go to my school!

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Re: OMG its all coming down on me ):
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2010, 04:24:27 pm »
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My school is definitely disorganized, most of the subjects that have a unit 3 exam haven't even finished the course so now its being rushed and theres still one more sac to go.

Since when do you go to my school!


This is like our chem.
We are having outside school classes that teachers are trying to make us go to as we aren't going to finish in time, our next chem sac is in less then a week and we don't even know what it's on..
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Re: OMG its all coming down on me ):
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2010, 05:19:47 pm »
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Well you can look at your Chem and Bio SACs as revision.

The rest however, it kind of sucks and i can see the problem of dividing time.

One of my teachers overheard a student stressing out saying they haven't started revising at all for midyears. His advice was something like "Just use the time you have left, efficiently. That's all you can really do." It sounds simple but really, that is all you can do.

Try get rid of things that hold you back. I get massively distracted at home, so untill exams im planning on staying at the local library near my school till 8pm (when it shuts). There have been days when i came home and did no work all day, i procrastinate heaps, so eliminate anything that is wasting your time.

I guess try prioritise your SACs in order of how bad you'll do in them if you don't study and how bad it will affect you VS the time you have left to study for it.

Use time you didn't even think you had, on my ~30 minute bus ride, i stare out the window or listen to music half the time. I should probably start reading or something on the bus. That's 1 hour each day (30 minutes up and 30 back) that i just waste all day.

Maybe try find more efficient ways of studying or note-taking, google will help with that.

Cant think of any advice, you've only got a set amount of time, theres only so much you can do with it and exams are close. Thats the reality of it, not much you can do to change it only enhance how you use it a little. In the end we still only have 2 weeks left.


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Re: OMG its all coming down on me ):
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2010, 05:23:49 pm »
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SACs for the subject you have a mid-year exam on arent too bad. If anything, theyre good because they force you to pick up your intensity and you need to know the same stuff for the actual exam.
Its the SACs for subjects that dont have mid-years that get in the way.

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Re: OMG its all coming down on me ):
« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2010, 05:39:14 pm »
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Agreed, what can we do though. We just gotta deal with it.

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Re: OMG its all coming down on me ):
« Reply #11 on: May 24, 2010, 05:44:43 pm »
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Agreed, what can we do though. We just gotta deal with it.

Wait til the end of year when you have SACs and FIVE end of years to prepare for.

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Re: OMG its all coming down on me ):
« Reply #12 on: May 24, 2010, 06:30:43 pm »
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Agreed, what can we do though. We just gotta deal with it.

Wait til the end of year when you have SACs and FIVE end of years to prepare for.
We get SWOT VAC at the end of year........



Yeah I got 4 sacs coming in the 2 weeks remaining before the midyears.. havnt touched physics papers yet...:S

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Re: OMG its all coming down on me ):
« Reply #13 on: May 24, 2010, 06:34:32 pm »
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Methods and further teachers organised SAC for after midyears, my methods teacher keeps telling us how he would skip school to study for exams if he was in our position.

And I am actually planning on not going to school twice next week, days which I have spares on, so I can keep spamming practice papers.

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Re: OMG its all coming down on me ):
« Reply #14 on: May 24, 2010, 06:39:26 pm »
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All this week and next week is full of SACs and I havent been able to touch a trial exam for any of my two mid-years yet. :/

What do i do? If i dont try in these SAC's i'm going to lose all my rank 1's. I pretty much have SACS for every subject.
If i lose just a couple marks in bio and further my rank will drop drastically :/

A good midyear mark is going to affect your study score a LOT more than a few dropped ranks. Seriously. I'm speaking from wayyyy too much experience.
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