Would you repeat Year 12? [Poll]

[vexx]

I'd repeat year 12 any day despite all the SACs and all the pressure.  Looking back on it, year 12 was the best year of my life.

aww. that's so good you loved it so much~

I was being serious.  Uni isn't all that exciting when you're there from 9:00-6:15.

.. i know you were being serious :S
why are you there for so long? you cannot possibly have that many contact hours!
im sure there are ways to love uni by joining clubs, etc.

[iffets12345]

I think repeating year 12 isnt the issue, it's repeating it with a differnt cohort which u may not particularly LIKE. Different vibe.

[ninwa]

True stories:

A wanted to get into medicine. Got 98.xx, and not a high enough UMAT.
Repeated year 12, absolutely worked her arse off (I'm talking the no-extra-curriculars-no-social-life kind), got approximately the same UMAT score and 97.xx (I'm guessing she burned herself out...).
She did biomed and didn't get into graduate medicine.

B didn't get a high enough UMAT (don't know what her ENTER was).
Accepted offer of biomed but deferred the year and spent it working on the UMAT (she's the kind of person who doesn't take no for an answer! )
Killed the UMAT and is now in 2nd year medicine (she was in my cohort, so she's a year behind).

C got 89.xx which wasn't enough for her dream course of science/law, so she went into science and absolutely killed her first year (high HD average). Transferred into science/law in 2nd year which means she hasn't wasted any time/credits at all - she'll just graduate from science much earlier than law.
Currently has a law average which is higher than mine (NB: I got 99.xx for my ENTER) and enough to get her first class honours if she keeps it up.

These are just the stories I personally know. I've heard of many more people like A and C, but second hand so I can't verify them.
Please don't waste a year... people like B are a very tiny exception...

[vexx]

^Ninwa, i have heard stories about that first case with people repeating year 12 completely and not doing as well, but i have no idea why anyone would want to do that. that's horrible, but doing a year which is social, full of extra-curricula things and only doing 2 subjects maybe 3 at most, is really not that bad. And only do it if you KNOW you can do well/ or atleast pretty confident you can get in (like i'd only do it if i knew after that year i'd have atleast UQ, for example.)
It's personal preference really, and the year will not be wasted, it's only a year~ many people take gap years anyway and that isn't exactly 'wasting' a year in all cases.

[Eriny]

I guess if you're only doing 2 or 3 subjects, it probably isn't 'repeating' year 12 as such (and hey, you could do UMEP or something as well). I would still advise against it, personally. Or, at least, do something else while you're studying as well like work or travel.

[ninwa]

^Ninwa, i have heard stories about that first case with people repeating year 12 completely and not doing as well, but i have no idea why anyone would want to do that. that's horrible, but doing a year which is social, full of extra-curricula things and only doing 2 subjects maybe 3 at most, is really not that bad. And only do it if you KNOW you can do well/ or atleast pretty confident you can get in (like i'd only do it if i knew after that year i'd have atleast UQ, for example.)
It's personal preference really, and the year will not be wasted, it's only a year~ many people take gap years anyway and that isn't exactly 'wasting' a year in all cases.

Lol she did 3 subjects in her repeated year...

Gap year isn't wasting a year if you spend it working or travelling.
Repeating is wasting if you don't get anything out of it.

[vexx]

^Ninwa, i have heard stories about that first case with people repeating year 12 completely and not doing as well, but i have no idea why anyone would want to do that. that's horrible, but doing a year which is social, full of extra-curricula things and only doing 2 subjects maybe 3 at most, is really not that bad. And only do it if you KNOW you can do well/ or atleast pretty confident you can get in (like i'd only do it if i knew after that year i'd have atleast UQ, for example.)
It's personal preference really, and the year will not be wasted, it's only a year~ many people take gap years anyway and that isn't exactly 'wasting' a year in all cases.

Lol she did 3 subjects in her repeated year...

Gap year isn't wasting a year if you spend it working or travelling.
Repeating is wasting if you don't get anything out of it.

oh wow really, that's really sad then

yeah i guess, it's risking a year, but if you are doing other things like you said working or travelling then it's not.
considering i'll be working, and doing a few other things during that year, i personally believe it wont be a waste.

[IntoTheNewWorld]

A wanted to get into medicine. Got 98.xx, and not a high enough UMAT.
Repeated year 12, absolutely worked her arse off (I'm talking the no-extra-curriculars-no-social-life kind), got approximately the same UMAT score and 97.xx (I'm guessing she burned herself out)

I don't think it's possible to lower your ENTER by repeating under the current rules

I think...

[matt123]

A wanted to get into medicine. Got 98.xx, and not a high enough UMAT.
Repeated year 12, absolutely worked her arse off (I'm talking the no-extra-curriculars-no-social-life kind), got approximately the same UMAT score and 97.xx (I'm guessing she burned herself out)

I don't think it's possible to lower your ENTER by repeating under the current rules

I think...

yeh its not .. how is it possible to get lower .. you take the grades you already have .. and any other subjects you do are added to the list you have..ONLY IF THEY BEAT THE SCORES U ALREADY HAVE.

e.g if you have 40 SS for all 4 subjects . and then 5th/6th sub are equal 35 study scores .. only way a new one will enter the list is if it is 35 SS or higher

[ninwa]

I don't think it's possible to lower your ENTER by repeating under the current rules

I think...

That's weird; it's what she told me.

I think, knowing her, she took the new results she got (since she repeated 3 subjects) and worked out the ENTER she would have gotten with the new results.

[matt123]

I don't think it's possible to lower your ENTER by repeating under the current rules

I think...

That's weird; it's what she told me.

I think, knowing her, she took the new results she got (since she repeated 3 subjects) and worked out the ENTER she would have gotten with the new results.

oh yeah
makes sence now
my bad

[IntoTheNewWorld]

I don't think it's possible to lower your ENTER by repeating under the current rules

I think...

That's weird; it's what she told me.

I think, knowing her, she took the new results she got (since she repeated 3 subjects) and worked out the ENTER she would have gotten with the new results.

I think it would've been possible under the old rules though, just not anymore

[Gloamglozer]

I'd repeat year 12 any day despite all the SACs and all the pressure.  Looking back on it, year 12 was the best year of my life.

aww. that's so good you loved it so much~

I was being serious.  Uni isn't all that exciting when you're there from 9:00-6:15.

.. i know you were being serious :S
why are you there for so long? you cannot possibly have that many contact hours!
im sure there are ways to love uni by joining clubs, etc.

3 hour chem prac, 2 hour linear algebra prac, a few lectures and not to mention a 2 hour break.  It's possible if the subjects you choose don't go well together and your whole timetable looks disgusting.

That's why I changed subjects. 

[crayolé]

How many subjects are you guys thinking of doing next year if you DO end up repeating?

[slothpomba]

A wanted to get into medicine. Got 98.xx, and not a high enough UMAT.
Repeated year 12, absolutely worked her arse off (I'm talking the no-extra-curriculars-no-social-life kind), got approximately the same UMAT score and 97.xx (I'm guessing she burned herself out...).
She did biomed and didn't get into graduate medicine.

You're scaring me now... i dont know whether i should do biomed/science anymore if i dont get into med

How many subjects are you guys thinking of doing next year if you DO end up repeating?

4 Max i guess probably more like 2 or 3

Yeah, i dont know much about the "old rules" vs the "new rules" but i doubt it possible to get lower. If you do totally different subjects, it'd just add more subjects to the pool from which they choose your top 6.

If you redo the same subject again though and get a lower SS im not sure if they keep the most recent... or highest... grey area there i guess..