Oh wow that is good news. What school is that? I know a kid from Scotch in year 8 and he knows way way more chemistry than I did in year 10 even. However I find in private schools parents very regularly make the mistake of thinking their kids are intelligent because they are well educated.
Melbourne Grammar. That year 8 would be an anomaly. Not even Scotch pushes their kids that far ahead of the syllabus.
lols well said, a lot of people do well because of a private school but arent intelligent (i hope i'm not under that category)
i was at scotch and (although i didnt attend another school in high school so can't compare) we didnt learn VCE content until the VCE...
in answer the the thread question, i did really well year 7-9, then cbf'd in year 10 and 11 (C+ on unit 2 chem exam, C on unit 2 methods, etc). that said, still got 49 and 47 for pe and bio in year 11. got 99.85 in year 12 when i tried, and got 43 in methods... which i was disappointed with. still did poorly in methods lol.
i think it depends a lot on your intelligence, willingness to work, and the subjects you choose (e.g. languages (inc english), maths are cumulative so really you need knowledge from years 7-12)