2010 VN COHORT THE '11 NEED YOUR ADVICE!!!!!

[Greatness]

Once again congratulations to the VN 2010 cohort what amazing scores!!
Now that many of you have completed VCE quite successfully, what are your tips and advice for the 2011 cohort??
VN is a invaluable resource and the advice you give in this thread will again be very beneficial for all of us.
What are your regrets?
What were your study habits?
What is required to get a 95+ ATAR (well for you personally as it's different to each individual)
Any other advice or tricks that you have learnt this year which will help us??

Thanks and congratz again
To the 2011 cohort we have a big task ahead of us...

[_avO]

Do not copy me and follow a timetable where the study to gaming to procrastination ratio is 0.1:1:1.

[ech_93]

Do not copy me and follow a timetable where the study to gaming to procrastination ratio is 0.1:1:1.

Haha, good advice!
Congrats on your atar btw, thats awesome!

[Darren]

Aren't there threads on this

[_henwee]

Develop a proper mindset to take into the exams.

Your mental wellbeing contributes significantly to your performance in your exams - this was one of my down falls - so many stupid mistakes.

But I'm still happy with my score.

[LFTM]

Get a head start seriously, especially with sucjects like methods.
And guys sacs do matter.

[IntoTheNewWorld]

study lots?

That's probably the simplest way.

[Romperait]

And guys sacs do matter.

+9000

[Greatness]

And guys sacs do matter.

+9000

I know!! FARK!! My high rank in further got me an okay score, but becoz my bio teacher marked harshly i was ranked lower therefore my ranking cost me an extra 1-2 study score points

[LFTM]

My further sac marks helped me sooo much.

[Souljette_93]

1) Not doing two year 12 subjects in year 11...( actually, when I think of it, in my case, I guess it was better because in year 11 i didn't care and didn't know the value of year 12 yet )

2) I like the four hour study per day..at the start of the year you might be following it so well, then to the end..Stay motivated and firm! I think that's the key.

-Do revision of all your subjects at school in one hour ( so like 15 min each or so, but divide your time equally)
-the rest, do study of your chosen subjects

3) have a study score goal..and try to reach it


Do all that you can..then just leave the rest on whatever happens. Believe me your hard efforts will be recognised and don't ever think that they won't.  Seriously, after my exams my confident was so low that I believed that I will be so ever lucky to even touch 90..then I got  95 + and I was like  realised that nothing can simply go in thin air..

That's all I have to say. Do your best, at the end, you're not actually defined by your ATAR..just a four digit number that either reflects or gains you an enter to your uni course!

[eeps]

1) Not doing two year 12 subjects in year 11...( actually, when I think of it, in my case, I guess it was better because in year 11 i didn't care and didn't know the value of year 12 yet )

2) I like the four hour study per day..at the start of the year you might be following it so well, then to the end..Stay motivated and firm! I think that's the key.

-Do revision of all your subjects at school in one hour ( so like 15 min each or so, but divide your time equally)
-the rest, do study of your chosen subjects

3) have a study score goal..and try to reach it


Do all that you can..then just leave the rest on whatever happens. Believe me your hard efforts will be recognised and don't ever think that they won't.  Seriously, after my exams my confident was so low that I believed that I will be so ever lucky to even touch 90..then I got  95 + and I was like  realised that nothing can simply go in thin air..

That's all I have to say. Do your best, at the end, you're not actually defined by your ATAR..just a four digit number that either reflects or gains you an enter to your uni course!

Cheers for great advice! =) ... and WELL DONE.

[Greatness]

thanks for the advice Souljette_93 congratz on your atar

Do you think that it's a good idea to aim for 50 in your subjects or for the subjects taht you know you are capable of?? Because i was talking about this with a friend. By aiming for a 50 you will woork on al your weaknesses so you dont make any errors therefore you will work very hard; my point is if you aim for a 50 and you fall short say you geta 46 then you can be proud of what youve achieved as you have given it your best shot and still ended up with an absolutley awesome score
Would this method of aiming work? lol it may sound a bit extreme, but its just something that i thought of because i was slack this yr and just wanted high 30s in m 2 yr 12 subjects (becoz i always knew they would be my 6th and 7th subjects)

[CharlieW]

motivation

[Souljette_93]

Thanks guys !

..and swarley,
 I think that's the best thing to do and it's not extreme. i like your reasoning. I think some one mentioned once before that hope to get it, just don't expect it ( so you won't be disappointed)

Aim very high for your all your subjects..that way you can make sure you give it your ultimate best. But then once you start to get the marks, don't fall into the trap of being arrogant and thinking that you are definitely going to get it. ( you can never really know unless you get your mark )


And anyway, you are a lot more advantaged then me, since you did two subjects and you are considering them to be the last.  ( I did as well, and it was )  And hopefully they will be