Tips from previous Yr 12s

[methodsboy]

^ i never recall making that mistake, you must be blind

[kurrymuncher]

^ i never recall making that mistake, you must be blind

Your modifying skills are excellent

[methodsboy]

i know huh?  they're superb !

[ultimate]

^ i never recall making that mistake, you must be blind

dude, psychology is psych GET IN UR HEAD.

[fredrick]

English:Dont start and finish reading your novels 2 days before the exam. '

It sure kicked me in the balls, ss 28 ftw.

[methodsboy]

dude, psychology is psych GET IN UR HEAD.

w/e like i care........

[methodsboy]

METHODS CAS: - make sure you go over all yr11 topics and are proficient with them.
                         - like all other vce subjects, don't let the work pile up
                         - get a good tutor if you think you need it
                         - do as many trial exams as you can
                         

[gta007]

My tip:

If you completed 3/4 subjects in year 11 and did well, don't ponder on those results thinking that you're a sure thing to get a good ENTER.

This is the case for me, I missed my desired ENTER by 0.1. 

[brendan]

work consistently rather than cram, and prepare for sacs/exams by doing exam style questions

[misskaraleah]

My tips:

1. Do 2 Unit 3/4 Subjects in Year 11 and ace them
2. Actually care about your schooling. Dont think that Year 11 doesnt count, because it bloody well does.
3. Get sleep during the night, try not to study too close to bed time because trust me, you wont sleep.
4. If you get a shit teacher, then use other teachers around you to reach your highest poetntial.
5. Dont blame your school. If you are like me, and were unfortunate to have a weak cohort and have teachers give students relitively high SAC marks, then only see them bomb out on exams- get a tutor ASAP.
6. Dont get too cocky. This probably goes to students from a small school, who have under 150 year 12's at there school. Just because you kick ass at that school doesnt mean your top shit, it just means your better than any other student at that school.
7. KNOW YOUR STUFF- otherwise your kidding yourself.

Finally-

Have a life. Seriously, VCE is too damn stressful to take seriously. Dont just become anti social like i did and study your arse from now till next November. Have a break, socialise and realise that VCE is just a game. In a game there are those that win and those that lose, and at the end of the day a four digit number doesnt sum up WHO YOU ARE as a person. Its just a friggin number!

[paully08]

English:Definitely THE most important subject as it is one that will definitely be counted in your final score, and can drag your score down after all your efforts in your other subjects, or be the saviour. Drafting essays and handing them to the teacher for correction before you do your final copy is crucial, because it's  an easy way to stop marks being taken off. For example, if you fix (take out/include) everything that they suggest - it can make a difference also, drafting on the computer & using spell check & thesaurus is a good way to improve your essays AND Study Guides - I highly recommend them. I was never really good at English and would just summarise the story, rather than analyse texts and draw ideas from them. Study Guides are great so that you can grasp how to do just that. In the end I got a 39 oh and ALSO - re-read your texts before the exam ... I know its draining, especially if you dont like to read like me, but if you re-read it, and quote it as you go along, you will most likely develop a new view which is crucial for the exam. & for context, do 2/3 text & 1/3 - other (like from an article) if you can memorise something out of an article, that may be the difference between an 8 or 9 out of 10.

<u>generally...</u> don't decide on what will be your lowest subject and put less into it, because you can predict all year round your scores (like I did) but you never know what will happen in the exam. For example, I was hoping for a 38 for international studies with my A+ sac marks, but did so shit in the exam and i knew i was doing shit as i did it, and wound up with a C+ that got me 30. -- for Further, I predicted 25 - 30, didnt really care, just needed a 25, didnt like it, never studied it, kept saying it will be my 5th .. then came the exam, and it was really easy and I scored 33, and was kicking myself I didnt study because it would have made a huge difference (especially if i did practise exams and learned to not be caught out by tricks - it's true .. for multiples, theres lots of easy mistakes) I needed an extra 0.15 for my enter, so put 100% into every subject or you will regret it.

Economics ... I found that you really just need to understand it. You can't memorise this subject. Really, all you need to memorise are definitions and budget initiatives... other than that, just know how to discuss everything. ROMEO SALLA study guides are the BOMB. (if anyone would like unit 3&4 of them [usually $20 each] msg me, we can negotiate) My biggest tip would be to understand latest issues.
for example, in this years exam there were (i think it was 12 marks?) on Climate Change... I was not ready to discuss that issue, and mainly studied the credit crisis... (although that most likely will be on this years exam) & know budget initiatives for each economic issue. Use "Mr Wood Economics" - It's a great site to keep up to date and it's made for VCE students. (http://economics.mrwood.com.au)

Legal Studies: READ A+ LEGAL NOTES STUDY GUIDE - over & over again. ... and the A+ questions & answers book.

and definately have a life in vce... party, make new friends, cherish the ones you have. for me and most of the other people i know, it was the biggest roller coaster of our lives. but i know i would not trade the social side of my vce for a 99 enter score.

sorry for the ramble!

[lacoste]

I agree with gonzo. but im not so sure which type of cramming your talking about. [yes, there are diff types of cramming]

Are you talking about 'last last minute cram' eg. do some study for the last few hours before exams or cramming for the entire day?

work consistently rather than cram, and prepare for sacs/exams by doing exam style questions

work consistently but do not over-load WHILE working consistently.

[lacoste]

i've got some uni friends that always cram for their exams and still get great results, i guess different methods work for different people. someone may be in great stress and go backwards and the other person may use the stress to PROPEL forwards!>!!

[bubble sunglasses]

 humph: reminds me of your post here
http://community.boredofstudies.org/407/enter-vce-marks-guidance-counsel/154525/estimated-physcology-study-score-thanks.html

 

  [sorry, can't quote on this computer]

[humph]

humph: reminds me of your post here
http://community.boredofstudies.org/407/enter-vce-marks-guidance-counsel/154525/estimated-physcology-study-score-thanks.html

 

  [sorry, can't quote on this computer]

Hahahah. Wow that was a long time ago.

Clearly stupid spelling mistakes are one of my pet hates

edit: also wow, a lot of VNers were posting in that thread...