Hello y'all
So I have a recurring problem with essay writing, but its impacted all my other grades tremendously.
I kept on getting feedback essentially saying I did not answer the question, even though I thought I did. I know that my problem is that I keep on rambling on and on, or I go off track, and you have no idea how frustrating it is - it feels like trying to eat soup with a fork because thats the only utensil you learnt how to use.
For example (this is an example from my Visual Arts trial exam), I got some feedback saying that I knew the artists and time periods very well, but I did not answer the question I chose, even though I thought my response was put together and concise. For my Multimedia exam, I have lost 22% on my extended response, bumping down a 91% exam to a 69% (lol) so I KNOW its not a problem with my actual knowledge on the content, but rather my incompetence (its even more frustrating when its not even the fact that I am a non native speaker - they put me into advanced after I requested standard, so I think I did something right at one point)
As for English, I have the same problem; I know the content, I know the quotes, I know my themes, etc. but i just... block down I guess? It is so frustrating because I feel so ready before the exam, and then in the hall my brain just freezes up and I just put some word vomit on the page that is incoherent. My average marks for my trial was 61% for crying out loud.
So yeah, has anyone had a similar issue? Its honestly so disheartening because I really need a good ATAR and I am so passionate about what I wanna do at uni. And I know, there are alternatives to getting into the choice of my course, but I want to make things easier for future me.