I am consistently procrastinating, or maybe it isn't procrastinating because I am overseas and do not have the perfect resources and places for me to study in. This is possibly the reason. I am not used to this environment. Maybe when I come back to Australia, I will be able to meticulously study all different areas of English, Math and Writing.
Happy New Years Eve everyone!!
Hey!!
Coming from a macrob yr12 (I mean, technically speaking now that it's 2018), I'd like to offer some advice;
- don't stress to much about the entrance exam - of course you have to study but it's not worth sacrificing some of the last relaxing holidays you'll have for one exam
- as long as you're doing ~3 essays/week, and ~10 questions for each of the 4 other tests/week, you'll probably be fine. If you're still struggling with the entire exam after this much, you'll most likely have difficulties keeping up with the competitive nature of mhs
- do practise exams under exam conditions (I did 3 in the 2 weeks leading up to the real exam and I like to credit my success to them - no amount of practise questions + essays will help you as much as decent mock exams)
- take at least 2 days off to rest every week, don't burn yourself out just studying for the exam, as I said, it's realllyyyy not worth it
- by the sound of things, you're pretty dedicated to school already, so you're already at the top of the pack sitting the exam (I met someone achieving straight Cs at the exam and they thought they had a great chance of getting in, so trust me when I say you can knock out ~40% of the competition as soon as you get there)
- don't quit your extra curricula activities to study - yr10 (at macrob at least) requires an interview as well as the exam, so make sure you're not only made of book smarts (they love sports like nothing else)
- the day before the exam, stop studying at lunchtime and relax, have a healthy dinner and get to bed at a reasonable time - anything you study after 12pm is all you're going to remember on exam day, and you'll wind up doing worse
- focus on year 9 once you've sat the exam - don't get stressed about results or slack off in the hopes that you can just do well at mhs, you really need to keep up a steady pace studying right through
- if you don't get in, don't beat yourself up, it just means you weren't suited to the school and it's better that you're not there (for your sake)
- if you do get in, well done! but remember to keep a steady pace studying and do not freak out over the 2018/19 summer hols
Good luck!!