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kit's vce journey
« on: December 16, 2019, 05:47:12 pm »
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After finishing my first academic year into VCE and receiving my first study score, I've decided to start a VCE journal, to keep my motivation on track!!

This year I was pleasantly surprised to have received a raw 43 in Business Management, after expecting no higher than a 38 (because of my extremely bad SAC average). Business Management was considered my worst subject throughout year 11, so I'm absolutely thrilled with my score!!

2020 Goals:
I will be graduating from high school next year!! After receiving my honour roll score, it was honestly a boost to my confidence in my abilities, and I've decided to aim higher than my original aims at the beginning of 2019!

I hope to achieve a 99 (99.8 would be my ultimate goal) ATAR after all my studies and receive entry into University of Melbourne's Bachelor of Commerce and into their Juris Doctor program, after.

English
I think without a doubt, English is will be my worst subject and will give me the most grief, due to the fact that it must remain in the top four. Nonetheless, I will try my best in English, because I know English will be a huge factor into my ATAR and hope to achieve a +42 SS.

Methods
I definitely wouldn't say I'm particularly good at maths, but its a subject I enjoy. Tbh I was failing methods at the beginning of the year (and even year ten) but after finding a good tuition my grades definitely improved. I know Methods is definitely a competitive subject and I'm not exactly the strongest, so I'm not sure what to expect for a study score. Despite this, I will continue to aim high and hope to receive a 45+ SS (although I think realistically I should aim around 42+)

Economics
Economics is my favourite subject and a subject I enjoy studying, simply out of interest. I didn't do extremely well this year, however I won't let that deter me! I hope to achieve in the high 40s and perhaps maybe a raw 50!

Legal Studies
I found legal studies pretty similar to business management tbh, in terms of the structure of the questions and found it to be definitely one of my easier subjects (however I did terrible in my unit 2 exam). After building my studying techniques from business management, I believe these could help with legal studies and perhaps help me to achieve a 45+ study score.

Global Politics
Global Politics is only offered as a 3/4 at my school, so I've never done 1/2. However, I've heard extremely good things about this subject and will be looking forward to undertaking it! Since I haven't really touched the subject, I will hope for maybe a 42+ SS, but who knows, maybe I'll higher or lower half way through the year.

Year 11 Regrets
Before my year 11 subject selections were due, I had no idea what subjects I wanted to do. This led to me making some rash decisions, in terms of subject selection. I ended up picking subjects that were considered 'easier' and more relevant to what I wanted to do in university. Unfortunately this lead to some poor choices and regrets  :(.

This year my subjects were:
- English 1/2
- Methods 1/2
- Economics 1/2
- Legal Studies 1/2
- History 1/2
- Business Management 3/4

However, these were the subject selections I wish I made:
- English 1/2
- Methods 1/2
- Economics 1/2
- Specialist 1/2
- Japanese 1/2
- Global Politics 3/4

However, I'm pretty happy with the way things turned out, so I guess it doesn't hurt a bad (although I do occasionally think about spesh). But advice to year 10s: really think about your subject choices.

Anyways, looking forward to continuing this journal and actually looking forward to year 12 too tbh (I know its an unpopular opinion). Bye.
« Last Edit: December 16, 2019, 06:33:28 pm by rkjthguakj »
2019: Business Management
2020: English | Methods | Economics | Legal Studies | Global Politics
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Re: kit's vce journey
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2019, 05:54:12 pm »
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hi rkjthguakj! it's nice to see another journal! big congrats on your busman study score, thats a huge achievement! i'm excited to see how you do in 2020, and i'm sure by reading these that you'll do great! (:

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Re: kit's vce journey
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2019, 06:11:15 pm »
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Good job on your score! Can't wait to read more of your journal next year as a fellow 2020 graduate. Do you play any sports or do any hobbies?
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Re: kit's vce journey
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2019, 06:13:12 pm »
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Hi!

Nice to see your journal post! (Fellow 2020 graduate here) I'm excited to read more!

Looks like you have a nice selection of subjects! (And congrats on a great busman score!)

Whats something you like to do in your free time?

Good luck for next year!

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Re: kit's vce journey
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2019, 06:19:00 pm »
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Good job on your score! Can't wait to read more of your journal next year as a fellow 2020 graduate. Do you play any sports or do any hobbies?

Aww thanks so much!! Congrats on your 50 bio score tho! I had a lot of friends do 3/4 bio and were really disappointed with their score. I used to be a swimmer but quit earlier this year! Instead I just do sports with school. I do swimming, waterpolo and volleyball for school! Even school swimming is still so time consuming.

As for hobbies, I guess I love online shopping (mostly skincare and makeup) but I really need to cut down since I'm probably not working next year :(. I also love learning new languages (although im not really consistent). I've been trying to keep up my Japanese, but to not much avail. But other than that I don't really have any other hobbies.

So excited to continue this journal!
2019: Business Management
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Re: kit's vce journey
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2019, 06:20:10 pm »
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hi rkjthguakj! it's nice to see another journal! big congrats on your busman study score, thats a huge achievement! i'm excited to see how you do in 2020, and i'm sure by reading these that you'll do great! (:

Thanks for the support! I'm so glad to hear people will actually be reading this journal, instead of these sad lonely posts. Lol. Anyways, goodluck to you too in your VCE journey!
2019: Business Management
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Re: kit's vce journey
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2019, 06:23:19 pm »
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Hi!

Nice to see your journal post! (Fellow 2020 graduate here) I'm excited to read more!

Looks like you have a nice selection of subjects! (And congrats on a great busman score!)

Whats something you like to do in your free time?

Good luck for next year!

Glad you're excited to see more of this journal! That will definitely keep me motivated throughout next year! In my free time, I definitely kill a lot of time just browsing online stores (mainly skincare and makeup lol), but other than that I'm trying to read more (which I never used to do). Im currently reading The Barefoot Investor and mainly read non-fiction books. Good luck to all your studies this year!
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Re: kit's vce journey
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2019, 11:06:43 am »
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My Future Aspirations and Dreams (The Long Climb to Law)
Approaching the start of year 12, I have been revising and planning for my future. My ultimate dream in the long term is to do law.

I am aiming to enter through the Melbourne Model. I plan to undertake the Bachelor of Commerce as my undergraduate degree. I know that prospective law students that achieved a 99 ATAR are eligible to direct entry into law with a 70%+ WAM. Which I will be aiming for. However, even if I do qualify for this guarantee entry scheme, I would still take the LSAT. In typical fashion, although, I'm not particularly the most stellar student and not particularly gifted, I will always continue to aim high. I know that if I do extremely well in university, I will definitely apply to major law schools internationally (eg. Harvard, Stanford and Yale).

The Bachelor of Commerce
I would like to pursue commerce, because I'm genuinely interested in commerce-y subjects. My favourite subject right now is economics and I read finance and economic theory books in my free time. When in university, I would love to undertake the Diploma in Languages (in Chinese) and I know for breadth subjects I'd be either taking languages or law breadth subjects. I know the Diploma will add another year to my studies, so I'll probably try overloading subjects, since the road to law at Melbourne is already 6 years. I think I might want to major in Finance (although I'm not exactly certain since I haven't even started uni). Melbourne University also has so many exciting opportunities, that I'd love to take advantage of, (such as their international subjects).

Law School
So whether I make guarantee entry or not for Melbourne Law School, I can definitely say I will be doing the LSAT either way. For Ivy League law schools I will need to aim for around 170. I hope I do really well in university, otherwise all my aspirations and dreams will go down the drain. I would be perfectly content with going to Melbourne Law School, but I will definitely at least apply for Ivy League law schools.

I have some regrets with my high school achievements. I didn't do well in year 9 or 10 (I got really complacent after getting my academic scholarship), and I wish I had really tried and planned for my future, because I know a lot of people who tried really hard throughout high school and are also undertaking the SAT alongside VCE or IB and are halfway through polishing their Ivy League applications.

I've heard stories of the horrors of law school and Ivy League Schools, but that hasn't impeded my ambitions! If anything its only fuelled it. My favourite law movie is The Firm.

Why Melbourne University?
Although Monash University is a really good university for law and commerce, I would just prefer Melbourne. Although, I don't think my personal opinion should deter anyone, as they are extremely good courses!
1. breadth subjects
2. prestige & rankings
3. I want to possibly pursue Ivy League law schools, so I would need to undertake law as postgraduate, as opposed to undertaking the LLB

Nonetheless, I am really looking forward to the future! As of now, I know the future is still far ahead and anything could happen but these are my goals and aspirations for the future.
2019: Business Management
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Re: kit's vce journey
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2019, 01:22:11 pm »
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FINALLY another aspiring lawyer!! I am so glad you started a journal and will definitely be keeping up with your updates! I’m aiming for com/JD at Melbourne as well, and we’re doing pretty similar subjects too! All the best :D
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Re: kit's vce journey
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2019, 09:21:47 pm »
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FINALLY another aspiring lawyer!! I am so glad you started a journal and will definitely be keeping up with your updates! I’m aiming for com/JD at Melbourne as well, and we’re doing pretty similar subjects too! All the best :D

That's so awesome that you want to do law! And also really happy to see you interested in my journal! I will continue updating my experiences, and wish you the best of luck for all your studies! Ahaha glad to hear we're also doing similar subjects!
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Re: kit's vce journey
« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2019, 10:53:56 am »
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Looking Back at Business Management
Business Management was a subject I was low-key forced into, (I wanted to do Global Politics), so this brought a first distaste for the subject. Nonetheless, I still tried (but not that much) to aim for a decent study score, since at the time I was aiming for 95+ ATAR.

My first SAC I received a FAT 55% and this really alarmed me. Business Management was a subject everybody said was easy. The horror stories of scaling also really alarmed me. I friend scored a 35 and it scaled to a 31.

In full honesty, I did not find Business Management an easy subject. For Unit 3 my SACs were: D, B+, C+ and my Unit 4 SACs were: A and B+. Nobody knew the rankings in our class, but the class average was always quite low (~60% average) and I knew that I was definitely not within top 4 ranks.

Leading up to the exam I didn't have much hope for a 40+ SS. Using the Study Score Calculator, I knew I had to aim for 90% for at least 38+. So I did at least 20+ practice exams (the most in my class) and was hella stressed out for fear I was going to do terribly in my first 3/4.

On the day of the exam, I was feeling quite confident with my exam, as I had basically done all the preparation I could. However, after actually doing the exam I felt quite panicked. I finished the exam but some questions were in a format I had never seen and I knew I fucked the ten-marker.

On the actual day of study score releases, I was expecting around a 35 SS, because of my horrible SAC average and I wasn't sure about the exam. I was so shocked when I opened my results with a 43 SS. My results were: A+, A+ and A+.

As it turned out, our SACs were crazy hard compared to other schools. I knew someone from a different school was averaging As and A+s in their SACs for Business Management and got a 38 SS. There's only one class of 18 in my school for Business Management. We scored two 49s, two 45s and a 43 (from me).

All the stresses and nosediving on my year 11 grades, have finally paid off, and now I'm pumped for year 12.
2019: Business Management
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Re: kit's vce journey
« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2019, 12:14:52 pm »
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Summer Homework Progress
This summer holidays I have been given a decent workload, but I'd say the progress has been rather slow.

English
I haven't read The Crucible and I've only just started The Dressmaker. I've printed the script for Rear Window and will plan to rewatch and annotate the film. Hopefully, progress will improve.

Methods
I've started a few pages of methods homework from our booklet, and I've also finished writing revision notes for 1/2 methods. I'll have to admit, I'm pretty worried about Methods, since I didn't do particularly well in 1/2, so I'll try reviewing the content.

Economics
I was given a booklet of questions for Economics 3/4, by a tutor. I've found most of the question pretty hard and not to mentions there's 50 questions. I'll probably ask for help for these questions. For a head start, I've also typed notes from ATARNotes slides and I've started questions from the Checkpoint book.

Legal Studies
We were only given a page of questions that were pretty cut and paste from the textbook. So most of the questions have been completed, however I couldn't answer some questions because they were no where in the textbook. I've also started typing up notes from the ATARNotes lectures, but other than that, not much else.

Global Politics
The homework for Global Politics was mostly research work, which was done in about a week. So far this subject seems pretty interesting.

Sorry for this boring post, let's hope more progress is made and I'm ready for year 12!
2019: Business Management
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Re: kit's vce journey
« Reply #12 on: December 30, 2019, 01:10:35 pm »
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Good work on your progress so far!
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Re: kit's vce journey
« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2020, 03:34:08 pm »
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Good work on your progress so far!

Thanks for the support! All the best for you too!
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Re: kit's vce journey
« Reply #14 on: January 03, 2020, 03:53:56 pm »
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Great stuff rk!

Looks like we've got 4 subjects matching, how do you feel doing BusMan early has helped you? Is there anything in particular you've learnt that you value taking it into 2020?

I wouldn't worry about being unproductive this early in January. Enjoy these holidays a little bit longer and then you can get stuck into it and really start the term running! (both metaphorically and literally if you like running).
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