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Title: blueycan’s journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on June 14, 2019, 04:35:09 pm
hello world

Today, it is the 14th of June, 2019, and I'm attempting to begin this VCE journal as my first semester of Year 10 has come to an end.
I'm particularly motivated to begin as I've just come home from my English exam, my last one. All of my exams have been packed into one week,which was a pain in the, you know, but definitely rewarding in the end, as I don't have to be at school next week. I'm kinda elated at the moment, because I found out that I've achieved 100% on my Health and Human Development exam  :o which is... I mean... pretty amazing. I have my work experience placement in two weeks, which should be pretty fun and, of course, my holiday break.

This semester, I've done the subjects english (I'm in an advanced class), maths, photography, HHD unit 1, psychology, and literature. Next semester, I'm doing english (still in advanced), year 10 methods (My school offers three levels in semester 2; foundation, general, and methods, designed to prepare us for VCE/VCAL), human biology, physics, HHD unit 2, and sociology.

Enough about school, and more about me!
I live in Melbourne. At school, I'm part of SRC, currently working on the social media aspects of our little group . Outside of school, I like to read a fair bit, watch Netflix, listen to music whenever I get the chance, and I love social media.
As for this journal, I've decided to begin now in Semester Two, as a fresh start. I'm going to try and update at the end of every week! I'll be documenting my subject choice process, thoughts, worries, celebrations, marks, and of course, one day, my atar score :o I think this'll be interesting to look back on in a few years, as well. I'd also VERY MUCH appreciate any advice you guys have for me (:

ok bye for now
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: Joseph41 on June 14, 2019, 04:38:18 pm
Heyo!

Congrats on finishing exams. ;D Any celebration plans?

What are you doing for work experience?
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on June 14, 2019, 04:41:05 pm
Heyo!

Congrats on finishing exams. ;D Any celebration plans?

What are you doing for work experience?

Hi! No celebration plans as yet,,,, but we'll have to see what the weekend brings!
I'm doing my work experience at a council library. Fun for me, maybe not for others, lol
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: Joseph41 on June 14, 2019, 04:48:14 pm
Hi! No celebration plans as yet,,,, but we'll have to see what the weekend brings!
I'm doing my work experience at a council library. Fun for me, maybe not for others, lol


That's cool! Is that sort of work something you might be interested in for the future, do you think?
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: Evolio on June 14, 2019, 05:55:04 pm
hello world

Today, it is the 14th of June, 2019, and I'm attempting to begin this VCE journal as my first semester of Year 10 has come to a sweet, sweet end.
I'm particularly motivated to begin as I've just come home from my English exam, my last one. All of my exams have been packed into one week,which was a pain in the, you know, but definitely rewarding in the end, as I don't have to be at school next week. I'm kinda elated at the moment, because I found out that I've achieved 100% on my Health and Human Development exam  :o which is... I mean... pretty amazing. I have my work experience placement in two weeks, which should be pretty fun and, of course, my deeply appreciated holiday break.

This semester, I've done the subjects english (I'm in an advanced class), maths, photography, HHD unit 1, psychology, and literature. Next semester, I'm doing english (still in advanced), year 10 methods (My school offers three levels in semester 2; foundation, general, and methods, designed to prepare us for VCE/VCAL), human biology, physics, HHD unit 2, and sociology.

Enough about school, and more about me!
I live in Melbourne, the best city in Australia. At school, I'm part of SRC, currently working on the social media aspects of our little group (AtarNotes follows me on Instagram hehe). Outside of school, I like to read a fair bit, watch Netflix, listen to music whenever I get the chance, and I love a good Insta sesh. If you couldn't tell by my pfp, I'm a BTS Army, which if you are too, don't hesitate to msg me (:

As for this journal, I've decided to begin now in Semester Two, as a fresh start. I'm going to try and update at the end of every week! I'll be documenting my subject choice process, thoughts, worries, celebrations, marks, and of course, one day, my atar score :o I think this'll be interesting to look back on in a few years, as well. I'd also VERY MUCH appreciate any advice you guys have for me (:

ok bye for now
Hello!
Nice to meet you jeydanaazli!
What is your favourite subject and why and what are your general study habits?
I can't wait for your next update!
 ;D
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on June 19, 2019, 12:35:42 pm
Is that sort of work something you might be interested in for the future, do you think?
Not really, but I thought it'd be a good idea to have work exp somewhere other than retail.


What is your favourite subject and why and what are your general study habits?
I can't wait for your next update!
 ;D


My favourite subject had to be literature this semester, I'm bummed it's over so soon. My class was a small group of people and we had some fun times!
For my health class, I write out notes and stuff, and then I type them up on a big Google Docs sheet at home. I'm kind of all over the place when it comes to studying, so I'm trying to figure out which methods work for me. I'm trying to implement applying my knowledge to questions and concepts instead of flat-out memorisation as a study technique. I also make little revision sheets with all the important info I need without looking  back at my notes.

Excited to start updating once school resumes (:
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: Joseph41 on June 19, 2019, 12:48:38 pm
^Good idea re: testing out different study techniques. Finding what works for you is super important! :)
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: caffinatedloz on June 22, 2019, 08:56:06 pm
hello world

Today, it is the 14th of June, 2019, and I'm attempting to begin this VCE journal as my first semester of Year 10 has come to a sweet, sweet end.
...
I'm particularly motivated to begin as I've just come home from my English exam, my last one. All of my exams have been packed into one week,which was a pain in the, you know, but definitely rewarding in the end, as I don't have to be at school next week.

Just finished my year 10 exams, but still stuck at school until this Friday! Enjoy your well-earned break and work experience. I'm sure you'll learn a lot at the library and it's awesome you're doing work experience somewhere other than retail. Look forward to reading more!
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: Snow Leopard on July 19, 2019, 08:34:16 pm
hello world

I've just come home from my English exam, my last one.

Wait so you have ur English Exam as the last one, we have to do it as the first one.

hello world

 I found out that I've achieved 100% on my Health and Human Development exam  :o which is... I mean... pretty amazing.
Congrats on such an amazing achievement, especially for a Unit 1/2 subject!
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on July 19, 2019, 08:59:57 pm
log one;

- the day before / monday, 150719

I didn't go to school today, even though it is the first day of term, because our school had a curriculum day. These holidays, I've been saying to myself, "Oh, Jeyda, you're gonna read so many books, and get all sorts of work done, blah, blah," and surprise, I really haven't been doing much.Three days ago, I found a Netflix series that had 16 episodes. I've finished it now. Binging it provided me with some much needed romance-filled escapism from the fact I have to go back to school.

This semester my subjects have changed - I'm studying PHYSICS, HUMAN BIOLOGY, and SOCIOLOGY as my electives. Honestly, physics wasn't my first preference, but that was the only one available to change into. So I went ahead with it, to push myself out of my comfort zone a little bit.
I'm looking forward to the rest of the year, there's gonna be some interesting and fun events happening. Top four - I'm going to Tasmania, my birthday, applying for Kwong Lee Dow, and picking VCE subjects.
I've got a weird motivation bubbling in myself right now, about starting a new semester and getting back to studying, but I think it'll wear off by this Thursday, hehe. I also found out the part reason why I had such a hard time pushing through my slump in May/June; I apparently have anaemia now, which means I'll need to take care of myself a little bit more..

I haven't even started school yet, and I've already written so much, oh my god. Okay. I'll leave for now, and update at the end of the week.

- friday, 190719

It's the end of the first week of Term 3! Hurrah!

This week was okay - getting back into a routine, introducing yourself to the class, etc. The thing I struggled with the most is realising how much of a bum I've been these holidays and how I need to start getting back into my study habits and whatnot. We had a Year 10 assembly on Wednesday about course counselling- this term, we'll be having many meetings to inform us and prepare us for our pathways into VCE/VCAL. Our official date to pick year 11 subjects is AUGUST 28. That's waaay sooner than I expected, but, I'm not too fussed, as I already kind of know what I want to do.

My classes were honestly, better than I expected. Here's a rundown:

English- I'm in an "advanced" class, which means we do different work to the other classes. Last semester, we read The Longest Memory, and this semester we're studying Black Diggers, and we'll eventually have to write a comparative essay on the two books. They're depressing, and hard to get through, and I much would have preferred to study Romeo and Juliet like the year 10's last year, but.. what can you do? It is what it is. We're having an incursion next week where we'll have actors come in and perform Black Diggers for us, and have a discussion, which I'm looking forward to!

Maths- This is a 'methods prep' class. I've never had this teacher before, but he's nice, and pretty helpful. He's encouraging us to buy the Methods Casio classpad calculator as soon as possible. I guess better to shell out $250 now than leave it to the last minute and not know how to use it when exams and stuff roll around! Semester 2 maths in year 10 is split into three; Foundation, General, and Methods. I've always been a bit slow at maths, so I've made a mental note to practice more!

Human Bio- This class is probably my favourite so far. It's not boring at all! We're starting to recap Cells and I'm liking it so far. Also, my teacher is great. I had them in Year 8 for Science and I have them now again. I like it when I can tell a teacher is passionate about their subject (:

Sociology - I like how our teacher encourages the students to discuss the topics covered in the classroom. It feels less like a lecture, and engages everybody more. We watched a video on a girl called Genie who was locked in her room for 13 years, and because of not being exposed to ANYTHING, not even her mothers voice, she had the body of a 7 year old, and her brain didn't develop the capacity to learn language. It was weird as, and heartbreaking, but really interesting.

Health - We've started to cover the Australian Healthcare System; Medicare, Private health insurance, PBS, etc. It's simple stuff, and I enjoy my health class. Not really much different from last semester (:

Physics - Okay, this is the subject that gave me a bit of grief, but not in terms of the content. I feel like my teacher and I don't match learning styles. They are a VeRy kickback, take it easy, don't have to write notes, sort of teacher, whereas I am the little pain in the ass student who is very anti-kickback. Especially in a subject like physics. I'll have to find a middle ground with them. I'm not too bothered, tbh, but I am curious to see how this class goes.

With the end of the week very much here, it is time to leave school behind in Melbourne, as I am packed and ready to catch a sweet 90 minute flight down to Tasmania for the weekend!!

Wait so you have ur English Exam as the last one, we have to do it as the first one.
Congrats on such an amazing achievement, especially for a Unit 1/2 subject!

thank you so much TT I studied my head off of my shoulders
our english exam was on a day where none of the students had any other exams (:
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Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: caffinatedloz on July 23, 2019, 06:46:55 am
Human Bio- This class is probably my favourite so far. It's not boring at all! We're starting to recap Cells and I'm liking it so far. Also, my teacher is great. I had them in Year 8 for Science and I have them now again. I like it when I can tell a teacher is passionate about their subject (:

Wow, that such a cool option to have in Year 10! Is it meant to be a preparation subject for 1/2 bio?
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on July 23, 2019, 04:46:55 pm
Wow, that such a cool option to have in Year 10! Is it meant to be a preparation subject for 1/2 bio?

Yes! we have the option of Biology and Human Biology that both lead to 1/2 bio (:
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: caffinatedloz on July 23, 2019, 06:12:02 pm
Yes! we have the option of Biology and Human Biology that both lead to 1/2 bio (:

Cool! How are they different?
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on July 23, 2019, 07:30:43 pm
Cool! How are they different?

I honestly don’t have that much of a clue lol.
In Human Bio we’re covering
- cells
- cell membrane
- cell division
- immune system
- homeostasis/the nervous system
I’m guessing in normal Bio they’d be covering different or more topics
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: caffinatedloz on July 23, 2019, 07:51:15 pm
I honestly don’t have that much of a clue lol.
In Human Bio we’re covering
- cells
- cell membrane
- cell division
- immune system
- homeostasis/the nervous system
I’m guessing in normal Bio they’d be covering different or more topics

Yeah, they may cover adaptations, genetics, photosynthesis, autotrophs and heterotrophs ect. but it shoulds like you are covering a lot of Unit 1 bio. Must be good preparation!
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on July 30, 2019, 08:12:53 pm
log two;

- tuesday, 30 july

I thought today would be a good time to update since there are some things on my mind. These past couple of weeks have been smooth sailing. We've been having these preparation assemblies/seminars, about VCE and VCAL and all that, and soon we've got course counselling meetings. I don't have any SACs yet - thank god - just some homework and class work. As for *important* subjects...

ENGLISH
All the advanced classes had a theatre presentation on Black Diggers- two actors came in and acted out select scenes, did some readings from The Longest Memory, and we had a group discussion. My homework was to write three paragraphs answering "How is inequality presented in both the texts?"

MATHS
We've started factorising, and factorising quadratic trinomials has been pretty simple. I'm still not sure whether to seek tutoring or not. I think that if I pull a few strings, I'll be able to get into the Methods after school help-club-thingy to get some extra help.

HHD
Our class has finished doing Medicare, Private health insurance, Community services etc, and now we're ahead of the other classes, so we had a mini subtopic about organ donation. I'm feeling really confident in Health, and I think theres nowhere to go but up! My next SAC is in WK5, which I'm not too worried about. Also helps that my teacher is amazing. Love you Miss!!!!!!11!!

pErSonaL tHingS


This week is pretty busy in terms of SRC. We're doing R U OK preparations, I'm sitting in on a Safe Schools Professional Development meeting, and I've got a meeting set up with my teacher about my role in Social Media prep and the SRC website. I've got to present my plans at the School Council meeting in Week 7 to the leadership team and parents,,,,, rip me lololololll

Also, my 16th is coming up pretty soon. I've already bought a dress, but it's going to be covered with a bib since we're going to a restaurant where they grill things and throw it at you. Fun times !!!!!!!!

In sociology, we watched an episode of the show Redfern Now, where Joel, an Indigenous character, refuses to stand up for the national anthem at the new, prestigious school he goes to.
My teacher (no shade to her, she's great) started talking about this upper class school, and how students who graduate from them go on to become politicians, top barristers, surgeons, etc etc. She kind of gave me the impression she was telling us that being successful depended on going to a 'successful' school.

(I seriously mean no disrespect to anyone reading this that goes to a select entry/higher ranked school. You're amazing ILY. Just sharing a perspective from someone that goes to a lower ranked school.)

My school is a good school, in my eyes. But others may think differently, because of some problems with student behaviour. We're ranked, what, something in the 300/400's? Some don't go into VCE, and those who do may not get higher scores or do as well as those from private schools.

But, that doesn't mean that our kids should be compared to others. Sometimes it kind of feels like underrepresented schools are generalised into being 'worse' and all that, when, we just have different students who have different goals. I had these thoughts today and wanted to share them somewhere. (edit; i cut out some unnecessary rant parts for clarity)

The rest of this week should be pretty breezy! I need to finish some maths questions, answer some soce questions, and type up my notes for HHD.

A quick question to all the Year 11's, 12's and up - how did you pick your subjects?

See you soon, AN!
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: Sine on July 30, 2019, 08:22:59 pm
A quick question to all the Year 11's, 12's and up - how did you pick your subjects?
Hmm in year 11 I did 3/4 Biology - can't really pinpoint an exact reason I chose the subject but out of the ones available to do in year 11 it was the best for me -  another subject I considered was Accounting.

For year 12, the choice of English was pretty straightforward, my school didn't offer English Language (I think if it was an option I may have done this alongside the standard English). I also did Methods and Specialist. Methods was an easy choice given it was a prerequisite for many courses I was interested in at the time. I enjoyed/felt was strong at maths so did Specialist as well.

I also did Chemistry, which again was quite an easy choice given it opened up heaps of university options and on top of that, I did MUEP Chemistry (uni extension). I liked chemistry and wasn't too sure of another VCE subject to do in year 12 so decided to do this after speaking to a few past MUEP students.
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on July 30, 2019, 08:29:33 pm
Hmm in year 11 I did 3/4 Biology - can't really pinpoint an exact reason I chose the subject but out of the ones available to do in year 11 it was the best for me -  another subject I considered was Accounting.

For year 12, the choice of English was pretty straightforward, my school didn't offer English Language (I think if it was an option I may have done this alongside the standard English). I also did Methods and Specialist. Methods was an easy choice given it was a prerequisite for many courses I was interested in at the time. I enjoyed/felt was strong at maths so did Specialist as well.

I also did Chemistry, which again was quite an easy choice given it opened up heaps of university options and on top of that, I did MUEP Chemistry (uni extension). I liked chemistry and wasn't too sure of another VCE subject to do in year 12 so decided to do this after speaking to a few past MUEP students.

Thanks, Sine!
Would you say your uni extension was worth it? I've got UMEP in the back of mind for yr12.
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: Sine on July 30, 2019, 08:49:54 pm
Thanks, Sine!
Would you say your uni extension was worth it? I've got UMEP in the back of mind for yr12.
Personally, for me, it was a very good decision to do MUEP and definitely worth it.

I can't really recommend it to someone else without knowing them too well - but if you feel like you are a good student and also able to score very well in year vce subjects I would say it is a great option. Having a good vce score from your year 11 is always a bonus but something I felt was a good indicator on whether someone should do a uni extension (although doesn't necessarily have to be in that subject).
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on August 31, 2019, 10:37:34 pm
log three;

- saturday, 31 august

It's been a while, hasn't it? I've got the spunky red box letting me know how much dust has collected on this journal. I didn't really feel the need to update much, as it's been a slow month.

Most importantly, I'm one year older now! My birthday was last week, and to be honest, I thought I'd have this, you know, ~feeling~ about my birthday but it's been chill. I don't really feel any type of way about it, except grateful that I get to see another year. We celebrated at a Japanese restaurant, the one where they throw food at you. Lets just say I cleaned a lot of food out of my hair that night.  ;D It was super fun, and I'm really thankful to my friends and fam.

I'm sick at the moment. I took yesterday (Friday) off school to recover at home. I came down with a horrible sore throat a couple of days ago and, oh my god, my voice completely took a hit. I sound like I've smoked a pack a day for the last 50 years.

I originally thought my lost voice was because I stupidly inhaled some helium out of a big balloon, but then came the pain, and the headache, and I knew I was done for.

Recently I've enjoyed watching Glow on Netflix - after much hesitation and delay, I finally caved and watched it. It's amazing. "Where have you been all my gotdamn life" amazing. I have created an 80's playlist and my Mum, who was a teenager in the 80's, is very delighted to see me listening to "her music." I think we can also all agree how much we love Alison Brie

Also, KLD applications open on Monday. That's a thing! That's happening!
I've lowkey been counting down until September 2nd and here it is! In the flesh!
I might talk more about it in an upcoming entry, after applications.

As for an update on school, I've picked my VCE subjects:


I'm not too sure if a Lit class will run next year, as I don't think many people have chosen it. If that happens, I've chosen Legal Studies as my backup. If you've seen my subject selection post, I had a hard time trying to decide between Literature and Legal Studies, and after chasing up almost all of my teachers for advice, I stuck with Lit.

My subjects have been alright these past weeks, nothing too exciting.
Look at me, being all fancy and savvy with a spoiler. Who does she think she is?

Spoiler
HHD
I got 100% on my SAC on Australian Healthcare !! Woo!!
I don't know how I keep doing this lmao.
We've moved onto our global health topic. We also have a student-teacher in the class, so that's been new and exciting.

MATHS
We've done quadratic formula stuffs and now we're doing parabolas.
I actually like Maths, so I'm trying really hard to understand and be able to apply everything.
I got a C on my last test. It's not that bad but it's not that great either.  :o

HISTORY
So, yes, I've moved out of Physics. It wasn't for me, and I needed to change it. So History it was!
I'm actually really enjoying it! This class is about the Cold War and the relationship between the United States and the USSR.
We watched 'Red Dawn' and had to write an essay discussing either the purpose of the film, or how the film villainises Russian characters.
I normally don't enjoy 80's propaganda disaster films, but I mean, it was great. Very Patrick Swayze-ey.

I think we're all in that Term 3 state of mind at the moment. Only three weeks to go until a well needed break.
I might experiment with this one-month/30 day update scheme, as I don't have much going on at the moment. All the fun stuff is later in the year! Like exams! And VCE! Yay!

Alright. Enough.

See you soon, AN.
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: lm21074 on September 01, 2019, 10:16:36 am
Happy belated birthday, Jeyda!  :)
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on September 01, 2019, 04:04:19 pm
Happy belated birthday, Jeyda!  :)

Thanks!   :D  :D
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: Snow Leopard on September 03, 2019, 05:19:30 pm
Also, KLD applications open on Monday. That's a thing! That's happening!
When are you putting in your application?
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on September 03, 2019, 06:36:17 pm
When are you putting in your application?

I'm not too sure. I'm aiming for the end of the week ... maybe?
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: chopsticks on September 07, 2019, 05:34:22 pm
log three;

- saturday, 31 august

It's been a while, hasn't it? I've got the spunky red box letting me know how much dust has collected on this journal. I didn't really feel the need to update much, as it's been a slow month.

Most importantly, I'm one year older now! My birthday was last week, and to be honest, I thought I'd have this, you know, ~feeling~ about my birthday but it's been chill. I don't really feel any type of way about it, except grateful that I get to see another year. We celebrated at a Japanese restaurant, the one where they throw food at you. Lets just say I cleaned a lot of food out of my hair that night.  ;D It was super fun, and I'm really thankful to my friends and fam.

I'm sick at the moment. I took yesterday (Friday) off school to recover at home. I came down with a horrible sore throat a couple of days ago and, oh my god, my voice completely took a hit. I sound like I've smoked a pack a day for the last 50 years.

I originally thought my lost voice was because I stupidly inhaled some helium out of a big balloon, but then came the pain, and the headache, and I knew I was done for.

Recently I've enjoyed watching Glow on Netflix - after much hesitation and delay, I finally caved and watched it. It's amazing. "Where have you been all my gotdamn life" amazing. I have created an 80's playlist and my Mum, who was a teenager in the 80's, is very delighted to see me listening to "her music." I think we can also all agree how much we love Alison Brie

Also, KLD applications open on Monday. That's a thing! That's happening!
I've lowkey been counting down until September 2nd and here it is! In the flesh!
I might talk more about it in an upcoming entry, after applications.

As for an update on school, I've picked my VCE subjects:

  • English
  • Maths Methods
  • Psychology
  • Biology
  • HHD 3/4
  • Literature

I'm not too sure if a Lit class will run next year, as I don't think many people have chosen it. If that happens, I've chosen Legal Studies as my backup. If you've seen my subject selection post, I had a hard time trying to decide between Literature and Legal Studies, and after chasing up almost all of my teachers for advice, I stuck with Lit.

My subjects have been alright these past weeks, nothing too exciting.
Look at me, being all fancy and savvy with a spoiler. Who does she think she is?

Spoiler
HHD
I got 100% on my SAC on Australian Healthcare !! Woo!!
I don't know how I keep doing this lmao.
We've moved onto our global health topic. We also have a student-teacher in the class, so that's been new and exciting.

MATHS
We've done quadratic formula stuffs and now we're doing parabolas.
I actually like Maths, so I'm trying really hard to understand and be able to apply everything.
I got a C on my last test. It's not that bad but it's not that great either.  :o

HISTORY
So, yes, I've moved out of Physics. It wasn't for me, and I needed to change it. So History it was!
I'm actually really enjoying it! This class is about the Cold War and the relationship between the United States and the USSR.
We watched 'Red Dawn' and had to write an essay discussing either the purpose of the film, or how the film villainises Russian characters.
I normally don't enjoy 80's propaganda disaster films, but I mean, it was great. Very Patrick Swayze-ey.

I think we're all in that Term 3 state of mind at the moment. Only three weeks to go until a well needed break.
I might experiment with this one-month/30 day update scheme, as I don't have much going on at the moment. All the fun stuff is later in the year! Like exams! And VCE! Yay!

Alright. Enough.

See you soon, AN.

Aww, that sounds like a lot of fun for a birthday! It's also great to see you're enjoying history (I wish I could too). It's also nice to know that even if you don't get Lit, you're still happy with Legal Studies
I still hope you get your first preference though
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on September 07, 2019, 06:07:48 pm
Aww, that sounds like a lot of fun for a birthday! It's also great to see you're enjoying history (I wish I could too). It's also nice to know that even if you don't get Lit, you're still happy with Legal Studies
I still hope you get your first preference though

Thanks! I honestly hope I get Lit but Legal would be awesome too  ;D
What don’t you enjoy about History?
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Post by: blueycan on September 20, 2019, 06:24:36 pm
log four

- friday, 20 september

term 3 is OVER!!

This past week has been the slowest week ever, and even though we had a short day today, every minute felt like 5 minutes. It was agonising, but it's over. It's been so nice to end the term with some gorgeous weather here in Melbourne. I've honestly been so over school these passing weeks it's a joke. I haven't been motivated lately and that's definitely reflected in my reports and stuff. I'm super keen to just not do anything for the next two weeks.

I submitted my application for KLD and that is now ticked off the list for the year! Students get notified of the outcome on November 22nd. Fingers crossed for all the yr10's applying!

This year has gone by so quickly, and it made me think of how next year and the year after will go even quicker. I remember in yr7 we would always talk about VCE and now it's practically here on my doorstep. It's wild. Next term (Term 4) is basically only 5 or so weeks and then we have our exams. I think my last day is around Dec 13th or so and omggggggg I just want summer back already  :'(

Here's my subject updates and holiday homework:

ENGLISH
We successfully finished our The Longest Memory and Black Diggers work  ;D I received good feedback on my practice sac, but I haven't got my marks back for the comparative. I'll most likely get it back after the holidays.
Our holiday homework is to draft our oral presentations and statement of intentions, and annotate three pieces of evidence relating to our topic. Orals are so kickback I love them so much ahrghssjdjks
Our next SAC is our orals in Week 2 !

MATHS
guys i goT A 90% ON MY TEST
Maths has been kicking my ass lately but I've managed to fight back!!! We had this STUPID GOOSE PROBLEM (ノಥ益ಥ)ノ that the whole class could barely solve. (whoever else is using the Oxford MyMaths 10/10A Victorian Curriculum textbook might know what I'm on about) and basically it's a quadratic application, where you have to figure out the intercepts and turning point to answer the worded problem about this goose pen. It's easy when you think about it but when I was in there, jesus I was SHIT. I managed to scrape through though!
My holiday homework is some questions on drawing circle graphs I didn't complete in class.

HEALTH
HHD's been chill, we've polished up the economic classification of countries and are moving onto SDG's. My next sac is Week 4 of next term (:
I've set myself holiday homework to finish my flashcards about SDG and type up my notes. My books are running out (I have one for notes and another for practice question) and I hope I can hang on until the end of the term

HISTORY
We've moved onto Civil Rights, mainly focusing on human rights and First Nations people. History's gone by pretty slow but I'm enjoying the content. My holiday homework is my sac, which is to write a historical inquiry about a particular event impacting First Nations civil rights. I've chosen the 1965 Freedom Rides as my topic, and I've received some great feedback on my draft (o˘◡˘o)

SOCIOLOGY
We've finished our topic of Forced Marriage, and completed our two-part sac (A brochure and a test). In soc we've mostly watched documentaries and movies and I'm lowkey over it but it's whatever. I don't have any hw for this subject

HUMAN BIO
We've been looking at cell diffusion and osmosis and we recently completed a prac. We had to test how the mass of potato slices change in differing solutions, each with changing concentrations of sucrose and distilled water. Bio is one of my favourite subjects at the moment, and I'm 100% looking forward to it next year!
My holiday homework was to work on my research poster, which I've conveniently finished, so I'll send that in for some feedback and see how I've gone.

I'm sooooooooooooo keen for holidays
My break will consist of going to the gym, getting my second lobe piercing (!!!), playing BTS world, doing hw, and maybe going out for some boba and kbbq. What are you guys up to for your holidays?

I think that's all for today!

See you soon, AN.
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Post by: Snow Leopard on September 20, 2019, 06:38:07 pm
Hey,
Cool update.
Just out of curiosity, how come you call your assessments Sacs?
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Post by: blueycan on September 20, 2019, 06:42:31 pm
Hey,
Cool update.
Just out of curiosity, how come you call your assessments Sacs?
Hi! I know that SAC is usually used for VCE but at my school we use the term for assessments at Year 10 and up. From Year 7-9 we'd call them 'portfolio tasks'.
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Post by: moonchild on September 20, 2019, 08:04:17 pm

I submitted my application for KLD and that is now ticked off the list for the year! Students get notified of the outcome on November 22nd. Fingers crossed for all the yr10's applying!


ahhh goodluckkk, hope the results come out in your favour!!

This year has gone by so quickly, and it made me think of how next year and the year after will go even quicker. I remember in yr7 we would always talk about VCE and now it's practically here on my doorstep. It's wild. Next term (Term 4) is basically only 5 or so weeks and then we have our exams. I think my last day is around Dec 13th or so and omggggggg I just want summer back already  :'(

time does go fast around this time of year, can totally relate TT^TT what subjects are you planning to do next year?? and also omgg the bts world game,, i really want to start playing it bahah is it good?? hope you have a nice holidayyy
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Post by: blueycan on September 20, 2019, 08:11:23 pm


ahhh goodluckkk, hope the results come out in your favour!!

time does go fast around this time of year, can totally relate TT^TT what subjects are you planning to do next year?? and also omgg the bts world game,, i really want to start playing it bahah is it good?? hope you have a nice holidayyy

thanks moonchild !! <3
next year im hoping to study english, methods, literature, bio, psych, and 3/4 hhd.
and YES bts world is so fun. its a bit slow when you start but the stories get really good, and the cards are super fun to collect.
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Post by: Snow Leopard on December 08, 2019, 07:50:30 pm
Hey jeyda!
Do you currently have headstart/orientation/early commencement for Yr 11?
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Post by: blueycan on December 08, 2019, 08:54:31 pm
log four

- sunday, 8 december

phew, this year is over. thank you snow leopard for the mini reminder to update this journal <3
term four is always that home stretch for me, it feels so draining knowing that after a couple of weeks you'll be on holidays. i had classes up until november 18th, where I had exams for 2 weeks. all of my exams were in the first week, so I had a week to relax before headstart. I did pretty well, however I'm not expecting anything too high for maths lmao. I've already got back two of my scores; I received 98 for sociology and 88 for my hhd exam ! tbh i was expecting higher for hhd but it was a looooong and very detailed exam and I know I did the best I could hehe.

headstart (early year 11) went well for me - I have great teachers and I love all my subjects. so basically i picked literature, but it wasn't running in 2020 (i honestly think I was the only one who chose it eek) so I moved to legal studies instead! i'm very pleased - I honestly wouldn't have enjoyed literature, it probably would have bored me and stressed me out. I'm glad to do a subject where I'm actually interested in the content. I guess it worked out pretty well for me (: and i started hhd unit 3/4!!! i'm going to take it easy so I don't burn myself out.  I might just go through the study guide and print off some resources for future use, and prep some definition lists. if anyone has any tips or saved AN articles on preparing for a 3/4 please let me know! i'd really appreciate it

good news
so this school year i've received two "official" awards - I got a special award for 'exemplary efforts in history' for my pecha kucha presentation on the evolution of fashion consumption!!! and i also received a proficiency award for the Australian Maths Comp thing earlier this year which REALLY surprised me bc i guessed half of it lmao but yay
also in news not related to me at all bts had a daesang all sweep at the mma and the mama last week ,,, very proud army right here

instead of doing holiday homework i opened an art account yay!!!!!!!!!!!! please excuse my shameless promo an (:
it's @jeydpuff on instagram. i'm mainly posting bts sketches for now but i'd love to expand to other art forms (photos, short films/vlogs, paintings) so i'd really appreciate it if my AN friends would support me. thank you ㅠ ㅠ

bad-ish news
so I didn't make it into kwong lee dow ㅠ ㅠ  but its okay! i know that there are going to be a lot of opportunities for me in the following years so I'm not pressed over it. maybe it's a blessing in disguise, bc i've lowkey been solely focusing on unimelb and not looking at all possible options. i want to start looking into screen and media degrees / careers,,, SCARY I KNOW but i've always had an interest for that kind of stuff so we'll just see where the road takes me

so,,, yeah! 2019 was a pretty good academic year, and it was officially the start of my VCE journey. I've definitely learned what it means to build good habits and start working on studying early. i'm also very grateful for all the recognition i've received this year regarding my hard work, and I'm proud of all my good results (: I think that 2020 is gonna be a reality check for me, as I'll learn what it means to finally be in VCE. I'm looking forward to learning new things and continuously growing both academically and personally!
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Post by: yesh.weerakkody on December 08, 2019, 11:12:52 pm
Heyoooo, omg congratulations on the awards!! This just shows how ambitious and hardworking you are!  ;D
Looking forward to this journal. Also, what are you planning on doing on the holidays??
P.s. AYEEEE BTSSSSSSS!! Do you have a bias??
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Post by: blueycan on December 09, 2019, 10:10:22 am
Heyoooo, omg congratulations on the awards!! This just shows how ambitious and hardworking you are!  ;D
Looking forward to this journal. Also, what are you planning on doing on the holidays??
P.s. AYEEEE BTSSSSSSS!! Do you have a bias??

haha thank you so much!!
this year i’m reallllyyyy looking forward to going to the beach and reading the summer novels i’ve prepared. i’m also happy to just have some time off to sleep a lot and be on my phone for hours without any worry lol.

yess bts!!! i’m a jimin bias but honestly it changes depending on weather haha. what about you?? do you listen to any other groups?
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Post by: yesh.weerakkody on December 09, 2019, 10:41:01 am
I used to be very into a lot of Kpop but now it’s something I listen to occasionally. I still listen to songs I previously listened to tho. I really like BlackPink, Day6, Akmu, mamamoo and so on, but don’t listen to them that much anymore sadly :(. I’d say my bias now is tae, but I totally get what you mean hahaha...  my bias also changes everytime they change hair colour ;)
Ooh I see well enjoy the beach and the novels!
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Post by: blueycan on December 09, 2019, 11:01:27 am
I used to be very into a lot of Kpop but now it’s something I listen to occasionally. I still listen to songs I previously listened to tho. I really like BlackPink, Day6, Akmu, mamamoo and so on, but don’t listen to them that much anymore sadly :(. I’d say my bias now is tae, but I totally get what you mean hahaha...  my bias also changes everytime they change hair colour ;)
Ooh I see well enjoy the beach and the novels!

ohh i love mamamoo!! and thanks, i will enjoy them huhuh
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Post by: Snow Leopard on December 09, 2019, 10:15:30 pm
phew, this year is over. thank you snow leopard for the mini reminder to update this journal <3
All good :)

Congrats on the Awards and those fantastic Exam scores!
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Post by: Snow Leopard on December 27, 2019, 04:49:04 pm
How have your holidays been thus far?
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Post by: blueycan on January 02, 2020, 03:22:18 pm
How have your holidays been thus far?
my holidays have been pretty good! i’ve been relaxing and watching netflix - mainly the new terrace house and the kdrama crash landing on you. i’m not keen for holiday hw tho aha
happy new year everybody 💜💜
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Post by: blueycan on February 21, 2020, 07:20:07 pm
log five / 21.2.20 / first update of 2020

hi i'm back !!  ;D
so vce has officially started for me , and i've been keeping myself busy trying to settle in so i didn't update. it's the end of week 4 and i think i'm fully immersed into school again aha so i thought it'd be a good time to hop back on! this year i'm in year 11, and i'm still doing all my subjects i mentioned earlier (eng, 3/4 hhd, legal studies, psychology, biology) with the exception of maths methods - i just moved to general maths instead (: methods was good while it lasted but i needed something different, i found it hard to balance with my other subjects and i thought this would be the best choice for me. although i won't have the prereqs for bachelor of science anymore i'm gonna try to find a way around it somehow but i'm leaving that for future jeyda bc ik it'll all work out in the end  8)

today i had my first legal studies sac, and i really like legal studies so i'm hoping i did well! i have my first yr12 sac (hhd) on monday after school so that's exciting/scary, and then more sacs scattered through the next two or so weeks ! i've been enjoying all of my subjects so far! in english, we're reading extinction + a streetcar named desire + to kill a mockingbird. i actually love extinction and we got to watch a live version at school , which was really cool! psych and bio have been really good too, i like my teachers and the content isn't difficult (so far lol) and hhd has been kinda scary so far bc it hit me that it's my first yr12 subject, but i'm not too stressed bc i did pretty well last year.

in trivial matters; i have a middle locker this year which isn't a big deal but i am almost 170 cm so it's a bit irritating but ALL IS WELL (lol). and it's in a pretty convenient part of the school too so no complaints  :-X one thing i didn't miss about school is the school bathrooms ,,, but at least the senior ones are somewhat better than the junior ones and we have soap now so lol that's luxurious. i've also been running thru my hand sanitiser like CRAZYYYYY bc i hate eating/working/existing with detty hands so i need to find a way to be more sustainable with that hahaah

``personal updates``
so in the beginning of 2020, i got my learners (!!!) so i'm pumped to start lessons. i turned 16 a while ago but it didn't matter when i got it to me, as long as i had it haha. i haven't started lessons yet but i'm excited to!
I've been trying to find some ways to manage stress/anxiety relating to school and i think a lot of it comes down to finding time to myself and having a work life balance and trying to keep the two seperate. i think i should develop these habits now so i don't burn out too early, bc i tend to get stressed easily and i know that that isn't ideal for these years

also the bts comeback in literally in less than 45 minutes so that's a highlight of my entire 2020 !!!!!! stream mots7

okay thank u !!! for reading my ramble about school and i will be back very soon (:
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Post by: Geoo on February 22, 2020, 10:25:46 pm
Super happy for you that you are enjoying all of your subjects! It really does make such a difference when your doing stuff you enjoy. That's awesome that you got you learners. Your not alone it getting them late. I turned 16 in April 2018, and I only got mine in February 2019, so welcome to the club. This may seem like a stupid tip, but I really liked using L plates that had suction cups on then, that way you can just jump in and out of the car and take them on and off quickly without leaving any residue or what not. This makes it so easy when other people have to use the car as well.

When I did attend mainstream school, I ended up getting a middle locker and being tall really sucked with it, so as someone who is 174 cm tall, I can 100% relate. (but then again I didn't know how some of the 180+ cm guys managed a bottom locker...)

Have a great week :)
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Post by: blueycan on February 23, 2020, 10:31:13 pm
Super happy for you that you are enjoying all of your subjects! It really does make such a difference when your doing stuff you enjoy. That's awesome that you got you learners. Your not alone it getting them late. I turned 16 in April 2018, and I only got mine in February 2019, so welcome to the club. This may seem like a stupid tip, but I really liked using L plates that had suction cups on then, that way you can just jump in and out of the car and take them on and off quickly without leaving any residue or what not. This makes it so easy when other people have to use the car as well.

When I did attend mainstream school, I ended up getting a middle locker and being tall really sucked with it, so as someone who is 174 cm tall, I can 100% relate. (but then again I didn't know how some of the 180+ cm guys managed a bottom locker...)

Have a great week :)

it really does! you can almost always tell the difference straight away. ah, my L plates are the ones that are self-sticking (the see-through ones)  :o thanks for the tip!
i guess middle lockers happen to the best of us  ;D i can imagine the inconvenience of having a bottom one, i'm so thankful i've never experienced it. i don't wanna jinx myself for next year though haha
you too!
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Post by: blueycan on May 14, 2020, 05:13:32 pm
log six / 14-05-20

It's been a while since I've updated this journal, so I thought I'd pop in and say hi! I've been kind of AWOL on AN these past few months up until very recently, so I'm happy to be back and reading everyone's threads again.
I've accustomed to online school pretty well, actually. It's been surprising how much I've been enjoying studying from the warmth of my own room aha. We're back to school in just less than two weeks,,, I'm not too excited but there's nothing I can really do about it, I guess  :P  I'll do a quick update on my subjects and then mention some fun new things I've recently discovered

English: Since my last update, I got an 80% on my SAC for my text response, but due to COVID, we weren't able to do our creative SAC properly. I was, however, thrilled to find out I received a 100% my creative practice sac !!! The current area of work is argument analysis, which isn't too bad. I've been completing coursework and I'm going to work on some extra paragraphs to send in for feedback on my writing.

General Maths: You won't believe how I relieved I am that I switched maths classes before online school... if I had studied methods at home I would've probably struggled big time. Anyways, general has been pretty fun so far, and the unit of work we just finished (financial arithmetic) was an interesting topic. Maths work is somewhat therapeutic to complete because there's always an answer at the end aha

Psychology + Legal: I don't really have an update for these subjects as they're pretty smooth sailing... I'm lowkey disappointed that our Legal excursion was indefinitely postponed but it's totally understandable, hopefully we'll another chance next year! As for psych, it's been same same. My last assessment was the research sac– my topic was the effect of minor head trauma from sport and long term damages on the brain. It was super interesting to learn how to properly read and cite psychological research papers! We're currently studying developmental changes.

Biology: Andrew Douch has been my rock this iso period. His Edrolo videos are so engaging and easy to understand, and I'm planning on listening to his podcast soon. That being said, bio has been my favourite subject to study, but I don't necessarily enjoy the class. I think that we have teachers we click with, and ones we don't, and that's totally okay! We're studying a lot of year 12 content this year and we're currently up to photosynthesis, which is probably my favourite topic so far.

Health and Human Development: Oh, HHD. My 3/4 subject. You've been so good to me, and here I am neglecting you. I'm a bit... what's the word... stressed about the upcoming sac. Last year this area was so easy to understand, and now I feel the pressure building up of it being a 3/4, but I'm constantly trying to remind myself that all I need to do is "not spend time thinking about studying that you could be spending actually studying" (the paraphrased words of my aunt lol).
We're nearly finished working on the dietary guidelines so once we've done that, I'm going to spend the rest of this iso period preparing for the looming sac ahead. I have faith that I'll do well because I've stressed out about my past sacs but have received really good marks.
I'm not good with the whole study score calculation business, but so far in Unit 3 I've gotten an 88% on outcome 1 sac 1 and a 92% on outcome 1 sac 2. I don't know where I'm at in terms of ranking or Bs, B+s, As, that stuff. I'm not too fussed about the technicality of it, but as Unit 3 this year is gonna contribute more to my study score, I'm going to aim high for this next sac to end up with a higher average score.

During this iso period I've picked up watching anime - I never used to be into it until now, which is surprising, since I used to be super interested in Japanese culture in around grade 6/year 7  ;D I started watching Haikyuu in April, which I've finished and I'm obsessed with (can't wait for July) and I'm currently in the middle of watching Yuri on Ice, which is so fun!!!
I've also picked up a couple more iso skills- Solitaire and Minesweeper courtesy of procrastinating on the google doodle pages. If you were anything like me, I used to click around and wait for something to happen lol. But I've finally learnt!!

I'm going to try and be more active on AN and I'm really looking forward to chatting to everybody again!! I don't have any other updates so bye for now! xx

edit: spelling mistakes oops  :P
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Post by: s110820 on May 14, 2020, 05:38:34 pm
Hi Jeyda!

Congratulations on your English results! I'm literally so happy for you! But if you do ever need help with General Maths, Biology or English, I'll definitely be more than happy to help :)

Have a great week and kind regards,

Darcy Dillon.
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Post by: blueycan on May 14, 2020, 05:48:08 pm
Hi Jeyda!

Congratulations on your English results! I'm literally so happy for you! But if you do ever need help with General Maths, Biology or English, I'll definitely be more than happy to help :)

Have a great week and kind regards,

Darcy Dillon.

Thanks Darcy!! I really appreciate it (:
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Post by: ashmi on May 14, 2020, 06:22:58 pm
Hey hey Jeyda!
I've been watching over this journal for a while now and can I just say I absolutely love it

Congrats for the amazing scores in your subjects! Keep up the great work and enthusiastic effort😊. I also agree that studying in the comfort of your own room is amazing and sleeping in has been something I've taken for granted at this point. Let's keep that motivation going and I'm absolutely positive you will do amazing.

I started watching Haikyuu in April, which I've finished and I'm obsessed with (can't wait for July) and I'm currently in the middle of watching Yuri on Ice, which is so fun!!!
I've also picked up a couple more iso skills- Solitaire and Minesweeper courtesy of procrastinating on the google doodle pages. If you were anything like me, I used to click around and wait for something to happen lol. But I've finally learnt!!
As I am typing this right now I'm actually listening to "History Maker" YOI OP 1🤣. Also, YES to Haikyuu!! I absolutely love Haikyuu to bits and it's a good bandwagon to get into. (It's very tempting to adopt all the Haikyuu boys. Who is your fav?). 100% guaranteed to change the way you see volleyball forever.

Thanks for updating your journal and I'm looking forward to another entry soon! ;D
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Post by: blueycan on May 14, 2020, 07:03:02 pm
Hey hey Jeyda!
I've been watching over this journal for a while now and can I just say I absolutely love it

Congrats for the amazing scores in your subjects! Keep up the great work and enthusiastic effort😊. I also agree that studying in the comfort of your own room is amazing and sleeping in has been something I've taken for granted at this point. Let's keep that motivation going and I'm absolutely positive you will do amazing.

Oh my GOD ashmi I really enjoy reading your journal, especially everything about PDT! Thank you for taking the time to read mine, and thanks for your kind words. I'm so glad someone is enjoying my babbling  :P  and I just followed you on Instagram lol

As I am typing this right now I'm actually listening to "History Maker" YOI OP 1🤣. Also, YES to Haikyuu!! I absolutely love Haikyuu to bits and it's a good bandwagon to get into. (It's very tempting to adopt all the Haikyuu boys. Who is your fav?). 100% guaranteed to change the way you see volleyball forever.
Don't even get me started on Haikyuu, man. I'm set on joining some sort of volleyball club in uni lmao. I think my favourites are Asahi, Daichi, Kuroo and Tsukishima (tsukkii that block scene, best scene of the series I got serious chills and cried again)

Again thank you so much for reading, this made me so happy! I hope you stick around for more !

edit: omg also I forgot to mention I've already bookmarked your further guide, you're an absolute legend
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Post by: blueycan on June 12, 2020, 08:12:15 pm
log seven / 12-06-20

I've had a long couple of weeks and I have another long two weeks ahead of me so I wanted to update you guys before I forget everything  :P This is a long update so put your seatbelts on.
These past weeks have consisted of a lot of assessments, properly catching up with friends and with real life school, and some other stuff. I've put all the updates spoilers to save some space lmao.

SCHOOL

Spoiler
English
We've just finished our argument analysis unit, which was probably my favourite unit other than creative. I find that AA is the easiest concept for me to grasp, as analysing articles seems more concrete over analysing abstract concepts in novels/plays. We learnt this unit over online schooling and I honestly thought that it'd would be harder to do well in as we couldn't get instant feedback like you do with classroom interactions. English is one of my favourite subjects (dare I say my favourite lol) and it really isn't a subject you can teach yourself, so I'm grateful online schooling went smoother than expected. I have some of my closest friends in my class, and my teacher this year is great too, so I'm enjoying this class a lot. I'm happy to back in the physical classroom. Getting back to the topic of AA, I was very very happy with my SAC result- a 93%!! The percentage doesn't matter to me as much as the fact that I was able to improve from my practice SAC and hit those extra points I wasn't able to hit before.
Our mid-year exams (our 1/2 exams) have been cancelled because of the whole COVID-19 situation so in week 11, we're getting an "exam" booklet where we have to write an Extinction essay, an argument analysis essay, and we get to rewrite our creative sac into the booklet. I'm basically going to rewrite my draft since I got 100 on it  :P
We've started our oral presentations, my topic is sustainability in fashion and my contention is that completely ethical fashion is an unrealistic concept. Our orals have to be recorded this year because we don't have enough time to present it in class lol. I'm still in the process of writing it so I'll talk about it in a later update !

General Maths
Maths is probably the least interesting subject to me at the moment so I'll keep this short and sweet. I received 87% on my financial test which is better than I expected! We've finished our sequences unit, it wasn't super complicated for me but it wasn't too easy either aha. I just had the test today, I'm expecting high 60's to low 70's to be honest because I know I messed up a couple of the questions /: oh well. Our SAC for financial and sequences is in the last week of school, so two weeks from now.

Psychology
We had our SAC for psychological development, and this area was more complicated than I thought it was going to be aha. All the different topics and theories we had to learn was overwhelming at times, especially as we learnt the majority of it over online schooling. I guess I'm an auditory learner, as I appreciate things being explained to me so online schooling was a little tough as I couldn't access that instant help that you're able to have in class. I had moments of panic leading up to the SAC, as I thought that there was no way in hell that I could remember all of this stuff in just under a week. I spent a few days leading up to the sac going over content- I remember the night before the sac I had FINALLY connected the dots on what positive punishment, positive reinforcement, negative punishment, and negative reinforcement were. I had made flashcards with the generous amounts of cards our teacher had made us which was SO nice and considerate, thanks miss (,: Our SAC was in the middle of the day so at recess, I got my friend to vigorously test me on stuff I wasn't confident with and we were so loud I think the whole area memorised the content lmao. The study paid off as I got 98%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was sosososo happy with that as my hard work paid off.

Legal Studies
WE FINISHED UNIT ONE! We had our criminal law + civil law sacs and I achieved a 95% and 97% respectively on those, which I'm really happy about. I'm shocked that I scored higher on my civil law sac. The days leading up to the civil law sac I was in that horrible cycle of procrastination and panic that left me probably with 2 hours of study under my belt. I have no idea how I got a 97% but hey I'm not complaining lmao. Since we've finished the unit, we're spending the rest of the term watching documentaries !!!!!

Biology
I'm getting less and less fond of biology as the days go by tbh. Don't get me wrong, I still like bio and I'm still trying hard but  ::) We're not learning anything new at the moment, just revising stuff for SACs. I had an enzyme related SAC last week where we watched the teacher do a demonstration and filled out a booklet related to the prac. The demonstration was related to liver and how catalase acts as an enzyme for hydrogen peroxide. Let me just say the boiled liver STUNK and the bloody liver in the test tube looked so disgusting lmao. I got a 75% on the SAC, I lost out on some marks because of some really simple mistakes which is okay, I'm not too fussed about it. My next SAC is on Monday, and it's about gene expression. I definitely need to brush up on my knowledge but I'm happy with whatever outcome.

Health and Human Development
I've been waiting for this 50 mark SAC for like a month and it's on Monday. I'm kind of freaking out just a little bit as it's my first big year 12 SAC, and I know that I won't do badly, but I'm still a bit worried. I remember thinking I had so much time to study but suddenly it's 3 days away and I'm just a tiny bit overwhelmed. Just a smidge. The littlest bit. The main reason I'm so tense about it is that it covers 3 entire chapters of the textbook and the areas we cover are so detailed so hgngngogtgjtngngh... I'll be okay though. I will study as efficiently as I can over these next few days so I can prepare myself well. It's on Monday after school, and you bet I'm coming straight on here after to complain/vent in relief/vent in despair (???) about it
...
I'm being very dramatic. I'm sure it'll go fine.

PERSONAL

Highlight reel!
- Walked to school with my friends today for the first time
- I started an anime and I'm yet to finish it (it's called Free)
- Started watching Bon Appetit and am already obsessed with Claire Saffitz
- Received an officeworks order (omg) and I ordered coloured pens (OMG)
- I've spent an ungodly amount of time on tiktok someone please stop me
- Put up some photo frames in my rooms from ikea and hung up pretty art postcards and some baby pictures ehe
- I bought a gudetama pen holder and tbh the painting detail on it isn't the best but it's cute!!!

Spoiler
Two weeks ago was my heaviest assessment-filled week I've ever had, and to be honest, a couple of things leading up to that week led me to not have the greatest emotional balance. It was a rough few days as I was struggling to balance my personal struggles with school struggles and I didn't know how I was gonna do it. In the end, everything actually came out great, as you can see, but I want to say that I'm proud of myself for being able to pull through and do well. I feel like if I didn't at least somewhat redirect my attention towards my sacs and moped around aimlessly it wouldn't have done me justice. Saying that, if I hadn't taken a few nights off and let myself take a break, I wouldn't have been able to get the marks I did. It was a complicated week full of ups and downs but I'm glad it's over lol.

That's all for today! I'll definitely be back a couple more times before the holidays to update you on the last few assessments and stuff. I can't believe it's so close to the end of term 2, I feel like this year is the year where I'm really enjoying school and I haven't been able to get the most out of it due to COVID-19!!

EDIT: I updated the english section with some things I forgot!

Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: ashmi on June 13, 2020, 04:45:07 pm
Hey Jeyda! :D

So excited to see another update and it seems like there is so much going on ;D.
Congrats on the amazing scores across your subjects, especially Psych!! Give yourself a pat on the back and celebrate because that is an amazing achievement and something you should be 100% proud of.

PERSONAL

- I started an anime and I'm yet to finish it (it's called Free)
- Received an officeworks order (omg) and I ordered coloured pens (OMG)
- I've spent an ungodly amount of time on tiktok someone please stop me
- I bought a gudetama pen holder and tbh the painting detail on it isn't the best but it's cute!!!

I see you have transitioned from Haikyuu to Free... welcome to the anime sporting life🤣. Can I just also say, ordering colour pens is like one of the best feeling on Earth, especially if it is a new set. (OMG GUDATAMAAAAAA!! You have got to show us a picture of it sometimes it sounds so cute!)

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I just want to say, I am PROUD of you. You have gotten this far and congrats for getting through! It gets super tough when you have assignments left, right and centre while also balancing your personal life. Sometimes it gets too much, and that is totally fine so long as you are aware of it. You have done an amazing job and it's great to see how you are reflecting (reflecting is very good!). Make sure you take a break this weekend to step out of the 'school life chaos' before you go jumping back in again. ;D

Thank you so much for updating Jeyda and have a good weekend!
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on June 13, 2020, 07:29:00 pm
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Thank you so much for the sweet reply, Ashmi!! I love seeing your name pop up aha
Free is actually way better than I expected, and it's my third sports anime I've watched so far lol. I'm thinking of watching Kuroko's Basketball next!
Have an amazing weekend <3
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on June 26, 2020, 07:23:10 pm
mini update / 26-06-20

Holidays!! Two weeks of relaxation is finally here~ I said I'd be back and here I am for a tiny little update.

> So, my HHD sac– it was easier than I expected. I was nervous the day of the sac, and my psychology teacher was super nice and helped me relax a bit before I had to sit it aha. A couple of topics I was worried about barely came up on the SAC or were referred to in questions that weren't hard to answer. I'm happy with my result, a nice shiny 94. This brings my unit 3 average to a 91%, a very good foundation for the rest of the year I'd say!  ;D Our midyear exams were moved to the first week back, so I've got the whole holidays to study for that.
> English "exam" week is over– better than I expected. We basically had to re-write our draft for our creative sac, and do another Extinction essay as a practice/progress check (which I ended up finishing in about 40 minutes lol)
> I had my General sac today, which was on financial/sequences. The sac was 4 questions (the first two were super long questions omg) and I think I did pretty well. It seems like we're always waiting for the end of the term for the maths sac so it felt good to get that over with tbh lol
> Finished unit 1 Bio with a test on photosynthesis/cellular respiration on Thursday. While studying, I put up some decorative post it notes with the equations on them and I'm not taking them down anytime soon bc they're too cute aha. I love and hate biology, aha. I'm keen to start the next topic!

I'm grateful to make it out of the term without any issues, and happy that I can have a little break before the next unit !!
Good luck to the people prepping for UCAT, and enjoy your holidays, everyone! <3

[edit, added bio update]
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on September 02, 2020, 09:06:58 pm
It's been a couple of months and nothing too exciting has happened but I thought I'd update anyway.

I turned 17! It's funny because I've been waiting to be 17 my entire life, it's just been the perfect teenage-age to me, and now that I'm here, I'm the same as little me lol. I felt like as a right of passage into my 17th year I had to watch Twilight. Watched all 5 movies in around 7-8 days and let me tell you, I was missing out. I can't believe why I never watched it or expressed any interest in it before...? I liked the 1st, 4th and 5th movies the most.

Also, I dropped Biology from my year 12 plans, which, if you've been attentive, you'll notice it disappeared from my AN signature a while ago  :P I expressed my preference for visual communication design instead! I'm excited for it, because I've always been a creative person and have excelled in art subjects, but I never thought it'd be worthwhile...? (Which I've grown to realise is completely untrue). Even though my plans after high school don't really have any artistic direction, I thought it'd be nice to be have an outlet during VCE, develop a portfolio, and just do something I'll enjoy working towards.

That being said, I visited the online Monash University open day last week. I researched their law programs, particularly Law/Arts, and I'm becoming really keen...? I've never really considered Monash before, mainly because the things holding me back would be the commute since I live quite far, and the ATAR is very high even with the Monash Guarantee. I'm trying not to let that stuff phase me/distract me for now as I'm just considering all of my options.

Started using Notion to plan out my coursework, which has been great. I discovered it from AN user Lear while reading justaloser's uni journey journal. I also took inspiration from their database "tracker" that basically tracks all their subjects/lectures etc. I've adapted it to be a very detailed to-do list and it's really good. Highly recommend for anyone reading this that struggles with keeping a planner. I've attached a screenshot of my planner that should show up at the bottom of this post.

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Ramble ahead:
Mental health has been a bit rocky and I've noticed that in a lot of people, not just in myself. I've been trying to break up my day and not sit on this chair all the time, which is starting to cause aches in my back and shoulders. I've been worrying a bit about uni stuff/vcaa stuff/study scores etc and I'm trying to snap out of it and just focus on the day to day. Subconscious stress/anxiety about my upcoming HHD sac has led to me clenching my jaw at night again, and it's worse this time around as it's becoming painful rather than uncomfortable. Before stage 4 I had seen my dentist and she basically told me to expect it around exam/sac times, and gave me a quote for a mouthguard, which I'll definitely be getting once stage 4 is over. I really want the term to end already so I can catch a break hhh

Anyways that's it for now! Thanks for reading and I hope everyone has a good September ahead of them <3
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: ashmi on September 02, 2020, 11:01:14 pm
Hey Jeyda!!💫💫

OH I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS JOURNAL UPDATE

First of all, congrats for turning 17! I absolutely agree with you that 17 is a nice number and it's like that 'sweet spot' out of all the other numbers 🤣.

Also, WELCOME TO THE FOLIO GANG! [If you do decide to do viscom]. Folios are such a good change of pace when you want to get away from your other subjects and just need something 'different' to do. I'm so glad to see we have more folio buddies around on AN and trust me, you will definitely enjoy the subject if you love being creative and just letting yourself be 'free'. Great to see that you are exploring different potential courses you may want to do in the future [even better great to see that Law/Arts has piqued your interest].

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Totally understand what you mean by the aches and pains all over your body from sitting down all day. Have you tried doing some stretches? I do admit that the system can be quite harsh in the way it makes the students feel at times and try not to worry about it, sometimes it can make things seem a lot worse. Trust me, you will be fine! I absolutely believe in you and just do you very best because that's all anyone can ask of you💖. Don't worry cause the term is about to end soon and you definitely will be getting a nice long break.

Thanks for the update Jeyda and I'm looking forward to another one soon!!
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: homeworkisapotato on September 03, 2020, 07:06:54 am
Hi Jeyda! I've been reading your journal since last year but I'm so surprised that I've never commented because your journal was so fun to read! It's great that you moved to general maths at the start of the year, welcome to the club! 
I'm sure that you'll get into the Laws/Arts so don't worry about the numbers and reach for the stars :D

Spoiler
With mental health, a great idea which has worked for me is to take a few days off to recover and come back with a fresh mindset. A positive mindset will do wonders in these dark times. You can do this!

Looking forward to the next update!
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: Evolio on September 03, 2020, 07:54:28 am
Hey Jeyda!  ;D

Super nice to see an update!

Happy belated Birthday! 🎉🎉

That's great that you picked Viscom. It's nice to have a variety of subjects and my friend's always saying how it's a nice break from her math/science subjects.

Spoiler
Yeah, with this online learning thing, it's easy to stay in one place for a long time and I've been getting those back pains as well. I've found that forcing myself to go on walks outside at around midday helps 'segment' my day and it also unstiffens those muscles so maybe it might help you too, if you have free periods around then? Yeah, it's hard to not to focus on specific scores, especially if you need them for entry into a course but I believe that you can definitely do it! I'm sorry about that jaw pain, hopefully it goes away soon. Good luck for your HHD sac!

Have a great week and excited for the next update!
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on October 16, 2020, 07:14:27 pm
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thank you ashmi, potato and evolio for your birthday wishes, kind words and advice for stress relief, these comments have brought me great comfort ;D

hello everybody, time for another update!
since my last post, there have been quite a few developments...

First...HHD!

HHD IS ALMOST OVER! First, going to quickly pat myself on the back because I earned a 90% on my last sac  8) And I officially finished all of my coursework for this subject, forever. I have ONE sac left (which is this Monday– I always seem to update right before a HHD sac). I procrastinated all week, so this weekend, I need to go all out and study my ass off. It was a bit disheartening to find out a lot of interesting content like aid programs and NGO's got cut out of the study design. I'm more than fine with the outcome, though– this sac is only 25 marks so it'll be over before I know it. It's honestly weird and kind of sentimental (??) to think that my HHD journey is coming to an end after two years and since this was my first look into VCE it holds a very special place in my heart. But I really am sick of writing the words "health and wellbeing" twenty thousand times a day  :'(
My exam is on the 19th of November. Haven't really started preparing yet :o But after this sac I will start doing practice questions, *finally* open my exam prep booklet, and sit some past exams. It's almost over but we cannot exhale yet! Push through!!! Coming for that 50!! (Maybe. More accurate goal would be 45?? On keltingmeith's calculator I have an estimate of anywhere from 39 to 46, hopefully higher if I absolutely obliterate the exam) Will update more on exam prep soon.

Now for English.

Recently finished the comparative unit, which I liked but at the same time HATED. The prompts for the sac were weird, and I had trouble trying to come up with creative yet cohesive arguments (paragraphs?). In english, even though I know I have the capacity to do well, I tend to underestimate myself. I end up thinking I did way worse than I actually did. I'll be in the middle of a sac and completely hate what I'm writing but will force myself to be confident and go through with it. Well, I guess it worked, and the teachers liked my mumbo-jumbo probably with the help of some divine intervention because I got an unexpected 33/35. (:

Some small updates for my other subjects:
personal updates
In person schooling has started again and I'm relieved to be able to leave my house everyday. Feels good to get back into a routine and see different faces and hear different voices. These next few weeks are gonna be rough with exams and all, but being out of the house and having something to do outweighs being stuck at home. Mental health is doing alright, definitely better than a couple of weeks ago, which is good. Trying to say what's on my mind instead of bottling it up really does help– I really have to learn that it's okay to let people help you instead of trying to deal with it yourself.

On another note I need to do things other than 1. study, and 2. go on social media lol.
I have been starting to write again?? It feels good but I have a lot of writer's block. Anytime I have a cool idea I try to get it onto paper... even if I don't flesh it out into a story or whatever it's nice to keep those ideas you have and be able to revisit them and gain new inspiration. If anyone who's reading this likes to write online, there's a website called calmlywriter which helps me  write without any distractions.
I'm also going to start drawing more as a method of stress-relief, I might link a couple of my art pieces in a future update  :o I've noticed when I sketch without wanting to, it becomes horrible and never turns out how I'd like it to. Need to find that balance of staying committed to my hobby without forcing myself to do it.
I have embarrassingly not been reading whatsoever lately. If anyone has any good book recommendations PLEASE let me know because your girl is desperate here.

thank you for keeping up to date with my very average journal and I will be updating soon so stay tuned!

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Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on October 21, 2020, 05:14:08 pm
Good afternoon, everyone. So... I ended up ruining my laptop on the weekend. Consequently writing this small update from my iPad, so I apologise for any typos  :P

Just ended this wonderful school day with the news that I scored 100% on my HHD sac, bringing my unit 4 average to 95% and putting me in a very good place to get the 45+ I’m aiming for!
When I saw the score I think my eyes popped out of my skull. On my practice sac I had scored a 19/25 (76%), and the week before my sac I didn’t study like I usually do and overall had a pretty shitty week, so this score was DEFINITELY a surprise. I’m very pleased and proud to finish off with a score like this, and it’s given me more motivation to do my best for the exam.
Plugged these figures and my predicted exam score (I’m working towards 85/100 and above) into keltingmeith’s study score calculator for an estimate, and it’s looking like I could get anywhere from 40 to 47. Maybe more if I’m lucky?
I’ve started exam revision today– current plan of action is making quizlet flashcards and obtaining all the practice questions my teacher is giving out. I have 6 more periods left with my class until the year 12’s graduate, which is kind of sad  :'(

That’s all for today. Just wanted to pop in here and let y’all know about the good news ♥️
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: tiredandstressed on October 21, 2020, 05:54:53 pm
Just ended this wonderful school day with the news that I scored 100% on my HHD sac, bringing my unit 4 average to 95% and putting me in a very good place to get the 45+ I’m aiming for!
When I saw the score I think my eyes popped out of my skull. On my practice sac I had scored a 19/25 (76%), and the week before my sac I didn’t study like I usually do and overall had a pretty shitty week, so this score was DEFINITELY a surprise.
Congratulations that's an amazing achievement! And yes you are definitely on track to a 45+
Personally, my unit 3 average was 99% and my unit 4 average was 98% so as long as you get a strong A+ on the final exal you'll definitely reach a 45+
Diligently complete practice exams, and to get those top marks you will need to practice the extended response questions and kill em in the exam :)
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on November 15, 2020, 10:32:23 pm
(Quite a serious) Exam preparation update – 4 days until HHD

I have almost finished the huge practice question book full of relevant VCAA questions from 2004–2019 that my lovely teachers have prepared, but still have a couple more to do. I've noticed the same pattern of questions I struggle with– it's usually the ones with graphs (even though they used to be my favourite :'( ) and questions from Unit 4 content.
I've also been going through the exam revision lecture booklet from the Health Teachers Network, making dot-point revision notes and completing the questions in the booklet.
I completed the 2019 AN HHD practice exam yesterday and the 2019 VCAA exam today. My self-marking of yesterday's exam was ~60/91 marks, and today's was 71/89. An improvement...? The marks are less than 100 because I crossed out a couple of questions since they weren't relevant to this year's study design.
Obviously I am not used to exam timing because I am finishing with around 10-15 minutes to go. If I had to complete the questions I crossed out and used up a few minutes to go over the paper, I would've finished with almost no time or worse, not finished at all. Need to try and remain as concise as possible in my answers, and not ponder over questions for too long. Today I caught myself rereading a question for about three minutes and decided to skip it and come back to it afterwards, which was a good idea as I was able to get some easy marks out of the way.
As with extended responses, I'm not really confident just yet but I think I'm getting there. With my (lenient) self-marking I reckon I'm getting about 5-7 marks out of the 10ish, but I need to confirm with my teachers tomorrow just how I'm doing.
Before Thursday, I want to annotate the practice exam I completed today, finish my exam revision booklet, do more questions from my AtarNotes topic tests book, complete at least two more practice exams, and attempt several extended responses.
My initial goal for the exam was 80/100 marks, but now that I've started doing practice exams, I've realised how hard this is gonna be. I have a very vague idea of what will get me a 45 but at this point I don't really care about the numbers game and want to answer the questions as best as possible. I care about the content of this subject a lot and don't want to throw away my interest for public health just because of some exam marks.

I need to start studying for my year 11 exams which start on the 23rd. They seem like a joke compared to the weight of my HHD exam but I want to do well on them too, so I need to find a balance.

Good luck to everyone else reading this (:
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: tiredandstressed on November 15, 2020, 10:58:52 pm
My initial goal for the exam was 80/100 marks, but now that I've started doing practice exams, I've realised how hard this is gonna be. I have a very vague idea of what will get me a 45 but at this point I don't really care about the numbers game and want to answer the questions as best as possible. I care about the content of this subject a lot and don't want to throw away my interest for public health just because of some exam marks.

I need to start studying for my year 11 exams which start on the 23rd. They seem like a joke compared to the weight of my HHD exam but I want to do well on them too, so I need to find a balance.

Good luck to everyone else reading this (:
Hi blueycan,
Seem like you have done some great exam preparation with four days to go it looks like you have solid plan to solidify your marks!
You still have a shot to reach that 80/100 you got this! The more practise you do (especially extended response questions) will defs help to improve your score. I'm sure you know HHD is marked quite harshly so many students will lose easy marks- so important you familiarise with VCCA's strict expectation (clear, specific definitions + appropriate links in a response)
As for what you need for a 45+ my hhd teacher always told me ~90/100 is typically what to aim for- I don't know what i got my exam but I wouldn't be surprised if I was around that ballpark. So keep on persisting and I'm sure you will do well! The A+ cut of is quite low so it the exam score need for a 45 might be lower.
As for year 11 exams lmao tell me about I didn't study for them whatsoever (they were a week after my 3/4 exams- but it felt pointless like they don't count). But i do recommend to try to study for them just as it is good practice for year 12. But yea I got like 50ish for my unit 2 chem exam and ended up being near the top of the class hahaha.
All the best for hhd, you got this!
T&S
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: homeworkisapotato on November 29, 2020, 04:26:29 pm
Hey blueycan! I hope your exam went well and you're having an excellent break!
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on January 26, 2021, 04:56:36 pm
‧͙⁺˚*・༓☾ Hi guys! ☽༓・*˚⁺‧͙
It's been almost two months since I've updated my VCE journey journal. I've taken December and most of January to rest and recover from the happenings of the year, and since school is starting back this week, I thought I'd give a long-awaited update. (:

Taking on a bit of a legacy here (s/o to my AN mum Ashmi)... here's the song of this journal update!

Starting off from where I left you– I sat the Health and Human Development exam on November 19th, 2020, and as I've updated on other threads I think I went pretty well! From the end of the exam to results day, since I was busy studying for my year 11 exams and then enjoying my break, my result completely slipped my mind. Come December 30th, I learnt that I achieved a 43 study score (which I was very happy with). I also want to wish a belated congratulations to all my since-graduated year 12 friends who received their results and university offers!

2020 was definitely an experience. There were times I felt unmotivated, upset, and apathetic towards school, but I'm really grateful to have ended the year on a good note. Learning online and being confined to my bedroom for the majority of the year was one of the toughest things I've ever experienced, but as I said, I'm grateful and lucky to even have the privilege of an undisrupted education during times of crisis. In Melbourne, where I live, the COVID-19 situation has been slowly but steadily improving, so I have a lot of hope for the new year and the events it will bring. I want to extend my thanks to AtarNotes friends who have consistently read this journal, as well as friends who have helped me out on other boards. You've helped me keep my spirits up throughout the year, and I definitely wouldn't have been this relaxed about school without you guys. AN has granted me so many amazing opportunities and helped me meet so many amazing people, I <3 YOU

My main resolution for 2021 is to definitely spend the year in good health. I also aim to work on a study/life balance so I can maintain a somewhat-optimal state throughout the year (a.k.a not burn out in week 4... and smash out final assessments!). As for year 12 related goals, as we are still so early into the year, I'm still not sure what to really strive for. Of course, I want to do as well as I can, so I'll just have to see where the circumstances take me!
Some other goals of mine:
> Discover more music (currently in a k-rnb phase...)
> Prioritise organisation (use my diary and class-planners more often)
> Read more books for leisure (I have a to-read list– expect future updates!)

I'll admit that I have not been as productive as I wished to be over the holidays... but it's okay! I've been chipping away at homework/study and making time to enjoy the holidays since I will be starting year 12 this year. If you're reading my journal for the first time, this year I am studying mainstream English, Further Mathematics, Legal Studies, Visual Communication Design, and Psychology. So far, I'm looking forward to Psychology the most, mainly because I find the topics covered in year 12 like sleep and stress really interesting. I'm also strangely keen for Further– I've never been a big maths person, more leaning towards the Eng/hums side, but from what I've seen from friends who have already completed Further it seems like it should be a great subject!
I still have a bit of work to do before the school year starts, so my days have been filled with reading and completing my tasks. Which is kind of good– it's helped me ease back into the school year.

I should probably end this post here so I can get back to my homework... I'll be sure to be more active on here this year, and update more frequently! See you next time <3
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on February 21, 2021, 12:31:54 am
Hi guys (: Blueycan is back!
<-- Just wanna update that I've put my pronouns in my profile text just to the left <3
We're approaching week 5 (??) of Year 12, and also approaching a new month. A lot of new things have happened since the start of the year, but I'll start off with general updates about my subjects.
This is quite a long read– bring your popcorn 🍿🧃

today's track!

Further Maths
I've finished my first chapter's worth of data analysis!! Last Tuesday (in lockdown) we completed a chapter test on univariate data, and I did pretty well! I'm confident with Further so far, univariate data passed like a breeze and now we've started bivariate data. My favourite area to study so far is probably normal distribution, and my least favourite thing is significant figures (it's taking a while to wrap my head around it). My data analysis SAC is at the end of term and it sure is a big one– 4 chapters worth of content in a 5-period-long assessment. Luckily, I have a few friends who studied 3/4 Further last year who have been able to help me out here and there, which has been a big help in knowing what to expect.
I really want to keep up the habit of updating my summary book regularly– one of my friends procrastinated making their final good-copy summary book up until SWOTVAC time and I'm really not trying to do that 😅
I've taken on the advice to start doing Checkpoints questions here and there from the beginning of the year, and I've found that it really helps knowing what is expected of you walking into an assessment. If you're reading this and doing General Maths or are also doing Further, I highly recommend seeing if you can find some past exam questions to practice with!

English
It already feels weird to know my first English SAC is 50% over! I know that a lot of schools do their SACs in different order– my first SAC is the Creative Response, and the text we're studying is Extinction. I'm not sure if I've mentioned it before but I read Extinction last year, so that's helped me really bolster my understanding of the text. We also had the opportunity to watch a recording of the live play a couple of weeks ago, which was really cool. I'm the type of person to visualise a text while I'm reading it, so I find plays to be up there in my favourite forms of text.
I had the first portion of my SAC last Thursday where we wrote out our final scenes under test conditions. My Creative Response was a script/scene that centred around the characters Piper and Harry's personalities clashing, having a heated argument and exposing it all! ... I focused on the themes human/non-human and idealism/pragmatism. Part two, my statement of intention, is going to be on Monday, so I need to prepare for that... I like my scene, and I think I didn't do that bad (hopefully my teachers agree heh) but I'm not too confident yet about my written explanation. I'm planning to work on it tomorrow.
I have a LOTTTT of preparation to do for my next topic (Rear Window text response) so pls wish me luck with all that coursework (,:

Psychology
Finished the Nervous System... finishing Stress... and getting closer to our first SAC!!!! Psychology was one of my favourite subjects last year, and while it's still on the leaderboard, this topic has been kind of draining. I feel like a lot of it is going into my brain but I'm not resonating with the content. It's interesting, don't get me wrong– but I'm more looking forward to learning about sleep and mental wellbeing (which is months away lol). I definitely need to start studying for my first SAC, so I've made it a priority to complete all coursework and keep updating my summary notes. We might also have an incursion planned for a later topic, probably Sleep, which is exciting and should be really good!
I don't really have much more to say about Psych 😚

Legal Studies
The tiktoks were right. 3/4 Legal is slowly but surely kicking my butt. We're still in the honeymoon phase, learning about the criminal justice system, but the coursework my teacher gives me is INSANE (,: I'm getting through it though. I joke around a bit with my friends saying stuff like I regret picking it but honestly, I do really like Legal Studies. I get really adrenaline-y in class and I always want to talk about the topics we're discussing. My teacher is pretty cool, and definitely different from who I had last year, but still good. I especially like how she'll switch from teaching the content to asking us questions and then making her own comments about the content, which engages the class and makes being there fun.
Since we're doing criminal law right now (and even though it barely has any correlation lol) a lot of my classmates are ALWAYS talking about Netflix docu's about crime/murder/serial killers/you name it. I'm a big chicken so the scariest thing I'll watch is Buzzfeed Unsolved but it's so interesting to hear others talk about it. I remember listening to season one of the Serial podcast a few years ago and being HOOKED so maybe it's a sign I should get watching 😈 Need to study first though...
My first SAC is in about two weeks so it's time to get cracking. I noticed that I freeze and end up word-vomiting on longer response questions, so I definitely need to work on that before the test!

Visual Communication Design
I am a vcd baby so some of my words may not make sense– sorry in advance lol
VCD has been going surprisingly smoothly? I'm doing alright and I'm not falling behind, despite my worries at the start of the year. Some background context– I haven't done any subject that is Art based since Year 9, so diving straight into VCD in YEAR TWELVE was a huge risk for me but ultimately happy I ended up doing it.
We've finished our first mini communication design project (!!!) where we had to design a logo for Melbourne Zoo that was simple, suitable for both colour and B/W print, and had to incorporate asian elephants and their habitat.
I learnt that last year, the VCD class did their assessments in a somewhat unstructured way, which now that I think about, would have stressed me out so much. Our projects are completed in a booklet, structured in the order of the design process, with distinct deadlines for each section– let me tell you, this has been a godsend. While it's been somewhat of a challenge having to relearn how to use Adobe Illustrator (and how to use a fineliner pff), this structure has really been what has help me adjust back to the ways of VCD.
My logo isn't the BEST, but I'm happy with it and it follows the rubric so I'm content. I'm also focusing a lot on the analysis portion of the projects since that is quite important as well. Since VCD is quite a bit of a new environment for me I'm taking it easy and making sure I complete tasks to the best of my ability with the advice of my teacher, who has been really nice in helping me out here and there.
Our next project is an industrial design task, where we have to design an elephant pull-along children's toy to accompany an asian elephant exhibition. I've already finished my research pages and I have half-finished a stimulus-analysis page which I shall continue tomorrow. I'm really nervous about the orthogonal and isometric (I think it's isometric, forgive me if I got it wrong) drawing parts, since I've never drawn like that, but it should be fine 😭
I have a tiny, silent class of 7 people, so VCD is my little quiet escape from my other subjects. I'll make sure to update AN about my VCD stuff more often.



And there we have it. Here's where I am one month (kind of) since Year 12 started! It's been surprisingly easy to adjust. Sometimes I feel like I'm still in Year 11, but then I get 4 chapters worth of Legal questions and snap back to reality 😎
You know what really made me feel like a Year 12? I finally got my ‧⁺˚*Class of '21 varsity jacket*˚⁺‧ with my name on it! It's so THICK and FAT and I can already imagine the beautiful crisp Melbourne mornings where I slip my jacket on and feel like I'm in my warm bed again (jokes that feeling is never replicated) Honestly, the first time I tried mine on I felt like it wasn't even mine and that I'm not even in Year 12 😧

Year 12 jacket meaningless storytime
Thursday morning word got around that 20 huge boxes arrived in the study centre, full of our beautiful '21 jackets. Thursday lunchtime, approximately 12:43pm, more word got around that we were able to go pick ours up if we'd payed for them in full, cue the swarm of bees students to the study centre. Poor little me didn't eat in order to wait and 20 mins later when it got to my turn, it turns out my jacket was MISSING and I waited for no reason. My lovely friend brought me some food that I had to quite literally shove into my throat 2 minutes before English and there I was, sadly eating my potatoes while everyone showed off their outerwear. Come Friday approximately 1:39pm my jacket had arrived and I went to pick it up in the middle of VCD and tried it on in the middle of the 34º degree weather 🤡
TLDR my jacket delivery got delayed a day and I wanted to be dramatic about it

Also– I'm currently in the process of school captain interviews! I passed the first interview and have gone onto the next round, which is an interview with my school's leadership team including the Principal. I'm pretty scared, but I'm going to prepare really well and whatever else happens is okay. I'll make sure to keep you guys updated on that too.

I know that I've been really bad at replying on here so I'm sorry 🙏 Please know if you have a VCE journal that I am being a little ghost and I am reading yours! I'll make sure to be better at replying in the future. Also– I'm very envious but keen to read everyone's new uni journals !!

Thanks again for reading this longggg update 9804 words that took me over an hour to write lol and have a good morning/day/night <3
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Post by: lm21074 on February 21, 2021, 12:58:56 am
Hey blueycan!

Glad to see Year 12 is going well for you so far :)

I'm slightly jealous that you have gotten your Year 12 jumper already. My school gets them towards the end of Term 3 :(

All the best with your school captain interview!
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Post by: Marylen on March 19, 2021, 10:55:51 am
Heyy Jeydaaa
Super stoked to see your journal update again! I was a silent reader of your journal last yearwas too shy to respond hehehheheh. I hope your captaincy interview went well!
I loved sleep and mental health when I did psych last year! Trust me, time will fly and in the blink of an eye, you'll be learning about the protective factors for mental health and the beautiful world of NREM and REM sleep... ooooweeeee
Do you miss Health? I sometimes sit in my room mindlessly writing an essay, reminiscing on my time doing psych and further last year. Although I somewhat miss year 11, I'm forever grateful for the free periods I get this year. Honestly, free periods are a precious gift from the VCE lords above, allowing me to catch up on my studies.

I hope to see another update soon!

PS: Huge congrats for year health ss!

Love,
Mary
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Post by: blueycan on May 17, 2021, 04:37:31 pm
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Heyy Jeydaaa
Super stoked to see your journal update again! I was a silent reader of your journal last yearwas too shy to respond hehehheheh. I hope your captaincy interview went well!
I loved sleep and mental health when I did psych last year! Trust me, time will fly and in the blink of an eye, you'll be learning about the protective factors for mental health and the beautiful world of NREM and REM sleep... ooooweeeee
Do you miss Health? I sometimes sit in my room mindlessly writing an essay, reminiscing on my time doing psych and further last year. Although I somewhat miss year 11, I'm forever grateful for the free periods I get this year. Honestly, free periods are a precious gift from the VCE lords above, allowing me to catch up on my studies.

I hope to see another update soon!

PS: Huge congrats for year health ss!

Love,
Mary

Hi Mary! Thank you for reading and replying to my post, I'm so sorry it took this long for me to respond! I really do miss HHD sometimes and I often think about what it might have been like if I had taken it this year instead. I think studying HHD in year 11 allowed me to fall deeper into the subject and gain an appreciation for it, I'm sure it would be similar for you!
Having free periods are very very nice compared to previous years with full timetables. It's also a bonus that my frees allow me to leave early or come late to school some times.
Thank you for the congratulations, right back at you!

Hey blueycan!

Glad to see Year 12 is going well for you so far :)

I'm slightly jealous that you have gotten your Year 12 jumper already. My school gets them towards the end of Term 3 :(

All the best with your school captain interview!

Hey lm21074, thanks for replying! I can't believe some schools get the jumpers so late, at least you'll be cozy and comfy for exams  :-[ 


today's track!

First, I want to quickly apologise for not updating– once I got swamped with school, my VCE journal completely escaped my mind. During this period I haven't been active on AN, there have been some updates with school and life in general. My school captaincy application went super well and I fortunately was lucky enough to bag the position! I'm really happy with how everything turned out, and am super excited to be more involved. Recently I'm hooked onto the Netflix shows "Law School" and "Vincenzo," and desperately need some good shows so if you have any please lmk. Also my Year 12 formal is next Friday and I'm sooooo excited, I've already gotten almost everything including the dress, and I'm super stoked to be helping out my friends in the events committee with their fun things planned!!

I feel like the year so far has passed by so quickly, with one SAC after another. I've completed a total of nine assessments this year– which, when I put into perspective, seems like so many!? Since I've updated, I've completed my text response English SAC, data SAC for Further, a Psychology sac, and a VCD sac. Whew. I'm pretty happy with my results and it seems I've started to get into a good study rhythm. I've also recently gone on an excursion to Top Designs with my VCD class to gain some inspo and see other students' creations, which was really good! I'll give more detailed update about VCD in another post once I've gotten settled into the beginnings of my folio. I also managed to spot Ashmi in the shortlist, which was really cool! <3

After watching this video, I've started to utilise Numbers to create study notes, which has been really great in organising notes by unit and by area of study. I highly recommend watching videos like these of people studying to get you in the mood to work if you're in a rut. I've recently subscribed to 'jennylog 제니로그' and 'Eucalyptus VLOG' on YouTube for some calm, motivating videos– they are two medical students who vlog their days in school, and I find it really interesting to see how people study in different fields and different countries. I've also been attending tutoring with Tutesmart and I've been catching up on sessions I've missed in preparation for my Further test and Legal SAC, which are (respectively) Tuesday and Friday this week.  :-[ After I post this update, I'm going to get back to the books to prepare some more  ;D

If you're reading this, thank you for sticking by and again sorry for the lateeee update... heh. See you next post!

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Post by: tiredandstressed on May 17, 2021, 05:58:09 pm
Recently I'm hooked onto the Netflix shows "Law School" and "Vincenzo,"
I'm watching Law school as well and I'm enjoying it! (considering the last kdrama I watched was start-up this was nice change in pace)
Vincenzo is on my list I heard good things about!

Good to see year 12 is travelling well, continue to keep up with your studies and balancing extracurriculars as well.
Glad to have a read a positive update, but as you move into the midst of term 2, many students find it challenging to keep motivated.
I encourage you to give yourself some "me-time" doing something for yourself every week to ensure you keep yourself sane, always important to look after your physical and mental health.
Looking forward to next update  :)
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Post by: blueycan on May 29, 2021, 11:10:29 pm
T&S
I'm watching Law school as well and I'm enjoying it! (considering the last kdrama I watched was start-up this was nice change in pace)
Vincenzo is on my list I heard good things about!

Good to see year 12 is travelling well, continue to keep up with your studies and balancing extracurriculars as well.
Glad to have a read a positive update, but as you move into the midst of term 2, many students find it challenging to keep motivated.
I encourage you to give yourself some "me-time" doing something for yourself every week to ensure you keep yourself sane, always important to look after your physical and mental health.
Looking forward to next update  :)
It's so great to see someone else enjoying Law School! It's honestly the biggest highlight of my Thursdays and Fridays. I also ended up finishing Vincenzo last night, and I ****highly**** recommend you watch it.
I appreciate your kind advice! Term 2 has dragged out a lot but at the same time it's gone so fast. I think with mid-year exams coming up soon it'll give me the opportunity to find motivation again. Thank you for reading as always T&S!

Today's tracks (because I couldn't choose one)

Smack bang back into lockdown...
I think it was inevitable with the rise of COVID cases in Victoria that we were going to go into our 4th lockdown. All throughout this week, my friends and I were anticipating the announcement and it sucks that it came at an inconvenient time– our formal was scheduled for Friday the 28th and had to be postponed until later, around mid-June. It sucks because so many of us had everything prepared and had to cancel reservations and h&mu appointments... I also had dyed my hair and gotten my nails done for basically nothing (,: But of course I'd rather formal be postponed than have the state go up in flames. I was wishing for a snap-lockdown so maybe afterwards we could get back to a sort of COVID-normal so I am glad it has happened... there were so many fun and amazing opportunities scheduled for us this term, like our RMIT excursion (which I doubt will go ahead because buildings 56 and 57 are exposure sites) and a visit to Melbourne Law School, so it'd be a huge shame if we missed out. I just really hope that things will at least be a bit better than how they were for Year 12s last year, at least being able to go to in-person classes– I really hate doing school from home.

As a result of remote learning, a bunch of SACs have been pushed back, including my English argument analysis SAC and my Psychology report. While it would have been nice to get them out of the way and move onto Unit 4 content, at least I have some more time to prepare, right? No word to whether mid-years are being adjusted, though. I think they'll continue as usual, as the first day of exams is the first day we come back to school in person. I need to start studying for mid-years but haven't had the drive to start– procrastination eats at my time and all of a sudden it's 8pm and I haven't done anything... I need to start getting my shit together properly because I can't afford to skimp out on these mid-years T-T
I had my legal studies SAC I mentioned in my previous update– since I upped the studying I did from the criminal law SAC to this one, I definitely noticed myself becoming more confident in answering questions under timed conditions. I did heaps more practice questions this time around, and for a longer duration of time before the SAC, so I found myself having a deeper understanding of the questions asked and the action-words. The main thing I struggled with was time– I had to sacrifice some marks on the last two questions in the SAC because there was just not enough time. If I remember correctly, the second last question was a 6 marker and the last was 5 marks. I'm pretty sure I got at least 2-3 for each for them which is fine... I didn't want to leave anything blank so I opted for shorter answers on both. I'm hoping that worked out and that I can do better on this topic... Civil law was actually pretty interesting and I enjoyed it more than the first outcome. My teacher also reckons I could get in the 90s for this one so lets hope I lived up to that.
I also got my maths test back but honestly, financial is pretty hard for me so I don't even feel happy about barely scraping by on the test. My SAC, if it hasn't been moved, is supposed to be Friday the 4th, so I need to get moving with studying if I want to do well on this SAC. I understand recurrence relations but for some reason I just kept fucking up on certain other areas like reducing balance loans and depreciation and amortisation tables. I need to revisit the tutoring videos and update my summary book ASAP. I also find myself forgetting basic things like how to work out different percentages... yeah, Maths isn't my strong suit.
I'm lowkey stressed for English too, because the mid-year exam is going to consist of 1x Argument Analysis essay, 1x Rear Window essay and 1x Extinction essay. Please wish me luck, because without luck, I don't know how the fuck I'm gonna be able to do that lmao.

Also the end of year examination timetable was released! My exam period goes like this:
27/10 English
29/10 Further Maths 1
01/11 Psychology and Further Maths 2
08/11 VCD
10/11 Legal Studies
As I mentioned on this thread, I'm not sure if the week long break I have in the middle of my exams is a curse or a blessing. I'll have more time to study solely for VCD and Legal, but my exams will be dragged out longer... One of my friend's exams are in the span of 6 days back to back, meaning she'll get them over and done with way before I am. *currently planning post-exams trip as motivation to cope with studying*

Thanks for reading if you got this far, let me know how y'all are feeling and if there's any similar things we have going on!
Let's hope this week of remote learning goes smoothly– I'll do another update at the end of the week to let y'all know where I'm at.
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Post by: tiredandstressed on June 16, 2021, 01:40:25 pm
I had a similar exam season had a 1-week break from my English exam to my Methods Exam.
I think the 1-week break will work in your favour I would prefer it then has all your exams slammed together, although you may envy your friends that finish earlier, trust me finishing a week or so earlier isn't all that much to worry about hehe.
And yes I also would plan my post-exam trip (I also had my 18th after exams, so it was a double whammy). I remember I was searching Airbnb during my hhd classes and teacher would get mad (even though I was rank 1 XD)
Hopefully, the term 2 holidays can be a good time to get some much-deserved rest, but also a good time to start rolling our practice exams (esp for psych).
Always happy to read your updates! You're more than halfway through, keep it up!

law school & other kdramas
Also I finished Law School! Won't say my thoughts just incase you haven't finished, I am looking forward to watching So Not Worth It and Nevertheless, that comes out this week!
Planning on binging Penthouse during my uni break GAHHHH so much kdramas and not enough time :(
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Post by: blueycan on June 18, 2021, 08:58:35 pm
T&S
I totally agree regarding the 1-week exam gap– I think having time to dedicated solely to a couple subjects will help me heaps in doing the best I can in them 😅 thanks for ur reply & hope your semester wraps up well!
dramas (with a spoiler alert in case anyone watches kdramas lol)
Omg I can't believe law school is finished– I'm pretty happy with the ending, I am a little disappointed we didn't get to see each relationship bloom but I think the way they wrapped everything up implicitly was nice and fitting for the vibe of the show.
I am really looking forward to Nevertheless! Also season 2 of Hospital Playlist. I was planning on starting Penthouse but I heard season 3 is a bit of a disaster so I'll have to see 😭

Today's track

I really should stop promising when I'm going to update 🙊
Lockdown went by like any lockdown would – not great. I did manage to survive though, and I'm happy we're back at school as normal.
Some mini updates before I get into the thick of things– I've made myself a cute little desk set-up! I recently purchased one of those silver-coloured laptop stands, a wireless keyboard (I ended up going with a Bluetooth compatible logitech one), I brought out my mouse, and I have a wooden book stand I nicked from my sister. Much better for my neck! I also organised my room to have my notebooks, folders and textbooks near my desk, neatly filed into magazine holders and my little 2-hole shelf.
I started watching Gossip Girl recently alongside some other kdramas and I've been enjoying it... not very relatable but entertaining to say the least, and fuels my New York fantasies 🤩

I'm currently nearing the end of my mid-year exams, with my last one being Psych on Monday.
Despite not leaving myself a lot of time to study, I was pretty happy with how most of them went– I found with English, I was able to churn out the three essays to an acceptable standard with time left to spare. My English exam has also made me rethink which text I was going to choose in the end of year exam. I originally wanted to do Extinction but now I am leaning towards Rear Window. I think I should do a bit more practice for both texts before I settle for one, though.
Further went alright, but what is more important about Further is my financial sac over my exam. Despite messing up some of my values I managed to do pretty well. I didn't get too wrapped into the mistake and I'm just happy it's over with a good result.
My legal studies exam was one I was the most eager for– and it went super well. By super well, I mean I was able to answer every question with confidence and managed to finish on time with a couple minutes to proofread (pretty rare for my school's Legal assessments). I was also thanking the lords that there was no mention of reforms on the exam– maybe one of the reasons I felt good about the outcome.

But... today I had my VCD exam. If you haven't read my journal when I was in Year 11 or you've just stumbled across me now, I didn't do VCD in Year 11 and chose to do it this year because I wanted a folio in case I wanted to apply for media/advertising courses. This may have ended up being a bad decision. Today in the exam, I felt really defeated, because I knew I hadn't prepared enough. Frankly, it was my fault for not communicating my struggles with revision– I was so focused on meeting the deadlines for my folio that I left only a couple of days for exam revision, which is obviously not enough time  to teach yourself the ins and outs of the exam theory. I felt humiliated, and like I was an idiot for not being able to answer much. I know I failed– and I know because I left most of the practical elements of the exam blank. I managed to keep my emotions in until I left my campus but I ended up hurting my hand which set me off and I just started crying... went home and vented to my mum and cried some more.. I don't know what got into me but I felt really disappointed and stressed and really embarrassed. It feels like everything I do in VCD is wrong– my drawings, my annotations, my analysis... I feel like I just don't know what I'm doing and it doesn't make sense until I mess up and then I realise it was wrong and it's too late to correct my mistakes. I am honestly having thoughts of dropping the subject and continuing the year doing four subjects– but then everything I've done this year, all the hours I put into my VCD work will go to waste and count for nothing, and I think if I drop it I'll regret not seeing it out until the end of the year. I also feel embarrassed since I kept talking about VCD and here I am practically announcing I'm not liking it anymore.

I'm honestly having a hard time lately with the pressure of school... year 12 stress + pushing myself too hard + life in general = a very not happy blueycan. Everyone keeps telling me I'm too hard on myself, that it's okay to not be able to do something, and that there are so many pathways in this world and that school is not worth the deterioration of my health– which I believe, and I really try to stop being so hard on myself but honestly don't know how to. I am actively taking steps to seek some professional advice. I just feel like I've put myself in a tough predicament that I can't get myself out of and of course I can't go back in time and change my mind, but I also don't know if it's worth basically throwing away half the year.

I'm really really looking forward to next week because it means no more midyears, no more sacs, just a couple days left of school. Our whole cohort has an event on Thursday which I'm very excited for, and Friday is the day of our oral presentations, meaning no school. The term 2 holidays will hopefully be a chance to slow down and chill out for a bit. 147 days until I will have zero education related commitments and I will be able to be a bum for a couple months...

This update was a bit bleh but I wanted to get my thoughts off my chest while it was fresh. I'll try to make the next one a bit better 🤓
Thanks for reading <3
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Post by: wingdings2791 on June 19, 2021, 12:48:20 pm
Hi blueycan! Glad to see you updating : )

Your set-up sounds so cute! Please lend me that book stand as my neck is starting to make creaky hinge sounds xd. It's great that you're giving your study environment a little glow-up :D I also watched the first two seasons of Gossip Girl last year in lockdown (perhaps partly to live the Upper East lifestyle vicariously T^T) and it might sound stupid but I stopped because there was... too much drama? HAHA I was literally exhausted just trying to keep track of who said and did what xd

Congrats on going so well on your midyears so far! It must be a relief finally wrapping up school stuff, at least for a little while before next term. Although I don't even do Mainstream, I'm still a little jealous of your English performance. Time is such a valuable commodity in any exam and the fact that you finished early with high quality shows that you're really strong in writing. Same with Further and Legal: so good, especially when it sounds like your school's papers are on the difficult side. I already know you scored super well : )

I know it's probably going to be very helpful telling you not to worry about VCD- but seriously, there's nothing shameful about sometimes having a hard time during assessments. Stress gets to even some of the most capable, intelligent students (eg. some Spesh students leaving entire pages of the Methods SAC blank at my school), it's only human. Please don't feel humiliated: it's a much more common experience than it seems. I'm very sure you have the skills and smarts to excel by the end of the year, as you've clearly put in the effort so far. I know how trying to keep up with folio deadlines can be really overwhelming; when I did piano exams, it was pretty gruelling to keep up with that 40 minute program constantly. Just the sheer amount of time it took out of my schedule was already challenge enough at some points. Not to mention the added pressure from being in an artistic field; I always really admired artists and designers because of how hard and scary it is to produce original material, whereas performing music is mostly about study and interpretation. Stay strong blueycan: always remember that you'll come out of VCD with a sharper eye, a better hand, and an experience that you will value.

Jeyda, take it easy. Term 2 hasn't exactly been kind to the best of us, so make sure to slow down and take care of yourself in the term break.
Now go watch some more GG and K-drama :)
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Post by: blueycan on September 04, 2021, 11:34:22 pm
@wingdings
Thank you for such a kind reply. This definitely gave me some comfort, and I apologise for not replying soon enough! I hope these past two months have been kind to you (:

🎧

Hey guys! Thought I'd come on here to share some thoughts (:
So I just wanna preface by thanking you guys for messaging me with such kind words 🥺 After the whole exam ordeal (+ getting sick from stress which is a whole other story) I spoke with some people in my supportive circle and have made a lot of improvement in working towards a healthier mindset. While going in and out of lockdowns has not been easy, realising that time will move forward and the struggles we face today will pass has given me a lot of reassurance. Just as all the struggles from earlier in the year have passed, this current stagnation and as well as the worries leading up to exams will pass as well. 

Since I last updated I did in fact survive the outcome of my VCD score and have continue the subject, it feels a little funny and embarrassing to talk about now lol. I also turned 18!!! 🎉 in August and celebrated at home with my family with a beautiful lunch, my friends were also so kind to send me a gift and this year's birthday, while having to cancel plans, was really good.

Believe it or not, I have not completed a SAC this entire online period, which is a little bit worrying since everything is pushed into the last week/first week of term. That being said, exams are pretty soon! I actually considered starting off my posts with an exam countdown but I feel like we don't really need that extra anxiety right now 😭 I wouldn't say that I am looking forward to the studying part, but I am looking forward to having the school year come to a close! It really does suck that there will be limited time (if any) to end the school year on campus. It saddens me thinking that we'll probably not be able to muck around at school like we used to with the limited time we'll have in classes, but on the bright side, hopefully we'll have a lot of time during the summer break to catch up with our friends and socialise with less of a COVID risk! If all goes to plan, I will be fully vaccinated before my first exam, which is reassuring 👍

Since this post will be quite long I've placed different updates spoilers so.. read it if you want to, if you don't that's also cool 👀

UNI TALK
Here are my preferences thus far (which will probably change 100 times from now)

1. Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Arts (Monash University, Clayton)
2. Bachelor of Arts (University of Melbourne, Parkville)
3. Bachelor of Arts – Law Pathway (Monash University, Clayton)
4. Bachelor of Public Health (Monash University, Caulfield)
5. Bachelor of Arts (Monash University, Caulfield)
6. Bachelor of Arts (Australian Catholic University, Melbourne)
7. Bachelor of Criminology and Psychology (RMIT, City)
8. Bachelor of Psychology (Applied Science) (RMIT, City)

I am really indecisive between the first few options, so this list is definitely not the be-all end-all. I want to record my current rational for my choice options, so what better place than here? Here's what I'm thinking.
My priorities in University look something like this:

First, what I'll actually be studying. I know I want to study law, and I don't know if I can realistically wait 3-4 years to study it. Monash also has the double degree option as opposed to Melbourne, which means I can still study Arts as well as study Law simultaneously. Arts at Monash has majors/minors in Human geography & Bioethics which is the most relevant to my desired area of study. I'm also not 100% sure about this but I think Monash Arts has a bigger Korean Studies faculty/more experience than Melbourne and that's definitely an area of study I think I would pursue in uni as an elective.
Second is the social environment– I don't want to make assumptions about both schools since I don't really know much, but they both seem pretty similar in terms of clubs and stuff. I did hear that Monash's Clayton campus has more people on campus a lot since it is kind of in the middle of the suburbs so there could be more opportunity to make uni friends? Not sure. Would seriously appreciate insight on this.
Third is entry. While Law at Monash is kind of a reach for me right now, I do think I can scrape by with a tonne of hard work + SEAS in order to get in by ATAR. Also, guaranteed CSP. With entry at Melbourne I'm more focused on the JD, where it isn't guaranteed you'll get in because of the LSAT and perhaps not receiving a CSP. With undergraduate I think I would be able to get into Arts, with the ATAR being around 85. Comparing Law/Arts @ Monash and Arts @ Unimelb, Unimelb is definitely easier to get into for me.
Although it is important, last place is location. The University of Melbourne would be really easy for me to access, 1 hour on public transport. Monash would be about 1 hour and 45 minutes. I've asked about the commute previously on the forums and the general answer was that it's doable, but draining. I think that an extra half-hour on the train would be worth it if the course is worth it, right? I'd also be able to drive to school in the future, and that would take under an hour.

I'm thinking I should just put Monash 1st and see where it goes, because right now it is the one I want the most, and if I don't get an offer for that then maybe I'll get an offer for Arts @ Unimelb? This situation is just blergh and totally not relevant right now in the midst of my assessments but I know if I put it off it'll become a bigger pain in the ass.

SUBJECT UPDATES
English
I have about a week and a half until my comparative SAC on The Dressmaker and The Crucible and I am not feeling too confident for it but I feel like this next week or so will be really helpful in consolidating all of my text knowledge and writing techniques. I can remember basic structure from text response and argument analysis so I don't feel like that's the problem– I think where I need to focus my energy on is memorising quotes to match the floating key moments I have in my brain and really securing how to layout the expanding sentences, both to explain my topic sentences and to explain moments or context.
I'm really proud of myself for achieving an A+ on my oral presentation, especially since I find it difficult to present with social anxiety but it went surprisingly well and some of the feedback I received was really unexpected. I'm not sure if this is anything new but when I have to prepare a presentation I tend to go rogue and write the whole thing as if it was spoken word rather than structuring it as an essay, which really helped me in organising my thoughts and ensuring I wasn't stumbling and badly improvising during the actual presentation. Another tip that really helped me was to view the SAC as a performance, and that the teachers are not criticising you but rather your persona– this helped me slip into a different voice and overcome a lot of the stress I had. Since I received such valuable feedback I'm considering writing an 'anxious person's guide to oral presentations' but maybe after exams 🥴
I also want to mention that I received a 73% on my mid-year exam which I am actually pretty happy with! I was in the 7 range for all my essays, and seeing the assessor feedback has inspired me to keep working on English exams– it turns out that the exam isn't as scary as I thought.

Further Maths
Further has been rather uneventful. I'm nearing the end of the Networks module at the moment (which I am about 3 subchapters behind in lol) and haven't found it too bad apart from some sections like Dijkstra's algorithm which I need to brush up on... I also have not had a chance to complete the matrices SAC and I'm not happy about having to revise all of it over again when I do the SAC next term 😭 Also I'm really not sure what approach to take for my summary book. I've start to type up my notes so I can create a printed bound reference for exams but I also have my exercise book for SACs. The only reason why I don't want to use my exercise book after these last two SACs is that I really underestimated the amount of pages I'd need for content + practice assessments. I think that creating a neatly printed bound reference will also allow me to incorporate practice SACs and exams without it looking really grubby and difficult to read. While I respect the ability to have a 4 page summary book (looking at you all you smart maths brains) I think I need examples and detail in order to remember everything 😰 I just don't want it to be super long and convoluted to the point where there is a lot of unnecessary information.

Psychology
WE FINISHED ALL THE CONTENT!!!! It feels absolutely surreal. But now I do have the mental health SAC to study for 😅 I need to catch up with Edrolo and my Tutesmart lectures ASAP so I can pack in all the content before our SAC (which WILL be online) and then just do some practice questions which I can hopefully get marked. I have fallen off a little bit with keeping up to date for notes, not just for psych but for all of my subjects, so hopefully I can use all the extra class time to revise and take notes simultaneously. My psychology teacher has been super kind and understanding this entire year and I'm really grateful to her for taking care of us (and reading my rant emails 😭

Legal Studies
Another subject where we had to skip Unit 4 Outcome 1 and come back to it later 😩 But other than that I think Legal is going well. Working on my legal coursework has been pretty time-consuming these days and I also need to get on top of my notes!!! I'm really happy with the response I got with my Unit 3 notes and I will be posting my Unit 4 notes but I've just been so behind that it's gonna be really delayed, apologies 😭 The content right now in legal, while not bad in the slightest, has been a little bit underwhelming. I miss our civil law unit a lot right now lol.

VCD
I didn't drop VCD, even though I kinda really wanted to. I thought that any score is better than no score, and at least I'll come out of VCD knowing some cool design information and knowing that I stuck with it even though sometimes it drags me 😂. Right now I'm working on the refinement process of my folio and will be doing my pitch on Tuesday (another oral presentation 😳) and my folio is officially due on the 16th– meaning I need to GET MY ASS INTO GEAR and finish the folio with a bang. Wish me a LOT of luck because I'm gonna need it. Also– need to get started on exam revision ASAP, we cannot afford a replay of mid-year exam 💪


If any uni students are reading, if you'd like, I'd appreciate some advice on my uni-related stuff so I can get an idea of what to do 😅
Thanks for reading this update too and have a great end to the week!

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Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: ashmi on September 05, 2021, 02:45:23 pm
Hey Jeyda!!  ;D

I'm so happy to see another update from you and it sounds like things are going alright. Keep up the great work, you got this!

If any uni students are reading, if you'd like, I'd appreciate some advice on my uni-related stuff so I can get an idea of what to do 😅

👀👀👀 (I think I might be able to help in this area!)

First of all, I know a few people that were doing Arts at Unimelb and decided to transfer mid-year to Monash, so if you don't get the exact ATAR you need the first time around don't worry! There is always an opportunity to transfer to Monash so I wouldn't stress too much. If you are 100% sure you want to do Law, I personally would suggest going to Monash just because you practically 'jump straight into it' whereas UniMelb Arts is more of a 'common first year'. In addition, I think Unimelb doesn't have a big Korean studies faculty in comparison to the other Asian studies offered (Like really small). Also, let me just say that there is PLENTY of opportunities to make friends on the Unimelb campus. (Especially Parkville campus). There is always some sort of event going on and I have personally found people to be quite approachable, so making friends should be no problem. Just make sure you join clubs and participate in the events they hold (e.g. trivia nights, meetups etc). I think the easiest way for me to describe this is that you get what you put into uni (and the first few weeks of the start of semester 1 first year is the most crucial as this is when many events are held).

Thirdly, the ATAR bit. If you qualify for the Monash guarantee, you will definitely be eligible for the lower ATAR requirement (I think it was 94?). Also, if you do qualify for the Monash guarantee, there is a VERY high chance you may be able to receive an access scholarship (Just to keep in mind). Once again, I wouldn't stress too much and instead just focus on doing your very best; just whatever you do, do not give up. The only problem I see with JD at Unimelb is that if you don't get the graduate degree package, just as you highlighted, you may not be able to get a CSP spot if your grades are not competitive enough.  It is sort of risky (based on the Reddit/UMLL posts I see) and to be honest, going to Monash where you are already in and can just complete your degree just looks much more appealing.

The real problem that I see right now is the travel time to Monash, and just like others have said it is draining, very draining. Do take into consideration that it will be a long travel time and you may be so exhausted that you struggle to study. In this case, I probably would suggest cramming your classes a little so that you don't have to come to uni every day and you do get some days where you can just stay at home? (You may get tired on the days you have many classes crammed together so keep that in mind). Might be better if you can drive there because it is a long ride.

Ok that was super long, but hopefully something helped in there.
Thanks for the update Jeyda and remember, you can do it! ;D
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: ThunderDragon on September 05, 2021, 03:27:44 pm
Hey Jeyda

I agree with everything Ashmi said above. I noticed that you said that you wanted to major/minor in Human Geography and Bioethics. While I haven't done any Bioethics units, I will say I've heard it's pretty good here at Monash. I have done a Human Geography unit and found it to be really well run. I've actually written a unit review about this Human Geography unit ATS1310  which I've attached below.

https://atarnotes.com/forum/index.php?topic=43048.msg1193475#msg1193475
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: tiredandstressed on September 12, 2021, 11:19:06 pm

If any uni students are reading, if you'd like, I'd appreciate some advice on my uni-related stuff so I can get an idea of what to do 😅
Thanks for reading this update too and have a great end to the week!


Hi Jeyda :D
Really glad to see an update!
Looking after your mental health is so important so I am pleased to hear that you were able to find a supportive network of friends to help you through a rough patch, you're almost there keep it up!
As for your uni concerns, ashmi has provided some great advice, but I thought I'd add some of my thoughts since I am bit older (but not that old XD) just to help you out.
Fun fact: I was gonna do biomed + law
I didn't take legal but thought law would be fun to study, esp when I got my ATAR and it was high enough I really did consider it but in the end I knew I wanted to go the science the route and studying five years did not seem fun so I decided to just do biomed (although maybe taking law might have helped who knows)
As for your concerns, I think keeping Monash Arts/Law as your top preference is a good idea since it looks like that what you want!
Just wanted to know you didn't include Monash Law (honours)
Spoiler
VTAC code: 2800328381
was this because you really want to have the arts component to study your other interests (e.g. korean & human geo) which if so that's fine but just wanted to let you know law on its own is a possibility for you as well (although it has the same monash guarantee atar so kinda redundant)
From what I know I agree with Ashimi I know some people who went from Melb Arts to Monash Law and ofc you could also transfer from Monash Arts as well as for Melb Arts vs Monash Arts both are great!
I will say making friends at Melb is very possible, it is a friendly environment with genuine and compassionate individuals and clubs are a great way to make friends, but you don't need to join a club to make friends, but it does help.
There are a few oddballs and toxic ppl
Spoiler
(yes there are some gen-z conservatives out there which aint cute)
but they represent the minority of the uni culture.
Personally, I chose Melb over Monash due to the distance which is ironic since I spent two years doing my degree online, but I was in a similar predicament but Monash is two years away for me.
And I will say the train ride does hit ya, my brother studies psych @ Monash and when he had in-person classes he found the travel draining and often would crash to bed as soon as he got home.
But you also need to think about your opportunities, do your research but from what I know a Monash Arts applicant vs Melb Arts shouldn't have an advantage when it comes to law transfer (this might be something you might want to investigate), but also if you do go to Monash and then you get to transfer you may be more socially adapted since you would already have Monash friends whereas if you transfer from Melb you would have to repeat that process. Now this is not a bad thing, and it's just a minor thing to consider ofc you can just make friends but Ik for some introverted ppl it might be hard especially in sem 2 when ppl already have their 'cliques' (which btw you will find is not often the case, in uni, I didn't really have a group but just had close individual friends, I think it just makes sure your friendships more meaningful that way.
In summary, keep monash law even if you think you won't get in there may be a chance! Did you get a chance to visit any open days (virtually) that might've helped you?
But I think spend some time reading the coursebook for Monash and Melb Art and see which program you think is better suited for you, you can probably see what subjects you can take so research that (if you don't know how to find this pm me I can help you)
Otherwise, I wish you all the best with your upcoming SACs try not to stress too much as this will affect your performance, you are more than competent to do very well!
I hope you do well in all your subjects, and don't let VCD take you down remember you already have a 40 in your belt (GO YOU- YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF THAT bcoz i am!) so if VCD is in your bottom two a reminder the difference between a 20, 30 and 40 is only 1 aggregate point (very marginal)
Hope you smash it! I look forward to your future update (feel free to pm me for psych advice as well)
Wishing you all the best,
T&S
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on September 16, 2021, 05:34:01 pm
Just finished my last ever English SAC! Fitting since there is now 40 days until the English exam... That comparative honestly left me breathless but I can't relax just yet. I have Legal and Further tomorrow as well as the submission of my VCD folio. I will be back after those to do a proper update + reply to everyone (thank you<3) but just wanted to come celebrate English quickly!!
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: lm21074 on September 16, 2021, 06:14:03 pm
Congrats Jeyda! Hope legal, VCD and further go well and that a weight is lifted off your shoulders tomorrow :)
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: wingdings2791 on September 16, 2021, 10:38:08 pm
Echoing lm21074, a massive congrats with English! It must feel truly superb with only the exam left to go now :) Good luck for your remaining SACs, I know that folio has gotta be gold standard ~
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Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on September 20, 2021, 10:57:20 pm
@windings, lm
Thanks guys!!! Hugeee weight is lifted now  ;D

🎧🧿
36 days until the English exam. I know I said I didn't want to cause us extra anxiety.... but I couldn't resist.

We made it to the end of term three, everybody! Two subjects down, and three to go– I haven't finished all the SACs for my classes yet (sadly) so while this holiday was originally intended to be exam revision, I also have to study for three SACs in the first week back. Which is fine. Just fine.

Since I last updated, I officially finished every single English SAC for the year, handed in my VCD folio, and sat a SAC for both Legal and Further. Last week was quite a shitshow– I was waking up at 6-7 every morning and revising until nighttime (for the first time in my life) to get all my coursework done + revise for my big SACs at the end of the week. It was actually nice to be up that early in the morning– I always take too much time in the mornings before school and having an extra hour or so to myself felt really beneficial to the rest of my day. It also meant I was able to sleep earlier at night which... shocker... wasn't that bad. I gotta give it to the Year 12s posting their daily routines on tiktok though, they gave me the initial motivation to start getting my shit together. It's easy to fall in the mindset of having pressure placed upon yourself that you tend to single yourself out in your mind, and seeing other year 12s studying and getting through their days studying online put the whole thing into perspective (and also gave me a lil kick up the ass to get working).

The English SAC, despite my crisis, went pretty well! I found that I had a lot of ideas for the prompt I chose and I was able to get through the whole thing without too much of a block (except when I had to stand in the corner for a minute to get the creative juices flowing). I'm just happy to get all my SACs out of the way and start exam revision. I'm planning to rewatch Rear Window and go over my booklets for each topic to start revising previous topics, I am a little worried about squeezing my writing process down to less than an hour though. With our 3 hour mid-years, I managed to get around 7's for each essay (with only 2 and a half days study) so I'm confident that I have a good base to work off of.

I'm sure those reading who've done a folio subject can relate, but handing in my portfolio Friday morning after working on it religiously for about 13 weeks felt really weird. It is definitely NOT gold standard @wingdings  ;) more like rusty copper, but I'm pretty proud of how everything turned out, and I've been assured that I'll pass, which is really all that matters. To think I was going to drop the subject in Unit 4 seems really embarrassing now that it's all over– all that is left is the exam and I am not feeling as horrible as I did about it than the mid years. Perhaps because I have some perspective on how the exam will actually proceed and will have adequate time to study (wow really no way bro)

Legal went pretty good, despite that I barely gave myself time to complete the (weirdly complicated) practice sac (shoutout to Megan @tutesmart for helping me Thursday night). It was split into three parts and we had certain time blocks to complete each section– I managed to fully answer every question except the last question of section 2 where I had to DOT POINT 😭 DOT POINT, PEOPLE 😭 I was so desperate to get my words in before the time ran out– need to work on time management for exams definitely... I think I'll range about 80s. My teachers are really critical in their marking + I would say exams are easy compared to our sacs and I've never scraped a 90 so lets see if I can break a record with this one 😛

The networks SAC for Further was.... another story. But not bad! It was actually a pretty good SAC. This SAC had a similar set up to the other SACs I sat in school where it was split into three parts, each part being a different concept or question. It isn't the worst subject when you understand what you're doing but unfortunately for me, I didn't understand about half of the first section which was about critical planning / crashing– I definitely need to revise more for networks, booking a tutoring session as soon as I type this out 🙃 I'm so envious of those whose brains are just mathematically and scientifically blessed– and I'm afraid I've let you guys down with my monkey brain understanding... dramatics aside, the rest of the SAC went smoothly, and I think I should range about 70-80 with this one.

I took this past weekend off to rest and indulge in all the media I avoided last week and I really struggled to find things to do when I was meant to be resting. I've been so used to getting up and at it every day now so having some time off felt scandalous... needless to say I slept in until noon, watched tiktoks and binge-read Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler (really good book). I feel like after exams I'll also have a similar experience where I just forget how to function and become a sloth– hopefully that won't be the case 😅
I also got vaccinated yesterday which was *super* fun– I'm not scared of needles but for some reason I became pretty nervous when giving my details and I momentarily forgot my phone number (????) and was just stuttering half the time but it's okay. We survived. Didn't have any side effects apart from being tired, which could just be me– but my arm doesn't hurt?? (don't wanna push my luck there). I also managed to book my second dose for a week before exams (!!!!) and that means I'll be fully vaccinated by then which is a huuuge relief.

@ashmi, ThunderDragon, t&s // Some more uni talk
Thanks so much for your advice guys, I really appreciate it!
In regards to the social scene surrounding each school, it isn't something I am freaked out over, as I know that it shouldn't be too difficult to meet people, but knowing both unis have a pretty good environment is assuring. I have gone to the 2019 open day for unimelb and have participated in both schools' online open days this year and last, so I think I have a pretty good understanding of what I'd do at each school, the thing that drew me more to Monash was the fact that I could study subjects that pertained to more human health/geo in their arts degree than what I've seen in the Melbourne Arts program. That isn't the end of the world for me though, as I am keen on studying some form of international relations or politics as well. Also, with arts at Melbourne, the diploma of languages (although not offered in Korean, which is fine, because I'd love to study the other languages available too) is appealing.
When I was writing that last post, I think I was a bit hesitant to study Arts straight up in case I felt like I was wasting my time when I could instead be studying law simultaneously– but giving it some second thought, and due to new developments, it does seem like something I would really enjoy. I don't favour either school and I think either program would be really fulfilling, it's just that realistically, as you guys said, the whole transport issue (and the ATAR tbh) could potentially cause stress in the future.
While studying law would be really awesome, considering that I'd be effectively starting in ~6 months and (might) be thrown into a 3 hour commute back and forth when the furthest I've gone on PT is Lygon St is a bit intimidating. Considering what @T&S shared about his brother, the ride could take a toll on me (not to get TMI but i'm prone to fatigue bc of anaemia caused by thalassemia) and I'm not sure if I'd be able to get the most out of my experience if I'm tired all of the time. Also, I think I'd have a lot less stress/pressure with the ATAR goal of Melbourne (~85 + SEAS) over Monash, which is 93+ for an estimated selection rank into 97, or 94 for Monash Guarantee. Melb have also introduced study score considerations and I'm eligible for English and Psych considerations if I get over 35 which ... considering how I'm going ... I should get over 35? Which is exciting to think abt
 + topic of transferring, this does give me relief in that I have the opportunity to change my mind even if I commit to a school and don't particularly enjoy it.

I also just learnt I've been nominated for the Melbourne Principals' Scholarship... which is insane and I'm so grateful to be chosen... but basically means a guaranteed scholarship if I get into Melbourne + not guaranteed scholarship for Monash (although could be likely as pointed out by Ashmi). I am kind of leaning heavily to Melbourne now because of this– also, I have had the opportunity to speak to a Melb Law student about uni and while not guaranteed, the Arts + JD combo does seem really cool and I do have a rough idea of what I'd study based on reading up on the degrees for the past, like, 3 years 😂

I still am in a bit of a pickle but I am leaning towards Melbourne – kind of always have been, but Monash has stuck out a lot and seemed really cool. Blergh I dont know. I think sleeping on it a bit more should help.

I'll stop here for this update– I might try and update earlier in the week to record my exam revision ~experience~ but I'm not making promises because that didn't turn out well last time  :P
<3
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: ashmi on September 21, 2021, 08:33:11 pm
Hey hey Jeyda!!

First of all, congrats for finishing your last English SAC!! That is absolutely amazing to hear and I am so happy to hear that you are happy with your work. (This would be a perfect time to listen to the Rear Window soundtrack on Spotify if you need some inspiration haha).

Oh yes, the big 'handing in your folio' bit is one of the weirdest feelings in the world (Sometimes, it is like a part of your soul is attached to 100 pieces of A3 paper). It's something you worked on for a long period of time and now you have a huge weight off your shoulders. You have done your very best Jeyda and don't worry, I'm sure everything will turn out fine. Focus on the exam and give it your all because that will moderate your folio the most!

The Uni Stuff👀
Congrats for being nominated for the Melbourne Principals' Scholarship WOOOHOOO! What a bonus to have if you decide to study at Unimelb ;D.
For your situation, it might be best to sleep on it for a bit and just put in a preference that your heart says. (I know cliche sorry). There is a window after your ATAR comes out where you can change your preferences, so if you decide really late down the track you want to change you can do that.

Keep your head high and whatever you do, just keep going till you get to the end. I believe in you and I'm sure many of us on AN are here to support you every step of the way. I hope you are proud of yourself for what you have accomplished and please don't underestimate yourself. You are capable to achieve the scores you need to get you where you need to go and no matter what happens, we are always here to help you whenever you get stuck. Don't think about the negatives; just take the feedback and keep moving forward one step at a time. You have come so far in your journey and you are nearly there. I know deep down that you have what it takes and this is your chance to give it all you have!

Go rewatch Rear Window, charge that CAS calculator up, sharpen your pencils for a mad rush of drawing and most importantly, get those pens out for writing!!!

Good luck with what's ahead and looking forward to another update  ;D
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on October 04, 2021, 05:10:54 pm
Last first day of term– what a beautiful day I spent making memories with no one as I was working from my bed.
Time is ticking a little faster than I wish it would right now. There are merely three weeks left until the VCE English exam.
I feel like in the whole scope of my schooling experience, year 12 exam season has been the very last checkpoint– the glimmering goal at the end of the tunnel, but I have to keep reminding myself that it isn't some figure in the distance anymore. It's literally right now. I still can't even register that I am in year 12 and I'm meant to be studying for my exams.
I'll admit that I spent my two weeks of holidays very lavishly. I woke up every day with the intention to do something... do anything... but I did what you're not supposed to do in the last term break of year 12, which is to relax.

Here's (almost) everything I've done these holidays!
– attended AN lectures
– studied for psychology, legal and math sacs
– re-studied Extinction
– leftover coursework (not *entirely* finished yet but ykw I deserve to put this here)
– finished season 2 of Haikyuu
– started New Girl
– started Squid Game (only three eps in.... no spoilers pLS)
– started and now am up to date with Hometown Cha Cha Cha
– watched Seventeen In the Soop
– starting riding my bike again (I can't believe I'm actually somewhat good at it)
– read ~2 fiction books and am starting a third
– organised all of my work and practice exams
– organised my skincare
– made focaccia bread
– made American-style fried chicken sandwiches

I did revise to an extent but I didn't do any practice exams or essays or anything. Seeing other people work themselves to the core during the holidays, while motivating at first, has kind of been nudging the the anxiety dial ever so slightly? My bad habit of comparing myself to others has gotten better this year, but I can't help but wish I had been doing more this past month or so.
I'm telling myself that I'm purposefully taking things easy to save myself from burning out (again), but I don't know if that is just an excuse to validate my doubts that I'm not doing enough. While I did mentally struggle last year, this year has just been so much worse. I've made efforts to keep following a relatively healthy schedule, keep active, talk to people, study as best as I can in the way that suits me, limit my time on social media, yada yada– but, whether pandemic-related or not, I am just not in the mindset to be grinding and hustling to an inch of my life for exams. When I speak to other people about how I'm feeling I notice that the words coming out of my mouth (or the words I'm typing out on my keyboard, lets be real here) seem fake to me, I say I'm doing alright, but to my standards, I'm not... I don't know if this makes sense. I'm studying, I'm resting, I'm doing everything I should be– isn't this a good thing? Am I failing at being a good high-achieving year 12 student just because I'm not working super duper hard right now? Is there any benefit in working myself bone-dry at a time where I feel most vulnerable to anxiety and stress? I'd honestly rather work to my ability and receive the marks that come of it than strive for the highest possible outcome and get smacked whatever health complications are to come with that. I do have a 43 in HHD already, and I've been averaging A's for most of my subjects so far. Even if I don't knock everyone out of the park with my exam results, I'm in a good place right now with my marks. I'm confident that I can gain entry into a course that I want. And I don't need to effectively break myself down to be at the top of the top. (consider these more as manifestation affirmations than statements at this point)

As I reflect back on my time in year 12 thus far, being a perfectionist about everything didn't have many benefits. I find myself so scared of failing at something that I will spend hours upon hours avoiding it. Hours on the ATAR calculator, looking through questions, looking at courses, looking at my VTAC account, organising my materials, ordering new stationery, cleaning out my desktop files, cleaning my actual desk... all these tasks I mistook for productivity were actually procrastination all along. Once I get stuck into this cycle of putting everything off and then stress-studying and beating myself up for not starting sooner, it tends to eat me alive.
So, I'm trying to take it easy. I wanted to type this out as a little reminder to myself if I ever feel like I'm slipping back into panic-mode. I guess we'll both see where this leads?

I haven't started practice exams yet but I think I will try to squeeze at least some questions in before my trial exams next week. I also want to get some practice drawings in for VCD and finish off my legal studies coursework before my SAC.
The GAT is tomorrow, which should be fun– last year I actually really enjoyed reading the poems and seeing the artworks (especially that fisherman one– am I weird?) but the only thing I'm worried about is the COVID risk, as I live in a hotspot suburb ):
Also have to fulfil my captain duties and FINALLY organise the 2021 yearbook and maybe some other things that I don't want to reveal in case my friends are reading  :P So hopefully it will be a good end to the year.

Instead of writing this entry in my journal at the end of the year, I wanted to vocalise these thoughts heading into SWOTVAC, to share where I am at and ensuring that I'm being transparent to myself. And this sounds cheesy so feel free to close your eyes right about now but if you're a high-school student and you're stressed about Year 12, if I could give you any advice it would be to just take things as they come to you. I had such an intricate plan set out for me, but everything that could go to shit, went to shit, and I needed to fully adjust my whole perspective on my studies. I don't want to scare anyone (lol) but you just really can't expect what will happen during the year, and this goes for any situation, not just COVID. Don't feel like change, or unexpected predicaments, or even a fail will impact you so immensely you'll never be able to recover. And for those people who feel like they will never climb out of the hole they've fallen into– while our situations aren't the same, and I don't know who's reading this so even if I never know you or meet you, I already know that you got this.

This was a weirdly spontaneous post and I'm not quite sure where all these thoughts came from but I'm gonna post this anyway because... why not. Good luck for the GAT to whoever is taking it tomorrow! I will now proceed to eating my dinner and watching ep 12 of Hometown ChaChaCha, and I wish you a beautiful evening from windy/sunny/rainy/meh?? Melbourne.
<3
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on October 07, 2021, 01:51:18 pm
Good news and bad news.

Good news first! I would say the GAT went pretty well. For the first essay, I wrote from the perspective of an alien learning about Earth's time systems and how humans view time as emotionally significant to them– tried to get creative and found that it was easier to write that way rather than regurgitating the information. Second essay basically turned into word vomit, but I ended up using all of the prompts in some way. I tried to incorporate some real-world references into there to strengthen my arguments (arguments were basically a repeat of the same thing– we need to stay true to our choices because that makes us happy and that is more important than the judgement we face for that). Lost all synonyms in my brain for choice in that 30 minutes.
Multiple choice questions had me opening the dictionary about 100 times. Hello, ostentation. I also thought (some) of the maths related questions were easier than last year's GAT– the bin day one was my favourite. The weight one can go into the trash, though.
Finished with about 25 minutes to go and had a bit of a nap, but being in the centre of the gym, I was a bit conscious of people walking past me every now and then  :o

Bad news! COVID exposure at my school. Still waiting for test results. Everyone has to isolate for 14 days. Only get two days back at school to see everyone and say my goodbyes. I'm not really feeling too hot at the moment. Lacking motivation to work or study. Been sleeping in until 20 minutes before class, rest of the day mostly on social media or doing lacklustre work. I'm seeing people at other schools doing all this cool stuff and I'm just grieving the loss of the last weeks of my high school experience. I hope I can kind of snap out of it soon. I have a psychology SAC after school today, and I don't know how it's gonna go. Further SAC tomorrow and I already know I'm gonna do shit. 20 days until English exam and I do not feel ready whatsoever. I really need to bounce back into my normal routine but I don't know to overcome this slump. I don't know how I did it for HHD last year– she seems like a different person.

++ If any AN friends in Year 12 want to be study buddies, or something like that, let me know !
Didn't want to start a pity party– just wanted to record this for future me to laugh about. Hope everyone's well.

Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: Commercekid2050 on October 07, 2021, 06:26:21 pm
Hi,

I can understand it would be horrible to be back in lockdown.

Hope your psychology sac went well. And best of luck for your further sac, I also have my further sacp tomorrow. 
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on October 26, 2021, 12:58:25 am
36 HOURS UNTIL THE ENGLISH EXAM
Just a VERY quick update before I go to sleep so I can have something in here before my exams. After my last post, I managed to get out my funk, and have been pretty consistent with study these past ~12 days or so. English has been priority, along with Further, and then Psych– don't even get me started on Legal and VCD, because I haven't properly started  :D
I have papers and calendars and sticky notes on the wall in front of me, my ambience jazz + study with me video playing on split screen, and my hundreds of Officeworks dollars not so neatly organised under and around my desk.
The day after tomorrow kind of officially marks the beginning of the end– a bittersweet feeling, especially with the nature of how this year turned out. But, nevertheless, we must focus on the present moment!
I would say I'm slowly but surely feeling prepared. One more day of revision and I think I'll be somewhat good to go. My main goal was to not walk out of the examination room wishing I had done more, but I think that's an unrealistic expectation for anyone  :P I really hope the prompts for Extinction and The Crucible/Dressmaker and the media text bless me on Wednesday– I hope my efforts will be able to be shown off!!
I probably won't update my journal, until after my exams finish, which is the 10th of November. (maybe, who knows) But until then, I'll be cheering everyone on!
Good luck for exams, Class of 2021!
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: ArtyDreams on October 26, 2021, 09:02:38 am
All the best for exams blueycan! Hope they all go well, and a big congratulations for getting through the year! You should be very proud of yourself xx
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on November 21, 2021, 01:37:00 pm
year 12 ☑️

I'm finally done! As soon as 4:15 hit last Wednesday afternoon, and the invigilator took away my Legal Studies exam, my VCE experience was officially over. The exams I spent so much of my adolescence stressing over and preparing for, were over, and with that, came the end of my secondary schooling.
I think I had started this journal the afternoon after my Year 10 mid year English exam... it feels like Year 10 was 15 years ago, and that the first few posts of this journal should be archived as relics– little 15 year old me didn't know what was going to hit her in the next few months.

I still cannot believe that 2021 has come to a close– it hit me in the middle of Myer looking at the Christmas decorations that the year is so close to ending. While it would be just like any other Christmas break, this year, the red and gold lights are a scary reminder that I won't be going back to the comfort of my high school in late January, and that I have to grow up and go be a big girl now. It's definitely confronting to think that even without a proper goodbye, I have to leave and start my own journey, not surrounded by the people I grew up with in what will seem like a whole different world.
I think it hits me the most when I rediscover memories from the past few years – photos of us sitting on the wooden benches on the basketball courts, seeing my old Aloe Vera moisturiser at the Body Shop which I begged for in year 9, finding my old Biology notes, hearing songs we used to play at school events... it's weird to think that new it's all memories.

As much as I'd like to stay positive about my VCE experience, the past two years have been very rough. Even though life went on, and I was fortunate enough to not be too affected by COVID personally, I was mentally and emotionally so exhausted that it was really hard to find motivation. It sucked knowing that I had wasted time waiting for VCE so much that I didn't stay in the present, and then when 2020 hit, everything went to shambles and we weren't able to do the things that we hoped to do. Same with 2021– I had times where I was so tired that I would sit in the living room and cry to my Mum for hours about how hard it was, times where stress made me physically ill (thanks Hans Selye), times where I thought all my efforts were going to waste. And then as soon as I had thought that maybe things were looking brighter, we were back into the rhythm of locking down and opening up, and the days kept flying, and the school year was coming to close without a proper send-off. It's tempting to keep dwelling on the negative aspects of the past few years– we have been through a lot of bullshit. However, I believe it's important to look back and appreciate all the good moments we did have growing through secondary school. I was fortunate enough to have people that cared about me and that recognised my efforts, I was able to laugh and play around with my friends, and I was fortunate enough to be healthy throughout the bulk of the pandemic.

It's actually funny to look back and see that nothing has gone the way I wanted it to. From lockdowns, to subject changes, to changing what I wanted to do post Year 12, I think that these past two years have really been a big time of transformation. I think one major change that I've had to undergo this year was that I needed to break away from the constant desire to gain the approval and validation of others, and find that self-affirming validation for myself. Another is that I needed to keep a realistic mindset surrounding my goals for this year. I had to put my mental and physical health and wellbeing first, and that meant adjusting my expectations to doing my best instead of the best that someone else determined was acceptable of me. I did the best I could in my circumstances and I'm really freaking proud of myself for that.

Here are my thoughts about each of my exams!

27/10/2021 ENGLISH
Going in, I was really nervous. My first exam, the longest exam, (arguably) the hardest exam, and the exam I had the most regrets about studying for. I was lucky to be seated in my study centre rather than the gym, and I thought "at least my surroundings are a bit nicer than the stinky gym".
I completed the exam in opposite order, going from sections C-B-A. Section C was okay– I don't think I absolutely smashed the ball out of the park, but argument analysis was one of my strongest areas this year, so the exam component went somewhat well. I found the article to not be as great as what I expected– I did have a bit of a hard time finding arguments and omg I didn't use the second image, but I guess it's okay 😭 I think my favourite article that I studied for was VCAA 2012, and then the 2020 one was alright as well. I also gotta really thanks Whys for her argument analysis guide, that really really helped me do well this year, and if she's still selling it I highly recommend that future Year 12's check it out!!
Section B actually went way better than expected!
I really hope the prompts for Extinction and The Crucible/Dressmaker and the media text bless me on Wednesday
VCAA actually saved my life. A prompt about WOMEN???? GENDER???? THE TREATMENT OF WOMEN???? YOU MEAN ONE OF MY BEST STUDIED TOPICS???? I honestly think they gave us leniency with that one. But actually, a bunch of people chose the other topic– I opted for the one without the quote  :o This essay was probably the best comparative essay I've written all year. But don't tell my English teacher that I never finished The Dressmaker... I even studied it in Year 10 and didn't finish it then. Legend says that Jeyda will never know the proper ending to the text.
Section A was... okay. The prompts didn't really fit what I had studied for, but I managed to talk about Australia and mining and characters and all that jazz. I'm just disappointed that all my quotes that didn't relate went to waste!! Section A was a bit of a gamble, since I decided not to do Rear Window like everyone else and do Extinction, the text we did for creative. I chose Extinction because I felt like having the tangible play available for me at any time was easier for me to analyse it, and that Rear Window had so much going on that I didn't know what to focus on. Also, I studied Extinction last year, and I was already pretty familiar with it so it just seemed like the obvious choice. I hope this decision wasn't in vain 😳
Overall I would say the exam went better than expected. I was lowkey expecting to walk out crying but I came home happy with a slurpee in hand, so I would say – sort of a success!
For English my SAC scores stayed at about a 80-90%, which isn't the best tbh because it dropped my rank, but I'm hoping that my exam scores will even everything out and I can hopefully get around a 38-40.

29/10/2021 and 01/11/2021 FURTHER MATHS
I wish I could say that Further was my strong subject but sadly it is not. I did the most amount of practice exams out of all of my subjects for Further and it did pay off, but exam one did bring some unexpected questions that I only really figured out how to do AFTER the exam finished. Exam two was a different story– I felt like it was both difficult and long, and I don't think I did as well as I did on the first exam. Overall I think my performance was okay but definitely could have been better– I wasn't too upset about Further as I already know it's one of my bottom two, but I would have liked to do somewhat well. My SAC scores were alright, ranging from 75-90 throughout the year, so I don't think I'm ranked very highly but I'm sure it'll be fine... I'm predicting around a 30-33 fingers crossed.

01/11/2021 PSYCHOLOGY
I was really really freaking out for Psychology before the exam– I think I spent only around 4 days properly revising for the subject, and with that unfortunate timing only managed to complete a couple of practice exam. I was so focused on English for the most part that Psychology had completely slipped my mind. I spent a lot of time going over content to ensure everything was stuck in my brain, and felt really anxious because I thought I hadn't prepared enough. Psych was one of my best subjects throughout Year 11 and 12 and I felt like shit for not preparing enough, but come exam day, I guess my efforts throughout the year paid off. The exam went pretty smoothly, and I managed to answer everything including what I would consider a full 10 marker worth of writing at the end. Overall I'm really happy with how the exam went considering I was panicking the days leading up to it ! For this subject, without being too hasty I really want at least a 40, but my score could be anywhere from 38-low 40s.
++ before the exam had started I mentioned to my friend that I could really do with a benzodiazepine in that moment (content humour is how I cope) and my friend turned to me and said omg what was that again and I said oh it's an anti anxiety medication and guess what the 10 marker was about anxiety medication lmao

08/11/2021 VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN
The VCD exam was originally meant to be my bludge (sorry Ms D) because I thought I would never get any higher than 25 for the subject, so when my indicative marks for the second part of my folio came out to be in the 80s, of course I was began to panic and regret my decision about putting off studying for this exam.
After days of practice questions, and teaching myself multiple drawing systems, I felt somewhat ready for the exam, but was prepared to still absolutely flunk it like I flunked my mid years. Come exam day however, it actually went better than I expected?? I was only aiming for around 50% tbh so my performance impressed me naturally. But I managed to answer every question and not bullshit my way through most of it, which was pretty good! Knowing the nature of the subject I'm not expecting a very high score at all, so I think my prediction of a 30 will do, but who knows it could be higher?

10/11/2021 LEGAL STUDIES
Legal did disappoint me. I mean, for someone who slaved over Legal for two years, managed to get an award for Legal, made my whole personality about Legal, wants to work in law, e.t.c, you would have thought I'd do better on this exam.
Studying for this exam did somewhat resemble psych, with a lot of stressed revision and emails to my legal teachers, but as I was going into it I didn't have the same confidence as I had for psych.
The exam was like 90% Unit 4 AOS 2, which obviously had to be my weakest area, and almost all of the reforms/case studies I had prepared for weren't in the exam. I didn't really get to finish a couple of questions but I did put something down for everything. It didn't go absolutely horrible but definitely worse than I would have liked, you know? This exam was my last, but walking out, I didn't have that immediate feeling of relief– I felt like it was an awkward and half-finished attempt at a last exam. Our teacher saying "Yep good exam. I thought it was a good exam. Good." as we walked out didn't really help either... thanks sir. Nonetheless I was happy to be done and have Legal done and dusted!
I managed to rank one throughout the year so I do have some hope for *at least* a 41 or 42.... but I honestly don't know. I guess we'll have to wait and see??

Now with all my exams finished (they've actually been finished for a while... ha... sorry) it's time to move on, I guess?
I actually wrote this post in two seperate parts and I'm happy to say that in the middle of writing I was offered a job!!! I'm not unemployed anymore!!! So my holidays so far have looked very much like a stress-fest over jobs and trying to get my RSA.
I also have been watching a LOT of YouTube, not very good as I've been ignoring the growing pile of books waiting for me to read them. I also want to start working out properly again and taking care of myself more– I came down with a bit of a cold recently which I think was just my body responding to all the stress I've been under (good ol' GAS model, what can you do) so now I'm just tryna heal and be normal again after what feels like a 3 month long marathon.
With my VTAC preferences I have finalised them now for Bachelor of Arts at Unimelb to be my first preference– after a LOT of thought, consideration and consultation I think that's the best option for me and hopefully my efforts will pay off to get me a spot!
I will update again when ATARs release, and maybe for offers but I'm not too sure yet.
All I can say for now is THANK YOU for reading this journal, even if this is the first post you've read or you've been following since the beginning. I'm very grateful for all the kind words and support friends on AN have given me and it's honestly been such a big motivation for me throughout the year. I'm happy to end the school year on a good note, and I*really*hope that next year is much better for everyone! (:

Jeyda <3
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on December 16, 2021, 10:23:35 am
Today's the day !!!

For English my SAC scores stayed at about a 80-90%, which isn't the best tbh because it dropped my rank, but I'm hoping that my exam scores will even everything out and I can hopefully get around a 38-40.
English → 40 (39.22)

My SAC scores were alright, ranging from 75-90 throughout the year, so I don't think I'm ranked very highly but I'm sure it'll be fine... I'm predicting around a 30-33 fingers crossed.
Further Maths → 38 (35.89)
(was NOT expecting a score this high)

For this subject, without being too hasty I really want at least a 40, but my score could be anywhere from 38-low 40s.
Psychology → 40 (39.33)

Knowing the nature of the subject I'm not expecting a very high score at all, so I think my prediction of a 30 will do, but who knows it could be higher?
VCD → 36 (32.84)
(way better than I thought!)

I managed to rank one throughout the year so I do have some hope for *at least* a 41 or 42.... but I honestly don't know. I guess we'll have to wait and see??
Legal Studies → 40 (39.49)
(not what I was hoping but still happy nonetheless!)

+ HHD → 43 (40.96)

Predicted ATAR = around 93
ATAR → 93.75

Almost predicted my results exactly! I'm satisfied with how I did and mostly happy the wait is over!!
Congratulations and a huge well done to everyone who got their results today– we did it 👏
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: tiredandstressed on December 16, 2021, 10:28:09 am
Congratulations Jeyda!!
An amazing result what a significant achievement, haha some of your predictions were spot on  :o
You should be really proud of yourself for your effort over the past two years, you did it!
Wishing you all the best with your future endeavours, I know you are going to succeed in whatever you decide to do, looking forward to see where you go next!
Spoiler
P.S I got my honours offer today haha!
-T&S
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on December 16, 2021, 10:32:26 am
Congratulations Jeyda!!
An amazing result what a significant achievement, haha some of your predictions were spot on  :o
You should be really proud of yourself for your effort over the past two years, you did it!
Wishing you all the best with your future endeavours, I know you are going to succeed in whatever you decide to do, looking forward to see where you go next!
Spoiler
P.S I got my honours offer today haha!
-T&S
Thank you so much T&S !! Esp for all the health help and advice (:
Spoiler
OMG yay congratulations !!!!!!!!!! Time to celebrate !!!!
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: somebody8442 on December 16, 2021, 10:33:17 am
Today's the day !!!
English → 40 (39.22)
Further Maths → 38 (35.89)
(was NOT expecting a score this high)
Psychology → 40 (39.33)
VCD → 36 (32.84)
(way better than I thought!)
Legal Studies → 40 (39.49)
(not what I was hoping but still happy nonetheless!)

+ HHD → 43 (40.96)
ATAR → 93.75

Almost predicted my results exactly! I'm satisfied with how I did and mostly happy the wait is over!!
Congratulations and a huge well done to everyone who got their results today– we did it 👏

Congratulations Jeyda! You should be feeling really proud of yourself for al the effort you put into VCE!
Good luck with Uni!
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: lm21074 on December 16, 2021, 10:42:21 am
Congrats Jeyda!! Super proud of you :)
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: Geoo on December 16, 2021, 11:34:09 am
Awesome scores Bluey! I'm so happy for you! You've worked hard all year and it's paid off! Congratulations!
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: wingdings2791 on December 16, 2021, 11:48:17 am
Blueycan,
CONGRATULATIONS!! 🎉🎉🎉

Congrats so much on your amazing scores!! I and all your readers on AN am so happy for you, seeing all your hard work pay off. You have done phenomenally Jeyda and you should be really proud of yourself!!

I hope you have something fun planned to celebrate and please get some good sleep as well ;D
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: Evolio on December 16, 2021, 11:49:38 am
Congrats jeyda!!!! So happy for you!!!  ;D
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: Sine on December 16, 2021, 03:18:23 pm
congratulations on all your results!
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: eloisegrace on December 17, 2021, 08:39:48 pm
Good job Jeyda! 8)
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: SmartWorker on December 17, 2021, 09:13:48 pm
Today's the day !!!
English → 40 (39.22)
Further Maths → 38 (35.89)
(was NOT expecting a score this high)
Psychology → 40 (39.33)
VCD → 36 (32.84)
(way better than I thought!)
Legal Studies → 40 (39.49)
(not what I was hoping but still happy nonetheless!)

+ HHD → 43 (40.96)
ATAR → 93.75

Almost predicted my results exactly! I'm satisfied with how I did and mostly happy the wait is over!!
Congratulations and a huge well done to everyone who got their results today– we did it 👏

Congratsss Jeyda!! 🥳🥳🥳 and good job on predicting your ATAR hahah 😎
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: ThunderDragon on December 17, 2021, 10:27:46 pm
Congrats Jeyda!!!
Title: Re: jeyda's journey through VCE ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Post by: blueycan on February 05, 2022, 01:21:06 am
Hi guys!!!
I really can't express how thankful and grateful I am for all the kind and supportive replies on this journal, and what it has brought me, including so many amazing friends and opportunities that have really shaped my experience of year 10, 11 and 12. I have loved being on this forum so much that I just couldn't bring myself to leave yet, and have created a *university journal* to document my tertiary studies!!

After a lot of consideration I will be studying a Bachelor of Arts at The University of Melbourne, and am really keen to get studying again and start experiencing what university has in store for me! That does unfortunately mean that this post will be the official end to 'jeyda's journey through VCE'. Which, is honestly really sad as it means this is end to this particular chapter of my life, but also extremely exciting as I will be moving on to bigger and better things!!

I am so keen to read all the new journals, both for Year 12 and university this year, and hope that everybody has a smooth start to the year!! If you want to reply to this journal for any reason feel free to do so, or shoot me a PM and I will try to reply asap.
Over and out <3