11月27日 午前7:45Hi guys, Katie here!
Wow, I cannot believe this is the beginning of the end. Today is the first day of our school's headstart program, and I'm going into Year 12 for two weeks before actually being in Year 12 next year. Hoo boy!
This year I had already had a taste of next year as I did 3/4 Biology, which was okay but I didn't do as well as I had hoped. For Year 12 I'm taking Physics, Chemistry, Japanese SL, Math Methods and English Language. Many people who have already completed school tell me it's quite the workload, but I know from other ATAR Notes user experiences I should be alright. I've made a plan for the coming year which I've attached to this post, hopefully it's not too ambitious! This year for teachers I'm relatively good, however a little concerned that we haven't met our new Physics teacher. I've also heard some not-great-things from the previous year 12's with regard to our English Language teacher, so if anyone has tips for surviving englang with a not-so-great-teacher, I'm all ears! Also any tips for my subject areas would also be very much appreciated
I'm hoping to obtain a 90+ ATAR as my dream course is Global Challenges at Monash. It's like a science degree + lots of sci-com, which requires a 90+, but they have accepted an 83 before so it may not be the end of the world after all. I'm hoping to go into Astrophysics or Astrobiology, two subjects I'm really interested in. I really do like the structure and content of the Monash course, but the campuses are hard to access via public transport and I don't entirely feel that comfortable there. With regard to Uni's I'm rather hung up because UniMelb also looks really good and I love their American college style campuses, and St Hilda's is like a dream come true for me. On top of this, from attending ATAR Notes lectures at RMIT, I found I really enjoyed visiting their campus and using their facilities too. So in summary, yes, I'm very unsure at the moment.
As well as school, I play Women's Div2 volleyball in the State League, I run on weekends, I'm in the school band (I play flute!), I play guitar and I am very passionate about science and learning! I am attending NYSF this summer too! I'm also very much into the study communities on Instagram and YouTube, and I have a studygram account which I hope to update during the year as a sort of diary. Last year I was lucky enough to visit Japan, and I hope to return in the summer of 2019/2020. I work around once a week at my local IGA, so hopefully I'll have enough cash to splash by the time summer rolls around. 🤞
That's all that's on my mind at the moment, hopefully I'll remember to update this weekly, or if something interesting happens lol. I hope you're having a great day!
- Katie✨