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Re: JadeRhoden's Journey To A 90+ ATAR
« Reply #30 on: April 02, 2019, 11:29:28 am »
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thankyouuuu
Um tbh I'm not too sure - my friends think its cause I have a different teacher this year (I previously had the same English teacher from year 7 - 10)
But idk, maybe Im taking it more seriously this year??
Actually i might have figured it out I read the text 3 times instead of the usual half arsed read cause i HAD to

READING THE BOOK HELPS KIDDOS 😂

Dedication pays off. ;D

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Re: JadeRhoden's Journey To A 90+ ATAR
« Reply #31 on: April 02, 2019, 03:15:09 pm »
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I haven't read through all your posts to see if you decided on studio or legal
but my advice is don't do legal, it's the most insipid class you will find...at least studio will probably be enjoyable which will make it easier to learn and get you higher marks!
I may not be the strongest. I may not be the smartest. But I'm damn well going to try my hardest.

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Re: JadeRhoden's Journey To A 90+ ATAR
« Reply #32 on: April 02, 2019, 04:28:01 pm »
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I haven't read through all your posts to see if you decided on studio or legal
but my advice is don't do legal, it's the most insipid class you will find...at least studio will probably be enjoyable which will make it easier to learn and get you higher marks!

Haha I'm in legal - its okay-ish however i do wish I'd gone into studio but with that said im trying to make the most of legal.
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English 30, Further Maths 33, Biology 33, Legal Studies 27, Psychology 32

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Re: JadeRhoden's Journey To A 90+ ATAR
« Reply #33 on: April 02, 2019, 08:06:28 pm »
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Tuesday 01 April 2019
Got 71% on my Psych SAC :((

Also If anyones interested i make a new playlist every month!! (So if you wanna find some new music toats check out the link 🤙🤙🤙)
https://open.spotify.com/user/generatedsnow/playlist/4myxAZ44yLNuV85xslVK8D?si=MSrN6tUPTvuFfKrkRxaPOw
« Last Edit: April 24, 2019, 10:38:38 am by JadeRhoden »
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Re: JadeRhoden's Journey To A 90+ ATAR
« Reply #34 on: April 03, 2019, 10:54:27 am »
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^Broken Tracks - River Blue. 😍😍😍

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Re: JadeRhoden's Journey To A 90+ ATAR
« Reply #35 on: April 04, 2019, 09:44:14 am »
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UPDATE
I am generally a very modest and humble person but I feel that perhaps I have earnt the right to brag a lil.

Throughout my high schooling I've been pretty bad at maths, In year 9 I had a great teacher and was getting better and was understanding what I learnt...then came Year 10 where our teacher would give us the questions he wanted us to do and whenever we asked for help he waould say look in the textbook - we would and if we didn't understand he'd say read it again if we still didn't understand he would write what was in the textbook on the board without explaining it...

I was averaging 20% on tests and HATED maths.

Now you might be wondering what I want to brag about - for the first time in my schooling I got over 50% on a maths test.
 
Now this mightn't seem like much of an achievement until I tell you that I got
100%

And you know that mightnt be 'something to be proud about' cause 'math is easy' but coming from me I'm pretty darn proud.
Anyways thats my lil brag, hope everyone's having a fabulous day!
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Re: JadeRhoden's Journey To A 90+ ATAR
« Reply #36 on: April 04, 2019, 09:50:03 am »
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Yessss! That's fantastic - has made my morning a little better. ;D Awesome work!

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Re: JadeRhoden's Journey To A 90+ ATAR
« Reply #37 on: April 09, 2019, 08:09:57 pm »
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MY HOLIDAY HOMEWORK LIST!
before I annoy you with my list, that i don't know why I'm posting  - letting y'all know
I'll still be posting over the holidays!! WOot WoOt! Bet ya'll excited (lol no)!! Will post on Friday :D

Yessss! That's fantastic - has made my morning a little better. ;D Awesome work!
Nawww thankyouuu  :D

☐Read and Annotate Year Of Wonders
☐Edrolo Biology Videos – Take Notes

   Signalling Molecules
   Stimulus – Response
   Signal Transduction
   Rate of Photosynthesis
   Purpose of Celullar Respiration
   Glycolysis
   Krebs cycle and electron transport
   Anaerobic cellular respiration
   Enzymes & Coenzymes
☐Crimes Against Property Revision Task
☐Edrolo Psychology Videos – Take Notes

   Understanding the brain
   Neurons
   Nervous system
   Divisions of the brain
   Cerebral cortex
   Brain development
   Brain injury and plasticity
   Parkinson’s disease
☐Year Of Wonders Character and Theme Maps
☐ Legal Studies Notes
(Make sure I have notes on all these)
   Principals of justice
   RECKS (pg 9)
   How law is made (video)
   Types of precedent
   Parliments and the courts
   Common law
   Civil law
   Criminal law
   Table 1.1 and 1.9
   Victorian court heirachy
   4 features of a crime
   Burden of proof & standard of proof Presumption of innocence
   Types of criminal offences (youtube.com/watch?v=x8AjGxUw0ol)
   Participants of a crime
   Key elements and defence of theft, burglary and robbery
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English 30, Further Maths 33, Biology 33, Legal Studies 27, Psychology 32

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Bachelor of Nursing @ Monash
Bachelor of Counselling & Psychological Science @ ACAP

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Re: JadeRhoden's Journey To A 90+ ATAR
« Reply #38 on: April 14, 2019, 09:19:16 am »
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8/04/19 - 14/04/19
Week 1, Term 1 Holidays


Been a hectic week - worked Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I finished the Biology part of my list and the first 2 sub topics of my Psychology list, and my friend passed away on Wednesday, went to my boyfriends house for lunch yesterday and am going down to SES to give the vehicles a wash and general equipment maintenance.

With this being said - works been good; ran a birthday party on Sunday and Mon, Wed, Fri I was lifeguarding the inflatable which long story short means I spend 4 hours swimming up and down a 25 metre pool making sure if a kid fell off they wouldn't drown, it's safe to say my legs had a good workout.
My Biology notes are a good and am ready for Term 2.
Am currently writing this cause I'm procrastinating about writing Psych notes haha and i wanna go back to bed - it's not helping its 9 am and i'm still in my pj's YAY FOR LAZINESS!

10 Things About Me
1. Where Do You Like To Go When You Eat Out?
Fast food wise definitely Subway - meatball sub with salami, beetroot, pineapple, onion and cheese with ranch sauce - dont dis it till ya try it it's FLIPPING amazing
Or the pub; all round great choice

2. Do You Like To Cook?
UM YES - my family is vegan and I love trying to make veganised versions of things like mac and cheese (it's so good it can pass for real mac and cheese and its legit just potato, onion, chickpeas, carrot, nutritional yeast and salt), and i recently made a 'meaty' lasagna with textured soy protein as the meat.

3. Could You Live Without The Internet?

Honestly probably - it's amazing but I'm sure if i didn't have it I'd be way more productive and healthy with that said the internet is a really useful tool

5. What Would Your Perfect Day Be Like?
Spending a day with my bf, cooking food with loud music, maybe with some wine and talking about stupid stuff

6. What’s On Your Bucket List?
Go skydiving

7. Do You Have Any Trips Coming Up?
A trip to the fridge???

8. What Is Your Favorite Hobby?
Cooking?? Surfing?? Camping?? One of those 3

9. Do You Have/Have You Ever Had Any Pets?
Yes, I've had 2 dogs - a border collie named Pippa (we gave her to someone else cause she kept biting my brother) and currently a greyhound named Pearl.

10. Do You Drink Coffee Or Tea?
Tea, tea, teateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateateaTEAAA
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English 30, Further Maths 33, Biology 33, Legal Studies 27, Psychology 32

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Bachelor of Nursing @ Monash
Bachelor of Counselling & Psychological Science @ ACAP

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Re: JadeRhoden's Journey To A 90+ ATAR
« Reply #39 on: April 21, 2019, 08:47:48 pm »
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15/04/19 - 21/04/19
Week 2, Term 1 Holidays

Been a hard week - worked Wednesday and Friday, went to my friends funeral (this was the hard bit) on Thursday and did PR (public relations) work Thursday night and Friday morning.

And i have officially gotten all my work done (except finish reading Year of Wonders)
5 Things About Me
1. If You Were Stranded On A Deserted Island And You Could Have Only 1 Item, What Would It Be?
A good book

2. Do You Prefer Cats Or Dogs?
Dogs! 🐶

3. What Did You Have For Dinner Last Night?
Went to a vegan asian restaurant (Gong De Lin) in Melbourne

4. What Do You Do For A Living?
Work as a lifeguard and party instructor

5. What Is The Best Pizza Topping Combination?
This is tough and it depends on my mood but generally and Aussie pizza (ham, bacon, cheese, egg) with pineapple OR a capricosa with no anchovies but with pineapple

« Last Edit: April 24, 2019, 10:56:12 am by JadeRhoden »
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Re: JadeRhoden's Journey To A 90+ ATAR
« Reply #40 on: April 22, 2019, 10:33:04 am »
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That sounds very intense. Hope you're able to take some time off to recuperate if that would help at all

Congratualtions on getting your work done :)
I haven't been to any of the vegan restaraunts in the city but I've been to Oh My Greens in Melton and that was really nice. Do you know what type of book you would pick?

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Re: JadeRhoden's Journey To A 90+ ATAR
« Reply #41 on: April 22, 2019, 03:10:10 pm »
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That sounds very intense. Hope you're able to take some time off to recuperate if that would help at all

Congratualtions on getting your work done :)
I haven't been to any of the vegan restaraunts in the city but I've been to Oh My Greens in Melton and that was really nice. Do you know what type of book you would pick?

Type of book....probably a good crime novel - Agatha Christie most likely
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Re: JadeRhoden's Journey To A 90+ ATAR
« Reply #42 on: April 30, 2019, 12:23:10 pm »
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Courses
Namely Law & Criminology, Juris Doctor and Paramedicine


I didn't know were to put this so I thought I might put it here and I'm hoping it'll get a lil attention to help me answer some questions. Ever since I was 9 I wanted to be a lawyer but gave up when I realized I needed a 94 ATAR and come on lets be realistic I don't think i can even get a 90 - recently I've decided or realised I won't live with myself if I don't try so i'm looking for advice

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Laws and Criminology
Bachelor degree (honours)/Bachelor degree

ATAR requirements
98 - Lowest Selection Rank to which an offer was made
94 - Monash guarantee for 2019 entry

Subject prerequisites
All applicants must satisfy the following prerequisites or their equivalents.
English
English Units 3 & 4 with a study score of at least 35 in English (EAL) or 30 in English other than EAL

How do students achieve a 90+ ATAR?
How hard is it to achieve a 94?
What kind of study habits do students who achieve a 90+ ATAR's have?
Is it unrealistic for me to have this ambition (on getting a 94+)?
Does any 90+ students have any advice?
Can you transfer into a law course?
Are there any other pathways?? (I've looked but it's confusing)
Does hard work actually pay off?
Has anyone here gotten into a law degree with a <90 ATAR?
How can I make my dream real?

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Juris Doctor
Professional entry master degree

Qualifications
An undergraduate degree (or equivalent) with at least a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 5.0 on a 7 point scale, or qualification/experience or satisfactory substitute that the faculty considers to be equivalent.
Or
An undergraduate degree (or equivalent) with at least a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 4.0 on a 7 point scale and LSAT score of 150+ (taken within 5 years prior to applying for admission).
Or
If, in addition to a bachelor degree (or equivalent) the applicant has incomplete studies in a law admission degree course, a minimum GPA of 5.0 on a 7 point scale in the law studies, with no fail result in the final year, is required. Credit for prior studies, up to a maximum of 48 points may be awarded.

English requirements

English language requirements are met by an applicant having studied in an institution where English is the language of instruction and assessment for the entire institution and have satisfactorily completed the equivalent of one years full-time (two standard full-time semesters) of either:
a university undergraduate award program; or
a program that has been assessed as being taught at an equivalent level to Monash University undergraduate study; or
Postgraduate study as specified above

Minimum English language requirement:
IELTS 7.0 overall (no band lower than 6.5)
TOEFL Paper-based test: 587 with TWE of 4.5
TOEFL Internet-based test: score of 94 overall with minimum scores: Writing 24, Listening 20, Reading 19, and speaking 20.

Whats LSAT? Is that like the bar?
Whats IELTS? WHats TOEFL?
Can you do a law degree and then Juris Doctor? You can't can you?

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Paramedicine
Bachelor degree

ATAR requirements
82.8 - Lowest Selection Rank to which an offer was made
70 - Monash guarantee for 2019 entry
70.95 - Lowest ATAR to which an offer was made

Subject prerequisites
English
Units 3 & 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or 25 in English other than EAL
Maths
Units 3 & 4: a study score of at least 22 in Mathematical Methods (any) or Specialist Mathematics, or a score of at least 25 in Further Mathematics

Is a 30 study score average? Is it easy to get a 30 in English?
Is it more realistic to focus on getting a 70? Is my ambition to become a lawyer futile?
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Re: JadeRhoden's Journey To A 90+ ATAR
« Reply #43 on: April 30, 2019, 02:34:46 pm »
+1
IELTS and TOEFL are tests to see how well you can communicate in English. If you study your undergrad in English you're not required to sit either of these.

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Re: JadeRhoden's Journey To A 90+ ATAR
« Reply #44 on: May 03, 2019, 02:45:25 pm »
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Term 2, Week 2; 29/04/2019 - 03/05/2019

It's Fridayyyyyyy, woop woop!!
This week has been tiring, and so unproductive but over the weekend I'm going to catch up on lost sleep and get on top of my work; Mainly get ahead in Maths and studying for my Legal Studies SAC (attached below).
Nothing very important happened this week except for playing around with ATAR calculators and stressing about the fact I don't know what I want to do with my life.
Law? or Paramedicine?
Who knows?
Not me.

If anyone can direct me to threads about 90+ ATAR's and 50 study scores I'd be so grateful.

Now you see my friend and I were playing around with ATAR calc and realistically I could get;
English: 30
Further Maths: 45
Legal Studies: 45
Biology: 30
Which estimates I would get a 84.00 ATAR
But for me to achieve the kind of ATAR I wanted (90+) I would have to get higher in English (like a 40) and like a 50 in Further... like please tell me if I'm being realistic - I suck at writing essays like really really suck so any tips or threads about getting better at English please point me in the right direction.

You might have noticed I'm considering only doing 4 subjects.. will I be shooting myself in the leg if I only do 4 subjects?
« Last Edit: May 03, 2019, 02:47:18 pm by JadeRhoden »
— VCE —
English 30, Further Maths 33, Biology 33, Legal Studies 27, Psychology 32

— University —
Bachelor of Nursing @ Monash
Bachelor of Counselling & Psychological Science @ ACAP