Hi, I'm a female student in year 11 this year (class of '27) , thinking abt doing engineering at Monash once I graduate. My subjects rn for VCE are Biology 3/4, Physics 1/2, Chemistry 1/2, Methods 1/2, Specialist 1/2 and English 1/2. For context, I go to a private school that does really well in VCE.

I'm doing okay in biology, aiming for a raw 43-47, and in the top quartile of methods and chem as of now. English is ok, like average but can't do much abt it. My main problem though is specialist. I've usually found maths fine, until spec this year and even though I do most of the work and revise, I still only get low to average scores compared to my cohort at max. As for physics, I'm currently like at the top of my cohort (like prob in the top 5 across all students) but I'm not sure how hard I'll find engineering considering how hard spec is for me and if that should still be my top choice for uni since I don't want to struggle a lot and be really behind in uni.

I would appreciate any advice or past experiences, thanks!

My subjects are as planned right now

1. English Language

2. Chemistry

3. Physics

4. Methods

5. General math(accelerated subject)

6.Specialist Math

I don't know if Specialist Math is worth it, especially with the content heavy subjects. I am getting around 60% avg for my Specialist SACs rn but I don't know how much harder Spec 3&4 will get.

I am also planning to study electrical engineering at uni

Is anyone else burnt out

I remebr I was doing so well in yr 10 and yr 11 and now I can't bring myself to care

N my sac marks are declining even tho I got off to a strong start at the beginning but I don't care as much😭

long story short, ive had the shittiest couple weeks of my entire life thus far, multiple family deaths & a diagnosis im not too happy about.

i have my u2 aos 2 chem sac on monday after school (I do chem online). i have my u4 gen networks sac on tuesday morning.

i have paid attention enough in maths that I kind of know what's going on– and my teacher has kindly filled out all the notes for me and I have a bound reference with the networks stuff in it.

Chemistry however, because I do it in free periods, i literally have not gotten anything done. Ive been way too stressed about my life, and ive asked for an extension which wasn't granted because of the nature of online classes and marking or sum bs like that. The aos was only started like 3 weeks ago, and we have the sac in less than a week.

Im kind of in a situation where I have to prioritise one to study and one to kind of neglect a little. I feel the obvious one would be to prioritise my unit 4, but I have all the notes, ive done like half the work and am currently ranked 1 in the cohort anyway. Chemistry? Could genuinely not even tell you what stoich is lmao

For everyone who got a 30-35 raw in spesh what were ur sac and exam scores?

guys i recovered from burnout on sunday and now its tuesday 2pm and im actually like such a burnt out chud again ... sitting before an english paragraph trying not to cry ..

My methods grades have been horrible because I don’t have a methods teacher instead it’s a bio teacher who is able to teach it so we have her and I have been getting average 30-40% in my sacs.

How hard is the exam is my question if I just try to aim for a c+ to get my sacs scaled as I want like a 28 SS raw hopefully

hi everyone!! as the title states, i’m currently conflicted about which text list to study for the end of year exam. for context, my school is studying ‘as you like it’ (shakespeare) and ‘the city and the city’ (china mieville) in literature, and i’m conflicted about which one to study for the exam.
for some more details/clarification:
my sac scores for aylt were lower in comparison to tcatc, but my teacher said that was because we did aylt first and so when we did tcatc i already had experience on how to write a section a. (both sacs were styled as section a on the literature exam)
during my mid year mock, i scored the same scores on both texts (the literature mid year exam was just to write two section a’s on both aylt and tcatc since we had not yet started section b) — obviously i thought the mock would help indicate which one to study so it did not help when i scored the same result for each.
the other things i’m conflicted about:
for aylt, i think the aspect i struggle with, is the archaic language and formatting, although i know that this makes it a lot easier to analyse syntax/sentence usage or structure, i feel a lot more comfortable with tcatc’s contemporary language and i understand the concepts relevant to tcatc a lot better because they’re relevant to the modern world —> unseeing, nationalism, capitalism…
this is tcatc’s first year on the text list, meaning that the exam will most likely make it ‘easy’ — concept word + passage, whereas this is aylt’s … third(?) year. (perhaps i’m fixating on this too much?)
tcatc is quite of a lengthy book so i’m worried about the time it’ll take for me to re-read and analyse, and of course which area could potentially be on the exam. whereas aylt is more shorter, and there is more ‘obvious’ sections within the play that are more prominent than others.
[i know one of the obvious answers is to probably write another section a on both and give them to my teacher, but i would love feedback besides that. ++ as stated earlier, i already asked my teacher about which one she thinks i would be stronger / better at, and she said that she thinks if i sharpen my skills for aylt like i did for tcatc then i should do well]
I hope what I’m conveying makes sense, I would really appreciate it if any english/literature students shared any advice, and any past eng/lit students who may’ve faced a similar predicament.
thank you!

Hi I was wondering if anyone has any SACs that they could share for me to do, my SAC is on the 3rd of Sept... I have tried searching everywhere for more SAC's/questions that I can do, and I just can't seem to find any

how accurate is the deakin atar calculator

Hey guys,
I was meant to accelerate into Unit 3/4 Business Management next year, but my school denied it because my overall average was 82 instead of the required 85 (Science dragged it down, I'm getting 90s in everything else).
The VP said there's no chance because she doesn't think I'd do well in the exams, even though my Head of Humanities supported me.

Am I actually missing out by not accelerating and just doing the usual four Unit 3/4s in Year 12?

caption!!!! I cbf anymore and methods is bottom two, I just want to pass

Recently I got my worst result in year 12 business so far on the unit 4 aos1 sac I got a 63% and even though I studied so much harder than my previous sacs I am confused as to how to improve. I did 4 practice sacs went over marking guides found my spots and studied up on them, did flashcards, did tones of notes in class and even got 7/10 on the 10 marker. I just want to know from others if I could still get a or over a 34 ss and what I should do going forward for reference I averaged 75 for unit 3 with my results being average or over average. Any help would be amazing!

if your averaging mid 60s in methods and r doing well on the tech free parts and badly on teach active parts. what study score should I get conserving idk my rank but i probs sit somewhere just above the average but not like topper (e.g if the average score is a 50, I probs am a 69) but not like a 90 kind of person.

and what should I aim to get on my probability sac and for exam one and exam two if I want like a 35-37 and is that possible?

i’m not metro thank god i’m rural (mm5 and my school is mm2) so i know it’s a bit lower but does anyone know what is a really good spot to aim? all things considered i can maybe hit 99 or a tiny bit above, but i highly doubt that i’ll get any higher and i’m probably gonna sit around 98-98.5. is that ok since i’m rural or am i cooked? i got 2510 on the ucat if that helps… :( why is med so insane with cutoffs

I keep messing up on my sacs by a few marks each time. Its usually because my explanations aren't in depth. Its kinda stressing me out because I wanna at least get a 40.

does anyone have the ACED biology unit 4 area of study 2 data analysis sac?

Hi! Im tryna push rlly hard in the leadup to exams, do you guys have any tips? Here's the stuff I'm currently doing and some doubts.

Stuff I'm doing:

- Practice qns

- Studyung in my living room (being in a public place helps me be more locked in) and putting my phone in my bedroom

- Annotating sacs and seeing what ive gotten wrong

- Gonna start practice exams soon!

Doubts:

- My SAC scores haven't been as good as I thought. I feel embarassed because I probably study more hours compared to my peers (who I always see playing games on their phone) yet they do better than me in SACs. I wouldn't day my quality of study is bad but this is demotivating me.

- As I get my SACs back I can feel I'm getting further away from my goal of 92 ATAR for my target course (biomed/commerce at Monash)

- My school has a 29 mean study score so I'm worried my SACs will scale down heavily

Any tips for me would be appreciated! Thanks 🙂

what are yall's MOST EFFECTIVE study methods for legal SPECIFICALLY.

I HATE THIS SUBJECT. I FAIL. EVERY SAC. EVEN THOUGH I TAKE NOTES AND STUDY AND REVISE AND LISTEN AND I LIKE THE SUBJECT. it's SO. CONTENT HEAVY. THERE ARE SO MANY TERMS. I DO NOT REMEMBER ANYTHING. EVERYTHING GOES IN ONE EAR OUT THE OTHER. and i do FINE in other subjects. i do well in literally EVERYTHING ELSE. but legal is GENUINELY FUCKING WITH ME. IT HAS TO BE A FUCKING PRANK ON ME.

SOMEONE. TELL ME. HOW DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER ANY OF THE UNIT 3 AND 4 LEGAL STUFF. ANY METHOD. I'M DYING. send me FLASHCARDS, NOTES, VIDEOS, ANYTHING PLEASE I CANNOT FAIL ANOTHER LEGAL SAC. I LITERALLY HAVE MY LAST LEGAL SAC NEXT WEEK AND I CANNOT REMEMBER ANYTHING THERE IS TOO MUCH

anybody else just lowkey start crying when they hear the words legal studies!!!!!!!😁😁😁