#vce 2014

[travelling-high]

I really to get my shit together.  Everytime i'm at school I have a plan about everything I need to finish, however when i'm at home I procrastinate and start studying really late. It's only a week in year 12 but I need to fix this habit before it's too late.

[bitchesloveart]

Pretty ecstatic about offers today! Got my first preference of the Dean's Scholarship (Design) at Swinburne which I never thought I'd get in my wildest dreams! Hopefully will be doing Bachelor of Design (Communication)/Bachelor of Business. I'm so excited and so happy and just completely euphoric atm! 

[ilovepinkpolkadots]

The dreaded day has arrived...University offers for VCE students

To any followers who are Australians that completed VCE in 2014, I hope you have been offered a place at the university of your dreams today. I sure haven't but I have come to accept my fate. My mum (being the harsh Asian parent she is) was so disappointed in the outcome that she has decided to give me the silent treatment and make me feel shit about everything. I urge anyone facing a similar situation to let their parent(s) know that life doesn't always turn out how you want it to, you have to face the truth and accept it. Any good parent should be supportive no matter what their child chooses to do (okay maybe not drugs and stuff, but like study). Hopefully any parent like my mum will come to understand this even if it will take time.

[bitchesloveart]

Needing the help of all VCE students who finished in 2014

Offers are pending for 19th Jan. I was told by couriers person to put the scholarships at the top of the preference list, so I did (there's only two there) but I don't want to go to that uni. So my first preference is the uni I want to go to, and have been offered stuff at already, but I'm wondering if it comes to monday and then I get offered a scholarship thing, that won't matter, right? Unless I don't get the first preference? HALP?!?

[horrorfilmlesbian]

I still want to get into the bachelors at swinburne, but at the same time I'd almost prefer to get into the diploma because it gives you traffic management and first aid certificates which would be hella useful things to have too and ultimately from that I could potentially walk away with three levels of qualifications (like from diploma, to advanced diploma and then bachelors in the space of three years)

I mean I'm certain I don't have the clearly in atar for the bachelors, but also like, people do get in on scores lower than that so maybe ?? ?

(idk I'm not hanging my hopes on it, but whatever. I just really want to get into swinburne)

[forloras]

Reflection on year 11

Upon receiving my VCE results this year there wasn't much happiness. Sure, there was relief, and some satisfaction that I didn't 'fail' my subjects (for the record, I got 45+ for the subjects I did which I'm aware isn't bad) but there wasn't the screaming celebrations, no triumphant moment for me. It was something that fell flat.

After months of hard work and motivating myself by imagining the moment of pure joy I thought I would experience, after nights spent dreaming of different scenarios of results (I had non-stop nightmares and dreams about receiving my results about 2 weeks from the date) the moment was just that. It was kinda 'eh'

Looking back through the year, the best moments (in regards to learning) weren't the times when I scored well on a SAC but rather the little moments of celebration like understanding a new concept, or being fascinated by a new idea. Those moments made studying worth it. 

Another thing that people can't seem to comprehend is how I'm not 100% satisfied with my results. To me, the study score matters less than my personal performance. I feel that I know my academic abilities and efforts better than VCAA, and it has to be acknowledged that I didn't give it my all this year. There were some periods of slack this year in which I barely studied, doing only 2 hours per week maybe, as well as times when I procrastinated so much or didn't study properly, didn't put in effort.

So when people say, 'Hey, look at your score! It's so good don't be disappointed!' I can't make myself feel not-disappointed, because that in itself would mean that I was basing my worth on the score and not myself. I know that I could've started preparing for the exams earlier, and studied better. These are not regrets, but lessons learnt.

Advice for myself next year: be happier, love learning more and do your best. If anyone in the #vce tag has any other advice it would be very much appreciated!!! 

[im-a-random-ass-chick]

Question!!

Did anyone ever apply for special provision because of Anxiety? How does it work?

[humpty-dumpty-had-a-great-fall]

While some vce students comfort themselves after receiving their atars with statements like "i could have gotten (insert score here) if i had actually tried..." i find i do the exact opposite. 

Why do people try to compliment me by saying things like "but your smart, if you wanted to you could have gotten a 99+" or "if you tried harder..."

That's not a fucking compliment, i pride myself more in the work i have put in all year to get my atar rather than the actual score itself, and guess what? I am damn proud of a 96.50, not because its higher than (insert people) but because i damn well earned it.

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And to the class of 2014 we did it! Whatever you got, never let anyone diminish your achievements. Be proud of the things you have done rather than feel crappy about the things you haven't.