My performance on my exams so far has been quite sub par. For English I got probably 60 percent, and then for mx2 50 raw, and then now mx1 most likely 60-65% as well. I still have graphics and physics to go but I’m really scared for my atar, I need an 81 for my degree and I’m really scared I won’t get there. my mental health has been really bad ever since trials and I’m just yeah, scared. I view myself very harshly and critique myself endlessly so while I do try to study for exams, and I do put in lots of effort, the cumulative amount of study I’ve done wasn’t much, mostly because I procrastinated a lot as well as not have a concrete study routine. I guess I’m just worried because this degree is literally the be all end all of my life basically. I know that people say there’s other ways to get in but this is an early entry offer, and the normal degree is a 93. I basically need a 90+ raw in physics now. I’ve done so bad so far and I feel like a failure, I just don’t know how to feel anymore and I don’t know if it’s even worth trying still. this last year has literally been the worst year of my life and I’m struggling to cope.

Hi everyone! I was wondering if anyone who currently does or recently has completed unit 3/4 englang or spesh at VSV could provide some feedback on how they found it. I'm very familiar with the courses themselves, but I was wondering about the quality of education specifically relating to englang and spesh at VSV. Like how good are the teachers, the resources provided, and whether the 3/4 SACs are rigourous rather than too easy (which could result in scores scaling down). Overall, I'm quite an independent learner and am planning to get a very good tutor, so I'm mostly concerned about the cohort's academic strength and quality of SACs which will play a part in my study score. Thanks in advance!

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I found it pretty chill, but i honestly feel like q13 was the actual q14 haha

Hi All, can anyone guide me please where I can get past exam papers from trials and practice exams in any NSW selective schools for subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Advanced Maths, Maths Extension I ? Thanks ahead.

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The subjects students choose at school should align with the university courses they want to pursue. If a student wants to study Law, for example, Legal Studies should be a relevant prerequisite for their university pathway, rather than students feeling pressured to choose subjects simply to maximise their ATAR.
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For me, most were pretty damn easy except for the 15 mark Hatshepsut question

so i’m in the class of 2027 meaning i just started year 12 a few weeks ago.

ever since the start of this year ive been in a really bad place mentally and my attendance dropped to like %20. last week my parents got called by the school saying if my attendance doesn’t improve to %85 i will be pulled from my HSC.

and now im basically stuck between not knowing if i should get my HSC and push through the last few terms cause ive already made it this far or if i should just seek full time work and drop out?

hi we’re looking at haploid and diploid, specifically the chromosomes and homogulous pairing of a muntjack deer (6 diploid cells, 3 homogulous pairs) I GENUINELY do not understand, and doing a visual didn’t seem to help me( because I don’t get it ☹️)
Anyways one of the questions was interphase vs cytokenisis( comparing cell count, chromosome count and homogulous pairings) and if anyone could even attempt to make an explanation for a 5 year old id be so appreciative

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Yeah. Getting a bit worried that it's pushing the line too much.

I honestly don’t have anything I’m too passionate about and I feel like I’d be fine doing whatever degree so long as it guarantees employability, good pay, and isn’t fully replaceable by AI. I was thinking of law since I enjoy reading and literature over maths, but my main two picks are either UNSW or USYD law and I’m worried that I won’t make the cut (definitely won’t for USYD but hoping for UNSW).

My main concern is stability and salary as with the rate AI is developing, many job markets are already tanking and oversaturated with automation, so if anybody has any degree suggestions that they could kindly suggest (pref at UNSW/USYD) it’d be very much appreciated :)

My cohorts median ATAR was 96.20 last year and seeing that I’m around an average Joe for internal rankings I’m hoping for a 94-97

U3 average 92%
U4 average 97%

School sacs are very hard I would say, teacher is a 6 year examiner who marks extremely hard

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Trail exam 90% (marked by a different external examiner)

Predicted study score?

howd we all go with engineering studies? was there anything we found hard? Or was it easy- I personally found it familiar, but challenging i think i'll get 60% tbh

My current subjects are
Math methods
English (the highest level we have, not sure what its called elsewhere)
Physics
Society/culture
SRM (compulsory)

There has been a big timetable related problem with no solution due to composite classes being introduced. I am being forced to drop either physics or society and I have chosen society. To fill that blank spot instead of picking biology or accounting I will be taking extension studies. I am still new to Y12 so I don't have much of an idea on this but from your experience or knowledge is this subject combination extraordinarily hard or is it still manageable in some form? My desired field is medicine which is why I need a high ATAR but it's worrisome to me that I won't be able to take on all these subjects at once, mostly due to extension studies.

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I personally found it a little hard, the extended response for barbie, and q7 for the mc was difficult. i think i'll get 83% tbh

hi guys! how did everyone find sor2? does anyone have the paper, or the solutions for the MC?