All people doing exams!!! (HSC, VCE etc)

[luke_the edge_dragons]

im starting my HSC tomorrow & most others are starting friday!! im starting to go crazy!! but only 21 days till ive finished school for good! ive studied a bit but not as much as i could have!
is anybody else out there doing the hsc or the equivelent in other states? good luck to you all!

[*M!]

oooh - i remember HSC time... ick!

good luck everyone... not just with exams though, but with the parties that follow them exams AND with everything that goes on in the future after that...

for those planning to go the uni option - my suggestion - if you don't get the marks you're looking/hoping for - just get in the uni system, it's easier to change over once you're in there than it is to get into the courses right at the start...

i can't believe it starts tomorrow

be brave, good luck!

*M!

[Loo C]

Yes I too am doing this wretched HSC.....luckily I did English last year so I don't start for another week yet. :) Good luck to everyone!

[Adele]

I have not studied at all...
What school are you at Luke? I am at Erina.

A song about the HSC

At first I was afraid, I was petrified!
Kept thinking I could never pass without revision guides,
But then I spent so many nights, getting all the questions wrong,
And I grew strong,
And I learned how to scrape along,

I won't look back, to any place,
When I can swallow 15 shots and get completely off my face,
I would have spent all day at work, I would have had no spare time free,
If I'd thought for just one second my exams would bother me,
So all my notes, are on the floor,
Don't even matter... that there's no Comedy night anymore...
Weren't you the one who tried to get me to revise?

You think I'd crumble?
You think I'd work towards the skies?

Oh no, not I!
I won't revise!
Unless I die from alcohol, I know I'll stay alive,
Though my money's at an end,
I've my overdraft to spend,
I won't revise,
I won't revise!!

It took all the strength I had, not to act the part,
But in the end my real revision didn't even start.
I used to sit at home at night, feeling guilty to myself,
I used to try,
But now hold my head up high,
And you see me! Somebody new!
I'm not that mixed up weird person who wants a good 99.2
So if you feel like dropping in, chances are that I'll be free,
Coz I've done fuck all revision, and I'll fail my HSC,

Oh no, not I!
I won't revise,
I think that I may scrape a third, but I could be telling lies!
Let the teachers all scorn,
My bed's far too nice and warm,
I won't revise,
I won't revise, yeah yeah!

[Colezy]

I start my exams on the 13th of Nov. I started studying the other day cause I realised that ITS MY LAST YEAR AT SCHOOL!!!! hehe.
I mean, I knew it was my last year, but I was thinking about it the other night and realised that I knew I'd be pissed off at myself if I didn't give it my all for these exams. There's no coming back next year. (:D!!!)

[Colezy]

Bahaha, Adele, that song is awesome! Where'd you find it??

[Adele]

A fellow HSC friend sent it out.

[*M!]

did they do the re wording too?

it's great :D

*M!

[Adele]

Hmm, she may have.. I'll have to ask her.

[KillingInTheNameOf]

Exams and school are overrated

That is all

[The Dying Start]

That song has been around since my day. And that's a looooong time ago my friends!

[Caity]

You forgot us Queenslanders :p We've done QCS already but we still have final exams in ... two weeks!

What date do the other states finish officially? Our last day is November 17...

[Colezy]

For Tassie it's november 20-something. The 22nd, 23rd or 24th I think.

[Disease]

I start my HSC on Friday. 22 days 'til it's over. Actually, make that 21 days and 23 and a half hours.

[Caity]

So you finish on the 17th also?

[Disease]

No, I finish on the 9th..

[cdejonge]

hmm, 6 years after my VCE and I still have no idea what I want to do. My exams for Uni start in November. I think I'll finish later this year than any other (my final year) because of a crappy presentation for final year project.

With getting into courses you want, I know many people who haven't got what they wanted originally but transferred later or went from TAFE to Uni, etc. So whatever happens, just don't give up. It's never the end of the world.

[AlinaPOW]

Our last day of classes is November 3rd.
6 days later is my chemistry exam. And what day is that? November the 9th. And why is that significant? IT'S MY BIRTHDAY! My CHEMISTRY exam is on my BIRTHDAY. WHAT a present :)

[maddie]

The year 12s at my school had their last proper day of school today, they start their VCE in about 2 or 3 weeks I think. I am currently doing one VCE subject, so my exam for that is on the 14th... smack bang in the middle of all my year 11 exams, which start on the 8th and finish on the 17th. ARGH!

[Gertrude]

aw the memories.

[Julian]

So you finish on the 17th also?
I hope you're not doing maths your your sake Caity :p

[Sammas]

aw the memories.


Indeed... Probably the best year in my life at this point in time. Its a shame you don't realise until years after its past.


Don't get to stressed kiddies... The emphasis placed on the HSC by teachers and parents far outweigh its benefits. Unless perhaps if you want a career in medicine or something. Some many people change degree's or leave and choose a trade within the first few months its crazy... I guess a lot realise that what they want to do isn't really what they thought they wanted to do.

If there is something you really want to do, all you need is persistence... Most universities in NSW will accept mature aged students (21 and older) if they show enthusiasm for the area of study, regardless of whether they absolutely flunked their HSC. I know four people that didn't get into the course they wanted at university so they went to tafe and did the first year. After completing the first year at tafe they walked straight into the second year of the course they wanted to do at Uni... too easy... its all persistence...


Seriously though, ignore whoever tells you that "you can socialise once your exams are done". In a few years time you will be more pissed off about missing out on chances to socialise with your friends at the end of year 12 than any negative effects it might possibly have on your results.



disclaimer: Sammas will be in no way responsible for any unexpected outcomes that may unfold from such advice. He will however, happily buy you a beer upon completion of your exams

[Rhiannon]

I'm so glad this doesn't apply to me now! After 1st Semester Uni killed me I'm now taking a break from the whole school thing until next year.

I did my VCE last year. I killed myself. I started hardcore studying 6 weeks before the exams, when we got holidays for studying I started studying at 9am and continued until I couldn't stay awake anymore, which usually fell around 1-2am. I was a wreck. Let me tell you, it's not worth it.

And I don't know about you guys, but I went through High School with everyone telling me Year 12 is the hard yards, that once you get to Uni it's a breeze... they lied!

[The Dying Start]

I know many people who haven't got what they wanted originally but transferred later or went from TAFE to Uni, etc. So whatever happens, just don't give up. It's never the end of the world.

Yeah, look at me. I failed year 12, and here i am, 5 years later, unemployed and posting on the internets! WOO!

[cdejonge]

Yeah, look at me. I failed year 12, and here i am, 5 years later, unemployed and posting on the internets! WOO!That's my aim in life!

[The Dying Start]

That's right kids, you too could be like me! Dare to dream!

[Julian]

May we all aspire to follow in your footsteps

[The Dying Start]

May we all aspire to follow in your footsteps

Well I don't have footsteps as such. I can't actually be bothered getting up to create any. However...perhaps we could just ammend the statement to...."aspire to sit in such a lofty desk chair" or something similar.

[Rhiannon]

Yeah, look at me. I failed year 12, and here i am, 5 years later, unemployed and posting on the internets! WOO!

I passed Year 12 with flying colours, and here I am 11 months later, unemployed and posting on the internet. I smell injustice.

[The Dying Start]

I passed Year 12 with flying colours, and here I am 11 months later, unemployed and posting on the internet. I smell injustice.

That's not injustice, that's the meat pies i'm nuking in the microwave.

[Rhiannon]

Doesn't that just sound delish.

[Lowee]

for those planning to go the uni option - my suggestion - if you don't get the marks you're looking/hoping for - just get in the uni system, it's easier to change over once you're in there than it is to get into the courses right at the start...


Good point for some of the future uni-goers out there.

Alternatively they could move to Tassie, Utas is pretty much an open university, they just half pretend it isn't sometimes.

[Disease]

Our last day of classes is November 3rd.
6 days later is my chemistry exam. And what day is that? November the 9th. And why is that significant? IT'S MY BIRTHDAY! My CHEMISTRY exam is on my BIRTHDAY. WHAT a present :)

YAY! I finish on your birthday! :p

[Kylie eats dugong for tea]

I have no exams ever again, unless I choose to study some more for some reason.

[The Dying Start]

And lets face it. You're too smart to consider doing something that rediculous.

[Kylie eats dugong for tea]

Im not smrt. If i didnt have to work i'd just go to uni forever to learn things.

[Steph Format]

it's called grad school Kylie.

you could be a teaching assistant and decide how hard you want to make life for first year students, it would be great.

[luke_the edge_dragons]

I have not studied at all...
What school are you at Luke? I am at Erina.
im at terrigal-its a pretty good school (if there is ever such a thing!!!)...did you get that song from brad/stix? he emailed it to me.

just finished my multimedia exam (most people start 2moz but coz multimedia isnt very important we get thrown in the deep end & have to do it today...they explain all the rules at english tomorrow). it was ok but our teacher didnt explain all the stuff to us that was in the test!!! it shits me!!! anyway...the big ones start tomorro!

[Adele]

Oh yeah, Erina is pretty bad, I'm sure you've heard plenty of things anyway.. haha.
I got the email from a friend who goes to green point... but I kinda know brad so I'm sure the circles are connected somwhere.

[The Dying Start]

School names are weird!

[Disease]

Man, I used to swim against Green Point. They got damn good swimmers. Damn good swimmers. *mutters*

[The Dying Start]

You needed an outboard, John!

[Kylie eats dugong for tea]

it's called grad school Kylie.

you could be a teaching assistant and decide how hard you want to make life for first year students, it would be great.


Not in Australia :P

I was reading about the difference between Australian and US universities at some point. It was pretty interesting.

They say that in the US, undergraduate education is all about learning and all that stuff. Postgrad is the time when you think about your career and future.

In Australia, they try and get to you to think about your career from about year 10! There's heaps of pressure to do a university degree which will get you a job in the end, which is why people tend to make fun of students doing arts degrees.

At a guess, i'd say that in the US unless you get a scholarship, you're paying big bucks for your own education. In Australia the government is paying for most of it and the part you have to pay, most people pay back later. So I guess its more like "WE PAY FOR YOU! SO YOU DO COURSE THAT GET JOB! OK! EMBIGGEN OUR ECONOMY! MAKE UNEMPLOYMENT 0.00001% OK! "

Oh yes! University give me fantastic analytical skills! Give me job!

[The Dying Start]

Kylie funny!

Glenn no go to Tertiary edumacationz.

[Kylie eats dugong for tea]

Glenn still cool ok. University for wankers.

[Disease]

You needed an outboard, John!

Where do I mount it?

[The Dying Start]

I've got a suggestion! Nah..i like you John, i won't say it.

[Disease]

For now I guess I'll have to rely on spinach.

[The Dying Start]

...and baked beans!

[Steph Format]

ah right on Kylie, wasn't sure how graduate school would work there.

yeah, US universities tend to dismiss humanities and fine arts too.
at my school, the art building for core curriculum (first year) studios is red tagged, while the business college has a Starbucks inside it and the engineering college now possesses five or so Segways. seriously - engineering students can check them out and ride them around. your tax dollars at work!

but they ARE paying me to attend through scholarships, so I guess I can't bitch and moan too much.

I'm jealous because the typical timeframe for an undergrad degree in Australia is THREE years and not four.

[Kylie eats dugong for tea]

Yeah, if its a four year degree then its usually an honours degree with the last year the honours year. If you have a three year degree then mostly you can choose to do an honours year afterwards if you want.

From what I can gather, you need honours or masters to do a doctorate

I think you can do masters without honours though, so you can do your masters from a 3 year degree if you like but i think it takes less time if you have an honours degree.

I'm probably not doing any of them though. Who wants to be a doctor of social science? Not me!

Oh, you can also do graduate certificate and graduate diplomas. Huzzah! If I did any postgrad then i'd do one those. No way am I doing a gigantic thesis as long as i live.

The honours thesis is 15-18 000 words as is the masters by coursework thesis. But the masters by research thesis is 35-50 thousand words! Gross!
(this is just for my course dealy anyways)

[Aaron]

My scholarship is paid for by the companies I do work experience with. So in a roundabout way, I get paid for working with big companies before I graduate. Yay employability!

The HSC is so overhyped. You need it to get a UAI, to get into uni. That's all. The knowledge itself comes second, as the gaping holes in the syllabuses show.

The entrance score for my degree is ridiculously low, considering how technical it is, so I was never worried about not reaching it. What I *did* have as incentive was getting a higher score to meet the cutoff for the scholarship.

In the end, decide what you want to do, and what you need to get there. But regardless, you can only be shooting yourself in the foot by bludging.

Steph: it depends on the degree. Typical engineering degrees are 4, and medicine/law are usually only offered as postgraduate degrees, making the entire thing ~7 years. Mine is 5, because of the extra work experience time. [EDIT: Plus what Kylie said.]

[Kylie eats dugong for tea]

At Bond University you can do a medical degree is 4 years and 8 months apparently.

They have a 3 semester timetable or something.

[Sammas]

I could have finished my degree in 12months... only in creative arts does "fulltime study" equate to 9 hours a week... :eek: .



:D

[Marv From NZ]

Me is going to the Auckland University of Technology next year. Start my 3 year degree in Communication Studies in March, end around October. I plan on majoring in Public Relations and grabbing a minor in either Media or Management.

[Steph Format]

we have an honors college here, where you have to earn a set amount of honors credit every year (extra papers or projects or whatever) and then cap it off with a senior thesis. gross.

I was in it freshman year, but then I was like... wait... an honors designation won't add a whole lot to a BFA degree.

here's the primary requirement for acceptance to Arizona State: a pulse.
but, I have to apply for the "professional" program in drawing next semester, submitting a portfolio and artist statement and junk. being an art student makes my brain hurt sometimes.

maybe I should just resurrect the 'university' thread.

[Kylie eats dugong for tea]

yeah, do that!

hurra para la universidad!

[Colezy]

Hey Steph, could you explain to me what exactly 'freshman' is? I have a fair idea, I just need someone to explain it properly! Also, what comes after/before freshman??

[Aaron]

My understanding is that it means first year student. Some of my friends who live at a residential college on campus refer to 'freshers' as being the newbies. Mostly an American term, I think.

[Colezy]

Yeah, it's mainly American. I just wasn't sure what comes after freshman.

[Steph Format]

1st year - freshman
2nd - sophomore (my current year in college)
3rd - junior
4th - senior

this applies to both college and high school. we're definitely more likely to say "sophomore" than "10th grader"

y si Kylie, me gustan los estudios de universidad tambien.

[Kylie eats dugong for tea]

I reckon they should just be called 'noobs'

[Colezy]

Thanks for that Steph :)

[Caity]

I hope you're not doing maths your your sake Caity :p


The reason I said it was because people have a countdown on the whiteboard of our maths class and they had 22 on there, but I didn't read the fine print below it which said "does not include weekends, holidays or block exams" - I haven't counted the days myself :p

[Caity]

Im not smrt. If i didnt have to work i'd just go to uni forever to learn things.

Homer Simpson: "I am so smart! S-M-R-T!"

[Sofia]

At Bond University you can do a medical degree is 4 years and 8 months apparently.

They have a 3 semester timetable or something.

Yeah my cousin moved to Queensland to do that degree. They start and finish the uni year much earlier and later then most uni's though.

[Madtwins]

This is very interesting thread for us :D Our school exams past away long time ago but we still studying ig univercity. Exams here are most meaningless, fabulous and cool !!!! Whisch exams we had during last years?

- exam from subject which we have no any meetengs with lecturer because he have another work and don't attend lectures. So aour group finally meets with him at the exam and we just get all our grades after short talk about future work in architecture.

- exam from subject which students visits one or two times and teacher making estimate of our knowledge buy such way - he give us list of questions and we must read them and assemble our question for him about theme of exam. So we asked teacher and get our grade not contrary!

- exam where on the separate table lies printed topics from themes of exam. You take your question card, then goes to the separate table, find your answer, sit and rewrite it to your paper. Than you will go to examinator and tolk to him about theme of your question card, but he knows that you just rewrite it, But that's ok and all gets their grades.

And we have alot of such stories....:)

[Rhiannon]

I reckon they should just be called 'noobs'

Lol. I second that!

[Kylie eats dugong for tea]

sofia, your cousin must be a rich dude...

[luke_the edge_dragons]

holy fucking shit!!! how bloody crazy was the english essay today (hsc)? 1st 2 sections were ok but the essay was just stupid!!

[Marv From NZ]

What did you have to write about?

[Sofia]

sofia, your cousin must be a rich dude...

Nah, he's the scholarship kid.

[Disease]

holy fucking shit!!! how bloody crazy was the english essay today (hsc)? 1st 2 sections were ok but the essay was just stupid!!

Hahaha yeah, agreed.

I've got the booklet right here. Here's the topics (depending on your studied focus area):

More than anything else, physical journeys are about the interpretation of the new.

Do you agree?

Argue your point of view.

More than anything else, imaginative journeys are about the process of speculation.

Do you agree?

Argue your point of view.

More than anything else, inner journeys are about the challenge of self reflection.

Do you agree?

Argue your point of view.

I had the first one, physical journeys. Stupid question.

[Liz]

Exams seem so stressful.

I'm only in Year 9 so I've got a little while to prepare myself but I crack under pressure. :(

[luke_the edge_dragons]

Hahaha yeah, agreed.

I've got the booklet right here. Here's the topics (depending on your studied focus area):
I had the first one, physical journeys. Stupid question.

they didnt let us take our booklets...its strange...not that i wanted to anyway...i want to forget that test ever happened!!! i did physical to. section 2 was strange as well...lucky my story sort of suited my quote!

Exams seem so stressful.

I'm only in Year 9 so I've got a little while to prepare myself but I crack under pressure.

a word of advice: enjoy years 7-9 all you people out there...you dont know how easy youve got it until yr 11!! yr 10 isnt too bad as long as you're staying on until year 12...then it doesnt matter at all.

[Crystal]

Argh exams dont wanna think about em!
Anyhoo good luck to ya all!

[Disease]

they didnt let us take our booklets...its strange...not that i wanted to anyway...i want to forget that test ever happened!!! i did physical to. section 2 was strange as well...lucky my story sort of suited my quote!

Haha.. I hadn't prepared a story anyway. I just wrote a love story, and he died at the end.

[Julian]

I failed my maths exam last year by half a percent hehe

[Rhiannon]

Oddly enough, this is making me miss english exams.

*nerd*

[Adele]

More than anything else, physical journeys are about the interpretation of the new.
What a load of bullshit question that was.


I got to take my paper too.

[Disease]

What a load of bullshit question that was.

Amen, sister.

[The Dying Start]

This is very interesting thread for us :D Our school exams past away long time ago but we still studying ig univercity. Exams here are most meaningless, fabulous and cool !!!! Whisch exams we had during last years?

- exam from subject which we have no any meetengs with lecturer because he have another work and don't attend lectures. So aour group finally meets with him at the exam and we just get all our grades after short talk about future work in architecture.

- exam from subject which students visits one or two times and teacher making estimate of our knowledge buy such way - he give us list of questions and we must read them and assemble our question for him about theme of exam. So we asked teacher and get our grade not contrary!

- exam where on the separate table lies printed topics from themes of exam. You take your question card, then goes to the separate table, find your answer, sit and rewrite it to your paper. Than you will go to examinator and tolk to him about theme of your question card, but he knows that you just rewrite it, But that's ok and all gets their grades.

And we have alot of such stories....:)

Bloody Hell! So you don't actually have to do too much study? It's possible to just kinda bluff your way through?!

Crazy!

[Madtwins]

Yes Glenn. But we get no any knowledge when we end our studying. We have high grade dyploma but we are dumbheads! All that you need when you young and studying in univercity be able to do a one or two things,perhaps , then find a place where you can do those things and get a money for that works. But of course we have hard exams and people who studying well, but it's only in capital because here are much work. For example - our elder cousin graduated physics after 5 years studying in univercity, now he sells car paints on car spare parts market. Our cousin - sister also graduated physics and now she working in placement service and get second hihg graduation in that area of study. Our best friend Ludka have graduated organic chemistry and now shi sells an aeroplane ticket in Chernictsy airplane company. Ludka's husband who ended post-graduate course now working in furniture office, he gathering cupboards.

[Rhiannon]

Whoa. :| Not as much fun as it sounds.

[luke_the edge_dragons]

just finished geography...not too bad. at least i finished within the time!!! 2nd english wasnt too bad but i still ran out of time. now a whole week till maths!!! only 2 more left! anybody else do geog? whatd you think?

[Disease]

I don't do geography. I hate it in year 10 though!


Let's not talk about english. It's over. FOREVER! See here (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1326374316). (that's not actually me by the way..) :p


3 down, 4 to go.. 2 maths exams next week.

[Marv From NZ]

I do Geography.....but obviously not in Australia! :p We just found out last minute that we're gonna have to learn how to find shit on a Topagraph with a 14 point grid reference in our end of year externals/exams. GRAVY.......

[luke_the edge_dragons]

:( :( :mad: :eek: maths was so hard!!!! i struggled big time!!! ive never even heard of one of the words used in one of the questions!!! but well...its over now... only one more left!!!!

[Disease]

:( :( :mad: :eek: maths was so hard!!!! i struggled big time!!! ive never even heard of one of the words used in one of the questions!!! but well...its over now... only one more left!!!!

Haha.. ahh well. I didn't think maths was too bad. But there you go.

2 to go...

9 days....

[Erik]

ah vce, i remember it like it was yesterday...can't believe how easy it was :D

[Disease]

Ahh... no more maths. Ever.


1 to go.

[TLE_Rocks]

I started Uni mid year this year and my first lot of Uni exams are in 2 weeks....Wish me luck :D

[Colezy]

Good Luck!! :)
I start yr 12 exams in two weeks too..the 13th I think.

[TLE_Rocks]

Good thing is my Uni results from everythign else this semester have been good so Ill probably only need to get just over 50% in my exams to pass the units :D

[Caity]

Friday is my last day of classes then I move into exams then that's it :D

[wizard_23]

Im stil in year 11 but i had one year 12 subject so had my VCE exam for it jus b4. Can safely say im well and truly sick of economics! Anyone else on the thread do it??? we can b nerds and talk bout the bits we liked (pftt! as if) and all the bits we hated.

[Adele]

Muhaha, no more school ever!
Had my last exam today, Earth and Environmental Science.

Meanwhile I have applied for Music Industry (business) at tafe next year!

[luke_the edge_dragons]

good luck to all you people just about to start!!! and well done adele!!!...finished for ever!!! next wed i finish after legal studies.

[cdejonge]

Congrats on finished Adele. Hope you get into that course also!

I have my first exam on Monday :(

[Caity]

Stupid exam prep.

[luke_the edge_dragons]

woo!!! finished!!! :D:D

[Colezy]

Gah. Lucky you! :p My first exam is Monday arvo. Then the next is Friday arvo and after that Tuesday arvo. I can't wait for it to all be over and so that the real partying can begin!! :D

[Caity]

Final exam tomorrow - Legal Studies hooray! ( I like Legal )

I FINISH ON FRIDAY OMGZ

[Marv From NZ]

I finish my last ever proper day of schooling on Tuesday. Which will be such a relief. BUT, i come to school on Wednesday to sign out, have leavers mass and to say my/our goodbyes. That's gonna be weird.....and then yeah have study break/exams till the 28th and then it's the start of the summer holis and more importantly MY NEW LIFE. This year has gone way too quick.

[Caity]

Hey guess what?
I had my last exam EVER today! (At school at least)

It was alright actually - I'm happy with it.

[Disease]

Well done.

But I've been finished for 4 days. :p

[Caity]

Yeah shush :p if I hadn't have had Legal today, I would have been finished on Wednesday :p

[Jawn]

I finished like... 5 YEARS ago.


Wow..... old.

[Disease]

You're way old Jawn.

[cdejonge]

I finished like... 5 YEARS ago.


Wow..... old.I finished *counts in head* 6 years ago.

[Colezy]

I had my first exam today - sports science.
It went ok, some of the questions were worded a bit funnily, but you always get that with exams, I guess. There was one question that was worth 13 points and I'll be lucky to get 2 points from it! :p Oh well. The rest wasn't too bad and my internal marks are pretty good, so I'm happy! :)

We got to keep the question booklet and when I looked at it on the bus on the way home, I remembered some of the stuff that I couldn't at the time of actually doing it. Meh.

[cdejonge]

Well done Colezy! Never look through an exam afterwards. Once it's done, just forget it :p

I just realised you can put titles in for your replies!

[worry_rock]

I have my first exam tomorrow. POLITICS. And it's my year 12 subject so I'd say it's fair important. Which explains why I'm sitting on the forum and myspace on my study day.

But seriously, if I hear anything else about like...Australian Foreign Policy, I am going to hit someone. In one of my SACs I wrote "China" instead of my name. And I once wrote "end of the world" (TLE!) instead of "end of the war".

And then after tomorrow, I have 3 exams in two days. But they're year 11 so they don't mean much.

Methods (which I'm not even going to study for. I hate maths, I'm gonna fail, and I'm not even doing methods next year)
Biology (worst decision I ever made school-wise)
English (I always do well in it, and I only have to memorise a couple of Macbeth quotes)

Then the week after I have Legal and HHD. Those shouldn't be too bad.

.........holiday :) please? PLEASE???!!

[ELISA]

I finished all my exams yesterday wooo! Holidayyyy! Goodbye year 11.

Haha! China?! What the?

Well done Colezy!

[Colezy]

Thanks Elisa!

Haha, Charissa, sometimes I write 'Name' instead of 'Nicole'! I have no idea why, but I've done it so many times. I second the holiday idea! :D

[luke_the edge_dragons]

do you guys write your names down on your exams?? we have to write our student numbers!! so if the markers know us or anything they wont be biased!!! i think mine will be forever in my memory...ive written so many times in the last month!!! 17021869...17021869...17021869...17021869...170218 69...17021869...17021869...i have nightmares about it.

[Rhiannon]

When I did VCE we had to put down our names and our student numbers. If an examiner knew someone taking a VCE exam they had to say who the were and what class/school they were in so then they wouldn't get that persons exam.

[Disease]

We (HSC) had to write student number and examination center number. On EVERY PAGE.

My student number: 16648892
Examination Center: 234

Ugh.

[Colezy]

Heh. Writing it all down is for losers. I got stickers for all of my booklets for every exam.

[Caity]

Yeah, for QCS we get stickers with our student numbers on them and we stick them on our answer books :) They're even colour coded so we can't stuff it up haha!

[Colezy]

Haha! Our answer booklets are all the same colour, but if we have any multiple choice answer papers, they're colour coded! Our stickers have the student number, subject name and I think our school name too.

[cdejonge]

I think we had some sticker system in high school. But at Uni, we have to waste 5 minutes filling in 3 different forms/booklets. Fun.

[Caity]

Ours just have student numbers to keep it anonymous :)

[Marv From NZ]

You guys are old school. I don't even have to write any type of identification on my external papers because NZ is a class above and we all have our student identification NSN codes printed on our papers because that's how we roll.

[luke_the edge_dragons]

its strange cause on our multiple choice sheets we had our numbers already printed but on our essay books we had to write our number on every page!!! i think its because some people go insanely crazy & write heaps & heaps of pages & they couldnt print the right number of pages needed!!

[Marv From NZ]

Don't you guys have a front cover?

On a major sidenote, today was my last ever day of school! YAY for me! But a bit sad aswell for obvious reasons, especially when you've been associated with the school and teachers and friends and all that jazz for the past 7 years of your life. Albeit not as sad as i thought it would be, although a couple of the guys broke down, which i found very weird. Did the whole write your last words on your school shirt thing aswell, my shirt is pretty much a piece of black vivid. I feel so relieved and free at the moment. I'm quite excited about what the future holds, but yeah....Exams for the next 2 weeks and then yeah i'm fully done with it, so i won't get too ahead of myself just yet. BUT FUCK YEAH! CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL THAT LIFE TRUELY STARTS NOW.

[Caity]

I have two days to go - tomorrow we've got a big thing with the Fire Brigade - road safety and stuff, and then Friday is it ... *sigh* It's going to be sad!!

We had our Speech Night last night - it was so sad at the end. The Year 12's all process out (up the stairs and stuff) and the minute we got out the doors it was just this mass of screaming and crying. I hugged so many teachers and people haha!!

[Marv From NZ]

I hugged my teachers aswell, and they wrote on my shirt aswell. At Prizegiving last night, my best friend who is headboy of the school gave a pretty emotional speech. Alot of I love you's and thank you's to alot of people and all that shit, i thought he'd break down for a second. LOL mass screaming and crying! None of that shit at my school, but then again it is an all boys school and we do hold shit in to try and look tough, so i'm pretty sure if the chance ever came to breakdown, some of the boys would've. I got History, Geography and English exams which spread out until the 24th of this month and then December the 6th, the yeargroup has Leavers dinner at Eden Park, so December the 6th is realistically the last ever time i'll see my teachers, class mates and stuff.

[Caity]

We're done done now - as in, no more exams or anything. Valedictory Friday night - I can't wait!!

The valedictory speech last night, by the school captains, was so sad - they made it funny but really meaningful too - I cried a little :p

[Kylie eats dugong for tea]

reading this stuff is weird. It makes me feel old and also makes me realise that I am old and finished school 4 years ago. It also makes me remember when I laughed at the school captain crying when she made a speech.

[Rhiannon]

It's making me miss high school that much more, making me reflect on this last year a lot.
I don't know where this year went, but it sure went fast. It seems like just yesterday I was complaining about how the end of September/start of October was too far away.

[Caity]

reading this stuff is weird. It makes me feel old and also makes me realise that I am old and finished school 4 years ago. It also makes me remember when I laughed at the school captain crying when she made a speech.


You're an old fart kylie. Wrinkles yet?

[luke_the edge_dragons]

hey people...thought id get this started again seeing as results (for hsc anyway) are only a few weeks away.
also: any interesting schoolies stories??? i went to the gold coast. it was pretty cool but wouldve been so much better if i was 18. the absolute highlight was going to 'Evolution' (an all ages club/dance party thing) & despite the mostly shit music i was amazed when i heard the opening chords to none other than...PRISONER OF SOCIETY!!! the whole place went off!!! i was screaming & jumping up & down & we created a mini-mosh!! it just made me realise how shit dance, rap & hip hop music are compared to good old rock n roll!!! other than that my most interesting moment came when i nearly got fined for trying to get into a strip club! i got caught & the security called the cops who nearly fined my but after a number of apologies i was let off with a warning!!! (lucky cause id already spent my money!!!!). :p

[The Dying Start]

You're an old fart kylie. Wrinkles yet?

I finished 5 years ago.


But unlike Kylie, I have retained my immaturity.

[Caity]

We get our OP's next Saturday. Ooh-er.

[The Dying Start]

What the boris are OP's?

[hillaas]

YAY! Just finished school 51 mins sgo!

Now for my long-ass break!

[Jodez]

Lucky you! Ive been finished for 3 weeks or something now....Enjoy them...Im sure you will

[Caity]

What the boris are OP's?

Overall Positions - they are the equivalent to the UAI etc.
They're scaled between 1 - 25. 1 is the best - Medicine etc, 25 is the worst - although I'm not sure it's possible to get a 25!!
I want a single digit - I'm happy with that :)

[private_eye]

hey people...thought id get this started again seeing as results (for hsc anyway) are only a few weeks away.
also: any interesting schoolies stories??? i went to the gold coast. it was pretty cool but wouldve been so much better if i was 18. the absolute highlight was going to 'Evolution' (an all ages club/dance party thing) & despite the mostly shit music i was amazed when i heard the opening chords to none other than...PRISONER OF SOCIETY!!! the whole place went off!!! i was screaming & jumping up & down & we created a mini-mosh!! it just made me realise how shit dance, rap & hip hop music are compared to good old rock n roll!!! other than that my most interesting moment came when i nearly got fined for trying to get into a strip club! i got caught & the security called the cops who nearly fined my but after a number of apologies i was let off with a warning!!! (lucky cause id already spent my money!!!!). :p
did you go to evolution on monday or tuesday? i went on monday but didnt get there til like ... 9.30-10, i reckon the music was alright mostly dance stuff which is good. it was good except friggin hot!

[Daniel]

i finished my yr10 exams last week WOOT NOW IM ON HOLIDAYS

[private_eye]

holy shit holy shit holy shit

2 and a bit days

[Disease]

I went on two schoolies trips. The first was staying in a friend's place for 10 days in Nelson Bay, the second was camping for a week. They were both great. No alcohol involved.

[Daniel]

my mate went to schoolies and hes in yr11
weird ey

i heard it was good fun and all

[Jake]

I have my first of two sets of final exams in January, only 5 modules so it shouldn't be too bad. 3 of them are resits - I failed 2 of them and want to bring up my grade on the third. Revising over the holidays is not fun at all.

[luke_the edge_dragons]

did you go to evolution on monday or tuesday? i went on monday but didnt get there til like ... 9.30-10, i reckon the music was alright mostly dance stuff which is good. it was good except friggin hot!

i went on tuesday & yes...it was heaps hot!!! my friends went back there on saturday when it went back to being a normal over 18 club. they said it was really emo & all these strange people standing there and just 'head banging'. wouldve been quite funny. :p even though im not really into emo i still wouldve liked it better than most of the stuff they played on tue. although as you said it wasnt too bad...ive heard worse!!

[The Dying Start]

Overall Positions - they are the equivalent to the UAI etc.
They're scaled between 1 - 25. 1 is the best - Medicine etc, 25 is the worst - although I'm not sure it's possible to get a 25!!
I want a single digit - I'm happy with that :)

Is that the same or seperate from the TER?

TER=Tertiary Entrance Rank, and it's the score you get out of 100 (although 99.7 or something is the highest you can get), and all the super nerds get 99's.

[private_eye]

holy shit holy shit holy shit

1 and a bit days

[The Dying Start]

It's not that bad!

[Kylie eats dugong for tea]

caity, its totally possible to get a 25. Some stupid jock from my school got one and he repeated the next year. He must have done pretty badly because most people at my school did pretty well this year.

Glenn, its kind of seperate from the TER, you just need to convert it somehow.

I believe 10 = 80 in the TER
I dont know any other conversions, only that one cos thats what I got :P

[tanguyen]

All my friends tell me that at certain pubs, if you get a mystery mark for the HSC (When you get below 15 out of 100, they just give you a "You got below 15" mark), you can get free drinks for the night.

[The Dying Start]

Glenn, its kind of seperate from the TER, you just need to convert it somehow.

I believe 10 = 80 in the TER
I dont know any other conversions, only that one cos thats what I got :P

Ahhhhh. Thanks Kylie!


All my friends tell me that at certain pubs, if you get a mystery mark for the HSC (When you get below 15 out of 100, they just give you a "You got below 15" mark), you can get free drinks for the night.

Fuck yeah! That's something to aim for!!!

[private_eye]

holy shit its tomorrow

[Caity]

Just under a week til I find out how I went ...

[Disease]

Just over week for us..

But saying that, I really don't care.

[private_eye]

i got 96.10 i'm absolutely stoked!!!

[Caity]

Well done Ben!

[luke_the edge_dragons]

wow!!! if your system is anything similar to ours 96.10 is absolutely fucking amazing. well done!!!

[Caity]

I got my results yesterday - OP of 10 which is the equivalent of an 80. Kinda hoped for a bit better but I'm happy, nonetheless.

[luke_the edge_dragons]

well done! im nervous...ours come out tomorrow! we get our hsc exam results tomorrow and then our UAI on wed.

[Colezy]

I get my results this week. They're being mailed out today I think. Eeek! :p

[Disease]

HSC results just released. UAIs are released tomorrow morning.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v53/that_guy/hsc.jpg

[tanguyen]

Ooh solid. Music and IPT will do your UAI very good. I am only in year 11 but did two accelerated courses. Pretty happy with them:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v377/tanguyen/hsc.jpg

[luke_the edge_dragons]

nice work people!!! great results. im very happy with mine as well:

Course Exam Assess HSC Band
English (Advanced) 75/100 79/100 77 4
Geography 88/100 92/100 90 6
IT Multimedia 92/100 95/100 94 6
Legal Studies 84/100 87/100 86 5
General Maths 80/100 90/100 85 5

hope we all go well tomorrow with our uai's!!

[Colezy]

Wow, you guys get cool results. Mine were boring and on paper via snail mail! :p I got them this morning. I went fairly well, mum has them now, and I can't be stuffed typing anything up. But as expected, I did great with Sports Science and Psychology, not so great with Biology!

[*M!]

congrats everyone!

isn't it a good feeling to finally have that piece of paper back that supposedly determines what happens with the rest of your life? *cough*bullocks*cough*

hope everyone gets into courses/jobs they want with the UAI and things!

*M!

[Marv From NZ]

Even if you balls up, you'd be able to do foundation and catch up courses that'd allow you to get into most programmes at University wouldn't you?

[Disease]

Yeah.


I hate 10 characters.

[luke_the edge_dragons]

wow!! i got 87.30 UAI!!! im stoked!! :D howd you all go? one girl in my year came 3rd in the state for geography & 2nd for food tech!!! she got a 99.55 uai!!!! crazy people!!!!

[cdejonge]

Congrats everyone! *high five*

[*M!]

wow!! i got 87.30 UAI!!! im stoked!! :D

that's fab Luke - good work, congratulations!

unfortunately i have niether the available number of smilies nor ones with the correct ammount of happy in them to quite convey how happy i am for you!

hope you get in to whatever you want to do - you should - that's a pretty great mark!

:)

*M!

[luke_the edge_dragons]

thanks *M!. i think it should be good enough to get me into one of the two courses i want...sports journalism at either canberra or bathurst. (im gonna have to move away from home). what do all you other guys wanna do now that your finished (uni/tafe/work/travel etc.)?

[private_eye]

i'm goin to RMIT to do international studies with business management electives

[Disease]

I got 81.85.

[Loo C]

98.60, woo! :)

[luke_the edge_dragons]

wow!!! well done everybody!!

[Caity]

I scored an A on the QCS (our version of HSC) so I'm pretty happy with that!! Did alright in my subjects too, not spectacular but not shit. I think the best was a 4 - 1 being the best, 10 the worst haha - so yeah ...

[Disease]

98.60, woo! :)

Wow that's humungous!

Lucky only clever people like TLE!

[E.B.]

I'm starting this thread up again as it is nearing that time of the year
How many people on here (besides me) are doing these year 12 exams?

[Kylie eats dugong for tea]

I have an exam cheat tip!!!!!

write notes on gum and then eat the gum, disposing of the evidence. THE PERFECT CRIME HEHHHEHHEHH.

dont really do this, stupid children

[E.B.]

I don't think we're allowed to bring in any food :p

[wizard_23]

Yerp... i got VCE exams starting on the 2nd of November and finishing on the 16th... i'll be sober by christmas. :D

[E.B.]

Yep HSC starts right on my birthday, thankfully I have no exams that day

[damo0945]

i'm doing VCE, i finish on the 19th of november, which means it goes for over 2 weeks for me... had practice exams today (and the next 2)... at least it's nearly over

[worry_rock]

My last exam is on the 14th. Oh yeahhh :cool:

I have 11 days of classes left! :D

[Grumma]

I don't think we're allowed to bring in any food :p

You're allowed lollies n stuff to maintain sugar levels, but unfortunately no 4 course meals :p

[private_eye]

damn, we weren't allowed lollies... so many people got their water bottles confiscated though!! no wrapping around the bottle, pop tops only... and watches on the table. ahhh the memories. i wanna go back to year 12

[Colezy]

I was allowed to have barley sugars but they had to be unwraped already, i think. Or you could have a small tub of jelly-like lollies or something..maybe that was only at out internal mid year exams though.
Our rules for drink bottles were no wrapping only. Didn't matter about the lid.

[E.B.]

We're allowed to bring in a drink bottle, except it has to be clear and have a clear liquid inside e.g. vodka

[Grumma]

haha now that would be funny.

Why didn't I think of that?

[E.B.]

Had my first HSC exam today, English Paper 1, wasn't too bad, not as hard as the trial one, ah well 6 to go

[AlinaPOW]

my first exam's on the 2nd... woooo can't wait for 4 essays in 3 hours.
*BARF*
Everyone seems to go loopy around exams time... parents, friends.... not the teachers, no... they seem to get increasingly more relaxed... THE END IS NIGH!

[Caity]

Heh James is doing the HSC now. I laugh at him. He's halfway.

I reckon what I did in year 12 (QLD in general I guess) was harder. We had the QCS plus, at my school anyway, we had major exams at the end of every semester of both year 11 and 12 plus minor exams at the end of terms 1 and 3 of year 11 and 12. So 8 lots of exams plus the QCS.

[Kylie eats dugong for tea]

I'm not sure about harder but I think maybe its a less effective way to test people, mostly because the scores are averaged out across all that time and people can really improve by the end, but it doesn't count as much as it could in other states.

The whole QCS thing can be really unfair as well. I don't think the QCS works that well as a scaling thing - if a school does tonnes of QCS practices then it can really skew the result.

[Caity]

We had loads of practice. We had a practice test every term from Term 4 of Year 11 through til the real exam. Plus we had 1 hour a week of learning the strategies etc.

[Absolution]

Gah, two weeks before exams (Yr 11) and I have to prove I can pass methods and chem which I've been winging all year...but seriously, like I had a choice- I need about an extra 10 hours a day to get all the work done alone...let alone revision.

Anyway, main aim is a 40+ on Further Maths, pretty standard I guess but I'd better be sure I know everything.
Apart from that, I just found out that I've got 3 exams on one day- two are language. Latin I should revise for, French (why I did it this year I still don't know) I'm giving up anyway so w/e, and Art-Painting, which I scored 96% on the mid-year. So no probs there. :cool:

Gah, these coming weeks are gonna frustrate the crap outta me. :(

[wizard_23]

Best of luck to all those in victoria sitting English tomorrow... :) i have no fingernails left... Lantana and Man For All Seasons are my texts by the way... At least we get the big one outta the road straight up! WOOP WOOP!

In the wise words of Ralph... Me fail English? That’s unpossible!

[E.B.]

Good luck to all you Victorians
HSC is nearly over for me, had my last 3 hour exam just then, just a 1.5 hour SOR exam to go next Wednesday and I'm all done :)

[worry_rock]

Best of luck to all those in victoria sitting English tomorrow... :) i have no fingernails left... Lantana and Man For All Seasons are my texts by the way... At least we get the big one outta the road straight up! WOOP WOOP!

In the wise words of Ralph... Me fail English? That’s unpossible!

I'm doing Look Both Ways and The Kite Runner. I'm extremely unprepared, yet not all that worried for some strange reason. I haven't read Kite Runner! I think it'll go ok though. English is kinda good to bullshit with.

2 more weeks and I'm finished completely! My last is on the 14th.

[damo0945]

lucky! i'm not done til he 19th... think i have studio art on the 14th, that's second last

[Grumma]

I will tell you now Riss, at least memorise 2 or 3 direct quotes and what happens fairly thoroughly otherwise you're rooted because if you waffle on about the book in general you fail horribly (well not fail, but you won't get a good mark)

[wizard_23]

lucky! i'm not done til he 19th... think i have studio art on the 14th, that's second last

yah. me too! are you coming up with a pre-prepared answer for your industry issue??? i finish on the 16th! woo! cant wait!

[Julia]

As of today I'm finished all my school assesment ever! I have my graduation and formal next week, then I'm finally done with school.

[damo0945]

yah. me too! are you coming up with a pre-prepared answer for your industry issue??? i finish on the 16th! woo! cant wait!

not a clue actually, if you think it's a good idea i might consider it... still got a week or so to study

[wizard_23]

Umb... it mite be, your call though obviously. A friend of mine is doing the issue of whether graffiti is art or vandalism... I'm studying two different controversial religious artworks. Our class also looked at a piece that was shown in a sydney public gallery that depicted oral sex. hmm actually not very exiting, more grose than anything i found.

Literature exam in an hour and a half! wish me luck! :eek:

[damo0945]

good luck!

[worry_rock]

I have only one more exam left. Wooooooo.

They've been alright so far. None have been terrible, but also nothing to write home about. To be expected though, I haven't done any study at all! :eek:

[E.B.]

I finished on Wednesday, exams were pretty much stock standard, not as difficult as my trials but still not overly easy
Hoping to get at least 75

[worry_rock]

I'm finished now. Yay. :)

My exam today went not very well though. Oh dear.

[AlinaPOW]

I finished on tuesday. It was the greatest thing ever :)

[damo0945]

one left...

[worry_rock]

VCE results come out tomorrow. I'm dreadiiiing it. I know I didn't do that well and I'm just worried my folks are gonna be 'disappointed' in me and guilt me into things! Without a doubt in my mind, I did the least amount of work out of anyone in my year level at school.

Ah well. Good luck for everyone.

[damo0945]

good luck to VCE people... i'm still trying to decide whether or not i actually want to look, i was pretty sure i wasn't going to but now i'm curious...

[wizard_23]

yeah best of luck to everyone.. even if i am a little late. u up cos u can't sleep as well damo??? i was so glad outrageous fortune was on the telly.. two episodes to keep me occupied.. i'm bright awake dammit!

[damo0945]

i guess a little bit... i just tend to have weird hours of sleep most of the time, think i might go to bed shortly... like i say i'm still not really sure i want to know, i'm vaguely interested in uni i guess but i'm kinda just stoked that i stayed at school the whole year given how much i hated it to start with...
you getting yours with SMS or just internet?
outrageous fortune's not a bad show actually, i watched (most of) both those episodes tonight too...

[wizard_23]

yeah my sms took ages so i jumped on the net... got bout what i thought. not over the moon, but its ok. you sound a lot like me. just happy you made it? i fucking hated school but sort've knuckled down a bit this year and exceeded a few of my own and others expectations. not sure if uni's for me either. maybe tafe in music business. or fuck it, i might just be a rockstar.. if i want to that is :D

[damo0945]

yeah i'm pretty happy with mine considering how much i fucked around this year, just got it then, took a bit of building up to after i saw my results

[AlinaPOW]

how do i get my results??

[wizard_23]

http://vcaaresults.vic.edu.au/

need ur student number and four digit pin. best of luck.:)

[AlinaPOW]

bahahaha CRAP. I can't remember my student number and i'm pretty sure i don't have a four digit pin. Ah well, i've lived this long not knowing...

[Erik]

did anyone here get a perfect score? i missed out on the perfect score in 2001


they said this was one of the dumbest years to have completed the vce. What are you kids doing these days? Doesn't look like your buckling down and studying

[worry_rock]

2 girls from my school got a perfect score. I saw them on tv this morning!

[Strider]

they said this was one of the dumbest years to have completed the vce.

Judging by some of the people I know who finished year 12 this year, it doesn't surprise me.

[Deadcat Kaye]

My brother got 54% for his final results.
I feel so bad for him..he tried fair hard this year. :(

[Julia]

I got an OP 11... pretty crap, but I got an A for qcs!

[AlinaPOW]

A few of my friends ended up getting in the 40's... most of 'emm didn't bother trying as they were always planning on going to TAFE or doing art or whatever, but one of them is devestated... can't say i'm surprised though. Still waiting for the mail *twiddles thumbs* :)

[AlinaPOW]

wooooo... mum yelled at me to call up the school and get my student number so i could view my results and blahdababayadaba aaaaargh....

I am awesome... 37 for english with 3 A's!!! >.<

[Colezy]

What's good and what's not so good as far as all these numbers go....37, 40 etc, etc????

[wizard_23]

wooooo... mum yelled at me to call up the school and get my student number so i could view my results and blahdababayadaba aaaaargh....

I am awesome... 37 for english with 3 A's!!! >.<

Dammit! beat me by one mark - 36 A, A+, B+ - don't know what i did on the exam! :eek:

[private_eye]

What's good and what's not so good as far as all these numbers go....37, 40 etc, etc????
in victoria, study scores for each subject is out of 50. generally to get an enter of above 90 (which means you'd be in the top 10% of the state give or take) you need about an average of 39, mind you this was last year and it changes every year.

[E.B.]

HSC results came out today, was surprised at how well I did, especially in chem, got above 70 in everything
UAI comes out tomorrow, hoping to get above 80

[Caity]

James lost his PIN number, so can't get his ...

[E.B.]

Did he try calling up board of studies, he might be able to get it that way

[tanguyen]

woo got band 6's in everything. I"m actually gonna try and find a living end t-shirt to wear at the premier's awards ceremony so I don't look like max geek-age.

[Caity]

Did he try calling up board of studies, he might be able to get it that way

Yeah he ended up faxing stuff to them or something and got results in the end.

[AlinaPOW]

wooooo... mum yelled at me to call up the school and get my student number so i could view my results and blahdababayadaba aaaaargh....

I am awesome... 37 for english with 3 A's!!! >.<


DAMMIT! Just found out that's only my raw score because i didn't actually get an ENTER this year. This annoys llama. Llama is mad.

[tanguyen]

Is llama bad?

[Colezy]

Haha, took a few seconds to get that :p