Hey everyone, so I'm planning to do a Diploma in Business at Western Sydney University via The College next, which doesn't even require an ATAR. I've applied for their True Rewards program to do the course since they just need any board-certified subject PASSED as a condition for making an offer based on Year 11 Results - and I'm assuming it's practically guaranteed that I'll get an offer in their November intake (I applied 2 days ago) since I had mostly Bs, one C and one A in my Year 11 subject reports, according to the NESA Students Online website. I intend to major in Human Resources Management upon completing the Diploma and gaining entry into the Bachelor's degree, and would like to pursue a career in Human Resources.
For the record, I come from a Top 50 selective high school in NSW and have done relatively well on all of my trials and internals - I'm actually tracking for an 80-82 ATAR based on those marks, according to the UAC ATAR Compass.
(I'm middle rank for most subjects, slightly above for some and slightly below for others - except Modern History, where I'm ranked 18/21. I do only humanities, HSIES, and English - including Extension 1 - though). Personally, I'm more than fine with this, despite the fact that it isn't exceptional in anyway.
Unfortunately, for the last two weeks I came down with a terrible case of the flu and post-viral pneumonia, which left me bedridden until only two days ago. During this time, I was unable to complete any meaningful study preparation for the HSC external exams. I struggle with chronic depression and anxiety which has flared up because of this episode (exam stress), and brain fog is making it incredibly difficult to retain any sort of content in my head now as I prepare with the little time I've got (I didn't do much preparation before that, which is totally on me).
I've toned down my expectations for the exams so much that I actually expect to score a Band 2/3/4 result on most of the exams (I'm genuinely that befuddled). However, for certain subjects (particularly Modern History and History Extension) I'm quite concerned that I may score below 50% on the externals, which would technically count as a Band 1 result (0-49).
In fact, I listed some hypothetically awful results (35-50% in EVERY subject - not something I'm even close to risking but rather just to calm myself down) into the UAC ATAR Compass and I'm still eligible to receive an ATAR - albeit a pretty horrendous one (in the mid-40s). One of my other major struggles is actually finishing exams during timed conditions, which occasionally means that I do not complete the final section of some longer exams - or worst case, end up having to leave a section totally blank (very rare).
I'm confused because somewhere like the University of Wollongong makes offers to students with ATARs as low as 30 (27, infact) for their Diploma of Business course - which would undoubtedly require a Band 1 result in one or more course assessments (i.e. Assignments, Trials, and HSC finals). But at the same time, having an ATAR would mean that they "satisfactorily" completed at least 10 units of board-certified coursework, including the external finals and thus - got their HSC Certification of Completion. I only do 10 units, so this is particularly affecting for me if I mess up.
Basically, I've done some extensive research on what NESA counts as a serious attempt and non-serious attempt. It appears as though I should fare fine, but I'm really worried and would like to ask if anyone knows whether getting a Band 1 in some of the HSC externals would prevent me from receiving the HSC Certification of Completion? I really hope this isn't the case - because in the worst possible outcome, I may end up getting one or two.
If anyone knows, and has any advice, a response would be greatly appreciated.
For the record, I come from a Top 50 selective high school in NSW and have done relatively well on all of my trials and internals - I'm actually tracking for an 80-82 ATAR based on those marks, according to the UAC ATAR Compass.
(I'm middle rank for most subjects, slightly above for some and slightly below for others - except Modern History, where I'm ranked 18/21. I do only humanities, HSIES, and English - including Extension 1 - though). Personally, I'm more than fine with this, despite the fact that it isn't exceptional in anyway.
Unfortunately, for the last two weeks I came down with a terrible case of the flu and post-viral pneumonia, which left me bedridden until only two days ago. During this time, I was unable to complete any meaningful study preparation for the HSC external exams. I struggle with chronic depression and anxiety which has flared up because of this episode (exam stress), and brain fog is making it incredibly difficult to retain any sort of content in my head now as I prepare with the little time I've got (I didn't do much preparation before that, which is totally on me).
I've toned down my expectations for the exams so much that I actually expect to score a Band 2/3/4 result on most of the exams (I'm genuinely that befuddled). However, for certain subjects (particularly Modern History and History Extension) I'm quite concerned that I may score below 50% on the externals, which would technically count as a Band 1 result (0-49).
In fact, I listed some hypothetically awful results (35-50% in EVERY subject - not something I'm even close to risking but rather just to calm myself down) into the UAC ATAR Compass and I'm still eligible to receive an ATAR - albeit a pretty horrendous one (in the mid-40s). One of my other major struggles is actually finishing exams during timed conditions, which occasionally means that I do not complete the final section of some longer exams - or worst case, end up having to leave a section totally blank (very rare).
I'm confused because somewhere like the University of Wollongong makes offers to students with ATARs as low as 30 (27, infact) for their Diploma of Business course - which would undoubtedly require a Band 1 result in one or more course assessments (i.e. Assignments, Trials, and HSC finals). But at the same time, having an ATAR would mean that they "satisfactorily" completed at least 10 units of board-certified coursework, including the external finals and thus - got their HSC Certification of Completion. I only do 10 units, so this is particularly affecting for me if I mess up.
Basically, I've done some extensive research on what NESA counts as a serious attempt and non-serious attempt. It appears as though I should fare fine, but I'm really worried and would like to ask if anyone knows whether getting a Band 1 in some of the HSC externals would prevent me from receiving the HSC Certification of Completion? I really hope this isn't the case - because in the worst possible outcome, I may end up getting one or two.
If anyone knows, and has any advice, a response would be greatly appreciated.
