Gang am I cooked? (sorry in adv for the rant) (1 Viewer)

[Agren11]

sorry this is gonna be a little bit of a rant but I just did my chem trial it was 30% of my internals, and was the cssa paper but I fricked up really bad. the paper wasn't even that hard I just blanked out and spent too much time at the start. I ended up skipping like at least 50-40 marks worth of questions and after talking to people I realised that for the 7 mark titration I wrote h2po4 instead of h3po4 and for the aldehydes comparing with alcohols question I wrote about alkenes instead of aldehydes . I'm acc hella disappointed in myself because I knew most of the content but easy stuff like Ksp and pKa tripped me out and genuinely with the amount of questions I left blank, skipped or stupidly did wrong I know for a fact I did not pass. Lowk am I cooked? I only do ten units, with band 6s in bio and ent, band 4 in english, band 3 in maths and high band 4 for chem which i fricked up with this exam, even if I lock in for the hsc and get a band 6/5s, can i still get a high 80s atar, I was hoping for low 90s but atp idek i should've locked in . My school's rank is 100-110 and everyone said they did well in this exam, my chem grades so far have been dropping from T1: 84%, T2: 80%, T3: 70% and my rank is also somewhere in the middle of my cohort. im expecting a 40+% for trials. I honestly dk what to do anymore I'm just disappointed in myself, but anyone who has done hsc and survived do i just thug it out or is there hope

 

[Socialism]

Here's what I think.
The trial is over. Whatever you've done, can't be changed. But don't let it get you down; the absolute most important thing to do is learn from this.
Revise what you got wrong, and possibly change your study habits: doing practice papers under exam conditions might be especially helpful if, like it seems, the thing you struggled most with was stress during the test; this will help you get used to both recall and mid-exam stress.

I can't emphasise enough that, as much as it's disappointing to have done poorly during in-school exams and assessment tasks, you haven't done your HSC yet. DO NOT give up. Doing well on your HSC is still doing well on your HSC, irrespective of lacklustre assessment & trial marks.

 

[academic_reaper]

You sound like someone in my class

Do you have 2 sets of trials too?

 

[Agren11]

You sound like someone in my class

Do you have 2 sets of trials too?

no not two sets but i had all my trials in one week, got my last tomorrow for enterprise computing and then im free, i had bio today and did pretty well i think so at least i didn't mess up my band 6 subjects they r still going strong. Chem ive accepted my fate and there's nothing left to do except try and do well in hsc and pray i don't fail, but whoever made my trials timetable and decided to put all my exams one after another in the last week need to go to jail my hair has literally been falling out en masse this week from stress i can see my scalp

 

[lolcti]

sorry this is gonna be a little bit of a rant but I just did my chem trial it was 30% of my internals, and was the cssa paper but I fricked up really bad. the paper wasn't even that hard I just blanked out and spent too much time at the start. I ended up skipping like at least 50-40 marks worth of questions and after talking to people I realised that for the 7 mark titration I wrote h2po4 instead of h3po4 and for the aldehydes comparing with alcohols question I wrote about alkenes instead of aldehydes . I'm acc hella disappointed in myself because I knew most of the content but easy stuff like Ksp and pKa tripped me out and genuinely with the amount of questions I left blank, skipped or stupidly did wrong I know for a fact I did not pass. Lowk am I cooked? I only do ten units, with band 6s in bio and ent, band 4 in english, band 3 in maths and high band 4 for chem which i fricked up with this exam, even if I lock in for the hsc and get a band 6/5s, can i still get a high 80s atar, I was hoping for low 90s but atp idek i should've locked in . My school's rank is 100-110 and everyone said they did well in this exam, my chem grades so far have been dropping from T1: 84%, T2: 80%, T3: 70% and my rank is also somewhere in the middle of my cohort. im expecting a 40+% for trials. I honestly dk what to do anymore I'm just disappointed in myself, but anyone who has done hsc and survived do i just thug it out or is there hope

Do not doubt yourself.. I completely flunked math adv trial last year and I think I literally got a 65 and still ended up w a 97 overall. Most people drop marks significantly in trials, even the top students. There is so much hope, just try 5X harder for the HSC and consistently lock in rather than the night before.

 

[Solarised]

sorry this is gonna be a little bit of a rant but I just did my chem trial it was 30% of my internals, and was the cssa paper but I fricked up really bad. the paper wasn't even that hard I just blanked out and spent too much time at the start. I ended up skipping like at least 50-40 marks worth of questions and after talking to people I realised that for the 7 mark titration I wrote h2po4 instead of h3po4 and for the aldehydes comparing with alcohols question I wrote about alkenes instead of aldehydes . I'm acc hella disappointed in myself because I knew most of the content but easy stuff like Ksp and pKa tripped me out and genuinely with the amount of questions I left blank, skipped or stupidly did wrong I know for a fact I did not pass. Lowk am I cooked? I only do ten units, with band 6s in bio and ent, band 4 in english, band 3 in maths and high band 4 for chem which i fricked up with this exam, even if I lock in for the hsc and get a band 6/5s, can i still get a high 80s atar, I was hoping for low 90s but atp idek i should've locked in . My school's rank is 100-110 and everyone said they did well in this exam, my chem grades so far have been dropping from T1: 84%, T2: 80%, T3: 70% and my rank is also somewhere in the middle of my cohort. im expecting a 40+% for trials. I honestly dk what to do anymore I'm just disappointed in myself, but anyone who has done hsc and survived do i just thug it out or is there hope

I've done atar predictions in the past and I have to say your ranked in the middle of your cohort which is already bad, schools ranked in the 100s as well so the scaling avg is not gonna be the best as for marks wise as well its looking pretty rough and I would say push yourself for a high of a atar as you can but don't be disappointed if you get below an 85, set realistic expectations and try to comeback but with ranks in the middle of your cohort it looks pretty rough and I think an atar of high 80s to low 90s seems pretty unlikely.

 

[Average Boreduser]

I've done atar predictions in the past and I have to say your ranked in the middle of your cohort which is already bad, schools ranked in the 100s as well so the scaling avg is not gonna be the best as for marks wise as well its looking pretty rough and I would say push yourself for a high of a atar as you can but don't be disappointed if you get below an 85, set realistic expectations and try to comeback but with ranks in the middle of your cohort it looks pretty rough and I think an atar of high 80s to low 90s seems pretty unlikely.

I don't think thats how scaling works. Scaling is the same for everyone. You're thinking about alignment. This is alignment is not apparent in terms of how it affects atar until the hsc is over. No point in making predictions for someone who is already very stressed. Might I add that getting high 80s to 90s is most definately not impossible in a school ranked in the 100s. depending on how the externals go I think personally that those marks are comfortably achievable, Especially given she already suspects that she will recieve band 6 for a few other subjects. (FYI getting all band 5s should normally equate to a low 90 for most subject selections).

 

[Solarised]

I don't think thats how scaling works. Scaling is the same for everyone. You're thinking about alignment. This is alignment is not apparent in terms of how it affects atar until the hsc is over. No point in making predictions for someone who is already very stressed. Might I add that getting high 80s to 90s is most definately not impossible in a school ranked in the 100s. depending on how the externals go I think personally that those marks are comfortably achievable, Especially given she already suspects that she will recieve band 6 for a few other subjects. (FYI getting all band 5s should normally equate to a low 90 for most subject selections).

I couldn't find the word for it but your mark gets mediated towards your rank and also the level that your cohort is, we literally had a 30 minute lecture explaining to us that no matter the mark you get its gonna get affected by the way the cohort does, plus not to forgot that legit no matter what mark you get its gonna get avg out by your assessment mark in total and your relative rank will determine your assessment rank, which in a rank 100 and above school is gonna to be alright but not the best. I did not give any predictions but I just stated that on results day don't stress yourself out with expectations of high 80s and low 90s and be realistic of course try for the best but I gave the most accurate prediction based on my judgement

 

[Socialism]

Really?! A rank 100 school is not that bad

if you think a mid-level student at a top 100 school is not getting a 85-90 wtf does that mean for like, public schools

my school is pretty consistently ass but we get a few 90+'s

 

[Average Boreduser]

I think an atar of high 80s to low 90s seems pretty unlikely.

This is different to saying 'you should not be stressed out if you don't receive what you wanted'. Further, yes I am aware that rank matters, but then again, it will be determined by how well the cohort performs. Recieving the median rank internal (which would get aligned based on cohort performance) on one subject does not completely dissolve her chances of getting a 85-90 atar, especially with 50% of that subject's final mark still up for grabs. Mind you, she did an external paper known for its rigor.

 

[Socialism]

I agree with both of you, tbh...

don't stress yourself out and be realistic; of course try for the best

edited slightly cuz i paraphrased

especially with 50% of that subject's final mark still up for grabs.

definitely true...

No need for doom-talk or whatever yet, just make sure you don't stress too hard and be realistic about what you can acheive

 

[Study to success]

ok this means I'm kinda cooked and I'm prob gonna get a 60 atar. I hope my school is just marking really harsh or giving us really hard tests cause the averages are pretty bad, I'm doing even worse and idk. So hopefully moderation will pull us up if we do a lot better in the external hsc

 

[Socialism]

ok this means I'm kinda cooked and I'm prob gonna get a 60 atar. I hope my school is just marking really harsh or giving us really hard tests cause the averages are pretty bad, I'm doing even worse and idk. So hopefully moderation will pull us up if we do a lot better in the external hsc

nah just remember last year's median was like 77

and ur definitely a lot smarter than the median lol u'll be right

 

[Study to success]

nah just remember last year's median was like 77

and ur definitely a lot smarter than the median lol u'll be right

really. Wasn't it like 71

 

[banigul@30]

really. Wasn't it like 71

you guys go same school?

 

[Study to success]

you guys go same school?

no I meant the median atar in the state

 

[Solarised]

Really?! A rank 100 school is not that bad

if you think a mid-level student at a top 100 school is not getting a 85-90 wtf does that mean for like, public schools

my school is pretty consistently ass but we get a few 90+'s

100-110 rank schools are pretty accessible to the public I didn't go to one but I could have honestly I should've as well but ill take a 97 atar

 

[Solarised]

I don't think thats how scaling works. Scaling is the same for everyone. You're thinking about alignment. This is alignment is not apparent in terms of how it affects atar until the hsc is over. No point in making predictions for someone who is already very stressed. Might I add that getting high 80s to 90s is most definately not impossible in a school ranked in the 100s. depending on how the externals go I think personally that those marks are comfortably achievable, Especially given she already suspects that she will recieve band 6 for a few other subjects. (FYI getting all band 5s should normally equate to a low 90 for most subject selections).

btw the op is a guy but yea i see your point but my one still stands agree to disagree seems like the option here cuz im not writing anything further