ATAR Reaction Video 2020 || First QLD ATARs
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- Опубліковано 20 гру 2020
- Join me as I react to my Year 12 subject results and ATAR at 2am.
I was quite shocked to say the least.
TIME STAMPS:
Results reaction - 00:22
Results reveal/discussion - 00:49
ATAR reaction - 6:42
ATAR reveal - 7:50
This is so insane, I’m so happy for you!!!
Thank you so much!!! 🥺🥺🥰🥰
WOWOOWOW CONGRATS! Your Joanna Ceddia vibes are killing me 🤣🤣
Omg thank you so much! Ahaha that is literally the biggest compliment ever
Hey girl! I just realised I chatted to you on the QCE Physics facebook group when you posted something about classifying fermions a few weeks before the exam ahahaha. I remember you were pretty unsure of yourself then but I'm so proud to see how well you did!! Best luck for the future xx
Heyyy!! Ahhh yes, the good old physics fb page 😅 good times, good times. Look at fermions bringing people together! For real though, thank you so much!! I hope all your exams and results went well! Good luck for 2021 and beyond ☺️
Amazing job!!!!!
Thank you!!
CONGRATULATIONS HUMAN!!
THANK YOU HUMAN!!
Congratulations!! Did so well!
Thank you so much! 😊
@@AstroKatelyn I am currently in year 10 and I would like to ask for some tips for English writing and studying for methods. For English writing (narratives, analysing), is there anyway to improve it? I feel like I have been writing the same level stuff for a long time and would like to improve. Do you memorise vocabulary on a basis or read books and articles? If so, what do you recommend? For methods, did you buy extra books in the bookstore to practice or just used the textbook? Thanks.
@@ynnna21 Hey! Firstly, I just wanna let you know that I felt the exact same way about my writing when I was in your position. I never really did well in English until 10th grade (kinda the same across all my subjects), and even then my writing wasn't all too good. I found that my style of writing really matured in 11th grade because I pushed myself to do better.
A common tip for improving writing, that you'll here get thrown around a lot, is to read, read, read. While, yes this can help, this isn't always a good option. Not everyone has time to read regularly. Soooo, what I recommend instead is to change what you read in preparation for assessment. In English, JSTOR was my best friend. Whenever I was doing reading to prepare for a feature article, or an essay analysing a novel or something, I would search up the novel or theme on JSTOR and read what academics have to say. If you read sophisticated papers, you are more likely to write in a sophisticated manner. Further, you'll be exposed to some fantastic in-depth analysis that you won't get from websites like Shmoop or Sparknotes (though these are both great for wrapping your head around the basics of a plot line). With regards to memorising vocabulary, something I'd recommend is, if you decide to look at JSTOR articles, note down any new words that you see (also write down what they mean). I did this and it helped me to improve my vocabulary significantly.
One thing to note, however, is that the writing may seem jarring at first. But, if you keep at it, the articles/papers will start to make more sense as you get used to that style.
Also, try to keep in mind how you write in your other subjects. As my writing for English improved, so too did my writing for all other subjects. You should treat every assignment you get, no matter what subject its in, as a chance to improve and develop your own style.
For methods, I didn't purchase any additional resources and relied almost entirely on the textbook my school provided. In my opinion, purchasing extra books wouldn't be as beneficial as getting more practice papers. I did every single question in the textbook, and that wasn't helpful at all. What was helpful, however, were the practice papers I completed. I was fortunate enough to know people who had practice papers that they were willing to share and I used those.
Going over exam style questions is the best thing that you can do to help yourself in all subjects.
Hope this helps, and good luck with your studies! :)
@@AstroKatelyn Thank you so much for the advice! Apart from looking at JSTOR articles when you receive your English assessments, how else did you push your writing in 11th grade?
@@ynnna21 No worries :) Umm, depends on the task really. You'll approach every assignment differently, and the criteria for what is "good" depends on the task at hand.
One thing that I really worked on in all of my subjects was analysis. So getting to the juicy bits of information. Try to make as many connections between different ideas/themes/concepts as you can.
I know a lot of people like to get practice in and/or extra feedback, so I'd recommend seeing if your school provides you with access to resources such as studiosity to get writing feedback (I used them for all of my assignments).
Or there is also online forums, such as ATAR Notes, that provide you with a platform to get feedback from present and past students on your writing. There is a team of incredibly kind and helpful people on the forums who are always willing to lend a helping hand. I spent quite a lot of time on there in years 11 and 12 (I still spend quite a bit of time on there now) and it certainly helped me in all of my subjects. So yeah, if you don't already have an account on there, I'd highly recommend getting one (its free) and checking out the writing feedback sections. Also, the free lectures they run throughout the year are fantastic. If you ever get a chance to go to any of them they are super helpful (I went to an English lecture in year 11 and it was so incredibly beneficial)
god i have my exams in a couple weeks, and I've gone on a binge watching different atar reaction videos to get myself into the zone. your atar is amazing and i hope that you are doing well in your chosen higher studies.
ngl, kinda shitting myself, corona really cucked us again in 2021
Ahaha I did exactly the same thing in the lead up to exams. Thank you so much!
Corona has certainly made it quite a challenging year for the graduating cohort of 2021, but all that really matter is whether you give it your best shot ☺️
Good luck for all of your exams! I hope it all goes well for you
@@AstroKatelyn Thank you so much!
DANGGG! that's so good
Thank you!!! 🥰
DANG let’s go Katelyn!
Thanks Daniel! 😊 I hope all your results went well!!
so proud of you, im going to do my exams soon and im so terrified
Thank you! I know exactly how you’re feeling - I was incredibly terrified going into the exams last year. It’s much easier said than done, but try to stay as calm and relaxed as possible! You won’t be able to think as clearly if you’re really stressed. I found it helpful to not think about them any differently to how I would think about any other exam I had taken throughout my schooling life.
I wish you the very best of luck for your exams!!
Well done
Thank you! ☺️
my atar twin !
Yes! QUEEN!!! 👑
Hey! Congratulations on your amazing atar; well earned! I’m entering yr 12 this year and also have psych and love it! (So far at least haha). I just wanted to ask - since it’s so content heavy (e.g all the visual perception cues and principles in unit 3) how did you memorise everything?! Also, I’m so surprised you managed to do so well despite bsing the case studies! I’m so nervous about memorising all the studies; that too in detail since there are so many and our teachers keep reminding us how important it is to understand them. Also, how often would you say you studied for your subjects throughout the year? Like how often did you revisit and look back at your notes/practice/study?! Sorry for asking so much haha well done again 💖
Thank you so much!
For me, I was just really fortunate that psychology clicked with my brain. In that one subject my brain was like a sponge, so I didn't have to work to hard to remember things - but I did pay A LOT of attention in class and I took really good notes. For me, I did almost zero study for psychology in terms 3/4. I did 4 hours the night before the exam, and that was pretty much it - if you prepare really well then you won't have to do much study for any of your subjects really (at least that was the case for me - except for methods, I did study a lot for that exam because I had a lot of disruptions in my class with teacher changes throughout the year). For all of my sciences, I started writing my Unit 3 notes over the summer holidays before grade 12, and I finished ALL of my notes (unit 3 & 4) by the end of term 2/start of term 3. This meant that in term three I could read over my notes a few times for each subject and possibly fix up any bits if I made mistakes or had more to add. In term 4, I read over my notes a couple times once again, did some highlighting and annotating and then summarised them further - making little cheat sheets of information that I needed to really make sure I would remember. Then for some of my subjects I would do practice exams 2/3 days before and make a mistake log to review the day before (I didn't do this for psychology however). So yeah, I did bulk of my study (in the form of note preparation) early on in the year, and then just read over my notes a few times before the exam. For note taking, I suggest using the syllabus points as a structure so you make sure you aren't missing any information. Another thing I did that I found helpful was attending the free lectures held by ATAR Notes - I would recommend checking them out and signing up to the forums.
Psychology can certainly be a pain in regard to how much there is to remember, but I think all of the suffering is worth it. It is really one of those subjects that can change the way you view the world. I think that is something that really helped me - just considering the practical/real-world applications of what I was learning. If I was in the car or at the shops I just tried to tie in the knowledge I had learnt in the classroom into my everyday life (e.g. when someone on the road is speeding and recklessly overtakes you, its easy to think "Argh, what an idiot!"... that's fundamental attribution error in action - you have no clue what the situational factors affecting their behaviour are). So yeah, one thing that is rather easy to do with psychology, and helps your memory of it, is just applying that knowledge to everyday situations. This can also be done with visual perception topic. For example, whenever I was in the car or outside, I would look for a distant object and start recalling the different principles/cues that are effecting my depth perception of the said object. Another thing that helps is mind maps. There is a lot of content but if you can make links between the different topics it makes it so much easier to remember! As you make these connections between topics/ideas you are inadvertently creating cues that will help you recall the information in the future. So big mind maps are always great for early study!
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Case studies were certainly something that I underestimated. But I guess my results go to show that you can still do well without knowing them ahaha 😂 Something that I discovered really late was the annotated bibliography (which I will link below). It broke down the different case studies, provided a summary of what was involved and the results. They can be a good introduction to the studies but I would recommend doing further research on them to get a better idea of what ~actually~ happened in them. Another recommendation that I have is to completely ignore the recommended studies/articles (they are a waste of time... I looked at a lot of them and its note worth it). You can find which ones you actually need to know in the syllabus.
Unit 3 case study annotated bibliography: www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/downloads/senior-qce/sciences/snr_psychology_19_unit3_anno_bib.pdf
Unit 4 case study annotated bibliography: www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/downloads/senior-qce/sciences/snr_psychology_19_unit4_anno_bib.pdf
I would also recommend really paying attention to the cognitive verbs for each syllabus point. Yes, there are a lot of syllabus points - but, for a lot of them, you really don't need to know that much about it.
I know this is a lot of information and I'm not sure if half of it makes sense ahaha 😂 If its helpful, I could make a video in better detail about how I studied/prepared throughout the year... But ultimately, my biggest pieces of advice would be to: start preparing early (because time goes by a lot quicker than you think it will), and do as well as you can on your internals.
Also, please never apologise for asking questions!!! Never, never, never!! I asked soooo many questions in year 11 and 12 ahaha I'm pretty sure I drove all my teachers mad. It's really admirable that you are seeking advice this early and I wish you all the best for your studies! :) If you ever have more questions feel free to ask, I'd be more than happy to try and help.
Katelyn Smith omg!! You’re an absolute QUEEN! Every single thing you have mentioned is so helpful and makes complete sense. I can’t thank you enough; so kind of you!! I will definitely look into ATAR Notes. My teacher has mentioned the annotated bibliographies (which I forgot about LMAO) - so thank you for reminding me about them. For my end of year (unit 1 & 2) exams in yr 11, I used mind maps as a retrieval practice technique when I was revising (I only really did this for biology). Before looking over my notes and actually beginning revision, I created a mind map as a way to dump everything I could remember. Then, after revising a particular topic, I made another one aiming to fill in the gaps in my understanding from earlier by recalling more; that too in more depth. It definitely helped and I’ll do it for psych! We only have 2 more weeks left of these summer holidays and I haven’t managed to write out all my notes for psych and bio (almost done with psych, but I should probably try and power through what’s remaining now hahaha). Also, what you said about applying what we’ve learned to the real world is so cool - I love that. You’ve definitely helped me feel more aware and ready for what’s to come and how to prepare. Would you say you did similar sort of things for biology too? Seeing as bio can get quite content-heavy as well? Thank you so so much for responding to me once again!!
@@sukhleenarora What you've done using the mind-maps as a kind of brain-dump is actually a great practice! I've recently been watching UA-camrs talk about how they study for university (I need to prepare somehow for this year ahaha) and a lot of them have brought this technique up. Whenever they are stuck or don't know where to start they just do a brain-dump and write down everything they know about a topic (whether it be a mind-map or just some randoms notes here and there) and then this kind of helps guide their revision. So keep it up! I would recommend doing this sort of stuff early on however, because it can be particularly time-consuming and it would be beneficial to get as many practice exams done as possible.
For biology, it isn't as easy to apply what you've learnt to the real world (at least not for unit 4). For the ecological surveying topics, it can be really helpful to actually go out and practice belt and line transects and to consider the practical applications of both the transects as well as quadrats (one of the questions in the mock exam asked about which surveying technique would be best for a particular area). So yeah, going out and practicing can help (or, not even practicing, but just going outside and thinking to yourself about what would be the best technique to use in an area). The external exam is pretty straight forward - except we did have one question at the back of the second paper that no one knew how to answer. Out of all of the exams, bio was certainly one of the easiest. So I would definitely focus a lot of attention onto the assignments. I lost 1 point on the student experiment (sad story - my class went into extraordinary review and QCAA moved half of us down 1-2 points) - which in the end meant that I got 93/100 for the year, instead of 95/100. So make sure you do your best for the assignments as, even if you don't do super well on the external, you can still get a decent mark from internal results.
So what I did for bio, is the same for all of my sciences. 1. Started preparing early, 2. Mind maps, 2. Took good notes using the syllabus as a guide, and 3. Explained the content to others. I also did a heap of practice papers 2 days before the exam + made a mistake log, and I also read through the entire textbook (ahaha it was so not worth it, most of the content isn't relevant). Just like psych, there is a lot of content. However, its really all about exposing yourself to the content as much as possible. Trust me, I know that studying can be hella boring sometimes, but even just watching slightly entertaining UA-cam videos can be helpful and not make you want to gauge your eyes out.
You'll notice in the syllabus however that a lot of the cognitive verbs in unit 4 are identify, recognise, recall, demonstrate, understand, define... A lot of them are these lower level cognitive verbs which means you don't really need to know much about it. So, I would recommend really dedicating your time to those higher level cognitive verbs (explain, discuss, analyse, interpret...). There really aren't many higher level verbs in Unit 4, so your trickier exam questions are probably going to be Unit 3 (for us, they really liked the differentiate/contrast questions in the mocks and the real exam, so make sure you know the similarities and differences between things like primary and secondary succession, the roles of different enzymes involved in DNA replication, the differences between transcription and translation, the differences between oogenesis and spermatogenesis....). Also, don't discount the more mathematical side of biology - the SDI question in our exam was worth a PHAT 6 marks ahaha. Very thankful for that one.
Katelyn Smith thank so much for your reply! Sorry my response is so late. I’ve been speaking with other students from my school who just graduated and they’ve said how important it is to start studying early (if not from the beginning of the year); as you mentioned earlier. For youtube videos, I’ve watched a lot from crash course or amoeba sisters in the past and they’re quite helpful. As I finish note taking, I’ll take into account the cognitions from the syllabus so that it’s easier to know where I should direct my study (the more complex things with higher level verbs - as you said). Thank you so much once again for all of your help and words, it means a lot. I’ll put all my effort into the internals so I can be as prepared as possible for externals! Good luck on preparing for uni, you’ll be amazing!
Congrats baby
Awe thank you beautiful! Congrats on your achievement as well :)
@@AstroKatelyn DAMN YOUR FAMOUS
Hi I was just wondering if it is possible for me to receive a 98-99 ATAR Score since my raw study scores are quite high. This is absolutely essential for me to secure my position in my University Course.
-English (49/50).
-Biology (48/50).
-Modern History (47/50).
-Psychology (45/50).
-Mathematics (43/50).
It really depends on how well the rest of your cohort does. Your internals are looking quite good however, so if the external results go well then I think you should be fine. Ultimately, however, I really can’t tell you if you will get a 98/99 as the scaling will change every year. I wish you the best of luck!
Congratulations on your amazing ATAR I am waiting until December but these are the results I have forecasted. I hope all my hard work pays off.
True the ATAR Calculator has been updated on the 11th of June lol.
Lol what'd you end up getting?
To find the IQR- Q3-Q1
Haha yeah that was the only part I remembered from term 1 of grade 10 when I learnt how to calculate IQRs 😅 I couldn’t remember how to calculate Q3 or Q1 🥲
@@AstroKatelyn ohh hahah I hate when you can't remember that
We learnt how to calculate IQR in yr9, thats weird (I live in Western Australia)
Lol in Victoria we go over it every year in maths (we are doing it in further atm 🥲)
I have no idea why I am watching this as I graduated high school well over a decade ago ( why did UA-cam recommend this to me?!😳) but either way, congrats! That is a massive achievement! Good luck with uni this year :)
I get that! UA-cam recommendations have me a bit confused sometimes ahaha. But thank you so much! I really appreciate your kind words 😊 I hope 2021 treats you well!
any advice for english feature article???? I legit suckkkkk and want to improve so much
The biggest piece of advice that I have for any English task is to have a good thesis and to make sure that you consistently refer back to said thesis. Every argument must serve a particular purpose - this being, supporting your thesis (or even showing the development of your thesis throughout your assignment). For mine, I began with a thesis that I actually ended up falsifying by the end of the article ahaha - that is entirely ok and is another way of showing how your perspective has been informed by your analysis (and also shows that you haven’t fallen prey to your own biases).
One thing that I found incredibly beneficial was reading scholarly essays on JSTOR; you will likely be able to find an abundance of really interesting and insightful perspectives held by experts (which is so much better than relying on the shallow analyses of themes/characters provided by websites like sparknotes).
I assume that your task is to show the connection between two texts/how two texts present a particular concept. One of the most important aspects of this task (as well as the essay you will write in the external exam) is to show authorial intent. It is all well and good writing about what the author presents - BUT it is even better to not only explain, but also analyse, ~why~ the author included a concept or represented a concept in a particular way.
Also, don’t forget about aesthetic devices(!!!). I know it can feel kind of weird writing about them sometimes, but there are so many ways to subtly hint to them without having to explicitly state something like, “GEORGE OWELL INCLUDED NEWSPEAK BECAUSE IT IS SYMBOLISM”. Instead, you can write something like “Newspeak is symbolic of ...”. It’s more subtle and, I’d argue, more effective.
These are the major things I can think of right now, but if you have any questions about specific aspects of the feature article just let me know and I’d be more than happy to give you a hand. I also studied Macbeth and 1984 last year, so if you are doing any of those and have text-specific questions, I’d also be more than happy to answer those.
Good luck with your article! :)
congrats! what course are you wanting to do at uni x
Thanks! I’ll be studying a Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours) this year - majoring in physics ☺️
Hey I am gonna give my exams this year! And were any of the subjects actually scaled?
Hey! So the subject results you see in this video are raw results, but the ATAR is calculated with scaled results (I don’t know if we ever get to see what our results scale to however). From my understanding, most subjects will scale in some way, but some subjects can remain neutral. Scaling for each subject will vary every year depending upon how well everyone performs in each subject (there is both inter- and intrasubject scaling). Along with scaling, grade boundaries will also vary depending on how well students do. From what I’ve seen from other states, sciences and maths (methods and specialist) scale up pretty well. I also believe that sciences scaled up quite a bit this year for QLD. If QLD runs the system similarly to the rest of Australia, then subject reports should be made available within the next few months and they will provide an indication for how each subject scaled.
I hope this helps, if you have any other questions feel free to ask ☺️ good luck for your exams!
Katelyn Smith hey katelyn, that was absolutely helpful❤️...thanks a lottt😘
@@saumilichakraborty5357 hi, me again :P just thought I’d come back to let you know that, if you haven’t already seen them, subject scaling reports have been made available
Katelyn Smith thanks a lott that was extremely kind of u! And yes I looked at it! Pretty happy all my subjects scale up quite high😊
Congrats on the atar ignore the idoit ash cebil kiddo his just salty u did amazing!
Ahaha thank you, I appreciate it 🙏
Congratulations! That is soo good! Do you have any tips for creative writing?
Thank you!! Admittedly, creative writing isn’t my strong suit and I, very luckily, didn’t have to do one in grade 12 bc of the removal of an IA. My biggest tip would be to remember cultural assumptions. Forgetting those is what results in a lot of students losing marks. There’s also the basic things to keep in mind- like aesthetic devices. Just remember that you don’t have to be an incredible writer to do well in this task - if in doubt, keep it simple. When I did my short story in grade 11, I got marked down for writing with a level of detail and complexity that wasn’t appropriate for the story. So, to learn from my mistakes, make sure you use language that is appropriate for you audience, and (if you are writing from the perspective of one of your characters) make sure the language and details you write about (in particular, when describing what they are observing and thinking) are suitable for the characters knowledge. The mistake I made with mine was writing from the main character’s perspective and including medical terms that they couldn’t possibly have known.
I’m assuming your task will be the same as mine in that you will be writing a short story under exam conditions. If that’s the case then I’d recommend writing your story beforehand and memorising it. This way you can get other people to have a read over it (your teachers won’t be allowed to look over it but you can get friends, family and even people online to have a read - I’d personally recommend uploading it to the ATAR Notes forums to get it read over by past students 😊).
I hope this is helpful. If you have any other questions feel free to give us a shout ☺️
How are your adult human's reaction? :)
They were very happy 👍
Isn't jealousy a wonderful thing 😂 I hope you don't take any of what old mate said to heart - you've done so well. Congratulations. Would you be able to share some tips on how you achieved this?
Hi Sophie! Thank you so much!
In general, the biggest tips I have are to start early and make sure you have a good set of notes. I started taking notes over the summer before my final year. I made sure to keep working on them throughout the year, and I had them all finished by the end of term 2/start of term 3. This meant I had ages to just read over them and do practice papers. I'm happy with how I performed but I do think I would have performed better had I completed more practice papers. I did maybe 2 for physics and like 4 for biology and that was about it (aside from the mocks at school). But I just found that I was too tired during exam block to do much study, so that's why getting started early was really beneficial for me. It allowed me to relax quite a bit during the exam block. As for taking good notes, I would recommend copying and pasting the syllabus points into a word document and just filling your notes in underneath them. Also, pay attention to the cognitive verbs for each syllabus point because that will tell you how much you really need to know about the content :) For IAs, my biggest tip would be to live by the ISMG - that will be your best friend!!
I hope these are helpful, but if you have any other questions about anything at all please let me know :) I'd be more than happy to help out!
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Katelyn: I shat on the exam paper then shot the examiner in the head and blew up the school using military weapons then I proceeded to rip my exam to shreds and didn't answer anything but I somehow got 99%
Yeah lol. That’s about right
How much study did you do over the year? Did you study over the summer holidays? Any tips?
Hey! I didn’t do nearly as much study as I was expecting to. I did do a bit of work over the summer holidays, but it wasn’t much. I just started writing my notes (I had a thing called a study “Bible” for each subject) and working my way through the methods textbook as practice. I did bulk of my preparation in term one and two. I finished all of my subjects notes by the end of term 2. And in term three and four I just read over them a couple times.
A couple days before exams I would do practice papers and make a list of my most common mistakes/where my understanding was lacking and I would read over the list the morning before the exam. I didn’t do practice papers for all my subjects tho because 1) some subjects didn’t have good practice exams, and 2) I didn’t have time (especially on the last week where I had 3 exams on that week).
So yeah, all I did was write my notes early on, read over them a couple times, and maybe do some practice papers if I had time and found good ones.
Tips:
Make sure you understand the content as you are learning it. The difference between someone who gets a B and someone who gets an A, isn’t that the B student doesn’t know as much as the A student. Rather, the A student understands the content better. It’s important to draw that distinction between knowing and understanding.
Another tip would be to start preparing early as it ensures that you have tonnes of time to fine tune your understanding and ask questions (for me, starting early meant that I didn’t have to do much study in terms 3/4).
Another tip is to do as well as you can on your internals. You want to bring as many points with you into the exam, so if you make some mistakes or don’t do as well as you hoped, your end of year result won’t be affected as badly.
And last tip, if you aren’t going to read the English book (like me) - you still need to do a lot of study for the exam to make up for it. I didn’t read the book, but I read lots and lots of scholarly articles/essays from JSTOR. Websites like Schmoop are good for getting an idea of what happens in the novel, but it’s important to remember that your essay is not a recount of the story. You are analysing the story to argue a point. So, if you don’t read the book read over schmoop or whatever website like that and then read essays from JSTOR. It is the essays from JSTOR that will give you an in-depth analysis of some of the themes/concepts - rather than a summary. You will be exposed to really good ideas in those essays. Also research cultural assumptions of some of the themes/concepts. So yes, while I didn’t read the book, I did lots of research on it. I ended up with a word document with 11,000 words of research. If you are planning on not reading, then just keep some of this in mind.
Anyways, I hope some of this is helpful. If you have any other questions please feel free to ask ☺️
Katelyn Smith this is pretty solid, helpful advice! Any tips on the math and physics subjects?
@@beautifulaffliction1742 for maths its really all about practice. Try to get as much practice as you can early on using your textbook. Just like your other subjects there is still that distinction between knowing and understanding. So its small things like understanding the connections between topics/formulae. As soon as you are having trouble understanding something, ask your teacher. I'd also recommend doing as many practice papers as possible, because the questions you get on exams will be different to what you'll see in a textbook.
As for physics, I prepared in the same way as I did for my other sciences. I had two booklets of notes (one for unit 3 and one for unit 4), where I used the syllabus points to structure my notes and make sure I wasn't missing any information. For the mathematics aspect of physics, it just needs practice (like maths). The exam can ask you to make connections between very different topics. Our exam made us used a simultaneous equation incorporating circular motion and electromagnetism to solve for the answer. There will also be formulae that you have to memorise as they won't be on the formula sheet. For example, when you are solving electromagnetism questions in three dimensions you may need to use sine or cosine rule - both of which you'll have to memorise. I also memorised another formula which combines multiple formulae required when doing calculations for line spectra questions. Doing small things like this can help save time in exams (instead of sitting there and doing multiple calculations, identify what you need to find and combine all of the steps into one formula).
But yeah, for the theory side of physics, just keep reading over your notes/watch UA-cam videos on it so you can remember it. Also, try to memorise QCAA's definitions that they provide. So for things like "Baryon number" they have their own definition that you need to remember.
As with every subject, you want to do well on your internals in both maths and physics. That way you go in with as many marks as possible and can stress less about the 50% exam. That being said, every assessment is going to be different and will present its own challenges, so if you ever have any assessment specific questions feel free to let me know.
Hope this helps! :)
Katelyn Smith holy shit this is actual gold. You're a legend.
How did you deal with the negativity from the teachers in Year 12 and the obnoxious teachers who tried to put their students down and just the general negative environment created by some teachers in school?
Hey! I actually had one teacher who really didn’t like me. She actively tried to make my life a living hell and would try to publicly shame me in front of other students. She would also talk negatively about me behind my back. It was terrible and I really hated going to her class. The worst part is, I never knew what I had done wrong. I tried to treat her with respect and kindness but I was receiving nothing but hatred from her. It can be really hard to put up with this, and if this is something that you are currently dealing with I am so sorry! It’s truly not fun and I wish everyone could have amazing teachers for all of their classes. If possible, I would talk to some other teachers about how you are feeling. If there are any that you trust then they may be able to help you and find you some support. You may even be able to transfer classes (assuming you aren’t currently in grade 12). I tried this and was unfortunately unable to get any support. Luckily, I am very much powered by spite ahaha. So, I new that my teacher didn’t want me to do well, so I worked my butt off to make sure I did well. Thankfully it worked out and I feel accomplished for having done as well in that class as I did. So, I guess what I have to say is keep your head up, keep your end goal in mind to help yourself get through, know that this negativity is only temporary and try to find support in other teachers if possible 😊 I wish you the best of luck!
the comments on this video holy shit
There do be a few ahaha
Ur pretty cute ngl
And u are a weird one