Thanks mate, I tried my best coming from a 500+ ranked school and a family where nobody has gone to university before! I sure hope my poverty-stricken lady-brain can handle being in classes with all you smarties from the cities! :lol: Can't wait to start! :wavey:
Lol, if you think that's a bad rank you should come to my 500+ ranked school where we have a success rate of less than 1%. It can be done though, during my time at high school there were 2 girls who managed to get an ATAR of 90+.
I just told them what I got (56.50). They were both really understanding, my Mum rang me from work and said she doesn't care, she's so proud of me for coming this far and she thinks I've done really well. My Dad thinks it's a bummer my school sucked as a group, but he's pretty chilled out about...
Ancient History - 73
Biology - 69
Community & Family Studies - 78
English (Advanced) - 75
Mathematics General 2 - 57
So, pretty terrible! :lol: The worst part is, I did far better than a lot of people at my school.
I actually didn't find the exam as bad as I expected. Maths isn't my strong point, but I feel reasonably confident. My only issue was time management, I was a little bit slow and had to rush toward the end to finish.
I'm going to UOW next year, and so far every person I've encountered at Wollongong has been really nice. I think it's a lovely city, I can't wait to live there. I don't understand why so many people on this thread claim Wollongong is a 'shithole', nowhere is perfect. Wollongong sure as a lot...
You are required to do speeches in English. I suffer quite bad anxiety and the speeches were a major stress for me too, but your teachers should be willing to organise another time for you to do yours alone or with a smaller group. I have never had to do a speech for Ancient History, but that's...