This is me.
Year 10 english: 52% rank 110th
Year 11 English: 80% rank 2nd
I decided to memorise my essays. lol. back in year 10, I didn't study at all and i didn't even read my texts
Year 11 Term 1 Maths: 87% rank 10th
Year 11 Term 3 Maths: 93% rank 3rd
I decided to study from maths past papers.
Year 11 Economics Term 1: 86% rank 6th
Year 11 Economics Term 3: 94% rank 1st
i decided to study from syllabus dot points and practice exam style questions such as one of my weaknesses: Multiple choice.
Studies of religion Term 2: 70% rank 40th
studies of religion Term 3: 96% rank 3rd
I decided to memorise everything in the textbook. and i did this by retyping everything in the textbook without looking at the textbook. if you know how to reproduce the text, you must have memorised everything.
so you see, there is always still hope
its not about how smart u are or how much you study, but its about how determined you are, how confident you are and how SMART you study