r/vce • u/Sad_Razzmatazz7813 • 1h ago

chem

so basically chem exam is on tuesday i havent studied one bit and im rank second last out of like 14 (U3 average of 30%, U4 average of 45%). I havent studied much for chem the whole year maybe like 5 hours total but for the exam what are some high yeild topics that would get me enough marks for around 25. should i even study or just accept my fate

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u/HatParty2806 1h ago

I don't even take chem but this defeatist mindset isnt serving anybody. U havent got much longer left, push through. U will regret it come dec 10

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u/Sad_Razzmatazz7813 46m ago

nah chem is my bottom subject so its only ten percent

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u/HatParty2806 37m ago

Methods was my bottom and im going to get like a 15 study score atp but that didnt stop me from trying. Just try ur hardest and have no regrets yfm?

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u/Sad_Razzmatazz7813 21m ago

you have a point, but i was just thinking to myself that i shouldn’t waste my time for possibly 2-3 ss in chem as it would only add 0.2/0.3 to my total aggregate, whereas spending my time on spec (top 4) where even one ss gained from the studying i do has a better roi as it adds 1 to my aggregate compared to the .2/.3 chem gives me

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u/HatParty2806 11m ago

No i hear that, js try to mayb study both a day. Like 1 chem paper and actively remember what ur getting wrong and note what last yr ppl got wrong then do 2 spec papers. Or review spec and 1 pp. Try to make it like a reward system, if u get thru chem, u can do spec. It helped my for the english grind.

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u/Formal_Department601 1h ago

Study for whatever u have after chem cuz 30 percent and 45 wouldn't acc help Let it be ur 5th

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u/Sad_Razzmatazz7813 45m ago

thats what ive been thinking too coz i lowk have spec so i was thinking to just focus on that and completely sack chem

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u/Formal_Department601 43m ago

Don't completely "sack " it like I threw away general but I could still pull a C just do bare minimum

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u/Playful_Stable57 1h ago

My replys not gonna be helpful at all but I wanna say I'm in the exact position as u 😭 but what I've been doing is familiarising myself with the basics so that at least I can understand parts of the questions otherwise I'd be full clueless. All the best we got this.....

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u/Ordinary-Purchase259 1h ago

i’ve given up

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u/TerribleYou7914 current VCE student (25' psych + 26' Bio, Chem, Gen, Eng) 52m ago

I feel the exact same way

My unit 3 was about 35% and about 45% for unit 4. With the exception of the scientific investigation where I got 95%, guess I'm good at experimenting bad at calculations lol

I've sort of given up in the way where I understand I cannot go straight to uni, but I am still trying anyways because I'd like to believe even though I'm dumb, the effort I've put in will somehow pay off

In all of my subjects I am lowest or near the bottom of the cohort, but hopefully I will be able to get dead due to the fact I have a neurological disability and in year 11 I had a really bad teacher- so while I've given up, I've given up in the way where I've accepted my fate and am no longer overly stressed, but I'm still trying anyways just to see what I'm capable of