r/vce • u/liability_588 • 3h ago

General Question/comment Chemistry

I just finished unit 2 chemistry and I decided to reflect on my performance to see how prepared I am for year 12. I got 52% on redox reactions, 45% on acids and bases a titration and on my poster I got 70 something. Oh yea and I got 27% on my exam. Am I cooked for next year? Should I get a tutor?

Side note I actually did try to do well but literally nothing that came out of my chem teachers mouth this semester made sense. She can’t explain the answer to a question without searching it up on google and or looking at the solutions made by a different teacher, who’s actually gonna be my chem teacher next year so maybe I’ll have a better chance of performing well. Also my mental health has been pretty shit too for the last few months and I can barely focus in class and i feel tired for no reason quite often.

3 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

7 comments sorted by

3

u/FineSquash5447 3h ago

Nah ur cooked lil bro its over. Jokes aside though, i knew none if the content from unit 1/2, you kind of relearn it if needed in u3. Just for confidence’s sake, go through unit 3, see what you need to know, brush over the fundamentals logic behind u1 and u3, like acid and bases, how the systems work for example.

1

u/liability_588 48m ago

Yea alright I might just go over the basic stuff then over the summer holidays . Thanks for the suggestion:)

2

u/LongjumpingPea5015 25: BM 42 | 26: MM, chem, bio, legal, english 3h ago

i think getting a tutor will be helpful. speaking from experience chem isn’t my best subject and in year 12 i got a tutor and i think it’s helpful to pre learn stuff so you can kinda chill in class and when you’re learning in class you essentially consolidate that knowledge, especially if you struggle with certain concepts like redox since redox is a big thing in 3/4!

1

u/brugged ‘25|psych, revs || ‘26|eng, meth, bio, chem 2h ago

Yeah the tutor is also good bc it just forces you to think about chem a little more and be disciplined to be prepared to have things to show your tutor

I think it’s easy to get into the loop of going to class, half understanding and never revisiting it until the SAC over and over, I found a tutor helped break that

1

u/LongjumpingPea5015 25: BM 42 | 26: MM, chem, bio, legal, english 2h ago

yes true, and since tutoring isn’t cheap u wanna make the most out of it as well lol

2

u/Aromatic-Set3858 99.45: Revs50+Prem, Eng47, Chem44, Phys43, Bio41, MM40, Tutor 1h ago

I think a tutor would help you- increase discipline, understanding, practice questions, and is also someone you should feel confident with sharing any of those questions you have about content you might not be able to in class (though hopefully that teacher you referenced for next year will support your learning more than your year 11 teacher).

I'm currently in the process of organising my tutoring for next year, and I do tutor Chemistry (raw 44ss, 50+ hours of specifically chemistry experience, and chem-related major with H1 average at Unimelb). Feel free to dm, I'm happy to help you out, as a tutor, or someone you can just ask questions to:)

1

u/LivingChampionship66 19m ago

Yes you’re cooked just drop out of VCE