Surviving Year TWELVE
Many of us would agree that Year 12 is one
of the toughest years to get through in high
school, so we have compiled a list of the
tops tips from WAYS members about
surviving that final year.
1. Keep really detailed notes for each
course, all in your own words. Break down
topics into question types and set a
method for each. Pick questions you
have trouble with throughout the topic
and write worked solutions for them for
you to refer to. - Brooke Krajancich
2. Break up all your tasks for he night (both
set work and study) into tiny manageable
sized chunks. Write them all down and as
you get one down, tick it off. The little
sense of satisfaction you will get will push
you to do the next one and so on. You're
much more inclined to get it all done. For
example, you're going to be much
happier to write an introductory
paragraph instead of writing a whole
essay. It makes everything seem a lot
more manageable and a whole lot less
overwhelming! - Brooke Krajancich
3. Have an activity that you can do as a
brief relief from schoolwork. Volunteering
or music are good ones because it allows
you an hour or so to forget about
schoolwork while also looking good on
your resume. - Clare Bradley
4. As revision for topic tests, don't do
questions in your textbook or in past
WACE exams. You will probably have
done your textbook questions before and
have memorised either the process or the
answers or both. Doing selective WACE
questions early means you will not have
any practice exams before your finals,
not allowing you to use them get used to
exam conditions at the end of the year.
You can purchase other textbooks written
to provide students with additional
questions. - Clare Bradley
5. If you're cramming the day before an
exam (though preferably not), stop work
at least 5 hours before going to bed. Give
yourself a lot of time to wind down,
because if you're working close to bed
time you'll still be riled up and whirring,
which will put off your sleep a long time
and make you restless. - Zosia Dabrowski
6. Once you've gotten halfway into January
of the next year, everyone will have
forgotten about ATARs. Don't waste your
time between WACE exams and ATAR
release (or ever) worrying about your
ATAR. If there's a course you want to do,
you will find a way to do it. There are a
million different pathways into your goal.
- Zosia Dabrowski
7. Keep involved in year 12. Keep up all the
sports and cocurriculur activities you did
in year 11, they help give you relief from
the stress of year 12, and keeping active
helps clear your head. One of the worst
things ou can do is stop all your out of
school activities in year 12 to "focus on
study" as you will end up burning out/
procrastinating/hating year 12. - Sam
Hadlow