Transition from year 11 to year 12
Hello, Year 12 here. It's been a while since I posted on here. Year 11 was going well for a while, and I got a projected ATAR of 94. My previous years' ending percentage grades were as follows:
- Mathematics Methods: 68% (only one test has been marked) -- 75% for the final exam.
- English: 68%
- Chemistry: 63%
- Psychology: 81%
- Human biology: 65%
My current Grades are as follows:
- Mathematics Methods: 48% (only one test has been marked)
- English: 63%
- Chemistry: 60%
- Psychology: 74%
- Human biology: 61%
But now I'm back to what feels like square one in year 12. I have been getting horrible grades, even for ATAR, and have been consistently getting below average. In fact, I failed a maths test (on calculus) for the first time ever, and just today, I found out I failed my acid-base chem test. So to be honest, my motivation is really being tested right now. I study really hard, do all the practice exams and tests I can get my hands on, and then, on the test, I just blank out or simply don't explain it exactly as the marking states, so I lose a lot of marks. I have exams coming up, and I don't really know what I'm going to do, because to be honest, it feels like whatever I do, I end up getting crushed either by anxiety or the marking key.
Anyone who has already graduated or is in year 12, can you share some tips on how to improve on this? I honestly don't know how I've been screwing up so badly over the last year, especially since I want to get into engineering. I don't want to give up yet, but I'm really not sure where to go from here because, as I said before, I feel as though I just don't answer the 'ATAR way' even when I study the key SCASA terms, costing me marks, even though I understand the content.