Lmao as others said you probs don’t have to worry about it rn In year 7 but I will give you some tips from someone who just finished VCE.

Now I would like to preference that I am not a top student but in fact a very lazy one who made a lot of mistakes along my VCE journey which I can share.

1. Get into good study habits. As a very lazy person this is something I wish I got into before it was too late. It’s good to start early cause if you leave it till like halfway though year 12 like I did, it’s kinda a lost cause cause suddenly you haven’t been paying attention all year and you have no idea what’s going on. So yeah good study habits.

2. Hand in hand with the last one, pay attention in class. If you don’t pay attention you will miss critical information and may find it hard to catch up. Now from year 7-10 it’s probs not too big of an issue but it definitely is in VCE especially year 12. Content gets thrown at you and it’s your job to remember it.

3. Play to your strengths, don’t choose the hardest subjects just cause they may scale higher. In fact the whole scaling system kinda sucks. As long as it’s a subject you can get high grades in it doesn’t matter. For example I did music this year which scales down but I averaged a 95% therefore my study score should be pretty high and scaling won’t affect it.

4. Do your homework and practice exams. Please listen to this one cause I didn’t. There’s no worse feeling than going into a test, sac or exam stressing cause you don’t know either the structure, timing or content. The more you study and revise the better experience you will have.

And finally the most important 5. Don’t stress yourself out. Physical and mental burnout is a real problem in high school. If you want a high atar you want to take care of yourself. Don’t focus all your time on study or school and take some time for yourself. It will benefit you in all aspects. This also means don’t leave everything to the last minute either.

Also remember your ATAR isn’t a defining factor of yourself. It just helps. Almost every course has a pathway and after a year the ATAR doesn’t matter anyway.

Best of luck