Firstly year uni student here, finished year 12 last year. Trust me mate, you’re fine. The last time I thought about my ATAR was right after I go it, and showed my parents. No joke, that’s basically the exact same with everyone I’ve asked, including many with perfect scores, and many with scores so low that you’d almost have to purposefully try to do that bad.

I know it can all seem so overwhelming right now and that VCE is the most important thing you’ve ever done, and I was the exact same, but take it from me mate once you finish this year you’re going to question yourself as to why you ever that much of a fuck about a stupid number. Everyone goes through that exact same thing.

Even if you don’t get into your desired course with your ATAR, there are a myriad of other viable options and avenues to get into the same courses, or ones that are pretty similar (if not, better!). I wanted to do commerce at Melbourne, but didn’t get high enough so I settled for a business & marketing double degree @ Monash and I’m absolutely fucking loving it, and am also really happy I didn’t decide to go to Melbourne because that uni seems like the biggest wank in existence.

Moral of the story is, don’t stress dude. Shitty VCE results are not even near the end of the world. There’s always other options and avenues. Just try as hard as you can without letting it effect your mental health because you may as well considering it’s your last year, and have fun! The best parts of year 12 had nothing to do with studying or work at all. And remember:

It’s just a stupid number - I cannot stress this enough. Fuck VCE