On December 17, the nervous wait will finally end for this year’s crop of year 12 students when they receive their VCE results.
Some will be overjoyed, others not so.
Many will be anticipating their Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) — the key to getting into their chosen course at university or TAFE.
Others will be looking ahead to starting an apprenticeship or taking a much-deserved break to consider their next move.
Everyone who completes VCE should be extremely proud — it’s not an easy task.
I remember the day I received my score as if it were yesterday.
Filled with nervous excitement and thoughts racing through my head, I woke early to log on and check my results.
Seconds felt like hours as I waited for the score to flash up on the screen.
When it finally did, it was as though an enormous weight had been lifted.
It was nowhere near a perfect score, but I was over the moon because it was enough to continue my path to becoming a journalist and that’s all that mattered to me.
So the message is simple.
If reach your goal, whether it be simply passing VCE or achieving a particular ATAR score, congratulations and well done.
If you don’t reach your goal, it’s not the end of the world.
With hard work, determination and the right attitude, it’ll just be a minor roadblock.
Plenty of high achievers have bounced back after disappointing results at school, so there’s nothing stopping you following in their footsteps.
You just have to make it happen.
Cameron Tait is chief of staff at the Weekly.
