Hey guys. I’m in my final year of HSC, and I’ve really been trying my ass off this year. I gave up my social life, health and hobbies to purely focus on studying, as a means to achieve the best I could (I decided that this is a one-time opportunity, and like others place a lot of emphasis on it, I wanted to do my best). I’ve burned out a couple times, and for the first time in my life, I saw psychologists and went to therapy for mental issues. Multiple times, I gave up myself, participated in escapism-related behaviours (binge eating, watching TV shows that I’m not interested in for hours,etc). I don’t know if they were pre-existent or not, but prior to year 12, i never had these issues probably because I didn’t really put that much value on education, as I’ve always been above average and I wasn’t too bad without putting in effort.
Right now, my predicted atar is between 92-98. Although I’m happy with what I achieved academically, I’m still fighting my mental stress and pressure and I think it’s due to the immense value I place on my hsc. I sometimes think it’s the “end all be all”, that will decide how quickly I progress through life in the future. I know there are people that say the typical/cliche “tHeRe aRe oThEr pAtHwaYs”. Yes obviously I know that, but really, from experienced & educated Australians, how important really is it? Every time I hear someone say it doesn’t matter after u get into uni, just sounds like people that got low atars trying to justify their academic inabilities, or just trying to convince me to take pressure off me. But I don’t know the truth. Could I get your honest opinions? Especially for the ones that tried very hard, was it worth it for you? Thanks
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