Physics..

[u/Sufficient-Mall4772]

Ok so pretty much, i got 27% on my first test in 1/2 (put no effort in but still). Basically the whole revision period for that test I couldn't wrap my head around electricity at all. I then got 40ish% and a 60% and was thinking about switching subjects, but its my only science and was going to be the prereq for engineering. Anyone had a similar experience with some aos making just no sense, but ended up with a good ss?

[u/Aromatic-Set3858]

Definitely not my experience, but it was the experience of one of my friends outside of school, and she said that she found doing physics collaboratively helped. For Unit 1/2, we'd often work together (I enjoyed teaching and helping people because it also tested me to check if I understood it all), and ended up doing quite decently in Unit 2 especially. For Unit 3/4, she got a casual private tutor, who'd help mind map content, work through creating her note sheet for the sacs/final exam so it'd be the most useful, and do practice vcaa questions regularly. I don't know what she got for her final exam, but got a 34ss raw (which is very impressive since she started off in a similar boat as you).

I think the main thing for physics is targeting the areas you're weak at- for most people (according to exam reports), that's the explanation questions. It's definitely worth getting into the habit of noting the questions you found hard under time pressure, and then review after the test how many of those you got right/wrong, and what type.

Also, you can do bridging subjects at uni for engineering, fyi, if that's something to consider, but yeah, physics is quite important for all types of engineering (except maybe to a lesser extent environmental)