Decisions

I do have a year to make my decisions. But I didn't expect to have so many. I didn't expect to manage to get high HSC and UAI marks. It came as much as of a surprise to me as it did to EVERYONE. I almost had to laugh at everyones reactions to how I did. One of my friends (who is thought to get dux) was obviously very surprised that I equalled her in some results. My other friend, who I used to laugh with about not getting 80 in english because it seemed such a ludicrous idea, was in shock when I got 86 (actually having said that I was too.)

So while I had originally been thinking I had no chance whatsoever to get the 80 in two subjects which would put my conditional early entry offer foward, I managed to nearly get in the 90s for these subjects. So now I am in the course that seemed so difficult to get into. It required a UAI of 78 to get in, and this normally is harder than it seems. So if I hadn't got early entry I believed I had no hopes of getting in based on my UAI. I thought I was lucky if I could scrape a 65 to get into a Canberra creative writing course.

So I awake this morning and check the dreaded UAI. And what to I see?

83.20. Yes my UAI is in the 80s. Which ironically means any course I applied for (theres about 6) I can get in. So now I have a choice to make.
Do I want to follow what could help my dream of becoming a music journalist or entertainment writer, and major in journalism?
Do I want to go off whim a bit and major in screen studies, because of the look of the course?
Or do I want to take a chance, and do the course that holds my interest but that may leave jobs and options limited when I graduate, and do a creative arts: creative writing course?

Like I said, seeing I'm taking a year off, I have a while to decide. But I just never thought I'd have to make these decisions. Rather, I never thought I'd be able to pick and choose between everything I applied for. It's an odd feeling....

The HSC is not the be all and end all..

Is the mantra I was repeating to myself last night as I couldn't sleep.

However now...I DON'T CARE! I'm into Wollongong uni! Thankyou HSC results.
So I shall most probably defer for a year, before heading 5 hours away from home, to the coastal city of Wollongong, and study a Bachelor of Media and Communications, most probably majoring in journalism.

I'm not going to lie, it would of been nice to get at least one band 6 and missing out on getting it by 1 mark sucks, but hey I am so freaking happy with these results. Never ever expected this.

Still kinda worried about the UAI that comes out tomorrow, because as the UAC booklet showed 'John got 75 in all his subjects but still got a UAI of 57.35' or some shit. So I'm kinda worried by UAI will be scaled down a bit, maybe to the 60s, because of the subjects I chose to do.

But who cares anyway I'M ALREADY IN ON EARLY ENTRY!