The hardest part of study, is the study.

My name is Calypso, I'm 23 years old and I finished school in 2011.

For my HSC, I did Advanced English, three-unit Math, Ancient History, Chemistry, Music 2 and PDHPE.

My best subject was PDHPE because I loved it and it was quite easy to study for - you just had to compare
it to the syllabus and it was a fun subject.

My experience of the HSC was pretty full-on, so I was also head Prefect.

I did find myself getting very stressed. I'm quite a highly strung person. I did always do all-nighters
but in year 12 it started to become ... more ...  because you know you had a lot more on your plate,
there were higher stakes, and so that's when I got probably more anxiety And so it became really full-on around
the time of trials which is arguably the hardest part of the HSC, is getting through your trials.

And I had one day where I had ... Chemistry and Ancient History on the same day which are two really full-on, really hard subjects
and I had a panic attack that morning and I'd never had anything like that.

That's probably when I realised that I do/can get really anxious and that I need to stop myself before I get there.

I've only had a couple of panic attacks.

Personally, when I have them I hyperventilate and I start to rock back and forth and I just cry so it usually starts
if I'm just like oh my goodness I'm going to fail this exam or this assessments not going to get in and I'll start crying 
and then I'm like no, now I'm crying - I'm wasting time - I should be studying - but now I'm upset so you know,
I may as well just be upset, and then it just like, it keeps building and building and building, it's like why am I even at school -
- why I even at uni - why didn't I study - I should have done more - I just need to calm down.

Yeah, I just need someone to hold me and then I can bring myself back down and then I'll probably have a shower
and then I can, I can focus really well after them usually which is a bit weird.

For my stress generally, there's not much that doesn't work for me ...

Exercise, take naps, showers, physical breaks to clear my mind.

Marks-wise, I knew I wanted to get over 95, that was the goal.

I did get over 95 but I think I got 95.75... .65? Something like that.

When I was at school I had no idea what I was going to be doing when I finished.

I knew that I would need a break immediately after so I had a year off.

I'm an accountant in corporate recovery so at the moment I'm working on voluntary administrations and receiverships and it's really interesting. I love it.

If you told me in Year 12, that I was going to be an accountant, I'd be like... I don't think so.