That sounds like cramming rather than 'worked hard' unless you did Chemistry consistently throughout the year AND crammed in those 2 days.
You're lucky to an extent that your Chem trials was 30%.
My Physics trials were 35%. Economics + Business + 3U trials = 40% and 4U trials was 45% (I bombed out in 4U trials real bad - 4U was probably the only subject I bombed out completely, haven't gotten result but its going to be horrible - I feel the same disappointment but yeah, my 4U is in a much worse position compared to your Chem considering the weighting)
Felt fine/good for all my other subjects though except for probably Advanced English (screwed up a bit). [So satisfied with 3U, Physics, Business, Eco]
Shit happens - some of us just happen to bomb out 1 subject or even 2 subjects.
As for impacting your ATAR, it will depend on how your internal rankings have been affected.
What should you do?
Well, if you have over 10 units, Chemistry might not count so it's not too bad.
If you have 10 units, it HAS to count so you better buckle up for Chem externals.
lol, thank god I found you,
I was looking for you on the other threads,
I only have 10 units, so chem will count, yes, I am ranking shit in top 10 out of 16 students, the top mark in my class was 79% for the trial.
I feel as if all my hard work, will be useless, since I am not first, would that mean I can't get a band 6. cause only top 3 gets a band 6 at my school, last year only one person got a band 6, so what should I do, do I have any hope if I smash the externals, would my assessment mark be lower, hence, I might not get a band 6, this will drag my Atar down.
do you have any tips in general, how to study smarter everyday and smash the externals for chemistry. my other subjects are bio, eng adv, Sor 1u, maths 2u, maths ext 1.