Purchasing Your exam

[tcstudent]

Hi guys, Im pretty angry about the atar i received and the study score of one of my subjects. im interested in actually buying my exam back and looking at what the examiners said. Im only frustrated due to me doing 25 practice exams, going over the errors and scoring A's for them, however my exam shows B+,B and C+ which on the letter they sent me(sorry i dont have it infront of me) do i choose? there are 3 options and i dont know which to choose.
Thank you

[Alwin]

It's okay, I'm sure you did alright!

As for what you want, I would recommend getting a statement of marks which shows you where you lost marks on the exam (only useful for science + mathsy ones btw).
What you look for are these things:

1. Where did you loose marks? Get a copy of the exam and look at where you lost them, try think of your answers
2. CHECK THAT THE MARKS IN THE COLUMNS MATCH! One time my teacher told me a story about how her son's paper was incorrectly marked. One examiner had given him full marks, while the other had given him a column of zeros, she suspected that the marker had missed a page - very rare, but does happen apparently.

Look of any discrepancies, then if you're really sure there is a mistake order a copy of your exam script (you can't actually buy it back, they even burn the copy then send you... ikr so serious). I say this is your last move because it can be a hassle as you have to get your principal to order it, supervising teacher, costs more money etc etc.

Good luck with it! Let us know how it goes

EDIT: typos, as it seemed to annoy a certain someone

[tcstudent]

Hey thanks, i was interested in looking at my english and legal exam marks and what i scored for each question(legal here) because it just doesnt seem right. why is it only for maths of science subjects?

[nerdgasm]

I think the idea is that for some subjects (such as English and Literature), the Statement of Marks might not provide as much help in working out why your responses/answers weren't given as high a mark as you might have liked (because there's always some elements of subjectivity in the marking, and obviously there are a variety of essays/responses that can get a particular mark, all of which could be very different to yours).

Alwin might be saying that because some of the answers in maths/science exams are more objective, obtaining a Statement of Marks might be more useful (in conjunction with looking at your exam paper and the subsequent Assessment Report or suggested solutions) in working out where you went wrong.

From looking at the 2012 Legal Studies Assessment Report and exam on VCAA's website, it appears to me that the Assessment Report does a very good job in outlining the key points a student would have to make in order to achieve a full mark response (or a high-scoring response for the longer-answer questions). It seems that ordering a Statement of Marks here would allow you to work out where you lost your marks. If it appears that you lost marks on a question you thought you answered well, then maybe it's worth having a look at your actual exam paper.

[2NE1]

is there no way of getting the exam paper back? and also would we be supervised by someone from vcaa while looking at the exam?

[datfatcat]

is there no way of getting the exam paper back? and also would we be supervised by someone from vcaa while looking at the exam?

You can buy a photocopied version of your paper and you will be supervised by your teacher and principal (or assistant principal) of your school (unless you go to VCAA office (there you will be supervised by your teacher and a staff from vcaa). There will be no examiners' comments nor markings on the paper. You can try to use your statement of marks to see which questions got wrong but that's about it.

[rshrives]

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