Which exams?

[Swagadaktal]

Hey guys, two questions here
First: What's irrelevant in the study design pre 2013- i don't think there's very much -

secondly: which company exams are good for physics? Is there any hierarchy/insight u can provide? Do company exams tend to go out of the scope of vce?

ty <3

[zsteve]

Hey guys, two questions here
First: What's irrelevant in the study design pre 2013- i don't think there's very much -

secondly: which company exams are good for physics? Is there any hierarchy/insight u can provide? Do company exams tend to go out of the scope of vce?

ty <3

Pre 2013, I'm pretty sure all the questions are relevant, just the exam format changed. However, just off the top of my head, I think 2008 and earlier have heaps of irrelevant stuff. Hence, I'd say your scope is roughly 2009/10 - 2015, which should be ample practice. Of course, earlier exams have a lot of relevant questions, it's just that there are a few that are no longer in the study design.

Company exams - in my opinion, a lot of the exams out there are pretty horrible for physics (compare this to methods or chem, where good commercial exams abound). I personally didn't do that many (because doing too many physics papers became awfully boring and dry). I think I did ~23 ish papers all up, compared to ~40ish for maths and chem.

NEAP is probably by far the best quality, and is more on the hard side. TSSM and Insight papers are worth a shot I guess, but they aren't as good. A good VCAA paper or two is the best medicine

[jyce]

Agreed. Physics exams are very repetitive (e.g., "What is the role of the split-ring commutator?" ) and there aren't that many good commercial papers around, so you're best just doing all the relevant VCAA ones. If you feel like you need to do more than that, however, I'd recommend NEAP and Insight.

[Swagadaktal]

Thanks guys <3

Yeah been doing the motion questions from 2008 onwards - literally the same question and diagram used in like each exam lmfao - although from 2010 the exams did become noticeably more difficult

[Adequace]

Have you tried any itute exams? Their questions seem weirder than other company exams.

[Swagadaktal]

Have you tried any itute exams? Their questions seem weirder than other company exams.

itute's always fked tbh across all subjects their exams are just flat out screwed up