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Archived Discussion => 2012 => Mid-year exams => Exam Discussion => Victoria => Physics => Topic started by: VCE_2012 on June 12, 2012, 02:27:37 pm

Title: 2012 Exams
Post by: VCE_2012 on June 12, 2012, 02:27:37 pm
How was it guys?
Title: Re: 2012 Exams
Post by: oppalovesme on June 12, 2012, 02:30:45 pm
im too scared to read the other thread D:
but i found it okay, struggled with the worded questions though :(
Title: Re: 2012 Exams
Post by: Jormundyr on June 12, 2012, 02:48:14 pm
Found it pretty good actually. Most classmates felt the same.
Title: Re: 2012 Exams
Post by: micklepicklez on June 12, 2012, 02:50:19 pm
I found it quite challenging compared to the previous exams :( most of my classmates didn't finish the exam but then again most of my classmates don't even study.
Title: Re: 2012 Exams
Post by: simon0003 on June 12, 2012, 03:21:33 pm
i found it pretty hard.. at least as hard as last years, how would you guys compare it to 2011?
Title: Re: 2012 Exams
Post by: Tonychet2 on June 12, 2012, 03:24:10 pm
i found it easy.. except for that diode question i got 0 marks on that and it was the 4 marker..

structures n materials was easy again lol
motion easy
electronics easy

all standard questions really...i wont be surprised if the A+ cutoff is ridiculously high
Title: Re: 2012 Exams
Post by: tushar55 on June 12, 2012, 03:29:16 pm
That 1 mark question which was at the bottom of the page where you had to draw the direction of the motion was pretty dog. I saw it it reading time but forgot to come back to it.
Title: Re: 2012 Exams
Post by: yellowsone31 on June 12, 2012, 03:32:34 pm
i found it easy.. except for that diode question i got 0 marks on that and it was the 4 marker..

structures n materials was easy again lol
motion easy
electronics easy

all standard questions really...i wont be surprised if the A+ cutoff is ridiculously high


Tension screwed me over. And if A+ is high this year then I'm on shit street
Title: Re: 2012 Exams
Post by: billyjackson768 on June 12, 2012, 03:54:23 pm
Tension screwed me over. And if A+ is high this year then I'm on shit street

Where can you find what the grade brackets were for previous years?
Title: Re: 2012 Exams
Post by: Poplar on June 12, 2012, 06:04:59 pm
Tension screwed me over. And if A+ is high this year then I'm on shit street

Where can you find what the grade brackets were for previous years?

Do you mean this? http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vcaa/vce/statistics/2011/statssect3.html
Title: Re: 2012 Exams
Post by: kosta94 on June 12, 2012, 06:51:45 pm
i found it fairly average, layout was different to previous years but i think the cut off for A+ will be low my guess is. I spoke to people from various schools and they say the struggled a lot. Mind you a kid in my class is certain that he aced it.
Title: Re: 2012 Exams
Post by: tjgoems on June 12, 2012, 07:07:41 pm
It was easy compared to the previous exams but i think it required a lot of understanding of the concepts rather than inputting equations n solving them.
Title: Re: 2012 Exams
Post by: kosta94 on June 12, 2012, 07:12:43 pm
It was easy compared to the previous exams but i think it required a lot of understanding of the concepts rather than inputting equations n solving them.

i thought this was the hardest. The others i found so much easier.
Title: Re: 2012 Exams
Post by: max payne on June 12, 2012, 07:16:06 pm
I think over all it was an easy exam, although harder to get a perfect score since there
was quite a few concept questions which are harder to get full marks then
calculation questions.
Title: Re: 2012 Exams
Post by: kosta94 on June 12, 2012, 07:18:50 pm
I think over all it was an easy exam, although harder to get a perfect score since there
was quite a few concept questions which are harder to get full marks then
calculation questions.
agreed. Well i aced my detailed study, as for the rest i think i did okay, i did see some really stupid mistake lost probably 5-6 from just misplacing decimal points
Title: Re: 2012 Exams
Post by: tjgoems on June 12, 2012, 07:42:32 pm
I thought 100% was more achievable considering the amount of explain questions... so u wont make any stupid calculation mistakes. I hope the A+ cut off isnt too high...