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Title: Hard Sacs :/
Post by: Sandor Clegane on May 21, 2016, 01:46:44 pm
Hey guys,
Unit 3 Application task which is split into 3 sacs (1a 1b 1c) is worth 100 marks for Unit 3
However, my school being one of the high achieving ones, has made our sacs incredibly hard.
The cohort average for the last 2 parts was around 60% im sitting at 50%...how concerned should i be.

P.S we are doing Exam 2 extended response style questions but our SAC questions are much harder.
Title: Re: Hard Sacs :/
Post by: waterangel82 on May 21, 2016, 02:52:38 pm
What school are you from? One of the select entry school? Because the two parts of the SAC that we had were also really hard, but the second part being much more difficult than the first.
Title: Re: Hard Sacs :/
Post by: Sandor Clegane on May 21, 2016, 04:02:37 pm
no, first one was harder. FUCK JACK AND FUCK JILL. did u get q4 of last sac?
Title: Re: Hard Sacs :/
Post by: qazser on May 21, 2016, 05:03:53 pm
no, first one was harder. FUCK JACK AND FUCK JILL. did u get q4 of last sac?

Mind sharing a few questions so i can gauge the difficulty level?
Title: Re: Hard Sacs :/
Post by: Sandor Clegane on May 21, 2016, 05:13:35 pm
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/exams/mathematics/2011mmcas2-w.pdf     (question 4)
similar to this was the first and most easiest question on the SAC, here on it just got harder.
Title: Re: Hard Sacs :/
Post by: JellyBeanz on May 21, 2016, 05:42:37 pm
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/exams/mathematics/2011mmcas2-w.pdf     (question 4)
similar to this was the first and most easiest question on the SAC, here on it just got harder.

Interesting, was your SAC made my your school or was it a company SAC?
Title: Re: Hard Sacs :/
Post by: Sandor Clegane on May 21, 2016, 09:08:56 pm
School :/
Title: Re: Hard Sacs :/
Post by: JellyBeanz on May 21, 2016, 09:40:49 pm
School :/

I was going to say usually company SACs tend to be easier :/
Title: Re: Hard Sacs :/
Post by: RKTR on May 22, 2016, 01:34:18 am
Sacs get scaled anyway. Important thing is your ranking
Title: Re: Hard Sacs :/
Post by: Sandor Clegane on May 22, 2016, 10:41:36 am
So because im below average my ranking is somewhere in the lower tier....if i get an A or above on the exam will my sacs scale up?
Title: Re: Hard Sacs :/
Post by: waterangel82 on May 22, 2016, 02:34:42 pm
I think I got all of question 4 correct, but I made a few very silly mistakes. Hopefully I can get above 80% though, although the question that was wrong wasted 15 mins of my time.
Title: Re: Hard Sacs :/
Post by: Sandor Clegane on May 22, 2016, 07:07:56 pm
wtf 80%.. who r u ? pm
Title: Re: Hard Sacs :/
Post by: JellyBeanz on May 22, 2016, 07:14:11 pm
Were your SACS all individual work? or did it have a discussion allowed phase?
Title: Re: Hard Sacs :/
Post by: waterangel82 on May 23, 2016, 07:30:27 pm
Were your SACS all individual work? or did it have a discussion allowed phase?
It was done in a period of 70 mins, with 10 mins reading time, so it was all individual work.
Title: Re: Hard Sacs :/
Post by: spectroscopy on May 23, 2016, 11:03:00 pm
when you say "how concerned should you be?" it depends what you are speaking in reference to.
if you are worried about your study score, I wouldnt worry too much about your sac score, worry about your sac ranking. hard sacs scale up. in fact at the end of the day, your raw sac marks dont matter. all that matters is your ranking in your cohort for the subject.
someone who is ranked first in their school in methods but has a sac average of 70% is in the same position as someone ranked first at another school with a sac average of 100%, it will be the exam that separates them.
if you are worried about your level of preparation for the exam, harder questions in sacs means that the exam will be relatively easier.
so overall you are probably in a better position if your school has hard sacs with an average mark of 60%
Title: Re: Hard Sacs :/
Post by: manishmao on June 07, 2016, 09:00:37 pm
Btw I know what Sac he was talking about. It's the suzanne cory highschool one. Wasn't that hard, don't know what he talking about. Also It wasn't really a copy of the desalination plant question from the vcaa exam either. Some tricky cas based questions where it gives you wierd answers on cas, but thats about it.
Title: Re: Hard Sacs :/
Post by: Sandor Clegane on June 09, 2016, 09:55:46 am
stop lying.