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Title: Writing the exam
Post by: tchaikno6 on October 06, 2017, 03:45:14 pm
Can you do the chemistry exam in pencil or does it all have to be in pen. Or is it like calculations can be in pencil but short answer in pen?

Title: Re: Writing the exam
Post by: zofromuxo on October 06, 2017, 04:53:28 pm
 You can do it all in either pencil or pen.
If you use pencil, I would recommend a dark-inked pencil like a 2B. As the exams are scanned and if you use a lighter colour pencil, your response may not show well in the scanned copy. Thus potentially losing marks because the examiner can't see your responses.
Title: Re: Writing the exam
Post by: Syndicate on October 06, 2017, 04:59:58 pm
You can do it all in either pencil or pen.
If you use pencil, I would recommend a dark-inked pencil like a 2B. As the exams are scanned and if you use a lighter colour pencil, your response may not show well in the scanned copy. Thus potentially losing marks because the examiner can't see your responses.

Does this also apply to physics?
Title: Re: Writing the exam
Post by: Bri MT on October 06, 2017, 05:08:44 pm
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/vce/exams/examcovers/2017examindex.aspx

The instructions on the exams indicate that blue or black pen should be used for writing
Title: Re: Writing the exam
Post by: zofromuxo on October 06, 2017, 05:46:04 pm
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/vce/exams/examcovers/2017examindex.aspx

The instructions on the exams indicate that blue or black pen should be used for writing
That being said they still accept pencil, but I guess in a nutshell.
*Workings/Calculations: Pencil (Like a 2B)
*Short-answer: Pen
I can confidently say this or else I would have gotten 0 for both my further maths exams, since I did them all in pencil.
Title: Re: Writing the exam
Post by: sweetcheeks on October 07, 2017, 12:14:55 am
They prefer pen but you certainly can still use pencil. Just make sure that it is dark enough that it can still be easily read when scanned.