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Archived Discussion => Exam Discussion => Victoria => VCE Exam Discussion 2020 => Topic started by: Joseph41 on November 07, 2020, 10:26:24 am
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With many VCE exams kicking off soon, I thought it would be nice to have a place to rate your exams out of 10 as they come and go.
Good luck everybody! :)
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English: 9.5/10 :)
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English: 9.5/10 :)
Great start!
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English 8/10
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Revs: 7/10. Could give it 10/10 because I knew exactly as much as I expected, but overall 7/10. Think I did ok (for my definition of ok...). Anyhow, it's done!
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Psych: 4.5/10
My first ever VCAA exam and tbh, the most difficult exam I have done. The questions were so vague and for many of the multiple choice questions, up to 3 of the answers could be correct. Kinda feel like all my hard work has gone to waste cause of the exam's difficulty :-[
also... the 10 marker was
✨d i s g u s t a n g✨
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Psych: 4.5/10
Kinda feel like all my hard work has gone to waste cause of the exam's difficulty :-[
DUDE, i totally feel the exact same way!! I have worked my absolute butt off this year and walked out of the exam feeling like I failed myself and was so disappointed in myself. Was so hard that exam.
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Psych: 3/10
I went into the exam feeling really confident and it was my first ever Year 12 exam. I put in so much hard work and it felt like it was all for nothing. VCAA really did us dirty. Definitely had a meltdown when I got home.
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Psych: 3/10
I went into the exam feeling really confident and it was my first ever Year 12 exam. I put in so much hard work and it felt like it was all for nothing. VCAA really did us dirty. Definitely had a meltdown when I got home.
-Disclaimer: I don't do psych.-
If everyone found it hard, then it won't be so bad, right? I mean a lower score will get a better mark. I think? Anyhow - it's done, so you don't have to worry about it any more (I know, easy to say but not to do, but still).
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Psych: 3/10
I went into the exam feeling really confident and it was my first ever Year 12 exam. I put in so much hard work and it felt like it was all for nothing. VCAA really did us dirty. Definitely had a meltdown when I got home.
I feel the exact same way.
If 99% of people found it difficult, the benchmark for an A or A+ should (hopefully) be lowered.
But congrats on finishing your first year 12 exam!🥳
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English: 6.5/10
Bio: 6/10
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bio: 8.5/10
It felt easy but kinda sus at the same time ??? was better than some of the trial exams I'd done too
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English: 6.5/10
Bio: 6/10
Further (part 1): 10/10
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bio 8/10 surprisingly easy!
further 2/10 choked so hard my pain is immeasurable.
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Bio: 8.5/10 Felt surprisingly easy. Bit worried since everyone found it easy so doesn't necessarily mean getting a higher SS is easier.
English: 6.5/10 It was alright. Prompts for Section B was a lil hard but I think I did alright. Not amazing but it was fine I guess.
Psych: 3/10 Worst exam I've done for my best subject. Terrible Terrible. Not only was it hard but also made a few dumb mistakes. Thank you VCAA for ruining my favorite subject!!!
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Psych: 5/10. Honestly this started off as at least an 8 because apart from the ERQ (which Ik is hard to get high marks on) and like 3 mcq, i thought it was fine. but the more i see the answers people have been giving... welp
Eng Lang: 7/10. The SAQ was better than I thought it would be, the AC was so good but the essay stumped me. Overall it was better than i thought it would go, although worse than a few of my practices
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Biology Exam: 9.5/10.
It really was a gift from VCAA after the year we've had. I mean a ten mark question focusing on pandemics, epidemics and prevention of diseases? Labelling a nucleotide? If anything, I'm worried that we all will have found it too easy, meaning that there's not a lot distinguishing people at the top end.
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Biology Exam: 9.5/10.
It really was a gift from VCAA after the year we've had. I mean a ten mark question focusing on pandemics, epidemics and prevention of diseases? Labelling a nucleotide? If anything, I'm worried that we all will have found it too easy, meaning that there's not a lot distinguishing people at the top end.
Glad to hear it went well! :)
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Biology Exam: 9.5/10.
It really was a gift from VCAA after the year we've had. I mean a ten mark question focusing on pandemics, epidemics and prevention of diseases? Labelling a nucleotide? If anything, I'm worried that we all will have found it too easy, meaning that there's not a lot distinguishing people at the top end.
I was also worried about this! But I think it was deceptively easy. We must’ve all missed something or vcaa is going to have a really specific marking scheme where if you don’t say “x” you cannot get the third mark or something.
I found the 2019 vcaa exam really easy bar the weird asthma’s thunderstorm question and apparently everyone found it easy last year but the A+ cutoff was still 79%! So don’t worry too much I think the exam was actually quite hard despite being easy- you had to say very specific things.
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Methods e1: 8/10. It wasn't too hard per se, I was just annoyed that I ran out of time, where I never did in practise exams. It was fun, tho' I didn't know all the answers.
Methods e2: 8/10. It was similar. Even more fun because a) the questions were just enjoyable and b) I knew that at the end of it, I never have to do Methods again! ;)
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Bio exam: 8/10
It was quite challenging but easy at the same time for me as it was very very application based which I enjoyed, but I messed up the 5-marker, a multiple choice, maybe a couple of other marks..I think I lost about 8 marks, half of which could have been erased if I was a bit more calm when answering the questions. I'm scared that I kissed a 40+ study score goodbye since everyone found it easy but at the same time people have been saying the exam was really easy since 2018 and the cutoff hasn't changed so I'm crossing fingers the cutoff isn't raised. Since the exam was application-based I think everyone thought they 'applied' the content correctly and are confident but in reality a lot of people probably made mistakes. Application questions are really easy to be confident coming out but then you read the solutions and it's like whaaat. I hope I did well, crossing fingers. I honestly have noo idea how I went because my cohort is strong, in the top 10 for vce biology. Anyways, I hope everyone went amazing and all the best for upcoming exams.
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Mine will be starting next week so guys plz wish me luck :)
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Further Exam 1 - 9/10, definitely more challenging than previous ideas but it was quite enjoyable :)
Further Exam 2 - 7/10, pretty good while I was in the exam however I felt it was longer than usual and the networks section was quite difficult compared to previous years
Methods Exam 1 - 2/10, we don't talk about it....
Methods Exam 2 - 8/10, after that exam 1 I was terrified but I found almost all of the extended response pretty doable, however the MCQ was difficult (I guessed like 5)
Not how I wanted my exams to go but anyways my first VCAA 3/4 exams are done!
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Further Exam 1 - 9/10, definitely more challenging than previous ideas but it was quite enjoyable :)
Further Exam 2 - 7/10, pretty good while I was in the exam however I felt it was longer than usual and the networks section was quite difficult compared to previous years
Methods Exam 1 - 2/10, we don't talk about it....
Methods Exam 2 - 8/10, after that exam 1 I was terrified but I found almost all of the extended response pretty doable, however the MCQ was difficult (I guessed like 5)
Not how I wanted my exams to go but anyways my first VCAA 3/4 exams are done!
At least they're done!! 🎉 The Methods exam 1 was quite time-challenging and everyone else seemed to find it hard - our examiner said that they're taking the last question up with the chief examiner, I believe? (but don't quote me on that!) so everyone will presumably do better, in comparison to everyone else. :)
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How come? Why are they contesting the last one?
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How come? Why are they contesting the last one?
I don't know. Again, I only heard this from the teacher who heard it from the exam supervisor who apparently heard it on the radio, so don't take it as necessarily fact.
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Psychology - 6/10
HHD - 6/10
Usually when I do an exam and I feel semi-good about it, I end up doing bad. I think I feel relieved more than anything though, because I was really stressed leading up to these exams.
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HHD 7/10
Some questions were great. Some were very much not great.
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HHD 7/10
Some questions were great. Some were very much not great.
Did you end up finishing the whole exam?
HHD 5/10. Surprised that they didn’t cover Ottawa Charter and either of the road safety, alcohol or smoking campaigns. Wrote a fair chunk but didn’t end up finishing
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Did you end up finishing the whole exam?
HHD 5/10. Surprised that they didn’t cover Ottawa Charter and either of the road safety, alcohol or smoking campaigns. Wrote a fair chunk but didn’t end up finishing
I doubt many people would have finished, it was a pretty long exam. You did well (:
I answered everything except one part of one questions (how the social model reduced death rates for malaria/tuberculosis, completely blanked). As to how well I answered the questions I'd say not so great but I tried my best to answer everything
I agree– was expecting Ottawa Charter 100% and was also expecting to evaluate an Indigenous health initiative
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I doubt many people would have finished, it was a pretty long exam. You did well (:
I answered everything except one part of one questions (how the social model reduced death rates for malaria/tuberculosis, completely blanked). As to how well I answered the questions I'd say not so great but I tried my best to answer everything
I agree– was expecting Ottawa Charter 100% and was also expecting to evaluate an Indigenous health initiative
Well done! You did more than me I left a couple out unfortunately I just couldn’t do it in time. That was my first 3/4 just glad it’s over and it was definitely a learning lesson
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Well done! You did more than me I left a couple out unfortunately I just couldn’t do it in time. That was my first 3/4 just glad it’s over and it was definitely a learning lesson
If you're not happy with how you did, remember learning IS partly what you do 3/4's early for! I did HHD last year, and while my score was... less than stellar... I learnt a lot about how to approach year 12 (and what not to do!) from doing it. :D Even though I probably would've got a better score had I done it this year instead, I'm glad I did it early to get the experience. Hope your exam was a better one this year than that horrid one last year! :)
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English: 6.5/10
Bio: 6/10
Further (part 1): 10/10
Further ( part 2): 8:10 (didn't finish :( )
Methods (part 1): 4/10
Methods (part 2): 2/10
Chem: -
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Will add to this after my others finish!
English: 8/10
Art: 7/10
SPEC 1: 6/10
SPEC 2: 7/10
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Biology 5/10
I know I'm a little late to the party but I was thinking over it properly.
This exam felt like they put zero effort in the making of it - the questions were really bland and I felt like it was very focussed on content rather than problem solving an analytical skills. Also that 5 marker... what were they thinking? I guess it's meant to make people nervous but it seemed like someone had done their homework the night before.
I'm not saying it was easy, just the quality of the questions was really poor. I would say some of the practice company papers were more stimulating than that exam. To me it seemed easier than many past years' exams, so I'm wondered they're going to set stringent benchmarks to cut off the As
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Psych: 5/10. Honestly this started off as at least an 8 because apart from the ERQ (which Ik is hard to get high marks on) and like 3 mcq, i thought it was fine. but the more i see the answers people have been giving... welp
Eng Lang: 7/10. The SAQ was better than I thought it would be, the AC was so good but the essay stumped me. Overall it was better than i thought it would go, although worse than a few of my practices
an update:
Chem: 9/10. As someone who literally cannot do chem I did decent
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1. Psych 7/10 - i didn't find it too bad?? but also idc about psych and screwed up classical conditioning which is a little awkward because that was something I thought i'd 5/5.... however I hated this subject so thank god I'm done!
2. Further 7.5/10 - overall I'm pretty happy - definitely dropped a few marks but this will likely be in bottom two anyway
3. Literature 7/10 - Section A prompt was trash and didn't to the best with Section B due to time and stress.... I'm just happy never have to analyse anything from a Marxist theory again.
4. Global 7/10 - had this one today,,, I was dux and even though everyone found it easy i screwed up,,, but not too badly? idk aiming for an 80% minimum on this exam compared to my 95% in trial exam (rip). But because everyone else found it easy, maybe the average will be 80 and I'll be stuffed,,,, praying for a 40 tho still
5. Chinese SL - this one soon, but as a non-background student/am in it to learn the language rather than do it for the grade, I'll be happy if i finish and understand 60% of the listening. not really studying for it - most likely bottom two with maths
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Texts and Traditions - 10/10.
Felt like despite a weird question that needed knowledge of a literary technique I'd never heard of, it was a good exam. (It has three sections, one three 10-markers of which you pick two and another compulsory 10-marker; one essay; one exegesis (analysis of a passage of the set text, which for me was Luke, with reference to five bolded words/phrases you must refer to).) The 10-markers were decent (except the weird question). The essay I did (out of three questions, write one) was the exact topic I'd predicted and thus studied for (don't recommend this, though, a bit chancy!). The exegesis was the same passage and almost the same bolded words as one we'd done for a SAC. Very convenient.
And besides, 'twas the last exam, so I would give it at least 9/10 just for that. :D