ATAR Notes: Forum
VCE Stuff => VCE Exam Discussion 2021 => Topic started by: Joseph41 on October 27, 2021, 09:20:10 am
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A huge congratulations to everybody who sits the VCE English exam.
After the exam, use this thread to discuss it! What were the best bits? What were the worst? Did you finish the exam?
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At least section C was alright, plenty to analyse.
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At least section C was alright, plenty to analyse.
Congrats on finishing! How'd you find the rest?
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The exam was actually alright. I agree section C was pretty good. My section B also went pretty well. I am just concerned about section A. Other than that my exam went pretty well.
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agreed. I feel like the exam was better than last year. the prompts were really good and lots to discuss for my section A and B.
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Hope I am not the only one who didn't finish, I came so close.
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Bit of a mixed bag. Section C and Section 1 were really good. In fact, my section A prompt was so similar to my sac. Section B .... even my teachers agreed that the prompts left a lot to be desired.
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hey guys! i’m literally spiralling right now because of how much i screwed up the english exam. english is supposed to be me strongest subject and me results for Unit 3 is 90% and Unit 4 96%. However, I literally froze on the exam and wrote like 7 pages for Language Analysis and 2.5 pages each for the other essays with my comparative being the worst essay i’ve written since year 9 i’m legit expecting like a 2-4 per essay because it was so horrible. I legit didn’t even write most of what I did on my practice essays. Is there hope my exam won’t screw my chances of getting a 25 study score? I’m ranked around the 20’s out of a cohort of 200 for english I’m praying my SAC marks somehow get me the 25 for the course
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Hey everyone,
Just wanted to quickly ask, I am 99% sure that I didn't forget but I may have forgotten to write my student number on the exam booklet.
Is there anyone here that knows if this will be a problem?
Thanks and congrats everyone for making it past the English exam!
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Hey everyone,
Just wanted to quickly ask, I am 99% sure that I didn't forget but I may have forgotten to write my student number on the exam booklet.
Is there anyone here that knows if this will be a problem?
Thanks and congrats everyone for making it past the English exam!
Hi,
I am not sure what will happen but I am pretty sure if you would have forgotten then they would have asked you to fill it. As in my school they were checking front page. So if your number was missing they would have quickly figured it out and asked you to fill it.
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I think I screwed up really badly, the topic for my comparative was examine the treatment of women in their respects towns, and my first 2 paragraphs was on repression and schismatic societies, but my third was this leads to women enacting revenge, is this wrong to do this? legit feel like ive screwed myself over here really badly :-\ please let me know just for peace of mind hahahahaha, idc if you say im screwed
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I need to know if I will lose marks for not referring to the second article and points beside the main the article in the language analysis English exam. I felt fairly confident in my other 2 essays but forgot to refer to the points on the side of the article in the language analysis. I've had A and A+ grades with all my SAC's this year (%'s aren't given) and went in confident until I realised I forgot to add/refer to these points. I feel now I have lost a potential A/A+ grade in my exams and lost a grade. What are your thoughts on how much this counts for and what marks I would likely get / lose. I come from a top private boys school so was hoping my SAC's might go up as well.
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I need to know if I will lose marks for not referring to the second article and points beside the main the article in the language analysis English exam. I felt fairly confident in my other 2 essays but forgot to refer to the points on the side of the article in the language analysis. I've had A and A+ grades with all my SAC's this year (%'s aren't given) and went in confident until I realised I forgot to add/refer to these points. I feel now I have lost a potential A/A+ grade in my exams and lost a grade. What are your thoughts on how much this counts for and what marks I would likely get / lose. I come from a top private boys school so was hoping my SAC's might go up as well.
you are giving me a heart attack what second article
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Where can I find a copy of the actual exam?
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Where can I find a copy of the actual exam?
Exams are only available once VCAA publishes them which might be early next year, but if your school has kept the booklet you may be able to ask them to see it
Edit: has been found
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Hi, actually just found the whole exam, it was posted by The Age.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/jitters-eased-as-vce-students-sail-through-very-fair-english-exam-20211027-p593gz.html
So my problem is that I didn't refer to the background script / box at the start of the question in my analysis, how many marks will I stand to lose. I have been strong in English all year with A/A+ sacs (from private boys school with strong cohort, I reckon I may sit above average with these SAC marks). Assuming I get reasonable marks in Section A and B, what would the consequence of omitting this reference in Section C and would I still be able to get a 40+ SS?
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Hi, actually just found the whole exam, it was posted by The Age.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/jitters-eased-as-vce-students-sail-through-very-fair-english-exam-20211027-p593gz.html
So my problem is that I didn't refer to the background script / box at the start of the question in my analysis, how many marks will I stand to lose. I have been strong in English all year with A/A+ sacs (from private boys school with strong cohort, I reckon I may sit above average with these SAC marks). Assuming I get reasonable marks in Section A and B, what would the consequence of omitting this reference in Section C and would I still be able to get a 40+ SS?
I think as long as you mentioned the author's name, audience, source, basic context/issue you should be fine since that would be the same as addressing the background information, even if you didn't exactly quote it.
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Hi, actually just found the whole exam, it was posted by The Age.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/jitters-eased-as-vce-students-sail-through-very-fair-english-exam-20211027-p593gz.html
So my problem is that I didn't refer to the background script / box at the start of the question in my analysis, how many marks will I stand to lose. I have been strong in English all year with A/A+ sacs (from private boys school with strong cohort, I reckon I may sit above average with these SAC marks). Assuming I get reasonable marks in Section A and B, what would the consequence of omitting this reference in Section C and would I still be able to get a 40+ SS?
hey idk exactly what u did or if my teacher is right but she did say that its probably best not to directly quote it but just show an understanding of context so maybe its good you didn't quote it? sry idk if this is helpful
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hey idk exactly what u did or if my teacher is right but she did say that its probably best not to directly quote it but just show an understanding of context so maybe its good you didn't quote it? sry idk if this is helpful
Hope so, i still haven't recovered from this error on my part, an shattered my hard work all year with good SAC grades. Fingers crossed I might still get an A and a 40 SS
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Devastated that error as some pointed out may not have been a big issue, was, all my A+'s for SAC's is what carried me across the line, but the error (forgetting the second box.article points) cost me dearly - in fact that dropped me down to a B+ in my exam. All that hard work through the year to maintain A+s to end up with a low exam score and low SS of 36. It also cost me getting the ATAR I need for majority of courses I listed.