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Title: Morning of the exam
Post by: VCE123456789 on June 07, 2010, 09:27:07 am
What r use going to do on the morning of the exam?
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: taiga on June 07, 2010, 09:51:36 am
Make sure I can spell properly.
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Post by: cameron_15 on June 07, 2010, 10:04:20 am
Nothing... Not going to look at my books. Just going to have a nice sleep in and relax before my accepted fate :buck2:
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: crayolé on June 07, 2010, 10:06:39 am
Just need confidence ;] Wipe all the thoughts out that the exam is going to be hard
You go so much better if you think positive
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: cindyy on June 07, 2010, 10:52:53 am
Make sure I can spell properly.

lol

im gonna go to school ! haha and maybe stay in the library and just chillax  :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: Blakhitman on June 07, 2010, 11:09:52 am
Gonna go to the toilet.

Make sure I can spell properly.

lol

im gonna go to school ! haha and maybe stay in the library and just chillax  :coolsmiley:

Yea same.
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: Vadnal on June 07, 2010, 11:25:54 am
Eat a massive breakfast.
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: akira88 on June 07, 2010, 11:35:46 am
Do a psychology exam ;D
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: Martoman on June 07, 2010, 12:21:40 pm
Sleep. Play a game.
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: m@tty on June 07, 2010, 12:55:17 pm
Spam 10 practice exams...

Seriously just relax, there isn't much you can do at that stage that will actually help you. Cramming will just make you forget a lot more than you'll actually learn...
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: samiira on June 07, 2010, 01:00:41 pm
wud u recommend drinking 'V' or Redbull jst b4 the exam..??
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: m@tty on June 07, 2010, 01:03:01 pm
I'd say no, firstly you may have to go to the toilet because of it, also it will make it hard to concentrate/you think faster and miss key information and make false assumptions, costing many marks. It may work for you though...
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: Blakhitman on June 07, 2010, 01:04:29 pm
I'm not taking a water bottle in...I'll end up drinking the whole thing in reading time, then I'll need to go toilet mid-way...
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: stonecold on June 07, 2010, 01:05:49 pm
Someone please put a ban on my account.  I am forcing myself to go to bed early tonight.
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: Dasunika on June 07, 2010, 01:12:59 pm
wake up from a good 8 hours or so sleep and eat a good breakfast. as a religious person i'll pray to God (hoping there is one) that i will be able to do my best. Well isn't that all you can do. and get to the exam of course at least 45 mins before yer 
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: samiira on June 07, 2010, 01:22:45 pm
Just to confirm regarding the exam.. we are allowed to use a pencil..?? and dat too only for circling mcq and drawing right..?? and also one more question:
u know how the exam will be electronically marked.. what if we mess up a whole question and need to cross it out and do it again.. but where will we write ..??
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: Studyinghard on June 07, 2010, 01:33:53 pm
Ive heard now that you can write in pencil aswell for short answer area
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: cindyy on June 07, 2010, 01:35:29 pm
really? yay!!! lets hope thats true
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: naved_s9994 on June 07, 2010, 01:36:52 pm
Ive heard now that you can write in pencil aswell for short answer area

Its contradictory...On the actual exam, it says we can...however VCAA's newsletter to the teachers, said BLACK or BLUE pen....

I asked my teacher, then he showed me the newsletter... He reckons its contradictory aswell, but recommends use PEN for SAQs just incase the scanner doesnt pick it up, or any other reason...
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: Studyinghard on June 07, 2010, 01:38:49 pm
Ive heard now that you can write in pencil aswell for short answer area

Its contradictory...On the actual exam, it says we can...however VCAA's newsletter to the teachers, said BLACK or BLUE pen....

I asked my teacher, then he showed me the newsletter... He reckons its contradictory aswell, but recommends use PEN for SAQs just incase the scanner doesnt pick it up, or any other reason...

Someone also told me IF pencil, then has to be 2B, so just take one and ask the VCAA person there on the day.
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: samiira on June 07, 2010, 01:39:06 pm
so pen even for drawing and ccolouring in the mcq..?? wat if we colour in the wrong mcq and need to rub it out to colour another one..??
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: naved_s9994 on June 07, 2010, 01:41:29 pm
so pen even for drawing and ccolouring in the mcq..?? wat if we colour in the wrong mcq and need to rub it out to colour another one..??

In the circling for MCQ, were allowed pencil for sure...thats a certain..

Yea, good point Hard, might aswell? Who knows?
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: stonecold on June 07, 2010, 01:42:19 pm
You can write in pencil... We are expected to read the exam cover, not the VCAA bulletin.  If they stuffed up in their instructions, then that is their problem.

The exam cover says we can use pencil, so I am using pencil.
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: m@tty on June 07, 2010, 02:05:09 pm
Haha, but remember the ancient legal proverb... "Ignorance is no excuse"..

Seriously though, the exam covers may differ from the samples. Imagine if you open up the real one and there is no mention of pencil for section B...

And, again:....

Quote from: http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/exams/examcovers/2010examindex.html
Note:
Students should not write outside the border indicated on each page
Students should only write in blue or black pen

...

If something eventuates of this, don't say they didn't warn you...
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: stonecold on June 07, 2010, 02:22:35 pm
Anyone gonna write down there MC answers in the data book for later discussion/speculation/arguing lol ?
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: naved_s9994 on June 07, 2010, 02:29:03 pm
Anyone gonna write down there MC answers in the data book for later discussion/speculation/arguing lol ?

If time allows.
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: cindyy on June 07, 2010, 02:32:37 pm
Anyone gonna write down there MC answers in the data book for later discussion/speculation/arguing lol ?

good idea! i might do that:D
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: m@tty on June 07, 2010, 02:33:21 pm
Hopefully when I check over them at the end.
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: kyzoo on June 07, 2010, 02:41:50 pm
u know how the exam will be electronically marked.. what if we mess up a whole question and need to cross it out and do it again.. but where will we write ..??

xD I had that fear as well but after doing a few Chem and Physics exams in pen, the most I've ever crossed out is two lines for a question.
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: happyhappyland on June 07, 2010, 02:45:15 pm
do a stoich question and look at my organic patheway map
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: m@tty on June 07, 2010, 03:06:04 pm
u know how the exam will be electronically marked.. what if we mess up a whole question and need to cross it out and do it again.. but where will we write ..??

xD I had that fear as well but after doing a few Chem and Physics exams in pen, the most I've ever crossed out is two lines for a question.

Yeah, it has been nothing like I had imagined. I envisioned entire pages scribbled out =\
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: Blakhitman on June 07, 2010, 03:19:47 pm
LOL same, been using pen for a week, and it really isn't that bad...the feel is good too...nice and smooth :P
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: cameron_15 on June 07, 2010, 03:27:17 pm
After the exam I will not discuss results. It will not change anything and just make me feel crap for a month until we get our results.

Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: Blakhitman on June 07, 2010, 03:32:31 pm
After the exam I will not discuss results. It will not change anything and just make me feel crap for a month until we get our results.



Lol you may say that now.
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: minilunchbox on June 07, 2010, 05:17:53 pm
After the exam I will not discuss results. It will not change anything and just make me feel crap for a month until we get our results.



I am totally adamant about this. The most I will do is pop in a thread and post hysterically about the exam and then go eat my feelings.

I'll be doing a psychology exam during the morning.
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: samiira on June 07, 2010, 06:32:15 pm
What time is da exam..??
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: chansthename on June 07, 2010, 06:37:31 pm
11:45 (I think)
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: cindyy on June 07, 2010, 06:39:11 pm
11:45 (I think)

until 1:30
Title: Re: Morning of the exam
Post by: m@tty on June 07, 2010, 06:41:32 pm
Start ~ 11:45
15 reading
Then 90 minutes exam.

Last year at my school some of the exams started 10 minutes late ...