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Title: Where are we all at?
Post by: tram on October 07, 2010, 07:09:15 pm
Three weeks out from the exam, i would be interested to see how others are going, nameley, how many papers we have done and the highest score we have gotten.

For me:

Exam one:

-14 done
-highest score: 40/40 (neap 2009, CSE 2009)

Exam two:

-14 done
-highest score: 78/80 (mav 2010, VCAA 2008)


anyone else care to share??
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: sajib_mostofa on October 07, 2010, 08:10:24 pm
Highest score I got in an exam 1 was 39/40 and 73/80 for exam 2 (cant exactly remember which paper). Still struggling to cope with the extended response questions in exam 2's though.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: liv on October 07, 2010, 08:15:27 pm
:O wow you guys are fricken geniuses.

the highest score i can get for a practice exam...was 78% in the VCAA 2009 exam 1.
but then again, i did do that one at the start of term 3...
anyone care you rub their genius off on me?
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: tram on October 07, 2010, 08:21:00 pm
:O wow you guys are fricken geniuses.

the highest score i can get for a practice exam...was 78% in the VCAA 2009 exam 1.
but then again, i did do that one at the start of term 3...
anyone care you rub their genius off on me?

out of intrest are putting more effort into methods or spech or is it fairly even?
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: taiga on October 07, 2010, 08:25:05 pm
just did my first one under exam conditions

34/40 on Heffernan 09. I'll pick up the pace from today with spesh and methods :D
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: tram on October 07, 2010, 08:35:03 pm
34 ain't bad for a first go......
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Chavi on October 07, 2010, 08:38:53 pm
How did you go on VCAA '07 exam 1+2?
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: tram on October 07, 2010, 08:59:31 pm
haven;t attempted it yet, i'm doign all the 2010 papers then working backwards. I'm in the middle of the 2009 papers atm.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Chavi on October 07, 2010, 09:02:53 pm
Are you up to the stage where the majority of your mistakes are silly errors, and only about 2-3 marks you lose on stuff you don't know?
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: liv on October 07, 2010, 09:05:54 pm
:O wow you guys are fricken geniuses.

the highest score i can get for a practice exam...was 78% in the VCAA 2009 exam 1.
but then again, i did do that one at the start of term 3...
anyone care you rub their genius off on me?

out of intrest are putting more effort into methods or spech or is it fairly even?

equal...
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Chavi on October 07, 2010, 09:13:28 pm
:O wow you guys are fricken geniuses.

the highest score i can get for a practice exam...was 78% in the VCAA 2009 exam 1.
but then again, i did do that one at the start of term 3...
anyone care you rub their genius off on me?

out of intrest are putting more effort into methods or spech or is it fairly even?

equal...
How does it work with redoing a subject?
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: tram on October 07, 2010, 09:19:12 pm
i believe they just take the higer score regradless of the year
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Martoman on October 07, 2010, 09:46:38 pm
1 exam 2 heff 10 96%

14 exam 1's lowest's TSSM 08/09 -> 34 and 30.
 
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Yitzi_K on October 07, 2010, 10:34:09 pm
Done 15 full sets.

Highest Exam 1 - 39/40.

Highest Exam 2 - 71/80.

Lowest - don't want to talk about it :(

Are you up to the stage where the majority of your mistakes are silly errors, and only about 2-3 marks you lose on stuff you don't know?

Yes.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: tram on October 07, 2010, 11:12:48 pm
my lowest was 46% on tssm 2010 exam two >.<

Are you up to the stage where the majority of your mistakes are silly errors, and only about 2-3 marks you lose on stuff you don't know?

i don't think i'm quite there yet, my exam results tend to vary a lot, i need to get them to become much more consistent
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: kyzoo on October 07, 2010, 11:21:07 pm
6 pairs so far...and 0.o I have just been doing the hardest exams I can find lol...I can't even finish them on time >.<

<3 Derrick Ha exams hehehe
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Martoman on October 07, 2010, 11:25:14 pm
Are you up to the stage where the majority of your mistakes are silly errors, and only about 2-3 marks you lose on stuff you don't know?

yes. Most of the time its my handwriting where 2 = 5 and 4 = 9 gahhh
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: superflya on October 08, 2010, 12:14:37 am
done about 14 sets, all pre 07.

no marto, z = 2 :P
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: m@tty on October 08, 2010, 12:17:55 am
That's why you do a Z. Can't be mistaken then.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: superflya on October 08, 2010, 12:20:19 am
That's why you do a Z. Can't be mistaken then.

ahah yea thats how i write my z's, yet they still manage to end up looking freakishly similar to 2 -___-
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: iffets12345 on October 08, 2010, 12:28:09 am
i'd say 75% of my errors are stupid. Frustration to the freaking max! zzz hence I die in exam 1, losing 3-5 marks... but in exam 2 I used to lose 15.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Chavi on October 08, 2010, 12:47:10 am
How harshly does everyone mark themselves?
If you find that you're getting 100% on "Show that" and "hence" question, or you're not subtracting marks for forgetting the tilde under the 0, then you're inflating.  :police:
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: tram on October 08, 2010, 03:55:29 pm
How harshly does everyone mark themselves?
If you find that you're getting 100% on "Show that" and "hence" question, or you're not subtracting marks for forgetting the tilde under the 0, then you're inflating.  :police:


you don't lose marks for forgetting the tilda in exams you know....
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: supernatural on October 08, 2010, 07:50:56 pm
exam 1:  -finished 8
exam 2:  -finished 5
and i just printed 5 more exam 1 and 2's to be done on the weekend

highest: vcaa 2008 exam 1: 40/40
[just did that today xD]

all my trails were done under exam conditions with a similar marking system
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: iffets12345 on October 08, 2010, 08:14:07 pm
How harshly does everyone mark themselves?
If you find that you're getting 100% on "Show that" and "hence" question, or you're not subtracting marks for forgetting the tilde under the 0, then you're inflating.  :police:


you don't lose marks for forgetting the tilda in exams you know....


serious!

I want your advice, I have spesh chem eng and lit. considering that I have a week before chem,
do you think I should just focus on specialist and english and a bit of lit and then do chem maybe every third day because I have that week?
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: tram on October 08, 2010, 10:08:03 pm
get on msn and we'll talk iffets
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: m@tty on October 08, 2010, 10:09:41 pm
I think I've done 5 exam 1s and 3 exam 2s.

Best was 39/40 and 76/80.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: 98.40_for_sure on October 08, 2010, 10:18:49 pm
Damn you guys have all done heaps...
for school practice exam we did an exam 2 minus the MC minus 1 ER question, since we had less time.
got 44/45 :( calc screwed up and f'd up my particle graph
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: m@tty on October 08, 2010, 10:24:14 pm
Damn you guys have all done heaps...
for school practice exam we did an exam 2 minus the MC minus 1 ER question, since we had less time.
got 44/45 :( calc screwed up and f'd up my particle graph

44/45 and you are skeptical of getting 40?!...
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: 98.40_for_sure on October 08, 2010, 10:34:28 pm
Damn you guys have all done heaps...
for school practice exam we did an exam 2 minus the MC minus 1 ER question, since we had less time.
got 44/45 :( calc screwed up and f'd up my particle graph

44/45 and you are skeptical of getting 40?!...

For my methods prac exam (the first exam 2 i did) i dropped 10 marks... which would have dragged me down to like 40 SS, thus spesh would be <40? very logical :P
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: jasoN- on October 08, 2010, 10:36:50 pm
I hope not :/ wouldn't want to get worse than my methods (though I didn't try as hard in methods last year)
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: sajib_mostofa on October 08, 2010, 11:05:00 pm
Does anyone feel like their exam 2 marks are fluctuating? With my exam 1's, I feel like I can do decently on most company papers but with exam 2's, I only manage to get 65+ in the VCAA exams. Not sure if this is a good or bad thing...
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: kyzoo on October 08, 2010, 11:06:11 pm
err recently my exam 1 scores have been worse than my exam 2 scores, my situation is opposite to yours xD
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: sajib_mostofa on October 08, 2010, 11:08:03 pm
err recently my exam 1 scores have been worse than my exam 2 scores, my situation is opposite to yours xD

I'd rather be in you situation than mine, since exam 2's are worth double exam 1's :P
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: kyzoo on October 08, 2010, 11:20:30 pm
err recently my exam 1 scores have been worse than my exam 2 scores, my situation is opposite to yours xD

I'd rather be in you situation than mine, since exam 2's are worth double exam 1's :P

Well my last exam 1 was 27/40 and exam 2 was 69/80 0.o
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: m@tty on October 08, 2010, 11:21:39 pm
But that was probably Derrick Ha's exams, or something similar...
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: iffets12345 on October 09, 2010, 12:19:06 am
I'm really bad at exam one because I'm careless, but I think I can survive exam 2..
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Martoman on October 09, 2010, 12:26:09 am
i seem to go well on exam 1's that are hard because i focus more, lesser so with stuff like insight and MAV.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: sajib_mostofa on October 09, 2010, 12:28:47 am
i seem to go well on exam 1's that are hard because i focus more, lesser so with stuff like insight and MAV.

Does that mean you'll have less focus on the VCAA exams? XD
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: tram on October 09, 2010, 08:58:29 am
Does anyone feel like their exam 2 marks are fluctuating? With my exam 1's, I feel like I can do decently on most company papers but with exam 2's, I only manage to get 65+ in the VCAA exams. Not sure if this is a good or bad thing...

totally, i'm adveraging about 70% (56/80) but as between that i've gotten 35/80 and then 78/80. And lol, it's not a good thing :(

What paper do you guys think is most similar in difficulty to the vcaa exam (yeah, i know this is probs in another thread). I reackon MAV is closest to the difficulty of a vcaa exam.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: iffets12345 on October 09, 2010, 09:41:42 pm
I reckon MAV specialist is surprisingly more challenging than MAV in methods for some reason. I mean, not cause of spesh being harder than methods, the gap of expected difficulty in contrast to other papers is smaller in spesh than in methods.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Yitzi_K on October 09, 2010, 11:17:52 pm
Just got 64/80 on an exam 2 and TEN of my lost marks were from stupid dumb mistakes. I desperately need tips on how to eliminate such mistakes, or I'm screwed.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: iffets12345 on October 09, 2010, 11:19:37 pm
Yea at the beginning of my marking I was fine, towards the end I screwed up, didn't read the question properly, and in MAV 2010, there's that question about the path of the particle..I honestly do not think I can write a paragraph like that about all it's speeds changing etc...
so it was kind of frustrating to see all my marks go like that when Iwas holding on so well.
Anyone find some MAV solutions dodgy?
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: kyzoo on October 10, 2010, 02:29:42 am
Just got 64/80 on an exam 2 and TEN of my lost marks were from stupid dumb mistakes. I desperately need tips on how to eliminate such mistakes, or I'm screwed.

IMO dumb mistakes ahve two causes

1. Your thinking process isn't right. Like when you see a certain word or problem, you don't think in the right way so you're bound to get it wrong. You have to instate the correct mental procedures in your head. E.g. when you the word "real" int he context of a polynomail equation, the concept of conjugate pairs should autoamtically come up in your head.

2. You aren't concentrating hard enough. Amount of focus you exact upon the exam is inversely proportional to the amount of stupid mistakes you make. And sometimes, you are simply too tired to focus properly.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: tram on October 10, 2010, 09:21:13 am
Yea at the beginning of my marking I was fine, towards the end I screwed up, didn't read the question properly, and in MAV 2010, there's that question about the path of the particle..I honestly do not think I can write a paragraph like that about all it's speeds changing etc...
so it was kind of frustrating to see all my marks go like that when Iwas holding on so well.
Anyone find some MAV solutions dodgy?

LOl yeah, did yous ee theri massive two pargraph essay on the speed of the particle changin??? and in question one, they gave and extra solution (i think part c) and there were two muli-choices that were wrong (these mistakes were picked up by my spech teacher so it's not just me thinking they're wrong)
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: stonecold on October 10, 2010, 10:10:31 am
Just got 64/80 on an exam 2 and TEN of my lost marks were from stupid dumb mistakes. I desperately need tips on how to eliminate such mistakes, or I'm screwed.

I feel your pain.  The problem is, I am making more and more dumb mistakes than I ever used to.  Multi choice used to be my bread and butter.  I would ace it every time.  Now, for one reason or another, I always fall into stupid traps.

Kyzoo, I know you posted up your methods for reducing careless errors somewhere.  Can you link me.

I feel my exam technique is horrid at the moment.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: tram on October 10, 2010, 12:20:04 pm
is this what you were refering to stone cold?

http://vcenotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,26245.0.html
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: stonecold on October 10, 2010, 12:28:25 pm
is this what you were refering to stone cold?

http://vcenotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,26245.0.html

Yeah, thanks. :)
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: kyzoo on October 11, 2010, 12:20:08 pm
0.o I've totally changed my attitude towards exam technique since Unit 3 exams, so whatever I've posted on this forum abuot reducing careless mistakes isn't reflective of my current mindset.

Basically, exam technique is 30159318051380 times simpler than I previously believed it to be.

Simple Formula. Proness = Decently healthy lifestyle (so your mental capacity is maximised) + concentration + the correct mental procedures programmed into your head.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: kamil9876 on October 11, 2010, 09:22:44 pm
Make sure they are programmed in Haskell or something like that rather than C or Java, u don't wanna write x=x+1 on a math exam.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: 98.40_for_sure on October 13, 2010, 06:01:33 pm
If anyone wants to do an extremely easy exam, however i do think it's a nice one since it tests understanding of concepts, then NEAP 06 exam 1.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: kyzoo on October 13, 2010, 08:38:28 pm
Sigh lol I failed VCAA 2008 >.<

Exam 1 - 38/40
Exam 2 - 75/80
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: taiga on October 13, 2010, 08:42:52 pm
Sigh lol I failed VCAA 2008 >.<

Exam 1 - 38/40
Exam 2 - 75/80

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Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: kyzoo on October 13, 2010, 08:46:43 pm
^ LOL but that's low by MHS standards isn't it?
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Chavi on October 13, 2010, 08:47:29 pm
Sigh lol I failed VCAA 2008 >.<

Exam 1 - 38/40
Exam 2 - 75/80
~ SS 46 >> 50.4 [fail]
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: kyzoo on October 13, 2010, 08:53:14 pm
0.o wtf -7 mraks = 46????
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Chavi on October 13, 2010, 08:56:27 pm
0.o wtf -7 mraks = 46????
1.5 marks~1 SS
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: samiira on October 13, 2010, 08:56:54 pm
Sigh lol I failed VCAA 2008 >.<

Exam 1 - 38/40
Exam 2 - 75/80

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 i agree wif u to da max
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: 98.40_for_sure on October 13, 2010, 08:57:38 pm
Sigh lol I failed VCAA 2008 >.<

Exam 1 - 38/40
Exam 2 - 75/80

Poor effort man... lift your game up :P
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: taiga on October 13, 2010, 10:30:52 pm
^ LOL but that's low by MHS standards isn't it?

No, MHS doesen't have standards, its just that less people at our school get less than 95 than anyone else, or something like that.

Melb Grammar still produces more of the "top" students
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Martoman on October 14, 2010, 12:31:21 am
Sigh lol I failed VCAA 2008 >.<

Exam 1 - 38/40
Exam 2 - 75/80


This must mean that each of those 7 questions were singularities.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Chavi on October 14, 2010, 12:43:40 am
Sigh lol I failed VCAA 2008 >.<

Exam 1 - 38/40
Exam 2 - 75/80


This must mean that each of those 7 questions were singularities.
Perhaps you can't identify, but realizing that you made a mistake in a VCAA exam - but having to wait a month for your fears to be confirmed is a personal fail. :)
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: roberto on October 14, 2010, 01:27:07 am
1 - 40/40
2 - 79/80

if only it were consistent with every exam ><
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: kim.a on October 14, 2010, 01:37:20 am
1 - 40/40
2 - 79/80

if only it were consistent with every exam ><

woww gud job.. assuming that uve done a couple of exams.. do u reckon vcaa exams r easier or the company ones (generally speaking) ?
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: TrueTears on October 14, 2010, 02:07:45 am
vcaa
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: roberto on October 14, 2010, 08:07:27 pm
1 - 40/40
2 - 79/80

if only it were consistent with every exam ><

woww gud job.. assuming that uve done a couple of exams.. do u reckon vcaa exams r easier or the company ones (generally speaking) ?

thanks :)   in theory, vcaa r harder.   but the other companies (neap, heffernan, etc) have small mistakes in their exams so that makes them somewhat 'harder'/annoying
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: superflya on October 14, 2010, 08:09:11 pm
1 - 40/40
2 - 79/80

if only it were consistent with every exam ><

holyyyyy shitt, which exam was this?
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: 98.40_for_sure on October 14, 2010, 08:16:39 pm
thanks :)   in theory, vcaa r harder.   but the other companies (neap, heffernan, etc) have small mistakes in their exams so that makes them somewhat 'harder'/annoying

This. VCAA exams are less 'messy', you can actually tell if you're going completely wrong, whereas with external companies... messy seems to be the only way get to the correct answer.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: roberto on October 14, 2010, 09:08:34 pm
thanks :)   in theory, vcaa r harder.   but the other companies (neap, heffernan, etc) have small mistakes in their exams so that makes them somewhat 'harder'/annoying

This. VCAA exams are less 'messy', you can actually tell if you're going completely wrong, whereas with external companies... messy seems to be the only way get to the correct answer.

very true. tho some years the vcaa exams do get quite messy too. tho never as much as the external companies.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: 98.40_for_sure on October 14, 2010, 09:41:26 pm
NEAP 2010 exam 1 last question is the most messy i've ever seen. you go through about 40 lines of intense working with subscripts and superscripts everywhere, only to end up with a 1 digit answer. Bad handwriting would incredibly detrimental to your study score if that was on a real exam... it was worth 6 marks or something
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: kyzoo on October 14, 2010, 09:44:27 pm
1 - 40/40
2 - 79/80

if only it were consistent with every exam ><

woww gud job.. assuming that uve done a couple of exams.. do u reckon vcaa exams r easier or the company ones (generally speaking) ?

thanks :)   in theory, vcaa r harder.   but the other companies (neap, heffernan, etc) have small mistakes in their exams so that makes them somewhat 'harder'/annoying

Explain please =X
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Studyinghard on October 14, 2010, 09:49:37 pm
havent even done any vcaa exams yet. hoping they are easier than the other companies

best for exam 1 was 35/40 (happy with that i think)
exam 2: 70/80 =/
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: 98.40_for_sure on October 14, 2010, 09:53:04 pm
I think there's a point where one ceases to benefit from exam 1's... agree or disagree?
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: kyzoo on October 14, 2010, 09:56:36 pm
I think there's a point where one ceases to benefit from exam 1's... agree or disagree?

lol that's true for all forms of practice, not just exams
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: taiga on October 14, 2010, 10:28:37 pm
havent even done any vcaa exams yet. hoping they are easier than the other companies

best for exam 1 was 35/40 (happy with that i think)
exam 2: 70/80 =/

Happy with 35/40 and unhappy with 70/80? I don't get it :X
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Yitzi_K on October 14, 2010, 11:16:25 pm
I think there's a point where one ceases to benefit from exam 1's... agree or disagree?

Unless you're getting full marks every time, disagree.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: darkphoenix on October 14, 2010, 11:58:28 pm
Crap I'm so far behind you guys, I've only done like 6 exams total (exam 1 and 2)
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: 98.40_for_sure on October 15, 2010, 11:26:39 am
Would you recommend that i only do exam 2's from now on?
On exam 1's 40/40 unless some silly mistake somewhere so then it goes down to 39 or 38
On exam 2's im getting only around 70/80. usually get stuck on 1-2 questions somewhere which will be -8 and then a few silly mistakes such as not simplifying, not rationalising.
I just like exam 1's cos they only take <30 min but don't really improve anything other than confidence
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: tram on October 15, 2010, 03:47:24 pm
Would you recommend that i only do exam 2's from now on?
On exam 1's 40/40 unless some silly mistake somewhere so then it goes down to 39 or 38
On exam 2's im getting only around 70/80. usually get stuck on 1-2 questions somewhere which will be -8 and then a few silly mistakes such as not simplifying, not rationalising.
I just like exam 1's cos they only take <30 min but don't really improve anything other than confidence

Yeah i think this is what i need to do now as well.....
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: kyzoo on October 15, 2010, 03:53:36 pm
Lol y do i get higher on a "hard" company exam than VCAA >.<

CSE 2010

Exam 1 - 38/40
Exam 2 - 79/80
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: 98.40_for_sure on October 15, 2010, 04:07:16 pm
Lol y do i get higher on a "hard" company exam than VCAA >.<

CSE 2010

Exam 1 - 38/40
Exam 2 - 79/80

Nice job on that exam 2.
mav just raped me... yes "MAV" :(
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: bblovee on October 16, 2010, 11:33:23 am
is it just me, or was tssm 09 exam two MCQ harder than what you'd expect?
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: iffets12345 on October 16, 2010, 08:34:02 pm
agreed, all of them needed working out.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: sajib_mostofa on October 16, 2010, 09:26:03 pm
What company exams are similiar in difficulty to the actual VCAA ones?
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: iffets12345 on October 16, 2010, 09:27:56 pm
MAV, Hefferenan usually.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: 98.40_for_sure on October 16, 2010, 09:31:09 pm
MAV, Hefferenan usually.

Where would you place insight?
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: iffets12345 on October 16, 2010, 09:41:19 pm
oh yea that too :D But sometimes insight can be challenging. Except this time round I found MAV to be tricky in some circumstances.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Yitzi_K on October 16, 2010, 10:00:52 pm
MAV 2009 paper 1 was bloody hard imo. Or maybe I'm just stupid  :-[
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: ghadz7 on October 16, 2010, 10:07:03 pm
MAV 2009 paper 1 was bloody hard imo. Or maybe I'm just stupid  :-[

I agree, some of the calculus questions were time consuming.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: iffets12345 on October 16, 2010, 10:19:25 pm
MAV 2009 paper 1 was bloody hard imo. Or maybe I'm just stupid  :-[

I agree. Well, they weren't as hard as like NEAP, but they were harder than what u would have thought for MAV.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: tcg93 on October 22, 2010, 09:15:35 pm
Lol y do i get higher on a "hard" company exam than VCAA >.<

CSE 2010

Exam 1 - 38/40
Exam 2 - 79/80

do you by any chance have a copy of this to post up?
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: 98.40_for_sure on October 22, 2010, 09:43:21 pm
Anyone else getting lower and lower marks with these stupid spesh exams? Every exam i've done today, i've lost more than the first few... back to square one (not even)
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: tram on October 22, 2010, 09:50:08 pm
Anyone else getting lower and lower marks with these stupid spesh exams? Every exam i've done today, i've lost more than the first few... back to square one (not even)

yeah, i'm sacred i won;t be able to reproduce my best exam score in the actual exam :S my adverage is pretty shite.....
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: 98.40_for_sure on October 22, 2010, 09:52:30 pm
Wait... VCAA is easier than all the external companies exams right? And the exams get harder as you go back in time?
That could be a possible reason... i'm getting crappy marks on the ~2005 ones, and the more recent ones are a lot easier and the questions actually make sense.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: iffets12345 on October 23, 2010, 01:32:32 am
I don't think that you can surely do your best in the exams, but rather, ensure your AVERAGE is considered one of the best. :).
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: cameron_15 on October 23, 2010, 11:10:27 pm
Got my highest score on an exam 2 today, 79/80 on vcaa 2007.

I would probably cry if I could do that next Monday!
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: 98.40_for_sure on October 23, 2010, 11:38:03 pm
Got my highest score on an exam 2 today, 79/80 on vcaa 2007.

I would probably cry if I could do that next Monday!

Lol hi 5! i got my highest 79/80 today as well.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: iffets12345 on October 24, 2010, 12:59:03 am
SCREW YOU ALL LOL.
I am still dying from silly mistakes. ARGH there is no cure for me.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: TrueTears on October 24, 2010, 02:41:06 am
Wait... VCAA is easier than all the external companies exams right? And the exams get harder as you go back in time?
That could be a possible reason... i'm getting crappy marks on the ~2005 ones, and the more recent ones are a lot easier and the questions actually make sense.
VCAA is generally easier, just the wording haha, in fact if the external companies stop going on about garbage and actually made 'easier-to-interpret' questions, they're all basically asking for the same things as VCAA exams.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: iffets12345 on October 24, 2010, 11:03:43 am
Wait... VCAA is easier than all the external companies exams right? And the exams get harder as you go back in time?
That could be a possible reason... i'm getting crappy marks on the ~2005 ones, and the more recent ones are a lot easier and the questions actually make sense.
VCAA is generally easier, just the wording haha, in fact if the external companies stop going on about garbage and actually made 'easier-to-interpret' questions, they're all basically asking for the same things as VCAA exams.

I also find VCAA uses less tricky mathematical notation so it's easier for students who are good at mathematical procedure, just not learned in the language.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: 98.40_for_sure on October 24, 2010, 11:13:51 am
I LOVE VBOSS. period.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: tram on October 24, 2010, 12:58:07 pm
Got my highest score on an exam 2 today, 79/80 on vcaa 2007.

I would probably cry if I could do that next Monday!

Lol hi 5! i got my highest 79/80 today as well.

nice, which exam?

SCREW YOU ALL LOL.
I am still dying from silly mistakes. ARGH there is no cure for me.

CHILL iffets....... like literally, stressing about it is the one thigns that going to increase 'silly mistakes'

Wait... VCAA is easier than all the external companies exams right? And the exams get harder as you go back in time?
That could be a possible reason... i'm getting crappy marks on the ~2005 ones, and the more recent ones are a lot easier and the questions actually make sense.
VCAA is generally easier, just the wording haha, in fact if the external companies stop going on about garbage and actually made 'easier-to-interpret' questions, they're all basically asking for the same things as VCAA exams.

precisely

I LOVE VBOSS. period.

vboss??
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: iffets12345 on October 24, 2010, 01:01:25 pm
Ive' decided not to do TSSM and I never do TSFX. Do you guys think this is stupid? I've reasoned that TSSM is just being impossible, worse than chem 2009 so I won't bother. I did do a bit of tssm 08 or 09.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: tram on October 24, 2010, 07:19:11 pm
Tssm i did exam two and one for 2010 and vowed never to touch tssm again and i have compeltely avoided tsfx altogeather. If i was more organised like i was last year with methods, ideally i would have done them but this year i'm really pressed for time so not bothering and now just tacking the VCAA papers between now and the exams, might also give some other papers a go, but defs not tssm or tsfx
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: samiira on October 24, 2010, 10:22:01 pm
Tssm i did exam two and one for 2010 and vowed never to touch tssm again and i have compeltely avoided tsfx altogeather. If i was more organised like i was last year with methods, ideally i would have done them but this year i'm really pressed for time so not bothering and now just tacking the VCAA papers between now and the exams, might also give some other papers a go, but defs not tssm or tsfx

yeh ive basically avoided tsfx, although i tried one for chem it realli put me to the point of breakdown.... i wud not recommend any1 doin tsfx especially not at this crucial time where u need 2 build up ur confidence
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: superflya on October 24, 2010, 10:27:42 pm
Ive' decided not to do TSSM and I never do TSFX. Do you guys think this is stupid? I've reasoned that TSSM is just being impossible, worse than chem 2009 so I won't bother. I did do a bit of tssm 08 or 09.

i say do them, no harm at all when u think about it really. yes, some of the questions may be a touch over the standard were expected to be at but thats no reason to avoid them. given the genuinity of their questions, its heaps more fun attempting different styles of questions compared to the same crap over and over again :P
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: iffets12345 on October 24, 2010, 11:38:28 pm
don't have time to do them lol
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: kyzoo on October 25, 2010, 10:34:14 am
Ive' decided not to do TSSM and I never do TSFX. Do you guys think this is stupid? I've reasoned that TSSM is just being impossible, worse than chem 2009 so I won't bother. I did do a bit of tssm 08 or 09.

TSSM teaches you how to work quickly and not fall into panic just because you see a question you can't immediately grasp.

What I've learned from doing hard exams is:
~ For hard exams, always do short answer section for Exam 2 first before multiple choice
~ ALWAYS USE YOUR CALCULATOR WHENEVER POSSIBLE IN EXAM 2, RESIST THE URGE TO DO STUFF BY HAND JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW TO
~ Don't be scared that you got something wrong and recheck your solution immediately after writing it; if you do this you will definitely run out of time

I dunno, doing TSSM and Derrick Ha has made me a lot more immune to panic. I don't think they've actually enhanced my mathematical ability, but rather amplified my ability to focus and my self-trust.

I got raped really hard on my first TSSM, then I went OK on my 2nd one because of the lessons I learned about how to deal with hard exams from the 1st one.

1st one (TSSM 2009)
~ Exam 1: 26/40
~ Exam 2: 64/80

2nd one (10 practice exams later) (TSSM 2010)
~ Exam 1: 39/40
~ Exam 2: 77/80
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: iffets12345 on October 25, 2010, 10:50:36 am
what the....eff...kyzoo that score for TSSM 2010...
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: kyzoo on October 25, 2010, 10:55:25 am
what the....eff...kyzoo that score for TSSM 2010...

>.< Dude it was after a LOT of weird practice exams, you get used to it after a while
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: iffets12345 on October 25, 2010, 12:19:26 pm
now if you don't get 50 I definately get to whack you with my stewart's book, which mind you, is heavy shizz.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: fady_22 on October 25, 2010, 12:42:11 pm
what the....eff...kyzoo that score for TSSM 2010...

09 was much harder IMO.
2010 was reasonable.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: stonecold on October 25, 2010, 12:43:41 pm
Ive' decided not to do TSSM and I never do TSFX. Do you guys think this is stupid? I've reasoned that TSSM is just being impossible, worse than chem 2009 so I won't bother. I did do a bit of tssm 08 or 09.

TSSM teaches you how to work quickly and not fall into panic just because you see a question you can't immediately grasp.

What I've learned from doing hard exams is:
~ For hard exams, always do short answer section for Exam 2 first before multiple choice
~ ALWAYS USE YOUR CALCULATOR WHENEVER POSSIBLE IN EXAM 2, RESIST THE URGE TO DO STUFF BY HAND JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW TO
~ Don't be scared that you got something wrong and recheck your solution immediately after writing it; if you do this you will definitely run out of time

I dunno, doing TSSM and Derrick Ha has made me a lot more immune to panic. I don't think they've actually enhanced my mathematical ability, but rather amplified my ability to focus and my self-trust.

I got raped really hard on my first TSSM, then I went OK on my 2nd one because of the lessons I learned about how to deal with hard exams from the 1st one.

1st one (TSSM 2009)
~ Exam 1: 26/40
~ Exam 2: 64/80

2nd one (10 practice exams later) (TSSM 2010)
~ Exam 1: 39/40
~ Exam 2: 77/80

I could just imagine what I would have got on it if I did spesh.  Totally raped, thats what I would have got.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: taiga on October 25, 2010, 05:01:25 pm
failed VCAA 09

exam 1 : 40/40

exam 2 : 79/80 :(:(:(
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: 98.40_for_sure on October 25, 2010, 05:03:12 pm
failed VCAA 09

exam 1 : 40/40

exam 2 : 79/80 :(:(:(

Hahah same scores as me. i was shattered too... frickin MC question
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: m@tty on October 25, 2010, 05:11:40 pm
failed VCAA 09

Me too, but I managed one more mark in exam 2... :'(
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: iffets12345 on October 25, 2010, 07:46:21 pm
71/80.
==' 8/9 were silly mistakes.
Can someone do teh linearly dependent question for me. MC 14.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Yitzi_K on October 28, 2010, 05:27:28 pm
Finally feeling ready... (about time too, exam is tomorrow)

Consistently getting very high 30s on exam 1, mid 70s on exam 2. I suppose that would translate to a study score of ~ 44-46?
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: 98.40_for_sure on October 28, 2010, 05:36:48 pm
Finally feeling ready... (about time too, exam is tomorrow)

Consistently getting very high 30s on exam 1, mid 70s on exam 2. I suppose that would translate to a study score of ~ 44-46?

If that is on external exams... then that equals full marks on vcaa :P
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Yitzi_K on October 28, 2010, 05:43:59 pm
Finally feeling ready... (about time too, exam is tomorrow)

Consistently getting very high 30s on exam 1, mid 70s on exam 2. I suppose that would translate to a study score of ~ 44-46?

If that is on external exams... then that equals full marks on vcaa :P

No, those are for the VCAA exams.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: 98.40_for_sure on October 28, 2010, 05:47:46 pm
Well... 5 marks lost over both exams in 2009 was ~43?
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: superflya on October 28, 2010, 05:50:42 pm
Well... 5 marks lost over both exams in 2009 was ~43?

wouldve been higher?? dont think 1 mark = >1 ss score drop?
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Elnino_Gerrard on October 28, 2010, 05:54:34 pm
Well... 5 marks lost over both exams in 2009 was ~43?

 :o
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: m@tty on October 28, 2010, 05:54:58 pm
Nah, I reckon it would've been 45-46, maybe even 47. But I'm not sure...
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: jasoN- on October 28, 2010, 05:56:05 pm
kinda saying spec = relatively easier than further (kinda)
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: 98.40_for_sure on October 28, 2010, 05:57:03 pm
Thats just based on a student from last year getting 43 with -5, exam was incredibly easy though.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: m@tty on October 28, 2010, 06:00:33 pm
Crap SACs?
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Elnino_Gerrard on October 28, 2010, 06:06:31 pm
Crap sac's would be an aweful reason.His sac's couldve been waaay harder.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: m@tty on October 28, 2010, 06:08:15 pm
I meant his ranking - the part which matters. The raw mark itself has no bearing on the moderated score.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: _avO on October 28, 2010, 06:12:13 pm
Based on the stats, by losing up to 12.5 marks (2.5 from GA2 and 10 from GA3) that renders the lowest possible A+, i.e. ~38. Thereby losing 5 marks which is 60% less 12.5 marks, that would mean the top 60% of the 10% that are granted an A+ lose less then 5 marks. So the top 6% of the state lost a maximum of 5 marks which will mean if you do lose 5 marks, you will get an SS of 43 or 44 so statistically speaking that is right
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Stormer on October 28, 2010, 06:13:50 pm
^That's worse case scenario.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: TrueTears on October 28, 2010, 06:15:49 pm
last year was RIDICULOUSLY easy compared to other years of VCAA, yes losing 5-6 marks overall yielded somewhere between 43-44 SS, I can personally confirm this along with several other cases :)
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: kyzoo on October 28, 2010, 07:37:45 pm
last year was RIDICULOUSLY easy compared to other years of VCAA, yes losing 5-6 marks overall yielded somewhere between 43-44 SS, I can personally confirm this along with several other cases :)

This is the type of situation I ABSOLUTELY ABHOR LOL....that's even worse than Methods wtf =.=
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: Blakhitman on October 28, 2010, 07:43:44 pm
last year was RIDICULOUSLY easy compared to other years of VCAA, yes losing 5-6 marks overall yielded somewhere between 43-44 SS, I can personally confirm this along with several other cases :)

This is the type of situation I ABSOLUTELY ABHOR LOL....that's even worse than Methods wtf =.=

And methods scaling wasn't too bad compared to spesh ;)
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: kyzoo on October 28, 2010, 07:45:39 pm
yet last year was one of my school best spesh results years 0.o hmm.....
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: iffets12345 on October 28, 2010, 11:28:56 pm
GOOD LUCK VN
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: m@tty on October 28, 2010, 11:32:39 pm
GOOD LUCK IFFETS!@#$%.
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: kyzoo on October 28, 2010, 11:38:51 pm
GO TO SLEEP BOTH OF YOU =.=
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: m@tty on October 28, 2010, 11:41:15 pm
AND YOU, KYZOO -_-
Title: Re: Where are we all at?
Post by: TrueTears on October 28, 2010, 11:47:02 pm
last year was RIDICULOUSLY easy compared to other years of VCAA, yes losing 5-6 marks overall yielded somewhere between 43-44 SS, I can personally confirm this along with several other cases :)

This is the type of situation I ABSOLUTELY ABHOR LOL....that's even worse than Methods wtf =.=
lol yeah same here >< it seriously defeats the purpose of the exam... it doesn't test any skill AT all, at least have a few tricky questions to test out the top tier....



yeah and GOOD LUCK TO YOU GUYS, RAPE THAT SHIT