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Title: methods study score
Post by: melanie.dee on November 06, 2007, 08:18:07 pm

so what am i going to get. its gona be my 6th subject. but i still wana know haha

my sacs have been horrible but i havnt picked up a book all year, so im not sure how i managed to even get what i did haha

D, C+, B, C+, C. yaaaaaaaay haha. ranking probably somwhere down the bottom

now iv all of a sudden decided to do a tiiiny bit of study.

so i did last years exam as a practice and got 28/40 which vcaa tells me is JUST a B+ ie the very edge of B+

so say i get high B/maybe B+ on exam one.

and probably the same on exam 2.

what kind of study score could i get.. consider my sacs are gona be bad.

Title: methods study score
Post by: costargh on November 06, 2007, 09:10:54 pm

30 raw min. my bro got B+ B B+ and got 31 raw last year

Title: methods study score
Post by: positive_viv on November 06, 2007, 10:00:26 pm

hehehe, melanie, we're in the same boat. Methods will definitely be my bottom subject and, like you, I've hardly touched a textbook all year. My SAC marks are pretty much
54%, 86%, 49%, 48%. For some reason I managed to get an A for calculus - it's the only topic in methods that I actually enjoyed. What's the grade for between 45 and 55? Is that a D? If so, you're actually way better than me. At least you're averaging C's :) :)

What would those grades above make my overall grade for SACs?

Like you, I tried last year's exam (tech-free) and I managed to get a 75%which I was proud of until I realised that, well, last year's exam was pretty darn easy. But if I somehow, by some stroke of luck - and hard work, of course, since I've also been trying to actually um you know...try - managed to get a 75% for both exams, what study score would I be looking at? Is that enough to get at least a 25, or is that pushing it?

(Sorry if I hijacked this thread...since our situations are pretty similar, I thought we'd both benefit from the responses). Wish you the best of luck, melanie!

Title: methods study score
Post by: principe on November 07, 2007, 12:22:05 am

I did Methods last year and I got about the same SAC marks as you, but yeah it was year 11 and I didn't really care, anyways enough of my excuses. I got B, C+, C: Study Score: 27; my friend got B+, B+, B+: Study Score: 34

Quote from: "melanie.dee"

what kind of study score could i get.. consider my sacs are gona be bad.

So you would get around 29-32, but hey people usually do better during the real exams, from my experience anyways.

Quote from: "positive_viv"

But if I somehow, by some stroke of luck - and hard work, of course, since I've also been trying to actually um you know...try - managed to get a 75% for both exams, what study score would I be looking at? Is that enough to get at least a 25, or is that pushing it?

Yeah you would get in the low 30s range. But you gotta study hard of course  :D

Title: methods study score
Post by: maxleng on November 07, 2007, 10:32:38 pm

how many marks max can be dropped over both exams to get a study score of 38+ (A+ sacs ranked top5)

Title: methods study score
Post by: Toothpaste on November 07, 2007, 10:34:48 pm

Quote from: "maxleng"

how many marks max can be dropped over both exams to get a study score of 38+ (A+ sacs ranked top5)

I want to know too.

Title: methods study score
Post by: kido_1 on November 08, 2007, 07:19:48 am

Probably 10-20

No clue really(im guessing this years paper will be tough)

Title: methods study score
Post by: 2happy on November 11, 2007, 09:11:08 am

is there a chance of over 30; if school ave. is 50% on sacs; im a little lower than the middle band. got around 75% exam one; if i loose 20 marks on exam 2?

Title: methods study score
Post by: kido_1 on November 11, 2007, 09:29:17 am

It depends on how hard Exam 2 is tomorrow...........

Title: methods study score
Post by: 2happy on November 11, 2007, 09:36:45 am

if i get 25 SS; wud it get scaled up past 30?

Title: methods study score
Post by: JL_91 on November 11, 2007, 09:44:02 am

in 06 a 25 SS scaled to 31, so yes. if the paper is hard enough this year, it should scale a little more even.

someone already gave me an opinion on my possible SS, but what do you guys think: SACs all A+ ranked #1 or #2 at a school whose SACs scale up really well, Exam 1 im pretty sure a 39/40, if not then 38 minimum. thanks in advance :)

Title: methods study score
Post by: Odette on November 11, 2007, 10:04:23 am

Quote from: "JL_91"

in 06 a 25 SS scaled to 31, so yes. if the paper is hard enough this year, it should scale a little more even.

someone already gave me an opinion on my possible SS, but what do you guys think: SACs all A+ ranked #1 or #2 at a school whose SACs scale up really well, Exam 1 im pretty sure a 39/40, if not then 38 minimum. thanks in advance :)

Wow, that's pretty good, um it would depend on what you got for exam 2 though, but maybe just maybe 45ish not too sure...

Title: methods study score
Post by: Ahmad on November 11, 2007, 10:08:28 am

Quote from: "JL_91"

in 06 a 25 SS scaled to 31, so yes. if the paper is hard enough this year, it should scale a little more even.

That is incorrect reasoning. Scaling doesn't depend on 'difficulty' of the exams each year, it depends on the strength of competition.  :wink:

Title: methods study score
Post by: JL_91 on November 11, 2007, 10:22:32 am

thanks for the correction ahmad. i thought that coz someone at school who did methods last yr said so, and hoped that her marks might be scaled according to this yr lol

Title: methods study score
Post by: Ahmad on November 11, 2007, 10:24:11 am

Yeah, lots of people seem to get confused! Her mark will be scaled according to last year, which is pretty much the same as every year.  :)

Title: methods study score
Post by: Galelleo on November 11, 2007, 11:08:50 am

Yes, doesnt matter what happened last year, we can only hope that THIS YEAR there are very few Ahmads :P so that the rest of us can score well.

Title: methods study score
Post by: Collin Li on November 11, 2007, 11:11:57 am

Heh. Ahmad's aren't really the problem. "Ahmad-lite + English" are the problem. They will fill up the 99.95 spots, they also make up a larger density of the 42+ range, whereas Ahmad is just going to get 48+ (a small percentage) for most of his subjects, except English, probably.

There are so many people I performed way better than overall, but they received 0.50 ENTER points above me, just because of a better English score, hah.

Title: methods study score
Post by: Galelleo on November 11, 2007, 11:14:00 am

yeah, im the same, hopeless at english, but looking at 42+ in phys/psych/spec... :( :( :( :( :( :( (::(

Title: methods study score
Post by: Collin Li on November 11, 2007, 11:16:01 am

Quote from: "Galelleo"

:( :( :( :( :( :( (::(

Find the smiley face.

Title: methods study score
Post by: Toothpaste on November 11, 2007, 11:17:04 am

I don't think I'm good at anything in particular. Something like all-rounded. So I probably won't get close to high 40's for anything hahaha.

Title: methods study score
Post by: Daniel15 on November 11, 2007, 11:30:44 am

Quote from: "Galelleo"

yeah, im the same, hopeless at english, but looking at 42+ in phys/psych/spec... :( :( :( :( :( :( (::(

Me too.
I averaged a A+ on Methods SACs, about a B+ to A on Specialist SACs, A on Physics SACs, B on Chemistry SACs, yet got Cs and D+es on English SACs at the same time. English is going to be what will kill my ENTER :(

Although looking at all the smart people in this forum has reduced my confidence quite a bit, lolz :P
I don't think I'll be able to get over 40 in Methods any more (after making a few stupid mistakes in exam 1) Nor do I think I'll be able to get an ENTER of above 87 any more  :shock:

Title: methods study score
Post by: Galelleo on November 11, 2007, 11:55:29 am

I did really well in english sacs that arent essays... oral presentaiton, PoV, and creative writing i got 90+%... (creative writing i got 99 lol ... ), but like 66% on essays...

i worked really hard on it leading up to exam, so im hoping for maybe 7's on each piece...
so i dont know... but id be happy with a 30 in english, to be honest. although a 35 would be thrilling.

Psych im hoping 45+, physics 45ish, spec 40+... so english really let me down this yaer.

Title: methods study score
Post by: vce_2007 on November 11, 2007, 05:31:31 pm

ahmad can you please NOT go to the exam tomorrow, OR the physics one OR the spesh one on friday, just so the rest of us have a chance of a decent score :P

*dw im just jealous of you*

Title: methods study score
Post by: squance on November 12, 2007, 01:30:12 pm

Given:

That Im the highest ranked in maths sacs

and that I got high B+ for both exams, whats the maximum raw methods study score can I get?? Anyone???

Title: methods study score
Post by: Galelleo on November 12, 2007, 01:33:37 pm

~35

I got around the B+ level all year long, both exms and was lucky to get 33

Title: methods study score
Post by: squance on November 12, 2007, 01:41:57 pm

Quote from: "Galelleo"

~35

I got around the B+ level all year long, both exms and was lucky to get 33

Oh well...I guess no 40 for me....unless i if I get 35 and it gets scaled to 40..... :D

Title: methods study score
Post by: Kopite on November 12, 2007, 01:49:46 pm

will methods scale up more this year??? and any1 wanna guess what the cut off for a a+ is???

Title: methods study score
Post by: maxleng on November 12, 2007, 02:08:42 pm

im pretty sure 2004 exam 2 was 78% A+ cut off

IMO this was around the same difficulty if not harder, so maybe were looking at something around there?

Title: methods study score
Post by: JL_91 on November 12, 2007, 02:23:34 pm

really (about the 2004 paper)? well that makes me feel a whole lot better, lol. do you think i still have a chance at 40 or more in methods CAS with: straight-A+ SACs #1/#2 ranked, 39/40 on exam 1 for certain, and probably like 10 marks dropped today..at least!

Title: methods study score
Post by: Kopite on November 12, 2007, 02:44:21 pm

Quote from: "JL_91"

really (about the 2004 paper)? well that makes me feel a whole lot better, lol. do you think i still have a chance at 40 or more in methods CAS with: straight-A+ SACs #1/#2 ranked, 39/40 on exam 1 for certain, and probably like 10 marks dropped today..at least!

was the CAS exam around the same difficulty??? lol sorry i have no idea bout cas

Title: methods study score
Post by: maxleng on November 12, 2007, 02:46:06 pm

Quote from: "JL_91"

really (about the 2004 paper)? well that makes me feel a whole lot better, lol. do you think i still have a chance at 40 or more in methods CAS with: straight-A+ SACs #1/#2 ranked, 39/40 on exam 1 for certain, and probably like 10 marks dropped today..at least!

yeah im pretty sure, 04 or 03 maybe 02 lol

someone can check i cbf  :P

but im sure it was high 70s

Title: methods study score
Post by: JL_91 on November 12, 2007, 02:50:21 pm

kopite - yes, it was just as hard...usually the cas paper is identical except for like 1 or 2 questions, in the MC. the only problem is, there's far fewer people doing CAS in the state  :(

Title: methods study score
Post by: 2happy on November 12, 2007, 03:15:15 pm

21 scaled to 27 perhaps; scaled maybe 6-8 and if u get 35 perhaps 40 minumium?