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VCE Stuff => VCE Science => VCE Mathematics/Science/Technology => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE Chemistry => Topic started by: stonecold on October 26, 2010, 08:28:13 am
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Thoughts?
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The exam 1 must have been so easy that they need more separation, so exam 2 is now worth more marks to get this.
Unless Exam 2 is ridiculously hard or something, you will probably need nearly full marks on both exams for 50.
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yeah, but your logic sucks
if there are more marks => more distribution => more chance of getting 50
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yeah, but your logic sucks
if there are more marks => more distribution => more chance of getting 50
yeah, thats what I initially thought, but then I thought this.
too many people with full marks on exam 1. they need more separation.
how do you get more separation?
with more marks. the higher the number of marks, the greater the chance of people losing marks.
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wow.. ain't it usally like 75ish marks?
Well.. I gave up on chem. Got C+ on exam 1 (leave me alone :'() and not going to bother for maybe an extra .4 or so as I know that it won't be in my top 4.
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WTF ITS OUT OF 82?
i swear every exam ever has been out of 75.
Honestly .. thats really good.
it means that the A+ will be approx 89% like usual.
and you can drop more marks ... and still get an A+
I like.
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WTF ITS OUT OF 82?
i swear every exam ever has been out of 75.
Honestly .. thats really good.
it means that the A+ will be approx 89% like usual.
and you can drop more marks ... and still get an A+
I like.
seconded, it means careless mistakes are less bad
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hooray - gay tricks in MC wont hurt us that much
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WTF ITS OUT OF 82?
i swear every exam ever has been out of 75.
Honestly .. thats really good.
it means that the A+ will be approx 89% like usual.
and you can drop more marks ... and still get an A+
I like.
seconded, it means careless mistakes are less bad
Yeah exactly.
Only problem is
since there are 9 short answer questions.
they will probably test us on EVERY single thing lulz.
my pick would be
2 electrolysis
1 environment shit ( turbine electricity etc etc )
1 Find the Ka + ph question
2 EQM questons
1 galvanic question
1 Find the amount of amps/time/electrons question
1 find the energy question
:)
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Well the thing is, people say that 'based on the mid year exams, they upped the marks for competition' and so forth. You do realise that they wrote this exam LAST YEAR right?
Doesn't mean anything, i mean physics last year for both exams were apparently a 'breeze', so anything goes on this one as well.
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WTF ITS OUT OF 82?
i swear every exam ever has been out of 75.
Honestly .. thats really good.
it means that the A+ will be approx 89% like usual.
and you can drop more marks ... and still get an A+
I like.
seconded, it means careless mistakes are less bad
Yeah exactly.
Only problem is
since there are 9 short answer questions.
they will probably test us on EVERY single thing lulz.
my pick would be
2 electrolysis
1 environment shit ( turbine electricity etc etc )
1 Find the Ka + ph question
2 EQM questons
1 galvanic question
1 Find the amount of amps/time/electrons question
1 find the energy question
:)
There are 8 not 9 short answer questions :)
Are all exams written last year? :o
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WTF ITS OUT OF 82?
i swear every exam ever has been out of 75.
Honestly .. thats really good.
it means that the A+ will be approx 89% like usual.
and you can drop more marks ... and still get an A+
I like.
seconded, it means careless mistakes are less bad
Yeah exactly.
Only problem is
since there are 9 short answer questions.
they will probably test us on EVERY single thing lulz.
my pick would be
2 electrolysis
1 environment shit ( turbine electricity etc etc )
1 Find the Ka + ph question
2 EQM questons
1 galvanic question
1 Find the amount of amps/time/electrons question
1 find the energy question
:)
There are 8 not 9 short answer questions :)
Are all exams written last year? :o
Sorry.
well in that case.
only 1 electrolysis question.
Hmmm ... I thought the end of year was written in march? but im probably wrong.
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just hope its like chem mid year last year. long, but quite accesible for those that actually study
unlike the mid year which did not reward efforts and preparation but your exam taking mindset on the day
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Well the thing is, people say that 'based on the mid year exams, they upped the marks for competition' and so forth. You do realise that they wrote this exam LAST YEAR right?
Doesn't mean anything, i mean physics last year for both exams were apparently a 'breeze', so anything goes on this one as well.
If it was that bad, they can change it if they have to. Why else would they change the mark allocation. I reckon no shit, over like 100 people got full marks on the mid year...
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just hope its like chem mid year last year. long, but quite accesible for those that actually study
unlike the mid year which did not reward efforts and preparation but your exam taking mindset on the day
+1 !!!
haha.. I wasn't so lucky in mid years... :(
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Guys, do realise this. VCE Chem has moved towards being slightly easier conceptually, and much longer. They ask a fair few obvious questions here and there that just gives marks away, at the expense of reading thirty novels worth of stimulus material. Calculations are no longer the primary focus. This is to attract biochemists into universities because.. well, we need more biochemists.
These days the focus is on timing and finishing the exam. The real separation is going to be between the fast ones from the slower ones.
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These days the focus is on timing and finishing the exam. The real separation is going to be between the fast ones from the slower ones.
im liking this
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These days the focus is on timing and finishing the exam. The real separation is going to be between the fast ones from the slower ones.
im liking this
Dumb mistakes are the biggest killer...
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If it was that bad, they can change it if they have to. Why else would they change the mark allocation. I reckon no shit, over like 100 people got full marks on the mid year...
Is that actually true? It seems kind of high. But then again, I know five kids from my school alone who full marked it so...
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If it was that bad, they can change it if they have to. Why else would they change the mark allocation. I reckon no shit, over like 100 people got full marks on the mid year...
Is that actually true? It seems kind of high. But then again, I know five kids from my school alone who full marked it so...
Nah, I made it up, but I certainly think there will be a few. I possibly went overboard. :P
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If it was that bad, they can change it if they have to. Why else would they change the mark allocation. I reckon no shit, over like 100 people got full marks on the mid year...
Is that actually true? It seems kind of high. But then again, I know five kids from my school alone who full marked it so...
this guy full marked it btw everyone, hes doing tutoring for 25$ an hour next year, aced all 3 of his mid years get on it!
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If it was that bad, they can change it if they have to. Why else would they change the mark allocation. I reckon no shit, over like 100 people got full marks on the mid year...
Is that actually true? It seems kind of high. But then again, I know five kids from my school alone who full marked it so...
this guy full marked it btw everyone, hes doing tutoring for 25$ an hour next year, aced all 3 of his mid years get on it!
lol you exaggerate. i love the random shit you say on vcenotes "taiga".
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A cutoff will be lowered???
if so
baby i like it
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82... such an awkward number.
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82... such an awkward number.
LOL i actually had exactly the same though which was followed up with: why couldn't they jsut make it 81? it's a much nicer number (square/quartic)
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wow.. ain't it usally like 75ish marks?
Well.. I gave up on chem. Got C+ on exam 1 (leave me alone :'() and not going to bother for maybe an extra .4 or so as I know that it won't be in my top 4.
ON EXACT SAME BOAT
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wow.. ain't it usally like 75ish marks?
Well.. I gave up on chem. Got C+ on exam 1 (leave me alone :'() and not going to bother for maybe an extra .4 or so as I know that it won't be in my top 4.
sammee! high five co-losers in mid year chem!
but seriously i wanted to cry when i saw c+.
ON EXACT SAME BOAT
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If it was that bad, they can change it if they have to. Why else would they change the mark allocation. I reckon no shit, over like 100 people got full marks on the mid year...
Is that actually true? It seems kind of high. But then again, I know five kids from my school alone who full marked it so...
Nah, I made it up, but I certainly think there will be a few. I possibly went overboard. :P
I highly, highly doubt that 100 people got full marks. There were only 107 last year for the physics midyear, and the cutoff was massive (95.5%). If there were a similar number of 100%'s, then you'd expect a similar cutoff, percentage-wise. Thus, as the cutoff was below 90%, it is fair to assume that there were significantly less people who aced it.
As the cutoff has more than doubled (10% rather than 4.5%), I'd say that the number of full markers would reduce by a factor of four, so ~26-27 - though obviously the number is not directly dependent on the cutoff.
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sammee! high five co-losers in mid year chem!
but seriously i wanted to cry when i saw c+.
haha hi5 buddy -___- same here, i went through a grieving period for my mark haha.