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Title: Scared Anyone???
Post by: Faraz on October 22, 2008, 08:25:10 pm
OOOOOO IT:A 11 November 2008

anyone freaking out???

cause I am sort of I always wanted a 40+ in this subject and I'm not sure If I'll be able to get my sac marks have been good. I'm like ranked 3rd or 4th in my class

SAC average being A/A+

I dunno what I'm meant to get on the exam to score that 40+ SS

the practice exams are okay but I still don't know the content fully
Title: Re: Scared Anyone???
Post by: jsimmo on October 22, 2008, 08:58:36 pm
I actually haven't really been thinking about the ITA exam much - i've been focusing on english and maths the last few weeks.

I can answer all exam questions but i'm not 100% confident with all the material so I don't feel that confident about getting a 40+... i keep thinking i'm only going to get a 37 or 38... but anything can happen and hopefully the exam is similar to last years (in it's layout and length of questions)!!!
Title: Re: Scared Anyone???
Post by: transgression on October 22, 2008, 09:03:12 pm
let's do it!
Title: Re: Scared Anyone???
Post by: Faraz on October 22, 2008, 10:24:55 pm
hmmm well the hardest part for me is not knowing what to study the content is way too big and somethings are just WTF example WI FI 803.11 wtf is that. Why would I need to know that????
Title: Re: Scared Anyone???
Post by: Glockmeister on October 22, 2008, 11:09:22 pm
well.. first of all its 802.11, and secondly that's the standard used to connect laptops/desktops together wirelessly in a network.
Title: Re: Scared Anyone???
Post by: RD on October 23, 2008, 07:21:48 pm
Found out yesterday I was ranked first in my class (weird, wasn't doing that great in my SACs.) Yeah I struggle to answer some of the questions and generally don't go into enough detail about it. Need to do a lot of work for ITA cause I really haven't done much.
Title: Re: Scared Anyone???
Post by: Faraz on October 23, 2008, 10:43:58 pm
yeah I got A+ for the last sac today but im ranked like 2nd or 3third my teacher wont tell me  :uglystupid2:

but I dunno..
Title: Re: Scared Anyone???
Post by: transgression on October 24, 2008, 03:11:53 pm
is it still possible to do well even if you're not ranked #1?
Title: Re: Scared Anyone???
Post by: jsimmo on October 24, 2008, 03:22:10 pm
is it still possible to do well even if you're not ranked #1?


Yeah.. very possible. If you have a really smart cohort and your not ranked #1 chances are everyone will do well on the exam so the ranking won't really matter. However, from what I understand if your cohort isn't that strong (and your not ranked near the top) then your sac marks may be moderated down based on your cohorts performance and hence, your study score won't be as high. If you look at Melbourne High last year with business management 13 people got 50 and i'm sure most of them wouldn't have all been ranked #1, so all you need to do is kill the exam and you should be fine. 
Title: Re: Scared Anyone???
Post by: transgression on October 24, 2008, 03:33:35 pm
thanks
the top few are very very good.....then we have people who 'don't give a crap' (or so to speak) with what they get.
i should just focus more on how *i* should do well rather than worry, but it was on my mind and i thought i ought to ask - so, thanks for the heads up
Title: Re: Scared Anyone???
Post by: jsimmo on October 24, 2008, 03:40:11 pm
thanks
the top few are very very good.....then we have people who 'don't give a crap' (or so to speak) with what they get.
i should just focus more on how *i* should do well rather than worry, but it was on my mind and i thought i ought to ask - so, thanks for the heads up

where are you ranked? do you know?

As long as the top ranked people do good on the exam (which I figure they will) and you do good then you will be fine and you can easily get 40+. If you do better than them on the exam then I think it might even be possible that you could get a better study score as them - but then again, I actually don't understand how the ranking and stuff is calculated... (i'm not sure if anyone 100% knows either) haha
Title: Re: Scared Anyone???
Post by: transgression on October 24, 2008, 03:50:28 pm
3rd, one mark separating 3rd and 2nd, and then one mark separating 2nd and 1st

good luck with yours 
Title: Re: Scared Anyone???
Post by: Tauk on October 24, 2008, 09:49:01 pm
Mark Kelly told me that even if your not ranked #1 in your class, you can still score 50.
So don't freak out if your SAC marks aren't freaking amazing, although if your going for 45+ they probably should be
Title: Re: Scared Anyone???
Post by: trinon on October 25, 2008, 12:16:38 am
You'd be surprised how many people do well in SACs but crappy in the exam. Most just thing IT is a bludge and because they did well in the SACs they don't need to study for the exam. So long as you study and do practice exams, a 40 is fairly easy to aquire, or so I've been told.
Title: Re: Scared Anyone???
Post by: BullFish on October 25, 2008, 12:45:43 am
Opposite to what trinon is saying, I am doing B/B+ in SACs but very well in exams (not our official practice exams. That was FULL of dodgy questions). Kelly told me, though, that if I actually study for this, he might be shocked at my results (in a good way).
Title: Re: Scared Anyone???
Post by: trinon on October 25, 2008, 02:36:05 am
Opposite to what trinon is saying, I am doing B/B+ in SACs but very well in exams (not our official practice exams. That was FULL of dodgy questions). Kelly told me, though, that if I actually study for this, he might be shocked at my results (in a good way).

Yes, but you're studying where as a lot of people choose ITA because they believe it's easy and can get a good mark without studying. The point still remains. So long as you do the practice exams and get a feel for the questions, a 40 shouldn't be too hard to acquire.
Title: Re: Scared Anyone???
Post by: Faraz on October 25, 2008, 02:20:52 pm
yeah I did much better than the ranked 1 student in the practice exam but I still worry because my depth of the questions are limited. I do really well on multi choice tho
Title: Re: Scared Anyone???
Post by: trinon on October 28, 2008, 12:17:11 am
yeah I did much better than the ranked 1 student in the practice exam but I still worry because my depth of the questions are limited. I do really well on multi choice tho

Yeh, but which exams? I'm starting to find that a lot of the VITTA exam's multiple choice from 2007 + 2008 are complete rubbish. Most of the questions aren't relevant to the course at all, or just wouldn't be asked on a VCAA exam. What's more is the solutions for a lot of the multiple choice questions are wrong. If you're basing the thought that you're doing well on multiple choice from those exams, then I'm sorry but you've got another thing coming.
Title: Re: Scared Anyone???
Post by: RD on October 28, 2008, 09:25:54 am
Oh my the VITTA exams are so shit, I'm getting pretty shitty marks on them which is lowering my confidence.
Title: Re: Scared Anyone???
Post by: Athomas on November 01, 2008, 03:37:31 pm
Ahhhhhh. I did Software Development last year. Had the number 1 rank, did 1.5 hours of study for end of year. Got an A. Got 40.

This year, I'm doing ITA. Ranked like 6th/25. But i'm gonna own this exam. Got 20/20 for MC and 60/70 got Short Answer for practice exam, hadn't studied at all. MUST OWN THIS! Lmfao.

Oh and Good Luck all!