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Title: When do you do the actual VCAA past exams?
Post by: wrqwd0805 on April 15, 2013, 11:10:45 am

Hi guys!

I was just wondering... is it better to do some VCAA papers before you start random practice exams? or leave (save) the VCAA papers  until the last minute?

Wont you get nervous if you get something wrong in VCAA papers like 2 days before the exam?? (because you might think you have done so many practice questions... but still get something wrong.. )

Thanks Guys!!!

Title: Re: When do you do the actual VCAA past exams?
Post by: pi on April 15, 2013, 11:38:00 am

Good to do an older one early (not this early though) to see where you're at, but leave the rest for before the exam :)

Title: Re: When do you do the actual VCAA past exams?
Post by: Stick on April 15, 2013, 02:10:47 pm

Quote from: wrqwd0805 on April 15, 2013, 11:10:45 am

Hi guys!

I was just wondering... is it better to do some VCAA papers before you start random practice exams? or leave (save) the VCAA papers  until the last minute?

Wont you get nervous if you get something wrong in VCAA papers like 2 days before the exam?? (because you might think you have done so many practice questions... but still get something wrong.. )

Thanks Guys!!!

It's probably best to do them in the middle of your exam preparation, or spread them out. Do them all too early and you won't give yourself a more accurate indicator of how you're travelling as you approach the exam; do them all too late and you won't give yourself adequate time to address any weaknesses.

Title: Re: When do you do the actual VCAA past exams?
Post by: BigAl on April 21, 2013, 02:00:08 pm

Do them as you go along y12... I mean if you have finished integral at school... You should be able to solve those questions by now if you're aiming 40+

Title: Re: When do you do the actual VCAA past exams?
Post by: sameeehh on April 21, 2013, 10:32:04 pm

Is it okay to do q's from practice exams which only related to the topic u are currently doing ? Because for my sac i did exactly this and went far back as 2000. I'm afraid that if i continue i might not have anymore practice exams to do or i might be doing them a bit too early and somehow this can be bad.  :-\ ( ps it did help a lot tho)

Title: Re: When do you do the actual VCAA past exams?
Post by: Randall on April 21, 2013, 11:48:59 pm

It depends on your intentions for what you want to achieve in the subject.
To get the best out of the VCAA exams, you should do them under timed conditions with reading time to simulate what will happen in your final exam. Ideally, you want to go back to a minimum of 2006, when the new study design began. For Methods, I went back to 2002, but that was my only 3/4 subject last year. And those exams from 2002-2005 were worth the effort.

My suggestion would be to take apart the 2002 and 2003 exam apart question by question as you progress through the course. Then do the rest once you are confident that you have covered the entire course. Bear in mind however, that if you do for example, Inisght 2011, that will clone or 'copy' questions from the VCAA 2010 Exam, and if you do the VCAA after that Insight Exam, you won't know how you really would have went. Bottom line is, don't do anything commercial from this year (2013) until you've done the 2012 exams.

Hope this helps. Best wishes for the year.