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Title: Good mark still possible
Post by: Sadstudent on November 13, 2020, 11:25:22 pm

Hi, so I had the further exam 1 today and after wards I realised I made sooo many silly mistakes just because I misread the question or thought it said one thing but it didn’t (unfortunately I didn’t have too much time to re-read my answers). I know I can’t change my mark but the disappointment is eating away at me because I should have done so much better. In sacs and prac exams my marks where 1-2 off 100% and now I feel I’ve just ruined any chance I had for doing well. Any tips or advice to get over this? 

Title: Re: Good mark still possible
Post by: bucky1624 on November 13, 2020, 11:28:15 pm

ME TOO. I'm literally hating myself over it. I hope someone replies soon because I'm in the exact same boat as you

Title: Re: Good mark still possible
Post by: VitaminK on November 13, 2020, 11:46:57 pm

In my opinion (though I am no expert), a good mark is definitely still salvageable. You still have Exam 2 left to go. Try not to dwell too much on your result for Exam 1 as nothing that you do will be able to alter that result. Instead, devote all of your attention to performing well on exam 2. Smash it out of the park and snatch a good study score.

Title: Re: Good mark still possible
Post by: fish58 on November 14, 2020, 12:49:08 pm

I would recommend that you forget about exam one as you cannot change what has happened.
I would also recommend that you have a look at the last four exam 2’s from 2016 to 2019 which are on the VCAA website in the Further Mathematics past examinations and reports link. I would look at the questions and the actual examination reports which explain clearly each answer to each question.
You don’t have time for much more than that.
Good luck and be positive 👍👍😀😀

Title: Re: Good mark still possible
Post by: bucky1624 on November 15, 2020, 08:12:39 pm

you and the person who commented before you have given me so much hope, thank you!!!!!

Title: Re: Good mark still possible
Post by: fish58 on November 17, 2020, 11:26:23 am

Hello 😀

Was your Exam 2 any better than Exam 1 ?

Title: Re: Good mark still possible
Post by: bucky1624 on November 19, 2020, 11:42:44 pm

I don't know what happened to the original poster but I received 34/40 for the first exam and around 50/60 for the second exam. I lost marks on the easy questions, not even the difficult ones:( Nerves really did get the best of me.

Title: Re: Good mark still possible
Post by: fish58 on November 20, 2020, 11:52:51 am

You have done well 👍👍

You could possibly get a high 30 score such as 37 or even better. Congratulations on completing the Further Mathematics course and best wishes for your other exams 😀

Title: Re: Good mark still possible
Post by: fish58 on November 20, 2020, 11:56:11 am

And your exam scores, if correct, will put you in the top 10-15 % of all students who did Further Mathematics this year. Well done again 👍👍