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fridge

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Number of practice exams?
« on: October 20, 2013, 09:18:46 am »
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Considering units 3 and 4 are now combined, how many exams (total) have you guys done, or plan to have done before the exam? Of course everyone says it's about quality not quantity, but I'm sure quantity counts for something (if not just for confidence).
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Re: Number of practice exams?
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2013, 12:23:30 pm »
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what I've done is neap (12exams), the TSSM 2013 exam and the insight 2013 exams, i've sat all the VCAA ones from 2004... I ve put all my mistakes and ways to improve my expression in a log book, this weekend had been spent looking at gaps in my knowledge. I will be dong all the VCAA exams before the exam to learn from my mistakes. Hope this helps.
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« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2013, 12:39:23 pm »
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55 in total
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Re: Number of practice exams?
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2013, 04:59:01 pm »
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Quantity < Quality

Don't worry about how many you've done. Its more how you improve!
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Re: Number of practice exams?
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2013, 05:04:50 pm »
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25+ should be a decent goal to reach for
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« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2013, 05:07:28 pm »
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Quote from: Shenz0r on October 20, 2013, 05:04:50 pm
25+ should be a decent goal to reach for

I've 25 so far - now I'm going to get through VCAA papers!
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Re: Number of practice exams?
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2013, 05:19:44 pm »
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Just do them until you can finish them early consistently, and yielding results you are happy with. (No major errors, mainly just silly mistakes etc....
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Re: Number of practice exams?
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2013, 11:35:47 am »
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Thanks for the input guys. Hopefully by the exam I'll have done about 30 (15 of each unit). I was really hoping to do well in bio this year (high 40s) but I'm not sure if it's possible anymore. Underestimated the workload, but I suppose most people are the same. Irving4Prez, 55 already is insane, hope you do well. Anyone know of people (or yourself) who did not that many practice exams but still did really well? Looking for some glimmer of hope...
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Re: Number of practice exams?
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2013, 11:48:15 am »
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Quote from: fridge on October 24, 2013, 11:35:47 am
Thanks for the input guys. Hopefully by the exam I'll have done about 30 (15 of each unit). I was really hoping to do well in bio this year (high 40s) but I'm not sure if it's possible anymore. Underestimated the workload, but I suppose most people are the same. Irving4Prez, 55 already is insane, hope you do well. Anyone know of people (or yourself) who did not that many practice exams but still did really well? Looking for some glimmer of hope...
My friend did 20 per unit and got a 49.
As long as you fix up your errors and learn to express yourself coherently you can do well.
I find that marking the exam is just as important as doing them, as you can see where you went wrong and learn how to word your answer to gain full marks
Quality > Quantity
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Re: Number of practice exams?
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2013, 01:04:44 pm »
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Quote from: swag_sxc_boi on October 24, 2013, 11:48:15 am
My friend did 20 per unit and got a 49.
As long as you fix up your errors and learn to express yourself coherently you can do well.
I find that marking the exam is just as important as doing them, as you can see where you went wrong and learn how to word your answer to gain full marks
Quality > Quantity

This. Exactly right! You need to use the exams to actually find out how you can increase your chances of maximising marks through actually correcting & polishing your expression, especially for the short-answer component!

Quality > Quantity is the best way to go!
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Re: Number of practice exams?
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2013, 01:56:55 pm »
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The way you mark your paper is much more important than racing to finish as many exams as possible.
Mark your answers harshly and don't give yourself marks that you don't deserve (pretend your a grumpy VCAA examiner!)
Go over all the mistakes and masonruc's logbook approach is really good in my opinion.
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« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2013, 05:15:37 pm »
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Quote from: fridge on October 24, 2013, 11:35:47 am
Thanks for the input guys. Hopefully by the exam I'll have done about 30 (15 of each unit). I was really hoping to do well in bio this year (high 40s) but I'm not sure if it's possible anymore. Underestimated the workload, but I suppose most people are the same. Irving4Prez, 55 already is insane, hope you do well. Anyone know of people (or yourself) who did not that many practice exams but still did really well? Looking for some glimmer of hope...

I have nothing else to do as I've completed neglected my 1,2 subjects. But after 30-35 past exams, my marks are generally the same :)
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« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2013, 05:18:58 pm »
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Quote from: Irving4Prez on October 24, 2013, 05:15:37 pm
I have nothing else to do as I've completed neglected my 1,2 subjects. But after 30-35 past exams, my marks are generally the same :)

This is the same with me. I started scoring relatively high scores after about 30 exams and my marks are now relatively stable (occasionally I do a NEAP exam and its just horrible) haha!

Dw, you can catch up on year 11 after exams are done! :)
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