How important is our unit 3 sac marks? (Legal)

[M_BONG]

Hi guys, I'm doing legal studies this year and for unit 3 I gained a sac score of 86/100.
This score is obviously not very good and knowing legal is such a competitive subject (ie. people from other schools get like near perfect marks- I know it gets scaled and stuff by vcaa but my rank is still quite low), is there still a chance for me to get a high 40?

From what I hear unit 3 marks should not affect me if I do well in the end of year exam, is that true? Or are my chances of getting a high 40 in an extremely competitive subject like legal gone?

Thanks in advance!

[Dejan]

Your sac marks don't not matter as much as your rank in your cohort does. You want to place yourself within the top 3 of your cohort and Although your sac marks are good even to the point you can get a 40+ study score. Unit 3 and 4 are worth 25 % each and the exam is worth 50%. If you do really well in the exam (drop a couple of marks) then you are bound to get a high study score (40+).