Checkpoints?

[Will T]

For Chem, Methods and Spec, is it worth getting the checkpoints books to expose oneself to more questions, and possibly harder ones. Because I've done all the questions from the textbook for Methods & Spec for where I'm meant to be up to in class, but it doesn't feel like enough.
Also, where do you buy them from? The Cambridge website?

[Bad Student]

Most of the questions in the checkpoints books are sourced from VCAA exams. So if you want to save some money, you could download the exams from the VCAA website instead.

[katerina]

Downloading the VCAA past exams is a good way to save your money however it's hard to get your hands on thorough exam solutions (especially for methods).

Checkpoints are useful if you manage to have the time to work through them. I bought check points for every subject and barely got around to using any of them besides the Chem one during tutoring.

Goodluck with your studies

[watto_22]

Downloading the VCAA past exams is a good way to save your money however it's hard to get your hands on thorough exam solutions (especially for methods).

For a strong methods student though, I think that the assessor reports that include the answers are often thorough enough.
However, I'd really recommend leaving those VCAA exams for exam preparation time at the end of the year. They will be your best resource in the lead up to the 2 exams

[Limista]

I think checkpoints are good, because for subjects like chemistry & maths, the questions are organised by topic. So when you finish a topic like gravimetric analysis, you can do some exam questions from checkpoints. 

The solutions in checkpoints are also pretty thorough. Also, the pocket-book size of Checkpoints is also appealing to me 

[loveisintheair]

i love checkpoints