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Cramming Chemistry
« on: October 25, 2011, 07:51:32 pm »
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FML. I have left this subject too late. So far I've only done ONE exam and that was 85% on an Insight paper, the easiest company as well...

Right now I'm spamming English because I don't want English to bring down my ATAR. And I realise that after English ends, I will have to spam Methods and Spesh because I haven't done any VCAA exams!!!

This leaves me with the weekend to do Chemistry and Physics. 2 days. I'll do the past 2 VCAA papers for physics and just leave it at that since Physics will be in my bottom 2. But is 2 days enough to prepare for Chemistry? I'm aiming for at least 45. Will it be too late to cram? Should I do some Chemistry in the time from now till the English exam or just focus solely on English?
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Re: Cramming Chemistry
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2011, 07:52:16 pm »
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how do you focus 'solely' on English? your hand will die.

alternate b/w Chem and Eng IMO.
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Re: Cramming Chemistry
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2011, 09:07:41 pm »
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You can do the occasional, maths exam 1 and maybe an exam 2. But spend most of your time on english, and perhaps try doing MC of a chem exam one day, and the ER the next day. While reading over notes once a day. It also depends on how much you plan to study per day during swotvac. If you plan to do most of it as school hours or whatever, then i reckon you should definitely split up the study sessions. Dont have english back to back to back... That's just too intense and you'll start to hate english right before the exam :/ ..... If chem is one of your strong subjects, then put some effort into it!
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Re: Cramming Chemistry
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2011, 10:23:06 pm »
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To get a 45 for chem, my tutor said you need about a mid A+ for exam 1 and a mid A+ or so for exam 2, maybe a little bit lower, like a moderately low A+. My tutor is a VCAA examiner for chemistry
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Re: Cramming Chemistry
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2011, 10:23:55 pm »
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To get a 45 for chem, my tutor said you need about a mid A+ for exam 1 and a mid A+ or so for exam 2, maybe a little bit lower, like a moderately low A+. My tutor is a VCAA examiner for chemistry
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Re: Cramming Chemistry
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2011, 10:24:19 pm »
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Quote from: ssNake on October 25, 2011, 07:52:16 pm
how do you focus 'solely' on English? your hand will die.
You do it on the computer :)
I should get some written practice soon..mhm
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