Advice for exam tmr.

[Michelle94]

if i am getting 78-80 average on practice exams,
is this a roughly good indication of what i will get on the actual exam?
or is it much harder on the day?

[nacho]

if i am getting 78-80 average on practice exams,
is this a roughly good indication of what i will get on the actual exam?
or is it much harder on the day?

good indication so long as you haven't been lenient in your marking
and the exam isn't ridiculously hard (which it won't be since its the first year of implementing the new study design so you'll probably get an easier exam, but that said be prepared for anything)

[huss48]

READ ALL QUESTIONS CAREFULLY AND TRY UR VERY BEST.
HOPE THE RESOURCES THAT I PROVIDED HAVE HELPED.

ONCE AGAIN GOOD LUCK TO ALL.

[sam.utute]

I think you should probably avoid doing questions tomorrow morning. Just revise your mistakes/theory document, go over some notes, think about discussion questions etc.
Doing questions can lead to: "Wow, I got it wrong. OMG I HAVE AN EXAM IN AN HOUR."
Also, try and avoid talking to people who will ask you endless questions about Accounting. You don't want to be any more nervous than you already will be, so avoid at all costs.
I'll keep posting tips as I think of them.

[nacho]

I think you should probably avoid doing questions tomorrow morning. Just revise your mistakes/theory document, go over some notes, think about discussion questions etc.
Doing questions can lead to: "Wow, I got it wrong. OMG I HAVE AN EXAM IN AN HOUR."
Also, try and avoid talking to people who will ask you endless questions about Accounting. You don't want to be any more nervous than you already will be, so avoid at all costs.
I'll keep posting tips as I think of them.

I agree MOSTLY with what sam has to say, with the exception of avoid talking to people.

that's all i ever did before exams, i was generally the person who spewed out random shit that made people nervous, HOWEVER, in unit 4 accounting a fellow clazz mate explained to me something i didnt understand and it was on the exam.

(PS: I got a higher study score than sam in this subject)

lol jokes i didnt, but talk to people i reckon

[sam.utute]

^Agree with nacho, might work for some people.

My advice tends to be a little extreme.
Drink bottles: I usually recommend people avoid them because you want to be using the full 90 minutes as effectively as possible, and wasting 2 seconds valuable seconds drinking water... Never mind, just do what you like

Reading time:
1. Read the answer book first: quickly skim through it so you have an overview of what will be on the exam, what prac you have to do, what the prac-to-theory ratio is like etc.
2. Read both in conjunction.
3. See if you can start answering questions in your head. It's enough to just be like: "Bad debts in the GJ, huh? Well that means I have to DR Bad Debts and CR Debtors Control and Debtor - ." Once you've thought about it once, when you come back to it, you'll remember and be able to write down your answer really quickly.

[nacho]

^Agree with nacho, might work for some people.

My advice tends to be a little extreme.
Drink bottles: I usually recommend people avoid them because you want to be using the full 90 minutes as effectively as possible, and wasting 2 seconds valuable seconds drinking water. because two seconds really changed anyone's life

Reading time:
1. Read the answer book first: quickly skim through it so you have an overview of what will be on the exam, what prac you have to do, what the prac-to-theory ratio is like etc.
2. Read both in conjunction.
3. See if you can start answering questions in your head. It's enough to just be like: "Bad debts in the GJ, huh? Well that means I have to DR Bad Debts and CR Debtors Control and Debtor - ." Once you've thought about it once, when you come back to it, you'll remember and be able to write down your answer really quickly.

once again gonna disagree, at the bolded part of this quote.
if ur thirsty, its gonna bug u throughout the exam (i was hungry and soo thirsty in the umat and it was so hard to get over, took an hour before i managed to effectively drown it out)

JUST MAKE SURE, U DONT SPILL YOUR WATER ON YOUR EXAM, SO KEEP IT ON THE FLOOR!

sam's reading time is legit shit

[VCEcupcakes]

What's the best advice on what to do if your mind just suddenly goes blank?

[nacho]

What's the best advice on what to do if your mind just suddenly goes blank?

move on and come back
its like your mind subconciously works on it whilst u move on and then when u come back you'll get it + waste less time
i do this with all my exams

jokes i dont get mind blanks

[sam.utute]

What's the best advice on what to do if your mind just suddenly goes blank?

Hopefully this won't happen.
If it does, then as nacho said, skip that question and move on. The ideal scenario would be that as you do each question according to the plan that you devised in reading time, the answers to the question either seem obvious or take a few seconds to work out.
Leave the hard questions to do at the end (you might run across the answer somewhere else in the exam, or you might have a lightbulb moment - e.g. Despicable me ).
Most importantly, for the first 45 minutes or so, keep writing! Don't stop doing questions until you've finished every single question you know the answer to. This will help save you time when it comes to tackling the hard questions.