Ranking company exams

[pi]

Kilbaha and iTute are the hardest, then MAV, Heff and TSSM, then the rest.

I did more Exam 1s just because I was lazy and couldn't be bothered sitting down for close to 2hrs

[WhoTookMyUsername]

Exam 1 is actually pretty fun but exam 2 is quite more challenging lol ( especially as i don't know how to use cas :/) so maybe i should do more exam 2's?

Worth doing stav, neap, insight exams?

+ for methods and spec how does the standard dev work with exam 1 and 2, is it even though exam 2 is worth more, because everone does extremely well exam 1 a mark is worth more?

[paulsterio]

Just do the same number of Exam 1 and Exam 2. I don't see why you would want to do a different number.
 
I just sat them as a set - so VCAA 2010 Exam 1, VCAA 2010 Exam 2, NEAP 2010 Exam 1, NEAP 2010 Exam 2...etc.

[Limista]

Bit off-topic, but the thought cropped up anyways...

Are you people printing all your practice exams off, despite knowing that it is A LOT of paper? My parents won't allow me to print them at home, because we can't keep buying paper. The librarian lady gets  if I try to print papers at school.

Are doing exam papers as effective if you just do it straight off the computer?

[paulsterio]

Just print them 2 to a page if you're despo to save paper but yes, it's worth it printing them out.

[WhoTookMyUsername]

Worth doing stav, neap, insight exams?

+ for methods and spec how does the standard dev work with exam 1 and 2, is it even though exam 2 is worth more, because everone does extremely well exam 1 a mark is worth more?

[paulsterio]

Yeah, they're worth doing.

Yes, usually since Exam 1 is easier, losing a mark on exam 1 is more costly than losing 2 marks on Exam 2.

[Stick]

For Further, I've found VCAA, MAV and Insight exams to be the most helpful. Kilbaha papers are too difficult and often information has been left out of the questions. The solutions have been dodgy as well. By contrast, however, Heffernan papers are too easy and do not delve deep enough into the study design.

[HighLatency]

Yeah, they're worth doing.

Yes, usually since Exam 1 is easier, losing a mark on exam 1 is more costly than losing 2 marks on Exam 2.

Sucks how you get penalised for getting a genuinely difficult question wrong but you make a mistake on an easy question =/

[WhoTookMyUsername]

ugh
wtf is with TSSM paper 2's?

is it just me or do they have some completely ridiculous questions were you have to solve like 5 simultaneous equations (literally) on cas for 1 mark MC with the ugliest possible numbers (tons of decimal places)

The TSSM paper 2's to me seem to be largely an excersice in how fast you can type numbers into your CAS?

I just did 2008 MM TSSM Ex 2 and it's got some absolutely ridiculous questions (not conceptually hard, just the worst numbers (so many decimal places) and ridiculous amounts of simultaneous equations)

i hope these aren't representative of what can pop up in reality, (is it?)

[HERculina]

I struggled with kilbaha 07 exam 2. You should try it. ESP the last q. But mc was Alrite though except I kept having to look at my notes to refresh my memory ... Hopefully this won't be the case In a few weeks time.
About printing exams, I think it's ok to print two pages in one cause it's maths and no theory. Hate the fact that the school printers can't print double sided though.