Study Score Prediction Question Thread

[appleandbee]

Chemistry:

Unit 3 Average: 80%
Unit 4 Average: 75%
Exam score: 90/120

35-36 (maybe 37 if lucky)

Are you guys talking about losing marks as a combination of both exams, or just losing 8 marks on both exams, each?

Referring to the combination of marks, but as mentioned before it's not just about the total number of marks lost.

[cosine]

35-36 (maybe 37 if lucky)

Referring to the combination of marks, but as mentioned before it's not just about the total number of marks lost.

Thanks is this raw or scaled??

[appleandbee]

Thanks is this raw or scaled??

Raw 

[Orb]

Maybe not thaaat many marks, I lost around 5 and got a 48 with full scaled SACs. But it's true, methods has done funny things in recent years (scaling over 50 and exam difficulty) so it can be difficult to predict study scores.

Oh, a friend got 47 from dropping 7 and 99/100 scaled SACs (which was what i was basing assumptions off, that 7+100/100 might be 48)

Inb4 VCAA makes 2015 Spesh something like Kilbaha difficulty and we all get shrekt except for the olympiad beasts who end up saying, 'god this spesh exam was easy'

[Peanut Butter]

My unit 3 mark is 57/60 (95%)

I am currently equal rank one.

If I do really well on the exam, can I still can a 50 (for further)?

[Alter]

^If you are rank 1 in your cohort, it is never impossible to get a 50 as a study score. This is true for any subject. Don't take this as a guarantee that you will even get 45+, but all I'm saying is your marks mean zilch as long as you go into the exam with such a placement in your cohort.

[Redoxify]

French
Cohort Fairly strong
Rank~5
Ga1: 70% B
Ga2: 70% B
Ga3: 70% B

[cosine]

Specialist:

Rank: 1
Cohort: Weak
GA1: 90% (Low A+)
GA2: 35/40
GA3: 72/80

Guys you say that in spesh you lose like one or two marks, and that means a lot. Is it easy to lose such marks?

Cheers.

[Callum@1373]

Business Management:

Rank: 1
Cohort: Slightly below average
GA1: A+
GA2: A
Exam: High A+

[IndefatigableLover]

Guys you say that in spesh you lose like one or two marks, and that means a lot. Is it easy to lose such marks?

Cheers.

Leaving the predictions to the pros...
In short, yes it is to lose such marks if you aren't careful. The questions in the VCAA exams aren't too difficult from the looks of things but there are a few questions which don't appear as "routine" questions to say the least which can trip up people if they aren't careful (take Q7a in the 2014 VCAA exam where it was worth 1 mark but 96% scored 0 on it :O ).

In terms of that meaning a lot, in 2014 for Exam 1, the A+ cut-off was 75-80/80 or rather 37.5-40/40 so that one mark lost would only give you another 1.5 marks leeway in the A+ region (even then it would be a low A+ but let's just leave it at that )

[appleandbee]

Specialist:

Rank: 1
Cohort: Weak
GA1: 90% (Low A+)
GA2: 35/40
GA3: 72/80

Guys you say that in spesh you lose like one or two marks, and that means a lot. Is it easy to lose such marks?

Cheers.

As IndefatigableLover said, it's easy to lose marks for careless mistakes, same goes for the other maths subjects.

In terms of predictions, probably around 37. GA1 falls under a low end A.  Also taking into account the effects of cohort, although it's probably going to be minimal because you are rank 1.

[Redoxify]

French
Cohort Fairly strong
Rank~5
Ga1: 70% B
Ga2: 70% B
Ga3: 70% B

anyone???

[99.90 pls]

Specialist Maths

Rank: ~50
Cohort: Melbourne High
GA1: 85% (High B )
GA2: 90%
GA3: 75/80

Thanks

[Callum@1373]

Business Management:

Rank: 1
Cohort: Slightly below average
GA1: A+
GA2: A
Exam: High A+

[appleandbee]

Business Management:

Rank: 1
Cohort: Slightly below average
GA1: A+
GA2: A
Exam: High A+

Score ranging 44-48

Specialist Maths

Rank: ~50
Cohort: Melbourne High
GA1: 85% (High B )
GA2: 90%
GA3: 75/80

Thanks

Probably 42 (maybe 43 if lucky), taking into account MHS SAC moderation. I also compared those scores with a couple of friends who scored 45+ in Spesh.