Class of 2014! :D

[Reus]

nice

I'll post my justification from my good friend rice (goes to my school - the king of bio - all hail)

I'm hailing. Good idea to study/do an exam paper one night before the actual exam?

[DJA]

I'm hailing. Good idea to study/do an exam paper one night before the actual exam?

I dunno – I probably won’t just so I’m nice and fresh on Friday morning. I might come back from English exam on Wednesday and do the 2013 paper but that’s it.

I plan to spend Thursday going over my document I’ve been adding to with all the mistakes I have made in past papers, as well as the difficult concepts I have written down as well as the model answers from VCAA examiners reports.

[Reus]

Yep, I guess it comes down to the person ay!

Whilst I was writing an english essay, I noticed my hand writing is shocking haha. I'm scared if examiners are put off by this :/ does handwriting really matter?

[fareseru]

Yep, I guess it comes down to the person ay!

Whilst I was writing an english essay, I noticed my hand writing is shocking haha. I'm scared if examiners are put off by this :/ does handwriting really matter?

Nah it just has to be legible. They're obliged to read everything that you put down so it's just a bit of an inconvenience for them.

[Reus]

Nah it just has to be legible. They're obliged to read everything that you put down so it's just a bit of an inconvenience for them.

Haha thanks. It's just that I write so bad when I'm in a SAC or exam because of time constraints :/ -.-

[Valyria]

I literally just started memorizing my quotes, hahaha. Probably should've done this before my SAC....oh well;P

Does anyone know the relative quality of TSSM papers to VCAA/other exams? Just did one for Accounting, and I'm not sure where I should be feeling with the mark.

For accounting, recent TSSM papers are slightly easier than VCAA

[fareseru]

Haha thanks. It's just that I write so bad when I'm in a SAC or exam because of time constraints :/ -.-

Same haha, usually by the time I get to my conclusion every sentence is just one continuous line with a few identifiable letters in it.

[M_BONG]

Hey guys, is it advisable to leave an empty line after each line for English?

Do assessors get annoyed because it's all spread out and stuff? Because I tend to edit my pieces and I find leaving an empty line easier.
 

Thanks!

[marsbareater12]

For accounting, recent TSSM papers are slightly easier than VCAA

Thank you

[AmericanBeauty]

Hey guys, is it advisable to leave an empty line after each line for English?

Do assessors get annoyed because it's all spread out and stuff? Because I tend to edit my pieces and I find leaving an empty line easier.
 

Thanks!

I've been told it is only beneficial if you leave 2 lines at the top and bottom empty to save the assessor from scrolling up and down.

[AmericanBeauty]

Could someone please tell me if this idea would work with regards to this whose reality prompt? I'm confused as to how far you are allowed to bend the prompt in your favour.

‘We can evade reality but we cannot avoid the consequences of doing so.’

We can choose to believe in only our reality, but in doing so we do not negate the existence of alternate realities. Then I was going to talk about Plato and the Cave, talking about prisoners being chained to a wall for their whole lives seeing mere shadows of another reality as their true existence. Then as one prisoner escapes and sees an alternate reality full of life whom goes back to tell the other prisoners about this alternate reality, they meet the escapee with denial about this other existence. As such, whilst they can choose to believe what they see and refute anything else, this does not deem other realities as non-existent.

Does this work or would you say it is irrelevant to the prompt?

[chasej]

Hey guys, is it advisable to leave an empty line after each line for English?

Do assessors get annoyed because it's all spread out and stuff? Because I tend to edit my pieces and I find leaving an empty line easier.
 

Thanks!

I was once speaking to an assessor who said it was annoying when there was a break, but then others suggest it saying it makes it easier. So there is no real rule, if it is easier for you to leave a break than you might as well.

P.S. Is any one else scared for english? I haven't done any actual 3 hour practice exams, only a few practice essays so yah :/ I plan on doing a full practice at 9am at school tomorrow to simulate the actual exam though. I'm really just hoping for a low A.

[walkec]

Hey guys, is it advisable to leave an empty line after each line for English?

Do assessors get annoyed because it's all spread out and stuff? Because I tend to edit my pieces and I find leaving an empty line easier.
 

Thanks!

What you do mean about saving an empty line?

[chasej]

What you do mean about saving an empty line?

think they mean writing on every second line only so there is a space between each line of writing.

[LiquidPaperz]

Yep, I guess it comes down to the person ay!

Whilst I was writing an english essay, I noticed my hand writing is shocking haha. I'm scared if examiners are put off by this :/ does handwriting really matter?

it will help fluency when the examiner is reading it, put yourself in their position, would you want to be pausing every 5 seconds haha. Good hand writing + good ideas + good structure + eloquence = 50 essentially where bad hand writing + good ideas + good structure + eloquence = 49. Both amazing scores but it could possibly hinder your performance

I dunno – I probably won’t just so I’m nice and fresh on Friday morning. I might come back from English exam on Wednesday and do the 2013 paper but that’s it.

I plan to spend Thursday going over my document I’ve been adding to with all the mistakes I have made in past papers, as well as the difficult concepts I have written down as well as the model answers from VCAA examiners reports.

ive been trying this out all year before my 3/4 sacs, not studying the day before/ studying the day before / studying the morning of the sac. My best performance came from not studying day before 1) 1 exam paper the day before is not going to help you really 2) a light read of notes is sufficient