Year 12 Class of 2013 Discussion Thread

[Jayward]

I have my first chem sac on tuesday :S  gravimetric/volumetric analysis and acid base titrations... :/

[teletubbies_95]

Phwoaah!
First chem sac, first week of term 2!
Methods and eng Lang  in 3 weeks
HHd in 2 weeks!

[Daenerys Targaryen]

Haha lucky you!
Ive already done one, four coming up, then hopefully the rest are term 2!

[Mr Keshy]

I find it very weird how varied the time frames are for SAC's!

I mean, Stick said his was like first week back or something? And we have ours nearing the end of term and some schools have it start of next term!

[Daenerys Targaryen]

Yeah I have had chem sacs one per week from two weeks in of term...

[lala1911]

Had my P.E SAC yesterday.
I had expected it to be much different to what it was, VERY much different. The content that was covered during classtime and what was passed onto the students from the teacher was irrelevant to the SAC, not only that, we received no practice SAC's or indicators for what sort of topics/hints for the SAC, which is uncommon especially for a public school.

As soon as I opened the SAC, I literally whispered to myself "FU**...."... all of it was data, graphs, case studies, analysis, all those questions that you avoid when doing Homework because it takes too long or you can't be bothered. Also, one of the questions was a section question like 3i) 3ii) 3iii), and was worth 10/50 of the marks.. and if you answered 3i) incorrectly you were doomed for the following questions.. I didn't know it AT ALL, until I went over it a few times.

It was a 50 mark SAC and a lot of it wasn't covered in class, nonetheless, that's no excuse as it WAS relevant to Outcome 1 as I did read the 'key knowledge' on the VCAA website and took the initiative to do my own study, plus the help from a certain member on this forum.. it brought me over the line. Expecting 70-95%.

[hardworker]

Did my first further sac got 100% yet got told by the teacher that im slow.

[Jeggz]

OH WOW! That's insane? What exactly did your teacher mean by slow..?
Great job on your sac btw 

[hardworker]

OH WOW! That's insane? What exactly did your teacher mean by slow..?
Great job on your sac btw 

That i need to the questions faster and be more efficient with time.

[teletubbies_95]

One of our teachers is away for 2 weeks! And they have all the chem classes do the sac at the same time ! So they made it text term! It was actually supposed to be in 2 weeks!

Woahh! Congrats hard worker!

[Daenerys Targaryen]

If you're working too slow, then I suggest you try picking up the pace a little bit.
I reckon it helps as you can do the test twice, check for mistakes etc

[abcdqdxD]

If you're working too slow, then I suggest you try picking up the pace a little bit.
I reckon it helps as you can do the test twice, check for mistakes etc

I prefer working slow and steady and getting questions right on the first go.. cus its often difficult to pick up on mistakes afterwards..

[Stick]

I find it very weird how varied the time frames are for SAC's!

I mean, Stick said his was like first week back or something? And we have ours nearing the end of term and some schools have it start of next term!

Yeah, I'm well and truly into the thick of it now. Done 4 SACs already and have 4 SACs next week; 3 of them on the same day... xD

[Jayward]

Yeah, I'm well and truly into the thick of it now. Done 4 SACs already and have 4 SACs next week; 3 of them on the same day... xD

Just thought i should mention that i havent had any sacs yet ^_^ just let that sink in hahahah
although, youll probably have the last laugh when i get swamped in term 3 hahah best of luck

[simba]

My first chem SAC isn't until April, I'm getting so worried in the class, we're so behind already
I spoke to some of last years year 12's and they said that they were basically covering the course until the last day of class, and didn't have any time for revision during class time
I'm really freaking out! Any advice? :/