How many marks can I lose on the Methods exam for 45+ raw?

[smartypants234]

how many marks can i afford to lose on the methods exam to get a 45+ raw?

[Will Sparks]

Depends on how anybody else goes.

For all we know, VCAA could make the final year exam the hardest one in the history of VCE and the 45+ will be the kids who get, lets say, 70+/100.

Or they could make it piss easy and the 45+ will be 95+/100.

[pi]

I thought I lost ~10 over both (~8 in exam 2) to get 46 raw. I think my SACs would have been scaled to 100% though.

(N.B. didn't get SoM)

[thushan]

I thought I lost ~10 over both (~8 in exam 2) to get 46 raw. I think my SACs would have been scaled to 100% though.

(N.B. didn't get SoM)

Depends on the year. If the exams were as easy as 2006, I know someone who got 100/100 40/40 and 77/80 and got 44.

If they were harder (like 2012)...then I wouldn't know.

[Alwin]

I'd like to make one key distinction btw. When they mark it, its basically x2 of whatever you original score was when they marked it.

That said, according to my statement of marks to see what silly errors I'd made, lost 2 marks in exam 1 and 10 marks in exam 2.
This is the same as saying, lost 6 marks overall which resulted in my 48 for methods - I got the easy questions wrong ahahaha

General rule of thumb for any subject is that only 2% get 45+ raw. So if we look at the grade distribution of methods (2011 since i cant seem to find 2012):
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/statistics/section2/vce_math_methods_cas_ga11.pdf
They don't give the mark range for top 2%, but you can see that you can't afford to lose too many marks. Reminder, in that grade distribution, the score range is 'double' eg A⁺ 132-160 is actually 66-80 in the exam 2 since they double mark hence double the score

I would just worry about doing well in sacs at the moment if I were you, and concentrate on exams a bit later

[Professor Polonsky]

2012 grade distributions (the rest of them are here)

[smartypants234]

hypothetically speaking, if im second/third rank is it possible to get a 50 if i ace the exams with no mistakes at all??

[pi]

hypothetically speaking, if im second/third rank is it possible to get a 50 if i ace the exams with no mistakes at all??

Of course.

[Andyling]

Hey, does anybody know what SS I can get with A+ sac average, 35/40 and 70/80?

[Sine]

Hey, does anybody know what SS I can get with A+ sac average, 35/40 and 70/80?

40-43 depending on the exam difficulty i would think

[cookiedream]

Yeah, it depends on each year. Numerous factors can play a role in it (e.g. ranking in school from sac marks, overall difficulty of the exam, etc etc.)
I know someone who lost 6 marks in total (exam 1 and 2 included) and ended up getting raw 43. I also know someone who got a much higher SAC average than me but got 42 raw last year.

The main thing is to just try your best and keep a clear mind during the exam, because the only thing I'm certain about is that the exam counts a lot more than SAC marks. And as long as you've worked hard, you should be proud of whatever you get in the end.

(sorry not sorry for the #mondaymotivation at the end lol)

[Andyling]

cheers.