VCE Year 12 Class of 2015

[scarletmoon]

Is it possible to get a really good study score 45+ in a weak cohort?

[heids]

Is it possible to get a really good study score 45+ in a weak cohort?

Yes.  I've tried it.

[odeaa]

Is it possible to get a really good study score 45+ in a weak cohort?

Yes, some kid from a shite country school got 99.95 last year I'm pretty sure
Don't quote me on it tho lol

[strawberries]

What about being ranked last in a medium-strong cohort?

[Cogglesnatch Cuttlefish]

What about being ranked last in a medium-strong cohort?

Yeah I was ranked 19th in my cohort but i still scored pretty highly. Guess it was my exam

[appleandbee]

Is it possible to get a really good study score 45+ in a weak cohort?

Yes it is possible  . Just because a cohort may be deemed as weak as a whole, that doesn't mean that there aren't any strong individuals. I have two examples of this, one of my friends went to a school where only 3-5 people out of 100 managed to score 40 and above for Methods, she scored a 50 herself (she's not a VCE genuis, just really good at Methods). Another friend scored a 47 in Global Politics, even though she was the only person in the cohort (out of 20) to score 40 and above. Remember while the VCE system may not be perfect, it's purposed is not to disadvantage students based on the school they go to.

[Splash-Tackle-Flail]

That's actually a sick tip. Thanks haha

Noooo what happened to your signature aims They were so inspirational !

[Cogglesnatch Cuttlefish]

Noooo what happened to your signature aims They were so inspirational !

RIP CSP (January 2015- March 2015)

[99.90 pls]

Noooo what happened to your signature aims They were so inspirational !

They hath returned Was momentarily demotivated due to one too many all nighters.

But as the quote in the sig goes, "If the dream should fall and break into one thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again."

RIP CSP (January 2015- March 2015)

*Sad violin*

[Cogglesnatch Cuttlefish]

They hath returned Was momentarily demotivated due to one too many all nighters.

But as the quote in the sig goes, "If the dream should fall and break into one thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again."

*Sad violin*

Looks like they're bigger and better

[odeaa]

They hath returned Was momentarily demotivated due to one too many all nighters.

But as the quote in the sig goes, "If the dream should fall and break into one thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again."

*Sad violin*

I love they are all bust now, that is the attitude of a man on a mission

[Splash-Tackle-Flail]

They hath returned Was momentarily demotivated due to one too many all nighters.

But as the quote in the sig goes, "If the dream should fall and break into one thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again."

*Sad violin*

Yay, although honestly I thought is was quite funny reading "7 or bust"

[Callum@1373]

Anyone know what scores I would need in Unit 3/4 Bus man to get a 50?

[cosine]

Anyone know what scores I would need in Unit 3/4 Bus man to get a 50?

Sacs don't matter that much it's all about the exam... blah blah

If you want a 50, regardless of the exam or sacs you should be devoting countless nights studying and improving your knowledge and skills in business management. Do not be mislead and think sacs dont matter, compared to the exam, they dont matter it's true, BUT it may be the different between that 39 and 40, or that 49 and 50. So, the best grades you should be looking for to attain a 50, I would say is 95%-100% on sacs, and absolutely perfecting your responses in exam-style questions.

Good luck!

[Joseph41]

Anyone know what scores I would need in Unit 3/4 Bus man to get a 50?

Callum,

I also took Business Management 3/4 in Year 11. I didn't get a 50 for Business, so take this all with a grain of salt, but:

Firstly, never give up. I was told a few weeks before the exam that the highest score that I could realistically achieve would be a ~42. I ended up with a 48. So my first piece of advice is this: trust yourself, and believe in yourself. My SAC scores were pretty bland (though I did have the #1 rank, which is important), but my exam performance must have been decent. I guess the point here is that SAC results, whilst important, are difficult to use to estimate study scores. My brother had much better SAC results than me, but achieved a lower study score.

In hindsight, I didn't study particularly effectively - I studied a lot, but not well. So my second piece of advice is to try to get on to practice exams as soon as you're familiar and confident with the content. In fact, perhaps even earlier. There's no harm in doing practice exams more than once.

48 in Business is the highest I know of at your school (though, this may have (and hopefully has) changed in the last year or two). But there is absolutely no reason that you can't beat it. Possibly the biggest mistake that I made in Year 11 was not aiming for a 50, so you're already ahead of where I was.

Best of luck!

EDIT:

Sacs don't matter that much it's all about the exam... blah blah

If you want a 50, regardless of the exam or sacs you should be devoting countless nights studying and improving your knowledge and skills in business management. Do not be mislead and think sacs dont matter, compared to the exam, they dont matter it's true, BUT it may be the different between that 39 and 40, or that 49 and 50. So, the best grades you should be looking for to attain a 50, I would say is 95%-100% on sacs, and absolutely perfecting your responses in exam-style questions.

Good luck!

And I don't disagree with this post apart from the "you should be devoting countless nights studying" bit. If you study effectively, you won't need to be spending countless nights studying. Studying too much is highly counter-productive to the ultimate goal (a study score of 50 in your case), especially if it comes at the cost of sleep.