Oh and also, should I use checkpoints alongside learning the material beforehand or learn it straight away.
It really depends on the individual.
Some people swear by checkpoints.
Other people dislike doing checkpoints questions because once you start doing VCAA practise exams, you end up doing the same questions again, which can give you a false sense of confidence coming into the exams.
To answer your other questions.
Sometimes it just depends on the day. You could get 100% in all your sacs, get 100% in all your practise exams, but misread a question on the day, make a few errors here and there and walk out with a 45. (still an amazing score). In the exam there will always be a few questions that serve to differentiate people the good and really good. They are often either hard, or pertaining to a microscopic part of the course that has never been asked before.
You should just learn the material in detail. I don't get what you mean by concise and remember more? You don't need to rush cramming in the material. A year is PLENTY OF TIME if you are studying consistently. Even if you put in just 1 hour of
quality revision a week to revise past topic, it will put you in good stead for the exams.
Just do heaps of questions, get your teacher to help you correct your work. When marking your work, be very very harsh. The only way to get better is to find what you are not good at.
This is subjective. What you may find easy, I may find hard. From my experience- the concepts of cellular respiration, recombinant DNA was pretty confusing. But if you put in the effort to understand it, it will come to you.
It's admirable that you want to get a 50 in biology. If you work consistently through the whole year, and give it your best, you will give yourself the greatest chance at getting a 50.
I reckon the hardest thing about it all (VCE in general) is you need that desire to achieve. It's the willpower to go the extra mile when you could go out with friends or call it a night and just watch TV. It's inevitable that you will face hardship (personal problem, a bad grade.. etc. etc..) that will cause your motivation to DROP.
Everyone at the start of the year will have very high expectations and are highly motivated. It's only a few people at the end despite all the ups and downs, who still have that same desire and willpower to bring their goals to fruition.
Best of luck
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