Study score predictions

[Kaleidoscope]

Ranked around 9th in a medium-strong cohort
Unit 3 SACs: 85%
Unit 4 SACs: 91%
Exam:
A: 17/20
B: 18/20
C: 16/20

What score am I looking at? Thanks!

[nikegod]

Ranked around 9th in a medium-strong cohort
Unit 3 SACs: 85%
Unit 4 SACs: 91%
Exam:
A: 17/20
B: 18/20
C: 16/20

What score am I looking at? Thanks!

~40-43

[AmericanBeauty]

To counter the influx of students scoring in the 8-10 region due to easier prompts, they'll most likely raise the 'system of meritocracy' by employing a more stringent marking scheme. So the benchmark to score a 8 would be raised to assist the grade distribution.

That being said, although the general consensus is that section A had easier questions than previous years, several texts offered quite challenging questions. So it would be remiss to generalise and say everyone found the exam 'ridiculously easy'.

Nice air quotes.

Everyone I've spoken to has said section A and B were a godsend. How would you know that the benchmarks will be raised? They have a set of criteria alongside the study design, they won't just downgrade the marking scheme due to making the exam easy; completely negates their marking criteria. They would have known it was easy and I'm assuming there will be a greater amount of people with A+'s. You can say what you want but it is all hypothetical reason because nobody really knows how VCAA mark except for the marking criteria that we're provided with. 

[nikegod]

Nice air quotes.

Everyone I've spoken to has said section A and B were a godsend. How would you know that the benchmarks will be raised? They have a set of criteria alongside the study design, they won't just downgrade the marking scheme due to making the exam easy; completely negates their marking criteria. They would have known it was easy and I'm assuming there will be a greater amount of people with A+'s. You can say what you want but it is all hypothetical reason because nobody really knows how VCAA mark except for the marking criteria that we're provided with.

I don't think he was being rude, just poking fun at your "system of meritocracy" (this really isn't the right word to describe the VCAA system - I used the word 'merit', but meritocracy connotes something very different) and your reference to the exam as 'ridiculously easy', which, let's face it, is somewhat farcical. The prompts you received may have been straightforward, but the exam still required properly thought out ideas and higher-order thinking to succeed - it was hardly the english equivalent of doing your times tables.

Anyway, you are right, we can't possibly know until mid-January, when the assessors report is released - but we can continue arguing until then if you would like, haha?

I'm just joking - but out of interest, you write quite well, and predicted a couple 9s, so how come you're aiming for a 34?

[swagsxcboi]

predicted a couple 9s, so how come you're aiming for a 34?

my thoughts exactly.

I thought the exam was ridiculously easy and I may as well have been going into the exam hit across the head with a gold club that I was so disorganised, and the exam let me kill it.

fair enough then, let's see you get 10 for each section 

[nikegod]

my thoughts exactly.
fair enough then, let's see you get 10 for each section 

Yeah, haha, I think the difficulty of getting a top tier score in English is being forgotten in her posts - getting a 10 isnt a matter of just getting an easy topic.

Then again, they said the exact same thing about the economics exam, despite apparently not having studied for it, and expecting a 20. VCE exams aren't that easy - they're not impossible, but "ridiculously easy" simply isn't accurate.

I suppose it's ironic that they called someone out earlier for asking what 10/10/9 would get for English, saying they were "pretentious" for asking if they would get a 50. Is the reverse not true - claiming that you are on track for SS in the range of 20-35, but then calling each exam easy? I suppose that would be better directed at her

[AmericanBeauty]

I don't think he was being rude, just poking fun at your "system of meritocracy" (this really isn't the right word to describe the VCAA system - I used the word 'merit', but meritocracy connotes something very different) and your reference to the exam as 'ridiculously easy', which, let's face it, is somewhat farcical. The prompts you received may have been straightforward, but the exam still required properly thought out ideas and higher-order thinking to succeed - it was hardly the english equivalent of doing your times tables.

Anyway, you are right, we can't possibly know until mid-January, when the assessors report is released - but we can continue arguing until then if you would like, haha?

I'm just joking - but out of interest, you write quite well, and predicted a couple 9s, so how come you're aiming for a 34?

I don't write that well and laziness got the better of me throughout the year. Different people aim for different things and a ~35 would keep me pleased. I don't see how a system of meritocracy isn't applicable; vcaa works whereby the people who exhibit superior intellect against their criteria receive higher scores. But yes this debate is a bit silly as we both have no idea what we're talking about, neither of us are clairvoyants

[nikegod]

I don't write that well and laziness got the better of me throughout the year. Different people aim for different things and a ~35 would keep me pleased. I don't see how a system of meritocracy isn't applicable; vcaa works whereby the people who exhibit superior intellect against their criteria receive higher scores. But yes this debate is a bit silly as we both have no idea what we're talking about, neither of us are clairvoyants

It sounds a little bit stilted, because a meritocracy generally refers to a system of governance, rather than a form of assessment. I suppose the academic institution as a whole is a meritocracy, but it also seems somewhat odd to judge merit based upon 3 essays, or as it may be for other subjects, MC and some short answer. To me, a meritocracy means a broader sense of merit, rather than the very isolated form you are competing for in VCE. Anyway, it's only semantics - good luck for your exams

[blubby]

Can someone please predict mine? Thank you!

GA1 - 86/100
GA2 - 82/100
GA3 - 7/7/7

[AmericanBeauty]

It sounds a little bit stilted, because a meritocracy generally refers to a system of governance, rather than a form of assessment. I suppose the academic institution as a whole is a meritocracy, but it also seems somewhat odd to judge merit based upon 3 essays, or as it may be for other subjects, MC and some short answer. To me, a meritocracy means a broader sense of merit, rather than the very isolated form you are competing for in VCE. Anyway, it's only semantics - good luck for your exams

You can utilise words that parallel scenarios. They don't have to be bang on with the definition in a dictionary. You are judging merit on three essays because that is what VCAA does and that is what we worked all year towards doing. Everyone knows that exams occur at the end of the year, whereby you are judged on merit. The people who do well are scored highly and vice versa.

[arose]

Hey can someone predict my study score:
Average on SACs - B+/A
Section A - 8-9/10
Section B - 7/10
Section C - 8/10

[Zues]

English

GA1: 94/100 A+
GA2: 95/100 A+
GA 3: 9/8/9 A+

in top 3 ranks!!

Thanks

[swagsxcboi]

English

GA1: 94/100 A+
GA2: 95/100 A+
GA 3: 9/8/9 A+

in top 3 ranks!!

Thanks

46 SS

[curiousnathan]

Just wondering around what study score I'd get

GA 1: 100/100
GA 2: 100/100
Exam: 7/9/9

Ranked 1st

[Rod]

Just wondering around what study score I'd get

GA 1: 100/100
GA 2: 100/100
Exam: 7/9/9

Ranked 1st

43ish?