Methods Exam 1: Discussion!

[keltingmeith]

Will I lose points because I didnt line up the equals (=) symbols

i.e..

blah blah  blah  = something else
something else = another thing and a bit
= x+ y

I was told to always line up the = signs but I was rushing and as far as I can remember, I didn't line them  up on at least two of the questions (exam brain kicked in where people tend to make silly mistakes)

That's... An incredibly stupid reason to lose marks. I think you'll be fine.

[Teagan_18]

That's... An incredibly stupid reason to lose marks. I think you'll be fine.

I know it is a stupid reason but at my previous school, we would lose marks on SAC's and tests if we didn't.
Fingers crossed the exam markers aren't as picky with such small things..

[Teagan_18]

How many students actually get 100% (40/40 and 80/80) on their methods exams?

[keltingmeith]

How many students actually get 100% (40/40 and 80/80) on their methods exams?

Somewhere between none and all of them.

[Reus]

Somewhere between none and all of them.

Looooool

[LFC_Kero]

I got 80+ % on all my SACS, in a pretty strong cohort...
got 26-27/40 for exam 1
say I get 55/80 for exam 2

what study score am I looking at?
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[lzxnl]

I got 80+ % on all my SACS, in a pretty strong cohort...
got 26-27/40 for exam 1
say I get 55/80 for exam 2

what study score am I looking at?
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None of us know, hence the lack of response to this. Most likely from 33-36 ish depending on how others find the exams. But then again I'm not completely sure.

People may flame me for my opinion on the exam, but tbh, I really didn't think it was an exam with any tricks to it. I felt lots of the questions could have analogs found in textbooks and it was really a matter of whether you read the question properly and whether you made a stupid mistake.

[chuck981996]

None of us know, hence the lack of response to this. Most likely from 33-36 ish depending on how others find the exams. But then again I'm not completely sure.

People may flame me for my opinion on the exam, but tbh, I really didn't think it was an exam with any tricks to it. I felt lots of the questions could have analogs found in textbooks and it was really a matter of whether you read the question properly and whether you made a stupid mistake.

I agree. Fairly standard exam. Nothing novel. 2 stars - wouldn't do again.

[Reus]

^And I still struggled LOL

[bobisnotmyname]

i know you are all gonna hate me for saying this, but ive got my fingers crossed for an extremely hard exam 2

[yoyoball]

I got 80+ % on all my SACS, in a pretty strong cohort...
got 26-27/40 for exam 1
say I get 55/80 for exam 2

what study score am I looking at?
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its pretty impossible to determine how well your cohort is in comparison. for all we know you could be getting really easy sacs in comparison to other schools which is why it seems like a strong cohort. ya feeelll. nonetheless if you do have a strong cohort im sure you can still get mid 30s atleast worry not you will land on your feet! (if ur a cat)

[yoyoball]

i know you are all gonna hate me for saying this, but ive got my fingers crossed for an extremely hard exam 2

me too  so i wont feel as bad about losing 79 marks on stupid mistakes if id have lost them anyway.

[Teagan_18]

I know exam marks can be "pulled up" if your GAT score was much better than your exam score but can your SAC results pull down your exam results?
I felt like this exam was much easier than any of the sacs i have completed this year (still receiving fairly average/good sac results) and going by the suggested answers, I have potentially only lost about 3 marks on the first methods exam. I know i still have to factor in tomorrows exam but what would happen if my exam results were 15% (say 95%)  better than my sac results (all around 80%)
Would they lower my exam mark because of my not so good sac marks?

[daniel.esdaile]

That should be fine!

how about -5ln(1/2)         its the same thing just didn't apply .5 to power of -1 which is 2

[swagsxcboi]

how about -5ln(1/2)         its the same thing just didn't apply .5 to power of -1 which is 2

yeah that's all right, past vcaa assessment reports have had it in both forms