Possibility of getting above a 40 in further

[Losingmotivation]

Hey everyone, just needed some help to decide whether I should drop further and take GMS (or the Unit 1/2 of further maths) in order to achieve optimal results.

SO, at the moment I am in year 11 undertaking 2 VCE subjects (Health and Further). I am just a bit worried about further maths, as we got back our first sac results and I only managed a 77%. The class average was 82%, highest being a 97%. If it was an A, I would convince myself to simply try harder next time. I have been told that being at a harder school etc. causes the results to boost up later on. But then again, is it really going to boost me up that much to allow a 40+?

I am not sure of how VCE study scores are calculated etc. My current Year 11 subjects are English Language, Methods, Chemistry, Accounting. Followed by 3/4 HHD and Further.

Could you please suggest me possibilities to get that 40+ I desire in Further maths? Or simply help me decide whether taking the Unit 1/2 equivalent of further is a good way to go. I did Unit 1/2 HHD, it differs somewhat from 3/4, but there are several links between the two.

Please suggest to me how I can approach this, with taking the Unit 1/2 subjects into consideration.

Thank you
#losingmotivation :/

[SkiesTheLimit]

Hey.

There's nothing wrong the score you got. The only way from there is north for you if you put the work in.

Forget the possibility of a 40 score, getting high 40s - 50 is still quite possible. Doing well in the exam erases all your poor sacs.

Unit 3 counts for 20% and Unit 4 a mere 14%. These sac scores will undoubtedly scale up as you go to a select entry school.

My best advice would be to let it go and work harder for the next sac.

If I were to put money on you getting 40+ I would. Under all that stress and worry is someone with talent and the will to strive and achieve his/her goals.

I would also encourage you to read the study design so that any questions you may have can be answered.
Here's the link: http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/vce/mathematics/mathsstd.pdf

[brenden]

I would keep going on with Further and do a tonne of practice questions and aim to smash both exams . SACs are the minority of your study score for Further, and you're in a solid position if you're in a select school.

[dankfrank420]

Don't worry mate, 1 SAC isn't that important in the context of the entire course. That SAC was only worth 20% of your SAC mark, which only constitutes 34% of your overall Study Score! So in effect, that SAC was only worth 6.8% of your overall Study Score. Of course you can still get 40, just use this as motivation to do better in your next SAC.

NB: I'll do some math to show you how insignificant a few marks are.

You got 77% of 6.8%, so thats 5.24% of your possible mark for that assessment. Top mark was 97%, which was 6.6%. So the difference between your marks and the top of the cohort is a measly 1.3%! Easily enough to make up throughout the course of the year.

Good luck.

[Losingmotivation]

OHH makes sense. So that'd mean, I can't afford to get anything below a high 80 in terms of SACs this point onwards? or high 90?

-aiming for a 100 regardless...because it's quite achievable it seems.

[SkiesTheLimit]

OHH makes sense. So that'd mean, I can't afford to get anything below a high 80 in terms of SACs this point onwards? or high 90?

-aiming for a 100 regardless...because it's quite achievable it seems.

To do well on the exam then yes but it's still very much likely that even high with 70s - low 80s you'd still pull a 40 in Further. Your SAC's would scale up considerably, not sure how much but it would be considerable. A sac average would scale to A+ I'm quite sure.