failed my first sac

[Igotnolife]

hi,

today i just went horrible with my first unit three maths methods sac
the teacher said that this sac is worth 3.4 % 


im not sure where i have gone wrong
i've done all the chapter review questions
done practice sacs under timed conditions

would it be still possible for me to get a 40 + study score after failing the first one?

[wunderkind52]

hi,

today i just went horrible with my first unit three maths methods sac
the teacher said that this sac is worth 3.4 % 


im not sure where i have gone wrong
i've done all the chapter review questions
done practice sacs under timed conditions

would it be still possible for me to get a 40 + study score after failing the first one?

Still possible - depends on how you perform on the other SACs.
Be more specific - did you have a good feeling about the SAC? How did everyone else go? What did you struggle with? Etc. Sorry, it is just hard to provide advice without more detail

[Igotnolife]

to be honest i did alot of revision over the term one break for this upcoming sac
just felt like i didnt perform as well as i could of, because of the time constraint
my peers said that they did ok on it i guess

however i do go to a school that is ranked roughly about 200, so would this affect study scores ?
also what would i need to be getting on my future SACs so that i can get a 40 study score at least?
thanks

[sjayne]

It happens. You just have to make sure you do your best to not have a repeat of this sac.

My marks in methods ranged from A's to D's and a couple of bad results did really affect my score. It does depend on the difficulty of your assessment but if you want to get 40+... it might be a bit harder now.

[EspoirTron]

Definitely possible, if one SAC is all it took to bum out on 40+...well then it'd be a tough gig.
At the moment, even if you're at a low rank you still have multiple SACs in order to increase your rank. If you sit down with your teacher and see where you went wrong and then improve on those areas, then I see no reason as to why you couldn't. Your main focus should be eliminating your areas of weakness and being holistically strong. Going into your next few SACs - especially the application tasks - if you can perform much better, the chances are you'll propel yourself in ranking. Ultimately, if you get a high enough rank and beast the exam (e.g. 39/40 and 78/80) then you're going to probably do very well.

I'm just going to address this to the whole forum because so many similar questions are coming up. One SAC is not going to destroy your chances of 40+, I know plenty of students who had low ranks after the first few sacs and  then started ascending in ranking after working harder and smarter. They got amazing scores (45+ raw). I'm not saying you should do this, but I heard of a student who was getting consistent C+'s on their SACs and pulled a 50 - but, I should mention that the said student was spamming practice exams for a long time and was in a very strong cohort. Although this may be a myth, it really goes to show that anything is possible. You have to ask yourself: "If SACs mattered so much, that a 4% SAC could be the difference between 45 and 30, then what's the point of the exam"? I know the example is extreme but really, every person walks into the exam at a even playing field (if you forget about ranks).

I see this every year in VCE students and felt it a lot with friends in Year 12. The struggle you're feeling, is the same struggle 50,000 other students are feeling in the state. Put it into perspective, doing badly in a sac or two does not correlate to an assured <40 study score.

[grannysmith]

Put it into perspective, doing badly in a sac or two does not correlate to an assured <40 study score.

^Exactly. And in the reverse, demolishing one SAC does not correlate to an assured 40+ study score. This is especially significant considering exams are weighted more than SACs.

But what's more important is your standing compared to everyone else in your cohort. Do you know whether many other people failed or not?

[MagicGecko]

First SAC smirshst SAC. So you tripped over on the VCE bridge, it happens all the time, the trick is not to stumble and fall but to quickly regain your balance and move forward while trying not to trip over again. Nervousness and stress can play a key role in pushing us over the edge. From here on out its a battle to keep them in check. But now that you have experienced them first hand, i'd say, with proper preparation, and the right mentality, you can cross that bridge no problem, and what will be waiting for you on the other side for your hard work is that 40+ study score.
So keep doing your best, that SS is still attainable.

[jammin]

Hey guys,

Just seeking some advice here:

I go to a school that produces over 20 40+ students annually, and over 10 45+ students.

With that sort of Methods scaling, i'm currently ranked equal 4th, would I get a methods scaling of 100 if i was, to say, maintain a top 5 ranking for the rest of the year?

Aiming for 50, so don't want to lose SAC marks in the SAC component!