Prediction

[Zaljc]

So I was thinking, since the bio exam is in 10 more days we put a score predicting what we’d get and then when results come out, we compare them to what we think we’d get.

I think when it comes to the end of the year, many lose motivation and start doubting themselves. This is so that you’ll never doubt yourself, and if you don’t do so well as you thought you’d do, that just means you have to work extra hard.

My cousin lost all motivation at the end of last year. He kept telling all his teachers he’d get a 70 atar and actually looked at courses with a 70 atar. But when December came, imagine his surprise when he got a 96.

I’ll start off the prediction by saying my predicted score for Biology is: 42

Good luck everyone, hopefully this will teach to never doubt yourself and what you can achieve!

[Seno72]

My raw score I predict would be 40.

[grestal]

how are u guys predicting these study scores, is there some sort of application/ website for this, or is this just a confidence guess!
just curious

[Zaljc]

how are u guys predicting these study scores, is there some sort of application/ website for this, or is this just a confidence guess!
just curious

Nah, it’s just like a prediction based on what we feel we’ll get and then compare it to what we actually got

[2352300]

Oml 26 point difference I'd have a heart attack if I was your brother.

[PhoenixxFire]

I am hoping for 45+ but I feel like there are currently some topics I know really well and some I don't so it may depend on what ends up on the exam (and how well I revise). My confidence is saying 41/42 however I really hope I get above that.
Of course when it really comes down to it I want a 50 - why aim low?

[vox nihili]

I am hoping for 45+ but I feel like there are currently some topics I know really well and some I don't so it may depend on what ends up on the exam (and how well I revise). My confidence is saying 41/42 however I really hope I get above that.
Of course when it really comes down to it I want a 50 - why aim low?

What do you think are the areas that might get you?

I’d be very surprised if you didn’t reach that goal, to be honest.

[PhoenixxFire]

Evolution is the main one. I did a question from the AN topic tests and it asked about angiosperm adaptions and I was like what are angiosperms. I also don't know any major dates - that's tonight's work.

Also I don't know much about plant signalling molecules (I don't think I could name them all).

The other problem is I feel like I know immunity well but I struggle to understand what the question wants - and struggle to focus long enough to read long stems toward the end of the exam.

[LifeisaConstantStruggle]

I don't know much about the detailed study score predictions and stuff but I'm aiming for a 45-50(?) I still have mistakes across all my practice exams which are mostly just careless stuff because I misread/leave things out quite often (eg: when I describe DNA hybridisation I might lose marks because I forget to talk about the relatedness between species at the end or things like that), probably cuz I rush all my exams in 1 hour plus without checking, but my scores range from 93%-99% so yeah.
I'm fairly confident in my understanding of biology itself (this is from the ATARNotes book+powerpoints+edrolo+study design, worst part is I actually don't know what I don't know HAHAHAHAHA) but I have to read thru some of those occasionally to refresh my memory on things like ethical/social implications of GMOs etc.
Might come down to luck tho, but my score doesn't matter in the end tbh (not doing bio after this HAHA).

[vox nihili]

Evolution is the main one. I did a question from the AN topic tests and it asked about angiosperm adaptions and I was like what are angiosperms. I also don't know any major dates - that's tonight's work.

Also I don't know much about plant signalling molecules (I don't think I could name them all).

The other problem is I feel like I know immunity well but I struggle to understand what the question wants - and struggle to focus long enough to read long stems toward the end of the exam.

These are some fairly minor things that can be addressed. Sounds like you're going the right way about it; even knowing what it is that you struggle with is 70% of the way to fixing that.

You're a kindred spirit; those are the topics I can't hack either.

[Bri MT]

I don't know much about the detailed study score predictions and stuff but I'm aiming for a 45-50(?) I still have mistakes across all my practice exams which are mostly just careless stuff because I misread/leave things out quite often (eg: when I describe DNA hybridisation I might lose marks because I forget to talk about the relatedness between species at the end or things like that), probably cuz I rush all my exams in 1 hour plus without checking, but my scores range from 93%-99% so yeah.
I'm fairly confident in my understanding of biology itself (this is from the ATARNotes book+powerpoints+edrolo+study design, worst part is I actually don't know what I don't know HAHAHAHAHA) but I have to read thru some of those occasionally to refresh my memory on things like ethical/social implications of GMOs etc.
Might come down to luck tho, but my score doesn't matter in the end tbh (not doing bio after this HAHA).

Trust me, if you force yourself to slow down and only have 10 minutes spare you'll see a significant reduction in answering-errors.
The practice exam I completed at school I got less than 90% due to losing marks for not addressing what the report wanted properly etc. I improved after that, and it is certainly possible for you to get in the score range you are hoping for if you put in the work

[rainbowsparkles15]

Evolution is the main one. I did a question from the AN topic tests and it asked about angiosperm adaptions and I was like what are angiosperms. I also don't know any major dates - that's tonight's work.

Also I don't know much about plant signalling molecules (I don't think I could name them all).

The other problem is I feel like I know immunity well but I struggle to understand what the question wants - and struggle to focus long enough to read long stems toward the end of the exam.

How interesting, these are the same things I keep having to go over too!

I'm really hoping for a 40 but know there's a chance I might fall a tad short... fingers crossed

[Seno72]

I don't think we need to know what angiosperms. I believe we need to interpret the timescale of life on Earth as in we don't need to the specific dates and aeons but we need to have a rough estimation of what appeared first on Earth and progression into biodiversity of new species.

1) Prokaryotes arise first (1 billion years ago)
2) first eukaryotes appear (700 million years ago)
3) first multicellular organisms start to appear (500-600 million years ago)
4) First fish start to appear (500 million tears years ago)
5) First amphibians and reptiles and trees (300-400 million years ago)
6) First birds /Avians (130 million years ago)
7) First mammals and flowering plants/angiosperms (100 million years ago)

On the sample VCAA bio exam 2017, in question 7 gives a table showing fossils, location, geological time and age. 7a asked what type of organisms would have formed the stromatolite fossils 770 million years ago?

We don't need to what stromatolites are (although it would be good to know, they are basically rocks that show chemical signs of past bacterial life) but by looking at the age of the stromatolite fossils, 770 million years old, of course ir would be primitive life forms such a prokaryote organisms (the answer). So we don't actually need to know geological times I believe but we need to know the idea about what time organisms start to appear (not exact time).