Psychology 40+ Study Score

[nm2xo]

What are u guys aiming for in psych???

How many marks do I need to get on the exam to get over a 40?

[peter.g15]

What are u guys aiming for in psych???

How many marks do I need to get on the exam to get over a 40?

I'm aiming for a 45+ hopefully I haven't done any 3/4s before, but from what I've heard, you'd probably want an A+ on the exam, which is normally around 80-85% at least. So for this year, at least 102/120. Obviously, this is the first year of the new study design, plus a new exam format, so these values are just based off past years and probably won't be accurate.

Good luck!

[Novashock]

Do you know what our unit averages should be roughly??

[Bri MT]

I think you may find this information useful
1. Your rank in your class is used with your class' exam results to determine your SAC scores.If you are rank 1, the highest scoring exam in your cohort is used to determine your SAC marks
2. http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/vce/statistics/2016/statssect3.aspx   Go to psychology, and read the scores needed for each G.A to achieve your desired score.(Look at the percentage of students who got that score, as study scores are based on how well you do relative to others)


I would avoid focusing too heavily on study scores, and trying to predict them. You can never know for sure, and it usually only causes stress

[pha0015]

I'm aiming to get 45, but I heard that you can only lose around 9 marks to get that score. 18 would land you a 40 - this has been adjusted from the previous study design to fit 120 marks instead of 140

[theONEandONLY1]

I'm aiming to get 45, but I heard that you can only lose around 9 marks to get that score. 18 would land you a 40 - this has been adjusted from the previous study design to fit 120 marks instead of 140

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[peter.g15]

I'm aiming to get 45, but I heard that you can only lose around 9 marks to get that score. 18 would land you a 40 - this has been adjusted from the previous study design to fit 120 marks instead of 140

Source?
Also, this depends on the cohort doing the exam, the exam difficulty, study design, and exam format. So it's unlikely that it will be the same. Exams at the start of the study design (e.g. 2017) are often easier than exams at the end of study designs (e.g. 2016). However, there's also a new exam format.
Really, it's hard to tell and you shouldn't be worrying about how many marks you can drop because that'll just make you stress more.

[pha0015]

Source?
Also, this depends on the cohort doing the exam, the exam difficulty, study design, and exam format. So it's unlikely that it will be the same. Exams at the start of the study design (e.g. 2017) are often easier than exams at the end of study designs (e.g. 2016). However, there's also a new exam format.
Really, it's hard to tell and you shouldn't be worrying about how many marks you can drop because that'll just make you stress more.

They're based off my alterations of others over on the SS estimator forum, who said that losing 10 marks will get a 45, and losing 20 marks will get around 40. This year's exams have 120 questions instead of 140, so I made the necessary alterations. I'd say that this year's exam was difficult, but so was last years (the 10 marker from last year is the great equaliser), therefore I'm hoping that the cutoff for A+ and 45 are around the same. These are just my interpretations, they shouldn't hold any weigh and you shouldn't really based off what I'm saying to make any assumptions (DISCLAIMER).

I also hope that due to the level of difficulty being on par (hopefully) with last year's exam, Psych will scale up 1 instead of scaling down 1 (if you have a study score over 40). I've been lied to by the ATARNOTES calculator for the whole year, as it said that psych still scaled down (based off 2016 results).