40+ study score?

[galaxy21]

Hi there.
I am hoping to get a 40+ study score in further this year, and was just wondering whether anyone can give me a bit of an indication of what sort of scores I should be aiming for? I got a 94% for my first SAC (financial), and have the stats SAC coming up soon. I know that it is very competitive, so it would be good to get a clearer picture of what I should be aiming for in SAC's and exams.
Thank you!

[Sine]

Hi there.
I am hoping to get a 40+ study score in further this year, and was just wondering whether anyone can give me a bit of an indication of what sort of scores I should be aiming for? I got a 94% for my first SAC (financial), and have the stats SAC coming up soon. I know that it is very competitive, so it would be good to get a clearer picture of what I should be aiming for in SAC's and exams.
Thank you!

sacs just aim as high as possible they for 40+ you need a relatively high rank.
The exam will have the main impact on your study score and you'd be wanting to get at least 90/100 across both exams.

[VeryJuicyLemon]

It depends on your rank (since sacs will only be 33% of your SS). As long as you're rank 1 and do well in the exam 40+ is not impossible.

[MAGGOT]

You don't have to be rank 1 to get a 40+ in further but of course the higher the better

[PhoenixxFire]

You don't have to be rank 1 to get a 40+ in further but of course the higher the better

It depends what school you go to. You can use your school’s past results to estimate what rank you need to be. For example if 5-8 people at your school have got 40+ each year for a while then you should aim to be in the top 5

[cdiamond]

Going to add my two cents worth here. I did Further Mathematics last year and seeing how you got 94% for your first SAC, that is a very good start. Generally, to get a 40 study score and above raw, you will probably need one or more A+'s. I'll list down my results from last year to give you a general idea (I didn't do that well, so I was surprised at my end result)

Unit 3
SAC 1 [data analysis]: 91%
SAC 2 [financial & recursion modelling: 54%
(the above sac was moderated up internally)

Unit 4
SAC 1 [graphs and relations]: 88%
SAC 2 [matrices]: 48%

As you can see, I didn't do well for two of the SACs, namely financial and recursion modelling, and matrices, which were my weakest topics. However, I did start to work harder for the exam, brushing up on these weakest areas to at least get above 30 [I had little hope of getting a high raw study score]

Final Letter Grades and Raw Study Score
GA1: A
GA2: A
GA3: A
Final Study Score: 37 - will scale down to a 35

I did better in my exam which resulted in the A's in both papers and my SACs were moderated up because my cohort was relatively strong and I do think my ranking was not as bad as I had thought it out to be. [Imagine my surprise when I expected a 25 but got 37]

Another person's results:
SACs:
mostly ranged from 86% to high 90s

Letter Grades and Final Raw Study Score
GA1: A+
GA2: A+
GA3: A+
Final Study Score: 50

This girl was from the same class as I was and a really good friend. I was genuinely happy for her. I don't know why she was surprised.

Do note that your school and your cohort does play a part in all of this, if everybody does well in the exam, your SAC scores will most probably, note the most probably, scale up.
I was in Year 11 last year and among the many Year 11s that took early VCE Further, around 5 got perfect study scores.

Ending note:
I do believe you will be able to ge a study score of 40 and above, just work hard! You'll be able to do it!

[galaxy21]

Going to add my two cents worth here...

Thanks so much everyone, this is really helpful and encouraging!

BTW good job on getting a 37! Thats so great!

[MAGGOT]

Is it just futher maths or just my school that for ga1 (sacs) only the top person (or equal top) get A+?

[Lear]

That may be just your school. I’ve heard that even kids who got 80% in SACs for my school got bumped up to 90%.

[cdiamond]

Thanks so much everyone, this is really helpful and encouraging!

BTW good job on getting a 37! Thats so great!

Thank you! Also, some addition information about the exam - Paper 1 is generally harder than the Paper 2. Try to drop/lose as few marks as you can on the exams. All the best!