2020 Biology Exam

[Cupcake2423]

What mark do you guys think is needed out of 120 for an A+ this year?

I read someone said around 85% so that would be around about  103/120 but i have no idea how that works tbh

[valjaybj]

What mark do you guys think is needed out of 120 for an A+ this year?

ahhhhh idk it might be a bit easier to get an A+ cos of covid?? cos the exam wasn't any easier from previous years i think so maybe like 80%? im not sure but generally an A+ is 85% or above i think but i could be wrong :/

[failingenglish]

What mark do you guys think is needed out of 120 for an A+ this year?

Looking at the past couple of years the percentage for an A+ hasnt really changed by that much so youd probably be looking at 80-84% id say. But who knows.

[Isaac S]

Yeah I'm hoping I scrape an A+, felt like I underperformed. Does anyone have MC suggested answers?

[Cupcake2423]

Looking at the past couple of years the percentage for an A+ hasnt really changed by that much so youd probably be looking at 80-84% id say. But who knows.

where can you find past year's results and things?
Also how does it kind of correspond to like a predicted study score??

[failingenglish]

where can you find past year's results and things?
Also how does it kind of correspond to like a predicted study score??

just look up VCE biology "whatever year you want" grade distributions. Its all there.

[valjaybj]

where can you find past year's results and things?
Also how does it kind of correspond to like a predicted study score??

if you search up the year you want + 'biology grade distribution" theres a pdf that shows you the mark allocations that corresponds to each grade for each graded assessment (so graded assessment (ga) 1 is unit 3 coursework, ga 2 is unit 4 coursework and ga 3 is the exam)

generally i've heard you need an A+ on all 3 graded assessments to get a 40+ ss but you never know for sure...it's different every year and theres no guarantee that it'll get you a specific ss especially considering scaling etc so yeah

[Isaac S]

Does anyone have suggested answers for the mc?

[valjaybj]

Does anyone have suggested answers for the mc?

nope sorry :/

[Cupcake2423]

if you search up the year you want + 'biology grade distribution" theres a pdf that shows you the mark allocations that corresponds to each grade for each graded assessment (so graded assessment (ga) 1 is unit 3 coursework, ga 2 is unit 4 coursework and ga 3 is the exam)

generally i've heard you need an A+ on all 3 graded assessments to get a 40+ ss but you never know for sure...it's different every year and theres no guarantee that it'll get you a specific ss especially considering scaling etc so yeah

Aaaaaa thank you guess we can only wait and see aye

[valjaybj]

Aaaaaa thank you guess we can only wait and see aye

no worries!!! and yeppp just gotta wait and see i guess hahah

[miyukiaura]

how did everyone do the denisovan question? and what did vcaa want us to write to justify where we drew the line

[Isaac S]

how did everyone do the denisovan question? and what did vcaa want us to write to justify where we drew the line

I branched it halfway down the neanderthal line and said that they've got similarities to neanderthals but enough differences to be considered seperate or something

[Isaac S]

Also, for the question about the lactase mutation stuff, what sort of mutation did you guys say it was? I said germ line mutation

[miyukiaura]

I branched it halfway down the neanderthal line and said that they've got similarities to neanderthals but enough differences to be considered seperate or something

ah crap i branched it before neanderthals... massive brain fart right there