When should we begin practice exams?

[physics]

this group called 'study sensei' pretty lame name ( and they admitteds it themselves lol) told us to do a minimum of 5 exams practise XD i can do that!

[appianway]

I definitely think I'd burn out if I started now.

I won't be doing any chemistry papers until after Taiwan anyway. Hopefully I'll get a good deal done in the few weeks leading up to the U3 exam though.

[darkphoenix]

This time last year was when I started Methods exams. Spesh and English exams started at the end of Term 2. Unit 3 chem exams i started about 4 weeks beforehand (just before we finished the course)

Wow thats dedication right there!

[kenhung123]

Is it advisable to start prior to finishing the course i.e. do what you've learnt so far? Also, is it advisable to redo exams?

[superflya]

Is it advisable to start prior to finishing the course i.e. do what you've learnt so far? Also, is it advisable to redo exams?

yea if u cant find any other exams, no harm in it.

[the.watchman]

Is it advisable to start prior to finishing the course i.e. do what you've learnt so far? Also, is it advisable to redo exams?

yea if u cant find any other exams, no harm in it.

Yeah, nothing wrong with redoing them, as long as there is a long enough gap between doing it, so you dont remember all the questions

[m@tty]

If you think you will learn from doing it, then do it.

[kenhung123]

Is it advisable to start prior to finishing the course i.e. do what you've learnt so far? Also, is it advisable to redo exams?

yea if u cant find any other exams, no harm in it.

Hmm well actually what I am wondering is whether it is beneficial to redo and kinda like master particular questions in a set of exams rather than spamming lots of new exams.

[darkphoenix]

Is it advisable to start prior to finishing the course i.e. do what you've learnt so far? Also, is it advisable to redo exams?

yea if u cant find any other exams, no harm in it.

Hmm well actually what I am wondering is whether it is beneficial to redo and kinda like master particular questions in a set of exams rather than spamming lots of new exams.

I think i would prefer to spam, no point in dwelling on questions you got wrong, chances are the exam will produce different ones.

But i would suggest you check the solutions for some of the ones you got confused on and make sure you know what went wrong etc.

[kenhung123]

Thanks for advice

[m@tty]

Have a good think about what you want to get out of completing exams, then create a method by which you will realise these goals. My advice is document your errors and expunge them; particularly recursive ones, as these are the errors likely to assail you in the exam if you don't eradicate them. Make sure you know how to do every question you come across(which is relevant to Unit 3 Chem), as any of these can appear in the exam.

[akira88]

I always hear of people on VN saying they've done "30 practise exams" and I'm literally :O How on earth do you GET that many practise exams?! My school only provides the VCAA ones (lol so stupid as we can already get them ourselves from the website), and my only other option is to buy them (what a rip off, around $30 for a package). But that still doesn't add up to 30 exams...

[natty]

I always hear of people on VN saying they've done "30 practise exams" and I'm literally :O How on earth do you GET that many practise exams?! My school only provides the VCAA ones (lol so stupid as we can already get them ourselves from the website), and my only other option is to buy them (what a rip off, around $30 for a package). But that still doesn't add up to 30 exams...

You get them from this forum By about a month before exam time there's usually around 20 or more practise exams for each subject from the past few years. That's how I got all of mine last year.

[slothpomba]

Yeah you can usually scrounge heaps of them off this forum.

My school has mandatory practice exams - in the hall exam style and all and they hand out quiet a few.

Try the forum and maybe consider going to a 1 day revision program from one of the companies, i think they offer practice exams too.

In regards to the question of when to start, i'd say..when you are ready (duh).  If you wanted a bare minimum time when you should start, id say 1-1.5 months before the exam.

[TrueLight]

yeah if u want to get really high marks... otherwise [dont] follow my advice... start around 2-3 days before the mid exams lol