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« on: May 09, 2010, 10:33:57 am »
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What mark is good to keep hopes up for 45+ in further maths for the first core SAC which ive heard is the most important.

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« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2010, 10:41:37 am »
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Probably top 5 in a strong cohort. Yea the first is quite important as it is worth 40% but you can always do better in the next 3 module sacs
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« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2010, 12:21:03 pm »
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Basically, SAC marks don't count for anything.  It's not about the marks, it's the ranking (how well you do in the SACs compared to the rest of your Further Maths cohort) and more importantly, the exam.  I was ranked 20+ in my cohort but nailed both exams to get a 40+ while many people that were ranked above me in the SACs weren't able to achieve a 40.

So don't worry too much about the SACs.  I can tell you that I screwed up two SACs, one worth 20%.  But if you work leading up to the exam and familiarise yourself with it, you'll be fine.  :)
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« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2010, 01:52:19 pm »
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Quote from: Studyinghard on May 09, 2010, 10:33:57 am
What mark is good to keep hopes up for 45+ in further maths for the first core SAC which ive heard is the most important.



depending on your school just aim for one of the top students in your school (which will hopefully be scaled to a high A+), and only losing 4-5 marks over both exams will guarantee you around ~45.
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« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2010, 05:44:14 pm »
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So if I can stay in top 4-5 rank because I think there are around 60 people doing further in our year. Isnt it top 2.5% of the year level or something along those lines?
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« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2010, 12:21:30 am »
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Quote from: vexx on May 09, 2010, 01:52:19 pm
Quote from: Studyinghard on May 09, 2010, 10:33:57 am
What mark is good to keep hopes up for 45+ in further maths for the first core SAC which ive heard is the most important.



depending on your school just aim for one of the top students in your school (which will hopefully be scaled to a high A+), and only losing 4-5 marks over both exams will guarantee you around ~45.

I heard that if you want 45+, pretty much every mark on both exams count.  1 mark lost is 1 study score lost.  So losing approximately 1-2 marks in both exams will get you around a 49-50.
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« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2010, 08:25:13 pm »
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As all ready stated in this thread it is the exam that matters. Further is very competitive so as Gloamglozer said right above your post 1 mark lost on the each exam equates to a 1 mark drop in your study score.
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« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2010, 10:34:55 pm »
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oh i did terrible in my first further sac, it is actually my worst subject, which is crazy because i was one of the few people recommended for spesh! :| haha
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« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2010, 10:12:57 pm »
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I did pretty good on the first sac , but obviously it will count for nothing i screw up the exams
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« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2010, 10:13:59 pm »
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dont say that! think positive:P haha
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« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2010, 10:21:26 pm »
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lol..sorry about my negativity, its cos today i was discussing further with my friends and one of my friends that did it last year was asking us what we got, and she said no matter how good you do on sacs if you stuff your exams up , you'll get a crap study score. I think she was acing her sacs but she got 32.
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« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2010, 10:38:43 pm »
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ohhh that does suck a little! well im one of those people who make really silly errors as well, haha so we will just have to hope for the best and make sure we dont make any silly errors :D
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« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2010, 02:56:00 pm »
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Further Maths at my school is quite popular. Three classes in total. One of its reasons was because a lot dropped out of Methods in Year 11.
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Re: 45
« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2010, 02:57:08 pm »
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same with us, we have 4 classes
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« Reply #14 on: June 07, 2010, 03:20:02 pm »
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Quote from: cindyy on June 07, 2010, 02:57:08 pm
same with us, we have 4 classes
Whoa! Is the cohort at your school strong? Mine averages A+ to Bs... I think.
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