OMG its all coming down on me ):

[Visionz]

Agreed, what can we do though. We just gotta deal with it.

Wait til the end of year when you have SACs and FIVE end of years to prepare for.

We get SWOT VAC at the end of year........

I finish october 11 or something so its like 3 weeks off. If youre starting to revise for exams 3 weeks before you have them then you arent giving yourself the best shot.

[azn_dj]

The reason most schools have SACS around May is because this is when you should have enough knowledge to do a decent SAC. Any earlier - it really cant be assessed, any later - well, its no longer a unit 3 sac.
As for management, that's a school based issue. My school generally does it well - usually its planned so most people if they had a SAC, would only have one in a week, but sometimes its two, or if its a minor sac/subject then it may be two. Three if you are really unlucky.

[appianway]

I can't believe your school's so organised in comparison to mine. I have SACs in all of my subjects in the next two weeks... including the extended methods analysis task.

[stonecold]

All this week and next week is full of SACs and I havent been able to touch a trial exam for any of my two mid-years yet. :/

What do i do? If i dont try in these SAC's i'm going to lose all my rank 1's. I pretty much have SACS for every subject.
If i lose just a couple marks in bio and further my rank will drop drastically :/

A good midyear mark is going to affect your study score a LOT more than a few dropped ranks. Seriously. I'm speaking from wayyyy too much experience.

Listen to ninwa.

[iNerd]

The reason most schools have SACS around May is because this is when you should have enough knowledge to do a decent SAC. Any earlier - it really cant be assessed, any later - well, its no longer a unit 3 sac.
As for management, that's a school based issue. My school generally does it well - usually its planned so most people if they had a SAC, would only have one in a week, but sometimes its two, or if its a minor sac/subject then it may be two. Three if you are really unlucky.

lol, i kno' yur/our school ...happy 2kno' its organised; they don't care about us at y10

[appianway]

Ah, iNerd, no wonder your ATAR aim's so high if you go there ;p

[iNerd]

Ah, iNerd, no wonder your ATAR aim's so high if you go there ;p

lol yh...y10 though is really just the same as y9...so boring...kinda freaky though..exams in a week and then term 2s basically over. Come back for Term 3 and its subject choices/VCE info sessions and the lot. I kno' i have all my subjs in my sig wit a 99% probability of staying that way but all my mates are doing biology over pysch..

[AzureBlue]

Bio is good area of study 2 of chem unit 3 is bio lol, it'd help you next year.

Seconded. Biology is really interesting

[iNerd]

Bio is good area of study 2 of chem unit 3 is bio lol, it'd help you next year.

Seconded. Biology is really interesting

the amount of rote learning my y10 friends are doing for Biology Unit ONE is outstanding I'm cruising along in Pyschology U1 with minimal effort. Also it seems that biology is much more competetive hence the +1 scaling

[AzureBlue]

Bio is good area of study 2 of chem unit 3 is bio lol, it'd help you next year.

Seconded. Biology is really interesting

the amount of rote learning my y10 friends are doing for Biology Unit ONE is outstanding I'm cruising along in Pyschology U1 with minimal effort. Also it seems that biology is much more competetive hence the +1 scaling

Same, there is a lot of parrot learning, but you've really got to understand what you're learning. Yeah, biology unit 1 is more than I ever thought it would be, but biology's really interesting, learnt lots of new stuff.

[iNerd]

Bio is good area of study 2 of chem unit 3 is bio lol, it'd help you next year.

Seconded. Biology is really interesting

the amount of rote learning my y10 friends are doing for Biology Unit ONE is outstanding I'm cruising along in Pyschology U1 with minimal effort. Also it seems that biology is much more competetive hence the +1 scaling

Same, there is a lot of parrot learning, but you've really got to understand what you're learning. Yeah, biology unit 1 is more than I ever thought it would be, but biology's really interesting, learnt lots of new stuff.

see this is why Pysch rules; you don't need to understand. You memorise the definition, you get the marks. For example our recent SAC [ 21/22 ] was all definitions of lifespan development ie. Object permanence is the understanding that objects still exist even if they can't be seen or touched. You do not have to relate this to say "peek-a-boo" for babies and why they enjoy it...you just rote learn the definition

[littlebecc]

rote learning=bad

[minilunchbox]

rote learning=bad

Psych is pretty much all rote learning though.

[akira88]

rote learning=bad

Psych is pretty much all rote learning though.

Agreed. You can understand the stuff but in order to go well in exams (that is, the short answer), you have to remember those "perfect" responses. Gah.

[Greggler]

i got an english sac next week. stuff that. then i have two sacs week after midyears which is good.