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How hard to get 35+ and how to study for it?
« on: August 05, 2010, 11:22:54 pm »
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For SACs so far I'm getting what I assume are failry decent marks, B-B+ average I *think* even tho I only received a rough mark for my first SAC of B+ (slow teacher), and overall I've improved other than messing up my perfectly written oral due to nervousness (stuffed up from first sentence, hopefully will get marked on what I wrote on paper).

Other than that, how hard is it to get a really decent mark? do you have to be some literary genius who enjoys reading novels and writing short stories in your free time? English is definitely the subject I neglect most and need some tips on really acing my end of year if possible. My teacher is no help, she has the most disorganized classes I've yet seen and spells words like "dilemna" and "amoung"...
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Re: How hard to get 35+ and how to study for it?
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2010, 07:30:32 pm »
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I don't think it's that hard... I mean, I got a 38 and I'm not all that great at English. I think a B+ average is fine. Just think about it, you're competing against 40,000 others. Imagine the thousands who get Ds. You'll be fine.
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Re: How hard to get 35+ and how to study for it?
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2010, 11:33:09 pm »
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^At above, you should really know how it works before you say stuff like that. Of the 41000+ students that did English last year, only 5% D+ or lower. That's just over 2000. You're making it sound a lot more than it is.

Looking at it from a totally statistical point of view, the grade distribution shows that a B / B+ average would place you anywhere from 60-70%? Depends if you're a high B+ or a low B average.

http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/statistics/2009/section3/vce_english_ga09.pdf

Study scores have a mean of 30 and standard deviation of 7, so a 35 would place you around the top 76%. A 35 from there is just solid work throughout the rest of this year, and maybe a few A's in remaining SACS and the exam?

As for studying for it, I guess practice essays and get feedback from a person that isn't your current teacher if you think she isn't doing a good job. Study the contexts/themes/ideas and just read plenty of examples etc and learn from them. That's what I'm doing atm.

Read and write as much as you can, I guess.
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Re: How hard to get 35+ and how to study for it?
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2010, 04:43:17 pm »
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To get 35 on the exam, you need roughly 70% on the exam. Your SAC scores might alter your SS by a point or two, but 70% is a safe bet.
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Re: How hard to get 35+ and how to study for it?
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2010, 12:29:56 am »
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By tutor got a 99.80 and a 50 for English - he said he was DEFINITELY no literature nerd or book worm..... in fact, he was more of a mathematical/science kind of student. (50'd those subjects too!)
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Re: How hard to get 35+ and how to study for it?
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2010, 09:27:37 am »
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do you have to be some literary genius who enjoys reading novels and writing short stories in your free time?

LOL xD Well I really doubt that most 50's were like that.
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Re: How hard to get 35+ and how to study for it?
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2010, 01:15:25 pm »
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Another quick question, if i were to get 8's for all my exam essays, and be in the top 10 of my cohort of 200+ people,
would a 40 be relatively safe?
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Re: How hard to get 35+ and how to study for it?
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2010, 01:52:26 pm »
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Quote from: Kotza on October 23, 2010, 01:15:25 pm
Another quick question, if i were to get 8's for all my exam essays, and be in the top 10 of my cohort of 200+ people,
would a 40 be relatively safe?

Nah man, shit school would bring it down by about 5-10 SS :)
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Re: How hard to get 35+ and how to study for it?
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2010, 01:54:14 pm »
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Quote from: 99.95_for_sure on October 23, 2010, 01:52:26 pm
Quote from: Kotza on October 23, 2010, 01:15:25 pm
Another quick question, if i were to get 8's for all my exam essays, and be in the top 10 of my cohort of 200+ people,
would a 40 be relatively safe?

Nah man, shit school would bring it down by about 5-10 SS :)
confidence level = -5
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Re: How hard to get 35+ and how to study for it?
« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2010, 01:55:15 pm »
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Quote from: 99.95_for_sure on October 23, 2010, 01:52:26 pm
Quote from: Kotza on October 23, 2010, 01:15:25 pm
Another quick question, if i were to get 8's for all my exam essays, and be in the top 10 of my cohort of 200+ people,
would a 40 be relatively safe?

Nah man, shit school would bring it down by about 5-10 SS :)

No way!

Only about 2 or 3.... VCAA has designed the system so that everyone has a fair go.
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Re: How hard to get 35+ and how to study for it?
« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2010, 01:56:08 pm »
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confidence level = -2

lol nah.... i just cbf doing anything todayyyyyyy ahhhhhhhhhh piss off context
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Re: How hard to get 35+ and how to study for it?
« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2010, 01:59:10 pm »
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A severe case of logical recursion there in that statement...

ONLY 2 or 3? FAIR?
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Re: How hard to get 35+ and how to study for it?
« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2010, 02:00:24 pm »
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Quote from: 99.95_for_sure on October 23, 2010, 01:59:10 pm
A severe case of logical recursion there in that statement...

ONLY 2 or 3? FAIR?

Hahaha... I just think 5 - 10 sounds a bit crazy.

I go to a relatively crap school and the highest score for English was still a 48.
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Re: How hard to get 35+ and how to study for it?
« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2010, 02:07:27 pm »
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*copy and paste previous post*

Once again... 'relatively crap' and 'still a 48' cannot be in the same sentence.

My school last year's highest was a 43 english, with ~6 kids over 40. No one got over 40 in spesh, methods or chem either.
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Re: How hard to get 35+ and how to study for it?
« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2010, 02:12:24 pm »
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Ah.. yes, they CAN be in the same sentence.

The highest for English was a 48.

The dux got a 99.80 with perfect 50s in Further Maths, Accounting and Psychology.

And I'm not kidding...
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