Pen only on end of year?

[tcg93]

Does anyone officially know that you can't use pencil? Especially if we're asked to do graphs/energy profiles in case we make a mistake

Mid year said "write in blue or black pen or pencil"

End of year cover says "write in blue or black pen"

Edit: I used pen in mid year but am worried because the instruction message has changed

[masonnnn]

yeah our teachers contacted them about this...
it's because they're doing the scanning it page by page thing for chem so it's NO pencil.
our teachers said how graphs and calculations require pencil...they then sent a letter back saying they tested all types of pencils and they're just not good for the scanning.
graphs and all it's fair enough but unless you write really sharply and dark (not light or the pencil won't scan at all)
then we're meant to just use pen.

[2317]

This came up before mid-year as well. In some places over the VCAA website it said pen but others it said pen or pencil. Idk. they used this scanning thingo mid-year for chem and physics and i wrote in pencil....i didnt get 0 so should be ok to use pencil.

[stonecold]

Definitely pencil in maths and chem...  I don't care what they say

[lil_stace]

I say draw the graph in pencil, and if your sure what you have done is right go over it in pen.

[azn_dj]

If I can scan my hw with pencil markings, im sure Vcaa can too, just use of the following leads:
2B (minimum), 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B

[2317]

Inside the instruction front cover it says 'Write using black or blue pen.'....'Write' -> does this mean worded answers. whereas when ur working out stuff u use pencil? maybe final answer in Pen? Its ridiculous what if u get it wrong and realise?. check assesors report for mid-year. pretty sure everyone would of wrote in pencil. ...yeah assessors report says nothing of it.

[Greggler]

yeah i used pencil on mid year. they scanned those. and mine still got marked.

if you're really paranoid, just do written answers in pen, thats what i did for physics midyear because there was quite a bit of theory in that. and maybe if uyou have time at the end write calculation answers in pen

[will74]

buy some erasable pens. They are cheap from newsagents. I used them on the mid year and they worked out fine Then you can rub out the graphs as you please

[Souljette_93]

I say draw the graph in pencil, and if your sure what you have done is right go over it in pen.

That's a good idea. I say do this to be safe.

[jasoN-]

# Chemistry (PDF - 398KB)
# Chemistry: Sample Paper (Online Marking) (PDF - 375KB)
Note:
Students should not write outside the border indicated on each page
Students should only write in blue or black pen

http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/exams/examcovers/2010examindex.html#H3N1010F

SECTION B – Short answer questions
Instructions for Section B
Answer all questions in the spaces provided. Write using black or blue pen.
To obtain full marks for your responses you should
• give simplified answers with an appropriate number of signifi cant figures to all numerical questions; unsimplifi ed
answers will not be given full marks.
• show all working in your answers to numerical questions. No marks will be given for an incorrect answer unless
it is accompanied by details of the working.
• make sure chemical equations are balanced and that the formulas for individual substances include an indication
of state; for example, H2(g); NaCl(s)

http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vcaa/vce/exams/examcovers/Oct_Nov_2010/2010chem2-cov.pdf

[tcg93]

# Chemistry (PDF - 398KB)
# Chemistry: Sample Paper (Online Marking) (PDF - 375KB)
Note:
Students should not write outside the border indicated on each page
Students should only write in blue or black pen

http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/exams/examcovers/2010examindex.html#H3N1010F

SECTION B – Short answer questions
Instructions for Section B
Answer all questions in the spaces provided. Write using black or blue pen.
To obtain full marks for your responses you should
• give simplified answers with an appropriate number of signifi cant figures to all numerical questions; unsimplifi ed
answers will not be given full marks.
• show all working in your answers to numerical questions. No marks will be given for an incorrect answer unless
it is accompanied by details of the working.
• make sure chemical equations are balanced and that the formulas for individual substances include an indication
of state; for example, H2(g); NaCl(s)

http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vcaa/vce/exams/examcovers/Oct_Nov_2010/2010chem2-cov.pdf

ughh...I'm still worried about stuffing up graphs/being paranoid whether i should trace over the pencil as my final answer

[InitialDRulz]

Yeah looks like its been modified.

http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vcaa/vce/studies/chemistry/exams/2010/2010chem1-w.pdf
States you can write in Blue or Black pen OR PENCIL

This upcoming novembers exam doesn't say pencil anymore.

I'm guessing its locked onto pens now, cause now they have the excuse to say 'you didn't read the instructions, we have the right to penalize you'. The pencil would still be allowed just for the multi choice.

[jean23]

no wonder why i got such a low score for exam 1? O.o when i thought i was gonna get B but got D.. wtf?
maybe because i use pencil oh shit didnt know~.

[m@tty]

Definitely pencil in maths and chem...  I don't care what they say

Just use pen ... I did and it worked out alright.