Exam 2 out of 82 marks. VCAA obviously screwed up with Exam 1

[stonecold]

Thoughts?

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vcaa/vce/exams/examcovers/Oct_Nov_2010/2010chem2-cov.pdf&embedded=true&chrome=true

The exam 1 must have been so easy that they need more separation, so exam 2 is now worth more marks to get this. 

Unless Exam 2 is ridiculously hard or something, you will probably need nearly full marks on both exams for 50.

[taiga]

yeah, but your logic sucks

if there are more marks => more distribution => more chance of getting 50

[stonecold]

yeah, but your logic sucks

if there are more marks => more distribution => more chance of getting 50

yeah, thats what I initially thought, but then I thought this.

too many people with full marks on exam 1.  they need more separation.

how do you get more separation?

with more marks.  the higher the number of marks, the greater the chance of people losing marks.

[yuuhei]

wow.. ain't it usally like 75ish marks?
Well.. I gave up on chem. Got C+ on exam 1 (leave me alone  ) and not going to bother for maybe an extra .4 or so as I know that it won't be in my top 4.

[matt123]

WTF ITS OUT OF 82?

i swear every exam ever has been out of 75.

Honestly .. thats really good.

it means that the A+ will be approx 89% like usual.
and you can drop more marks ... and still get an A+

I like.

[tram]

WTF ITS OUT OF 82?

i swear every exam ever has been out of 75.

Honestly .. thats really good.

it means that the A+ will be approx 89% like usual.
and you can drop more marks ... and still get an A+

I like.

seconded, it means careless mistakes are less bad

[Greggler]

hooray - gay tricks in MC wont hurt us that much

[matt123]

WTF ITS OUT OF 82?

i swear every exam ever has been out of 75.

Honestly .. thats really good.

it means that the A+ will be approx 89% like usual.
and you can drop more marks ... and still get an A+

I like.

seconded, it means careless mistakes are less bad

Yeah exactly.

Only problem is
since there are 9 short answer questions.
they will probably test us on EVERY single thing lulz.

my pick would be

2 electrolysis
1 environment shit ( turbine electricity etc etc )
1 Find the Ka + ph question
2 EQM questons
1 galvanic question
1 Find the amount of amps/time/electrons question
1 find the energy question

[InitialDRulz]

Well the thing is, people say that 'based on the mid year exams, they upped the marks for competition' and so forth. You do realise that they wrote this exam LAST YEAR right?

Doesn't mean anything, i mean physics last year for both exams were apparently a 'breeze', so anything goes on this one as well.

[2317]

WTF ITS OUT OF 82?

i swear every exam ever has been out of 75.

Honestly .. thats really good.

it means that the A+ will be approx 89% like usual.
and you can drop more marks ... and still get an A+

I like.

seconded, it means careless mistakes are less bad

Yeah exactly.

Only problem is
since there are 9 short answer questions.
they will probably test us on EVERY single thing lulz.

my pick would be

2 electrolysis
1 environment shit ( turbine electricity etc etc )
1 Find the Ka + ph question
2 EQM questons
1 galvanic question
1 Find the amount of amps/time/electrons question
1 find the energy question

There are 8 not 9 short answer questions

Are all exams written last year? 

[matt123]

WTF ITS OUT OF 82?

i swear every exam ever has been out of 75.

Honestly .. thats really good.

it means that the A+ will be approx 89% like usual.
and you can drop more marks ... and still get an A+

I like.

seconded, it means careless mistakes are less bad

Yeah exactly.

Only problem is
since there are 9 short answer questions.
they will probably test us on EVERY single thing lulz.

my pick would be

2 electrolysis
1 environment shit ( turbine electricity etc etc )
1 Find the Ka + ph question
2 EQM questons
1 galvanic question
1 Find the amount of amps/time/electrons question
1 find the energy question

There are 8 not 9 short answer questions

Are all exams written last year? 

Sorry.
well in that case.
only 1 electrolysis question.

Hmmm ... I thought the end of year was written in march? but im probably wrong.

[Greggler]

just hope its like chem mid year last year. long, but quite accesible for those that actually study

unlike the mid year which did not reward efforts and preparation but your exam taking mindset on the day

[stonecold]

Well the thing is, people say that 'based on the mid year exams, they upped the marks for competition' and so forth. You do realise that they wrote this exam LAST YEAR right?

Doesn't mean anything, i mean physics last year for both exams were apparently a 'breeze', so anything goes on this one as well.

If it was that bad, they can change it if they have to.  Why else would they change the mark allocation.  I reckon no shit, over like 100 people got full marks on the mid year...

[yuuhei]

just hope its like chem mid year last year. long, but quite accesible for those that actually study

unlike the mid year which did not reward efforts and preparation but your exam taking mindset on the day

+1 !!!
haha.. I wasn't so lucky in mid years... 

[Mao]

Guys, do realise this. VCE Chem has moved towards being slightly easier conceptually, and much longer. They ask a fair few obvious questions here and there that just gives marks away, at the expense of reading thirty novels worth of stimulus material. Calculations are no longer the primary focus. This is to attract biochemists into universities because.. well, we need more biochemists.

These days the focus is on timing and finishing the exam. The real separation is going to be between the fast ones from the slower ones.