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Re: Exam 2 out of 82 marks. VCAA obviously screwed up with Exam 1
« Reply #15 on: October 26, 2010, 03:02:08 pm »
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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.

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Re: Exam 2 out of 82 marks. VCAA obviously screwed up with Exam 1
« Reply #16 on: October 26, 2010, 03:10:56 pm »
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Quote from: Mao on October 26, 2010, 01:23:46 pm
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.

im liking this

Dumb mistakes are the biggest killer...
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Re: Exam 2 out of 82 marks. VCAA obviously screwed up with Exam 1
« Reply #17 on: October 26, 2010, 03:32:59 pm »
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Quote from: stonecold on October 26, 2010, 01:13:32 pm
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...

Is that actually true? It seems kind of high. But then again, I know five kids from my school alone who full marked it so...
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Re: Exam 2 out of 82 marks. VCAA obviously screwed up with Exam 1
« Reply #18 on: October 26, 2010, 03:35:44 pm »
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Quote from: stonecold on October 26, 2010, 01:13:32 pm
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...

Is that actually true? It seems kind of high. But then again, I know five kids from my school alone who full marked it so...

Nah, I made it up, but I certainly think there will be a few.  I possibly went overboard. :P
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Re: Exam 2 out of 82 marks. VCAA obviously screwed up with Exam 1
« Reply #19 on: October 26, 2010, 03:35:53 pm »
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Quote from: stonecold on October 26, 2010, 01:13:32 pm
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...

Is that actually true? It seems kind of high. But then again, I know five kids from my school alone who full marked it so...

this guy full marked it btw everyone, hes doing tutoring for 25$ an hour next year, aced all 3 of his mid years get on it!
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Re: Exam 2 out of 82 marks. VCAA obviously screwed up with Exam 1
« Reply #20 on: October 26, 2010, 03:51:09 pm »
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Quote from: toshibaj on October 26, 2010, 03:32:59 pm
Quote from: stonecold on October 26, 2010, 01:13:32 pm
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...

Is that actually true? It seems kind of high. But then again, I know five kids from my school alone who full marked it so...

this guy full marked it btw everyone, hes doing tutoring for 25$ an hour next year, aced all 3 of his mid years get on it!

lol you exaggerate. i love the random shit you say on vcenotes "taiga".
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Re: Exam 2 out of 82 marks. VCAA obviously screwed up with Exam 1
« Reply #21 on: October 26, 2010, 05:32:05 pm »
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A cutoff will be lowered???
if so
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Re: Exam 2 out of 82 marks. VCAA obviously screwed up with Exam 1
« Reply #22 on: October 26, 2010, 06:20:17 pm »
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82... such an awkward number.
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Re: Exam 2 out of 82 marks. VCAA obviously screwed up with Exam 1
« Reply #23 on: October 26, 2010, 06:30:24 pm »
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Quote from: masonnnn on October 26, 2010, 06:20:17 pm
82... such an awkward number.

LOL i actually had exactly the same though which was followed up with: why couldn't they jsut make it 81? it's a much nicer number (square/quartic)
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Re: Exam 2 out of 82 marks. VCAA obviously screwed up with Exam 1
« Reply #24 on: November 01, 2010, 05:26:31 pm »
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Quote from: yuuhei on October 26, 2010, 09:54:13 am
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.

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Re: Exam 2 out of 82 marks. VCAA obviously screwed up with Exam 1
« Reply #25 on: November 02, 2010, 01:56:28 am »
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Quote from: yuuhei on October 26, 2010, 09:54:13 am
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.

sammee! high five co-losers in mid year chem!
but seriously i wanted to cry when i saw c+.

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Re: Exam 2 out of 82 marks. VCAA obviously screwed up with Exam 1
« Reply #26 on: November 02, 2010, 08:58:23 am »
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Quote from: stonecold on October 26, 2010, 03:35:44 pm
Quote from: toshibaj on October 26, 2010, 03:32:59 pm
Quote from: stonecold on October 26, 2010, 01:13:32 pm
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...

Is that actually true? It seems kind of high. But then again, I know five kids from my school alone who full marked it so...

Nah, I made it up, but I certainly think there will be a few.  I possibly went overboard. :P

I highly, highly doubt that 100 people got full marks. There were only 107 last year for the physics midyear, and the cutoff was massive (95.5%). If there were a similar number of 100%'s, then you'd expect a similar cutoff, percentage-wise. Thus, as the cutoff was below 90%, it is fair to assume that there were significantly less people who aced it.

As the cutoff has more than doubled (10% rather than 4.5%), I'd say that the number of full markers would reduce by a factor of four, so ~26-27 - though obviously the number is not directly dependent on the cutoff.
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Re: Exam 2 out of 82 marks. VCAA obviously screwed up with Exam 1
« Reply #27 on: November 02, 2010, 10:45:06 am »
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Quote from: Xavier1234 on November 02, 2010, 01:56:28 am
Quote from: ladyy on November 01, 2010, 05:26:31 pm
Quote from: yuuhei on October 26, 2010, 09:54:13 am

sammee! high five co-losers in mid year chem!
but seriously i wanted to cry when i saw c+.


haha hi5 buddy -___- same here, i went through a grieving period for my mark haha.
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