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Streaker

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Re: How do you get a 50 in English?
« Reply #15 on: December 21, 2010, 02:16:27 pm »
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Quote from: lexitu on December 21, 2010, 10:37:04 am
Quote from: Streaker on December 20, 2010, 11:59:21 pm
Are three 10/10 essays on the exam required for a 50? I got my statement of marks today and got 9,10,10 on the exam for a 46. I did average B in SACs during the year though, bloody teacher.

What were your GA1/2s?

I'm half interested to see what I received on the exam now...
At my school we don't receive our actual marks, just grades. I did, however, apply for my statement of study score last night so I'll let you know what I got for SACs.
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Re: How do you get a 50 in English?
« Reply #16 on: December 21, 2010, 02:18:43 pm »
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I mean what grade did VCAA give you?
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Re: How do you get a 50 in English?
« Reply #17 on: December 21, 2010, 02:21:36 pm »
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Quote from: lexitu on December 21, 2010, 02:18:43 pm
I mean what grade did VCAA give you?
A+ for all GA's. I don't think it's possible to receive 46 with anything less than an A+ in one of your GA's?
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Re: How do you get a 50 in English?
« Reply #18 on: December 21, 2010, 02:24:34 pm »
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Yeah true. It would've definitely been your SACs that brought you down.
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Re: How do you get a 50 in English?
« Reply #19 on: December 22, 2010, 11:36:14 am »
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Does anyone agree that luck plays a huge role, maybe more than 50% in an English exam if you've prepared enough to know important quotes and understand the text? For me, sometimes I can rock up to an exam and freeze up upon looking at the essay topics and other times, I can rock up and not stop writing, cause i'm either in the zone or I just know the topic and what to write. :D, maybe that's just me
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Re: How do you get a 50 in English?
« Reply #20 on: December 22, 2010, 11:53:02 am »
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Quote from: Streaker on December 20, 2010, 11:59:21 pm
Are three 10/10 essays on the exam required for a 50? I got my statement of marks today and got 9,10,10 on the exam for a 46. I did average B in SACs during the year though, bloody teacher.

9/10/10 is usually enough to get a 50 if your SACs are near perfect, so in this case your SAC ranking probably did drag you down quite a bit. 
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Re: How do you get a 50 in English?
« Reply #21 on: December 22, 2010, 02:43:27 pm »
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Quote from: EvangelionZeta on December 22, 2010, 11:53:02 am
Quote from: Streaker on December 20, 2010, 11:59:21 pm
Are three 10/10 essays on the exam required for a 50? I got my statement of marks today and got 9,10,10 on the exam for a 46. I did average B in SACs during the year though, bloody teacher.

9/10/10 is usually enough to get a 50 if your SACs are near perfect, so in this case your SAC ranking probably did drag you down quite a bit. 

a friend of mine got 19/19/19 (he got his statement of marks) and still got a 50, granted that he has sac marks that would've scaled to full tho
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Re: How do you get a 50 in English?
« Reply #22 on: December 22, 2010, 04:52:43 pm »
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Yeah, you'd need at least two 20s out of three for a 50. I got 18/20 for all three essays and got a 44. Although I was maybe 7th or 8th in SAC ranking at my school.
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Re: How do you get a 50 in English?
« Reply #23 on: December 22, 2010, 07:01:27 pm »
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Yeh - SAC markings have huge impact...you can have an all right exam but still do exceptionally well if your SAC marks are really good
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Re: How do you get a 50 in English?
« Reply #24 on: December 22, 2010, 07:03:50 pm »
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And the other way around.
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Re: How do you get a 50 in English?
« Reply #25 on: December 22, 2010, 07:06:15 pm »
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Yeah :) It is 50%/50% so you're rewarded for quality.
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Re: How do you get a 50 in English?
« Reply #26 on: December 23, 2010, 05:49:16 pm »
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Its all luck man... well like EZ said, 45-50 depends on the examiner you get, how good your day is and so on... Also depends on ranking, so hope none of you guys get ultra-biased English co-ordinators or teachers. I do ESL, and I got A+ A A+... 47...FML...
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Re: How do you get a 50 in English?
« Reply #27 on: December 23, 2010, 05:51:53 pm »
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Wow A+ A A+ yielded a 47?? Must have been very high A+s and high A.
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Re: How do you get a 50 in English?
« Reply #28 on: December 23, 2010, 05:59:19 pm »
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Well, I think I sodomized the exam :). Since I am holidaying overseas, I cannot get my statement of results just yet... But yeah, our co-ordinator is incredibly biased... Seriously... Don't get me going on her... And for GA2(unit 4), I am sure she gave me a B+ but the final grade was moderated into an A by VCAA because of my final exam. Well in our school, the rank 1 (from her class..duh), A+ A+ A+, got a 43... so yeah, I feel cheated. :)
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Re: How do you get a 50 in English?
« Reply #29 on: December 23, 2010, 06:01:40 pm »
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Damn. A slightly higher ranking/SAC mark may have gotten you a 50.
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