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Re: Worth getting Checkpoints?
« Reply #15 on: April 17, 2011, 01:40:54 pm »
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I wouldn't get it. Just seems like half the money you are paying can be downloaded free from VCAA. Seems like a waste.
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Re: Worth getting Checkpoints?
« Reply #16 on: April 17, 2011, 01:44:43 pm »
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I was actually going to buy them this week sometime for legal, but after seeing this thread, I think I might pass.

Thanks guys :)
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Re: Worth getting Checkpoints?
« Reply #17 on: April 17, 2011, 02:41:05 pm »
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Checkpionts don't only have VCAA questions, they also have some of their own..plus I really liked the explanation at the end and the way it organises topics together. I used it for chem, meth and spesh and found it useful.
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Re: Worth getting Checkpoints?
« Reply #18 on: April 17, 2011, 02:44:55 pm »
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A+ notes FTW! :)
Checkpoints is a bit pricey in comparison, especially seeing as it's majorly composed of questions that are free anyway! The solutions, however may be helpful for some subjects I guess..
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Re: Worth getting Checkpoints?
« Reply #19 on: April 17, 2011, 03:26:39 pm »
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I'm inclined to agree with Zien, and if people are just sensible about how they use Checkpoints, there's no reason for it to ruin exam prep.

By sensible, I mean perhaps not touching questions from before like 2008. In physics, for example, the VCAA questions go back to like 1993 on occasion - are you honestly going to be doing exams from then? The Checkpoints for Chemistry and Physics, at the least, have a stack of either very old questions or completely new questions, both of which shouldn't affect doing practice exams.

Basically, there's still a *lot* to get out of Checkpoints even if you avoid the questions that might affect exam preparation - they're still well worth it, in my opinion.
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Re: Worth getting Checkpoints?
« Reply #20 on: April 17, 2011, 03:33:55 pm »
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Try getting an older version of checkpoints. Like ive got the 2008 checkpoints for chemistry and 2006 one for spesh, these have vcaa exam questions that date back to like 1997-2002s. And these are relevant to the new study designs ;)
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Re: Worth getting Checkpoints?
« Reply #21 on: April 17, 2011, 06:16:39 pm »
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Quote from: Aurelian on April 17, 2011, 03:26:39 pm
By sensible, I mean perhaps not touching questions from before like 2008. In physics, for example, the VCAA questions go back to like 1993 on occasion - are you honestly going to be doing exams from then? The Checkpoints for Chemistry and Physics, at the least, have a stack of either very old questions or completely new questions, both of which shouldn't affect doing practice exams.

If you're doing Chemistry, you would. ;)


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Re: Worth getting Checkpoints?
« Reply #22 on: April 18, 2011, 09:34:53 pm »
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They are useless if they are just ripped off exam questions.

Chem checkpoints contains original questions which cant hurt too much in my opinion..
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Re: Worth getting Checkpoints?
« Reply #23 on: April 18, 2011, 10:10:18 pm »
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I used it for chem last year and loved it. Took it every where (at school) and did questions whenever I could. Although for methods the writing style of the douche that wrote it annoyed me, especially his little 'jokes' in the answers so I wasted money on that.

Overall though they do have extra questions so its good for practice.
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Re: Worth getting Checkpoints?
« Reply #24 on: April 18, 2011, 10:36:50 pm »
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Checkpoints of Chem is da best.

Slacked the first half of the year, did the whole checkpoint unit 3 2 days before the exams, winged an A+ .

I don't recommend it for maths/accounting though (other subj's that i did)
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Re: Worth getting Checkpoints?
« Reply #25 on: April 20, 2011, 06:53:14 pm »
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today i went to the seniors resource centre where it sells about all the VCE checkpoints and all that kinda stuff that help you and the guy who is in there who i guess sells them is a teacher and he was explaining about all the +tives/-tives of most of these books and seriously looking in there, theres heaps to choose from :/ so he was telling us that the checkpoints are quite useless, the studyON flashcards are waste of money etc etc. what he mentioned was good was the A+ notes i think that what their called.
and yeah so based on what he said he got me convinced though so i just bought the A+ psych exam q's
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Re: Worth getting Checkpoints?
« Reply #26 on: April 20, 2011, 06:56:49 pm »
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Quote from: nemolala on April 20, 2011, 06:53:14 pm
today i went to the seniors resource centre where it sells about all the VCE checkpoints and all that kinda stuff that help you and the guy who is in there who i guess sells them is a teacher and he was explaining about all the +tives/-tives of most of these books and seriously looking in there, theres heaps to choose from :/ so he was telling us that the checkpoints are quite useless, the studyON flashcards are waste of money etc etc. what he mentioned was good was the A+ notes i think that what their called.
and yeah so based on what he said he got me convinced though so i just bought the A+ psych exam q's

Yeh, that guy knows his stuff. I followed his advice.
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