Honestly how hard is it to get a 45+?

[werdna]

Just wondering what your honest opinion is - how hard is it to get a 45+ study score?

If I don't get at least a 45 in Eng, Legal and Revs, I'm kind of doomed and will have no chances of a 98.. so what is the real level of difficulty in getting that kind of score?

Latin will be the godsend though, hoping for a 30 in it which will go to 47/48 (even though that in itself will be hard due to the competitiveness), anything higher than 30 for it would be awesome. 

So honest opinion, tell it like it is, how hard is it to get a 45+? Or even a 40+?

[andy456]

This is extremely subjective and answers are going to vary.
I found it easy to get my legal score but on the other hand I felt that I worked hard for my English score. It really depends on your interest in the subject. There will be people that found getting 40+ in methods easy while I struggled to get my score in it.

[Water]

Though not a useful post, I share your sentiments. Lacking scale up subjects like Spesh etc, and not doing year 12 school subjects last year that played with strengths .. getting a High ENTER is possibly much more difficult >;.

[xZero]

Its not hard if you like the subject a lot and as long as you do enough practice exams

[jane1234]

Depends what you're good at.
Some people will work really hard all year and not even scrape a 40. Others will study a little bit, but understand the concepts extremely well and get a 50.
Of course, it does come down to having luck on exam day. So it's pretty much impossible to say how "easy" a 45+ is, when there are so many factors to consider.

[Zien]

Well a 45+ means that you're in the top 3% of the state doing that subject which is a very impressive feat by all means. You've got to have a working ethic that personally works for you sorted out regardless of whether you like what you're working on or not. Also, consistency is the key throughout the year through the workload and through the SACs. You also need an endless strive to perfectly nail answers in your practice exams; never be 100% satisfied with what you're offering and always seek to improve it.

It might sound ridiculously anal and may seem to just reduce the fun in learning a subject, but that's the way most people go in achieving 45+ imo (although I don't personally see how constantly working on a subject you like would reduce the fun in learning that subject). Whether or not you're the type of person who has the ability to get 45+ or not isn't something you can control. All you can do is to, to put it in cliche terms, try your best.

Tl;dr: Self discipline, a perfect balance between fun, socialising and hard work, and a bit of luck throughout the year and for the exam.

[Menang]

Consistent work and practice through the year definitely worked for me. I did an embarrassingly tiny amount of work during SWOTVAC but it was alright because I worked during the year.

I really only used SWOTVAC for memorising details like dates and quotes (but only the more obscure ones that I probably didn't even use anyway - the crucial ones were committed to memory long before SWOTVAC) and to perfect my timing.

Make sure you're able to look at a question and by reflex write a 9-10mark response straightaway.

[andy456]

Thanks for all your replies everyone! Really appreciate your help/advice. I'll definitely be cutting it fine this year.. it's at the very least, two 45+, one 40+ and one 30 (for Latin) or I'm screwed hahah

Just remember getting lower than 98 is by no means the end of the world. If you want to do commerce/law you'll find a way.

[Jdog]

its all about consistent work, and making sure you understand things thoroughly. With subjects like revs, legal and bm i hear that its all memorizing so i guess its proportional to how much work you put in. english wise, i guess its just maintaining a good understanding of texts and not dropping off your study, because its really easy to just not study in english!
im year 12 as well though so this is just from my experience last year.

[Inside Out]

depends if yal got the brains ya knowwww?

[taiga]

Its not overly difficult, but often you can have the difference between a low-mid 40 score and a high 40 score on the day of the exam.

[HERculina]

40+ is hard work,
45+ could be luck?

[Zafaraaaa]

Do you have to be rank1 for sacs (coupled with a high exam score) in a particular subject in order to get 45+?? or do those at rank2 or rank3 still have a chance of pulling off a 45+??

[xZero]

just remember, talent gets you to 40, hard work gets you to 45 and after that its all luck

[vea]

just remember, talent gets you to 40, hard work gets you to 45 and after that its all luck

I agree with this. If I put as much work as I do in spesh this year for methods last year, I don't know how I couldn't have gotten 45+...