how many practice exams does it take to get 40+ in bio?

[Dr Curryface]

anybody know?

how much should I do?

[kushwoho44]

At least 100+ to even stand a chance of gettin 40+

EDIT: I was clearly joking...

[dooodyo]

Haha lol man  

Its not about how many practice exams you do that counts its about how well you know
the course. Instead, practice exams should be there to help you just jog your memory
and well really to help you with wording your answers.

And for an example I know a friend who did about only 17 practice exams for biology
and then ended up getting a 50

[pi]

well, for sem 1, I did around 3 (maybe even 2), and I ended up with 40+ (for the full hatred of bio).

HOWEVER, i would recommend around 15. I know some ppl who did 30+ (per unit) and ended up lower than me.

Overall, just do as many until you feel comfortable with your scores, and leave VCAA until the end. GOOD LUCK!


EDIT: forgot parenthesis, grammar fail

[Greatness]

1, 5, 10, 20, 30 what ever you fancy. Some people may only need to do 8 or 10 and they will be able to get high exam scores. Depends on the individual. What i advise you to do is read the assessment reports and learn how vcaa want you to answer questions this is what i didnt do last year.

[jbebbo]

I agree with swarley - I only did VCAA practice exams and really focused on the assessment reports. The biology marking scheme is really annoying; they make you use specific words in certain explanations, and explain things a certain way. I had access to CSE, STAV and TSFX papers, but I didn't use them, because I found that the questions they asked, while good questions, weren't really the same as the VCAA ones and therefore weren't quite as helpful.

[jbebbo]

could you post up the CSE ones possibly? Thanks a alot

they were hard copy only, and i gave them to some friends last year ... sorry!

[nacho]

At least 100+ to even stand a chance of gettin 40+

EDIT: I was clearly joking...

no... really?

Anyways, im not doing bio, but in general, know your theory very well before the prac exams, (or at least don't try to learn it through practice exams)
Then, when you do practice exams and mark them, make note of all your mistakes and make sure you never repeat them.
Don't just do exam after exam after exam, ending up doing like 30, but not making note of your mistakes
that = waste of time, likely exam score = <A+
Be efficient, be effective

[BoredSatan]

last year i did quite a lot of practise exams which worked for me cause pretty similar questions came up on the exams!

but the most important thing is not how many you do.. its about looking at how they mark the exams. how many marks they allocate to each point for each question.
after you do a few questions you will see that the questions are similar and you can pretty much just remember those.

oh and a good tip is to use dot points when answering the short answer. saves a lot of time and also shows how many points you have for each question. usually its 1 point per mark.

[pi]

EDIT: I was clearly joking...

My bad, some ppl on here are actually serious about the 100+ thing... (-1 removed)


Swarley's advice is gold.

[The Detective]

30+ OR MORE!

[totaled]

Generally I've noticed in many subjs, if you do 20+ you're likely to get 40+ (of course there are other cases) , however, the rest depends on how carefully you do them, whether you properly correct them and stuff, but to answer your question, you should aim for 20 or above if you're aiming for 40+

[BoredSatan]

oh and a good idea, if you can, is to get someone else to mark them for you. that way you will know if you are expressing yourself clearly or not.

[simpak]

As many as you have access to.

[HERculina]

wats CSE?

oh and a good idea, if you can, is to get someone else to mark them for you. that way you will know if you are expressing yourself clearly or not.

this IS a good idea. i shall try this actually.