Question..

[bridgethuss]

alrighty so for english i am aiming for 40+, ive been averaging a+'s throughout the year, but yesterday i got my final sac back and i got 44/50, and i cried. and that sounds so stupid, that i cried. i know an a is awesome, but im just THAT paranoid that i wont get a 40 for the subject. i'm just aiming for an a for the exam, but now im paranoid ill have a terrible day and stuff up. so basically im sorta going crazy, haha, but my question is, worst case scenario, i got b+/b for exam, could i still get a 40? this happened with my friend in lit last year, she averaged 94% then got a b+ on the exam and her study score was 40, but would it be different with english expression?

[Damo17]

B+/B on the exam will not get you a 40 unless your moderated SAC score is almost near perfect.
A B+/B on the exam with your SAC scores might get you a 32-38.

[ausyid]

You do realise that your actual SAC scores don't matter, just your ranking.

I was wondering....if I was to get B+ in the SACs, what do people think I need in the exam to get 40, and what do I need to get 45? I'm assuming it would have to be near perfect to get 45, but would a low-medium A+ get 40?

[Damo17]

I was wondering....if I was to get B+ in the SACs, what do people think I need in the exam to get 40, and what do I need to get 45? I'm assuming it would have to be near perfect to get 45, but would a low-medium A+ get 40?

Yes, you would need around a low-medium A+ to get 40.

[Survivor]

I'm on the same boat as you. I've been doing consistantly well until my last sac which I got 43/50 on (worse thing is that I saw it was 45 before it got cross marked...devastated.) So now i'm at 182/200. I'm not too worried though because I think i've still maintained by number 1 ranking (or no 2 at least) in the cohort, but i'm so scared that I won't even get 40. I don't think i'll forgive myself if I get below 45 though because it's the one subject I really care about. Good luck to you!

[RD]

Dang, I'm on 172/200 in SACs. Ranked not that great, 8th I'd say?!. Must... nail... exam.. for high 30s.

[costargh]

You do realise that your actual SAC scores don't matter, just your ranking.

Sorta false.

[Collin Li]

You do realise that your actual SAC scores don't matter, just your ranking.

Sorta false.

What do you mean? Given a constant ranking, actual SAC scores do not matter.

[costargh]

In terms of closeness in rankings then it does.

Ie. Mao is ranked no.1 in is it spesh?... but the next person behind him is getting C+'s or whatever.

[ReVeL]

Hmmm well a B or B+ in the exam is definately not going to get you 40+ regardless of your SAC score and ranking.

But remember even if you get 7/10 for each section, that was enough for an A on last years paper.

[Damo17]

Hmmm well a B or B+ in the exam is definately not going to get you 40+ regardless of your SAC score and ranking.

But remember even if you get 7/10 for each section, that was enough for an A on last years paper.

But it is not easy at all to get 7/10 for each, where if you go by last year, you would be in the top 16% of the state and an 8/10 for each would put you in the top 7%. And you can't forget the median of C+, you would need a 5/10, 5/10 and a 6/10.

[ReVeL]

But it is not easy at all to get 7/10 for each, where if you go by last year, you would be in the top 16% of the state and an 8/10 for each would put you in the top 7%. And you can't forget the median of C+, you would need a 5/10, 5/10 and a 6/10.

I don't consider myself good at English, but a 7 doesn't seem unachievable. My teacher, who marks the VCAA exams, has marked my practice exams and I've been scoring around 6-7 for each section. She said she's marking like she would for the final.

Also, I think for english theres a large amount of people who simply do not give a shit and have given up. Moreso than other subjects, because you must do it(assuming you don't pick englang/lit) and it isn't particularly interesting or easy(for most). Therefore, statistics are likely to appear slanted because of a larger percentage of people who don't care and score lower.

Could be wrong however.

[Damo17]

But it is not easy at all to get 7/10 for each, where if you go by last year, you would be in the top 16% of the state and an 8/10 for each would put you in the top 7%. And you can't forget the median of C+, you would need a 5/10, 5/10 and a 6/10.

I don't consider myself good at English, but a 7 doesn't seem unachievable. My teacher, who marks the VCAA exams, has marked my practice exams and I've been scoring around 6-7 for each section. She said she's marking like she would for the final.

Also, I think for english theres a large amount of people who simply do not give a shit and have given up. Moreso than other subjects, because you must do it(assuming you don't pick englang/lit) and it isn't particularly interesting or easy(for most). Therefore, statistics are likely to appear slanted because of a larger percentage of people who don't care and score lower.

Could be wrong however.

You are right, a 7 isn't all that hard if you try, however you need to study the texts alot to make sure you will be able to preform to a 7/10 standard or better in the exam.

I see many people in my class who just don't care at all, mainly because they don't want a high ENTER at all like some of us do. It is annoying when I'm in class trying to write an essay and everyone is talking, and not softly. I usually ask to go to the library but sometimes it is a total waste of time.

[costargh]

Damo why are you repeating english for in 2009. u havent even got ur results back. u mite blitze it and not require the repeat.

what are ugettin for ur essays atm?

[Damo17]

Damo why are you repeating english for in 2009. u havent even got ur results back. u mite blitze it and not require the repeat.

what are ugettin for ur essays atm?

I'm going to repeat it because I haven't really tried this year, only for a bit of unit 4.
For unit 3 I ended up with 68/100- I never really tried
For unit 4 -83/100
I got 42/50 for my look both ways SAC (could have been 45+ if i tried harder), 2  9/10's for my context-conflict essays, and a 23/30 for my conflict catalogue/scrapbook- My teacher told me at the start of the year it was out of 10 so I never really tried.

If in the case where I get say an A+ for the exam, or anything that would get me a 37+, I might consider not doing it next year, however at this point I will be taking it next year. But of course I don't know how well I will go on the exam.

I am trying to create a generic Intro to my context essay and make it really stand out to try and maximise my score. I had a little trouble with language analysis, but recently, when studying for exam in class, my teacher went through it with me and I feel confident that I can get 6+/10 for it.

The course I want to do is a Bachelor of Science at Monash that requires a 75 ENTER, which I would definitely be happy to get into, however I would like to see whether I can get a 95.5 to get into the Advanced with Honors course. It doesn't matter if I don't get a 95.5 and don't get into that course, I am just aiming for something that I think if I work hard I can achieve. There is no point in aiming for a 75 when I know I can easily get much much higher.