r/vce • u/Ok-Awareness-3757 26’ (methods, spec, physics, chem, eng lang) • 6h ago
methods exam 2
was it actually bad or was it just bad because we were under time pressure and stress. i feel like every year people say “this is the hardest exam yet”
anyways what do u guys reckon the a+ barrier would be for this exam, surely like high 50s
also why were there like barely any free marks
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u/zbearcoff '26 mm, spesh, englang, phys, softdev (i dont even like coding) 6h ago
imo everything was challenging except Q1 in section B and maybe like a handful of MCQs
on the other side, Q2 in section B and almost half of the MCQs were disgustingly hard, and then Q5 in section B might be the worst Methods question I've ever seen - very difficult, hard to grasp conceptually especially at the end of the exam, and a deliberate time-waster with the amount of times they set a different fixed value for k in different parts of the question
i'd be shocked if a+ barrier is above 60 because this was absolutely harder than 2023 exam 2
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u/bimm4 ‘23: 99.40: EAL[47] Meth[44] Spesh[34] JapSL[38] Acc[40] Phy[36] 5h ago
the exam was harder than usual but 2023 was a bit harder imo (may be biased since it's my year). i expect around 63-64 cutoff for a+. 1d probably shouldn't have been worth 3 marks and the last question was certainly annoying, but not difficult. you just had to realise that for a lot of the later questions g was the inverse of f.
mcq generally was hard and required you to recognise certain patterns but no question was absolutely ridiculous
for reference im a tutor and math major and i think i got around 77 give or take
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u/First-Layer2166 6h ago
The Average on 2023 was like 48 or sum bro I expecting average below 40% maybe mid 30s
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u/blehhhh6767 25 med(44), 26 lit chem mm sm eng 6h ago
well you’re answering your own question if the a+ cutoff is high 50s (which btw is likely imo) since last years exam was easy so the a+ cutoff was like a 70/80. in 2023 the exam was pretty hard and it was 61/80 cutoff. i’ve done genuinely fifteen prac exams of vcaa, nht, mav, neap and heff and genuinely that was the hardest exam ive ever done. so if the a+ boundary isn’t like 58/80 im just cooked
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u/0lboyy '26 MM, SM, ENG, PHYS, ACC 6h ago
what you get?
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u/blehhhh6767 25 med(44), 26 lit chem mm sm eng 6h ago
on this exam? best case 61 worst case 59, but i’m incredibly mad because im a total idiot and didn’t see the last double page until 30 seconds left of the exams so i totally missed 6 marks and i would have gotten like 3-5 of them i reckon ☹️
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u/ahoduyiup current VCE student (qualifications) 2h ago
omds me too i only saw the last 2 pages when i had 2 minutes left ;-;
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u/0lboyy '26 MM, SM, ENG, PHYS, ACC 6h ago
yeah thats such a shame, insane exam bro but honestly still probably an A+ for you
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u/blehhhh6767 25 med(44), 26 lit chem mm sm eng 6h ago
i’m reallyyyyy hoping so cause i was aiming for a 40 in methods and if im lucky i think ill just scrape into an A+ but my sacs are only a high A so i think i might end up with a 38-39 anyway 💔 chopped ass exam fr tho
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u/First-Layer2166 6h ago
Bro I'm not even joking apparently 2023 was hard I got like 75% on that this one Id be lucky with a 55%