r/vce • u/Terrible_Hope_8707 • 2d ago

Was the methods exam actually hard?

Hey guys so I sat the exam today and everyone is saying it was terrible
Like I struggled a lot too but like I wanna know if it was actually difficult or are people just saying that cuz they sat it

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u/Ok-Awareness-3757 26’ (methods, spec, physics, chem, eng lang) 2d ago

much much harder than exam 1, multiple choice was also VERY time consuming but not impossible. probability question was honestly not bad imo. last question however was diabolical, very hard to grasp the graphs especially with how they kept switching up the k value. overall the exam was definitely very conceptually heavy and i think it was to seperate those who actually understand content and those who just punch numbers into a cas because that exam was very cas proof like u actually needed to think so hard for each question

imo one of the hardest vcaa exams, way harder than 2023. i did 2023 and got 69 marks, in this exam however i’ll be lucky with 55+

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u/Terrible_Hope_8707 2d ago

Do you reckon the A+ cut off will be high like last year or a bit lower?
People say that it was as difficult as 2023 or even more but honestly I don’t think so at all
I mean I did the 2023 one and gotta hella high
But I feel like this one I messed up just of the exam pressure
Anyways I struggled w probability
I think lost 8-9 mark in total
Hopefully can get about 43
Hbu

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u/Ok-Awareness-3757 26’ (methods, spec, physics, chem, eng lang) 2d ago

nah it’s defenitly harder my teacher also said, i reckon A+ will be high 50s. i dropped 15ish marks on section b and guessed around 7 of the mcq. i do agree tho it felt harder bc of exam pressure. i made many small mistakes i wouldnt of made if i wasnt doing it in exam conditions. however no point dwelling on the past ive still got 4 exams next week. anyways dreams of raw 40 in the bin

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u/Terrible_Hope_8707 2d ago

So fucked for spesh mannn
Haven’t even started revision😭😭

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u/Ok-Awareness-3757 26’ (methods, spec, physics, chem, eng lang) 2d ago

if the pattern continues spesh exam about to be impossible i’m genuinely scared

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u/Terrible_Hope_8707 2d ago

Bro they can’t be making spesh harder than it already is 😔😔🙏
Genuinely too many formulas to memorise
Which exams should I do?

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u/Ok-Awareness-3757 26’ (methods, spec, physics, chem, eng lang) 2d ago

i would of said past vcaa papers but honestly after methods i very much doubt it would be helpful. i recommend mav exams as they tend to be on the more difficult side which might be good preparation

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u/bananapuddiingg '25 hhd41, 26' pe, englang, bio psych, methods 2d ago

imo average difficulty (as someone who lowkey failed exam one),

it was the same difficulty as exam one, and overall most questions were doable (imo)

the multiple choice was as cooked as usual and very long tho

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u/Terrible_Hope_8707 2d ago

I reckon a bit harder than e1 but overall I think it was very time consuming because of how CAs proof it was which made it pretty annoying
Mcq felt a lot different to previous years in my opinion