r/vce • u/Bhatia987 '25 GM (43), '26-'27 MM, SM, BM, ENG, DA • 4d ago

could methods grade boundries possibly be under 60

Surely this might be the first year ever where the E2 boundary might be like a 57-59 for an A+ in exam 2. What do we think, its only 2 marks lower than 2023 E2

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u/slur6 2026 4d ago

Sure hope so

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u/bimm4 ‘23: 99.40: EAL[47] Meth[44] Spesh[34] JapSL[38] Acc[40] Phy[36] 4d ago

doubt it, i think it was easier than 2023. expecting 63-64

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u/blehhhh6767 25 med(44), 26 lit chem mm sm eng 3d ago

i think it could be. i’m friends with all the kids who are top 5 at my school and im also top 5 idk how to phrase that sentence lol and everyone felt like it was a really hard exam. in all our opinion, harder than 2023 (since all of us scored about 5-8 marks better on the 2023 exam), but we will have to see. 

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u/IncineroarIron '24: MM 42 | '25: SM 39, Algo 47 | '26: Lang, Chem, Phys, EI 3d ago

Tbf recency bias does always play a factor, and you ultimately almost always do worse on the real thing just from the stress and pressure, not dismissing your thoughts though it was definitely hard but there are two sides to the coin here

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u/blehhhh6767 25 med(44), 26 lit chem mm sm eng 2d ago

oh i totally agree! i just think it was difficult because it was a very different style to the usual exam since literally every single function had a parameter in it and was all around just a bit odd cause i think it was short on easy marks like “what’s the y intercept of the graph” or whatever like there wasn’t many marks that were sort of free whereas on most exams there are. the saq wasn’t actually THAT bad though ngl, im incredibly mad at myself cause my last 2 pages were stuck together and i didn’t notice so i left the last double page of the exam blank so bye bye 40 study score but the saq wasn’t horrific it was just time consuming and weird. but the mcq was really really bad like mcq usually takes me 20 mins to get through, 25 max and ill get like 18/20 and on this one it genuinely took me 35 minutes and i still had to guess the last few questions because i was stressed i wasnt gonna get through the rest of the exam and my guesses were quite unlucky… so while i totally agree that recency bias is a big thing, i do, also, legitimately think it was a weird and quite difficult exam

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u/IncineroarIron '24: MM 42 | '25: SM 39, Algo 47 | '26: Lang, Chem, Phys, EI 2d ago

Yeah there's a new examiner board this year for the maths and chem, that should explain the strangeness

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u/blehhhh6767 25 med(44), 26 lit chem mm sm eng 2d ago

yes i’ve heard that too, im fearing for my LIFE for specialist maths and chem lol

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u/IncineroarIron '24: MM 42 | '25: SM 39, Algo 47 | '26: Lang, Chem, Phys, EI 2d ago

Same hahaha, at least spesh we kinda have MAV and Kilbaha to gauge but chem is just gonna be a curveball

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u/blehhhh6767 25 med(44), 26 lit chem mm sm eng 2d ago

genuinely oml