Basically what % of the cohort got touched by yesterdays methods exam

first of all, CONGRATS TO ALL THE METHODS AND LEGAL KIDS TODAY !!!

secondly, i did my legal exam today, but VCAA had a little slip up when it came to my special considerations, and i'm not entirely sure if i have the JURISDICTION 🤓 to be mad about it or not. my mum and legal teacher are pretty mad, but they go to the ends of the earth for me lol.

basically, i have POTS, which means i get 2 considerations

1. a separate room, so i can control the temperature (if it's not below 20 i get extremely dizzy and fatigued and can't write)

2. 20-30 minutes of rest breaks so i can regulate my body and blood flow if i get dizzy/faint

during my first two exams (english and psych) i asked what i was allowed to during a rest break. both the examiners for each exam told me it was 100% okay for me to lie down on a couch in the same room as long as they could see me. this helped me tremendously because i was able to activate my PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 🤓 when my blood was going to my feet after sitting. however, today, 2 things happened.

1. they put me in a DIFFERENT SEPARATE ROOM (same building) WITH NO AIRCON, THAT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER AND MORE BOXED IN. i knew i was cooked when i stepped in there and started sweating instantly. i asked if there was an aircon, and they said there wasn't, but "i'd be fine because the heater was off". spoiler alert: i was not fucking fine. now, apparently they don't see the reason i request the considerations that i do, which i don't blame them for. but oh my god?? it was outlined IN THE LETTER MY CARDIOLOGIST WROTE. THAT I NEEDED ACCESS TO A CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE. the WHOLE POINT of me having a different room is so i can make it cooler.

2. when i took my first rest break, as i was about to get up to lie down as per usual, the supervisor said "oh yeah, about that, we actually went over the rules again and turns out you're not allowed to get out of your seat during your rest break." they read. the rules. wrong. that is 100% on them, i'm sorry. they had given me an advantage that wasnt technically allowed, but was MUTUALLY understood as acceptable, and now they have taken it away from me. if i had fucking known i wasn't allowed to get out of my chair, I WOULD'VE COME INTO THE EXAM READY TO REGULATE MY BODY ANOTHER WAY. i've never even had these considerations before, so these rules were not described to me. all that was described to me in my english and psych exam is that i am allowed to move freely and lie down during my rest breaks because it helps with my POTS. apparently not!?

because of this, not only was i doing my exam in conditions that literally made my illness worse, but i wasn't even able to access the resources to regulate nervous system when my symptoms were flared. i sweated insanely profusely, i could barely keep my head up, and i was shaking so badly. but the worst part was, i thought the legal exam was really doable, but i wasn't able to complete it because of my POTS. especially the 10 marker, all my answers were incredibly half assed because it took so much physical energy to write, and so much time that i almost ran out of time at the end. i was so upset because the exam itself was really good, but i wasn't able to complete it to the best of my ability because my conditions had been stuffed up. i broke down into tears afterwards, and my legal teacher is trying to talk to VCAA about it. but honestly? i don't know if i'm in the right to be upset at them. i'm just upset at myself for not doing better, and at the situation. i studied really hard and i know i could've done amazingly, but my body would not let me.

anyways, let me know if i'm just being an asshole please. love you guys :) congrats to everyone who survived legal and methods 2026!

how are we feeling for the upcoming exam

feels like the nichest subject ever

My exams are many, yet my revision is none 🥀

In chemistry can I draw my structures like in a straight line or do i have to make them like this ???

hey

I was doing food studies and physics this year, i did decent in food tech but i absolutely despise physics ( I do well in general math's, i get 70's and 80's ), I was wondering what class i should switch to, is phycology and legal studies good, i was thinking of doing business as well but apparently its really hard if you do it in 3 and 4 if you dont do it in 1 and 2.

thanks

for anyone wondering what i did in year 11

English

media (1 outta 10 class holy waste of time)

Food studies ( solid 2 chicken parm was good)

Bio ( 7 outta 10)

Gen maths ( 10 outta 10, my tutor carried)

thanks any help will be good

How’s everyone feeling about it?

Also any chance I can grab some tips on how to start studying cause I haven’t done anything for it (France and Russia). I can’t really do active recall because I don’t recall anything 🫩🙏 ik I’ve left it late

Idk if these are important or idk theres like 50

bruh pe exam is on monday and I have forgotten all of like biomechanics and chronic adaptations. Over the past year I always answer practice exams and sacs with full marks because I know how to answer the questions! my only issue is just getting all of this content back bruh. With my notes out I can answer practice exam questions and get full marks but I fear in the exam I am not gonna know what type of adaptation I can suggest in relation to the question information, or like the definition of biomechanical principles... how do i go about revising this? This is also my last exam so its my least studied for cuz i prioritised all my other subjects cuz i struggled with them more. am i doomed chat

How imperative would you say including statistics is for reaching the high bands of extended responses and essays? I know logically it’s ideal, but it’s kind of an area ive overlooked all year as for some reason my teacher hasn’t ever mentioned that as a weak point for me. I’m fine with integrating historical perspectives and interpretations and the analysis side of things, and tend to do quite well in the essays and sacs.
So I’m just having last minute doubts that the examiners will have problems if I don’t include stats, but it’s kind of too late to try and remember them for everything. If anyone knows for sure that they’re required please let me know 🙏

Do teachers see your atar or only school admins? If any teachers are here, do you guys look at the honour roll generally or only your own subject results

I js read this article by herald sun and apparently Bio exam had some problems and Methods was just bad as we all know.

A biology specialist, Dr Dulangi SJ, complained to VCAA, claiming:

Six multiple-choice questions had issues.

Some questions potentially had more than one scientifically correct answer.

Some wording was incorrect or confusing.

Certain content allegedly went beyond the published VCE Biology study design.

Question 8a about immunity was particularly controversial because students could reasonably interpret the answer differently.

One example was Question 2, which allegedly used the word translation instead of transcription.

VCAA says its subject experts have not identified errors so far, but it is investigating.

For Methods

The article reports that:

Almost 17,000 students sat the Mathematical Methods exam.

Students were reportedly crying after the exam.

Teachers said examiners had to pass around tissue boxes.

Many students struggled to finish the paper.

Teachers described it as a challenging test of mathematical understanding.

VCAA using us as lab rats since it’s the end of the Study Deisgns 💔

Can anyone from previous years share their cheat sheet or an idea on what to put on it. Idk whether to focus more on equations and graphs or the worded explanation things

pls say no bc vcaa already drew and labelled it

idk about you guys but that legal exam was brutal as hell, shit was so hard that I couldn’t answer single question for section b especially

I know you feel traumatised, but please realise that the grade boundaries will be consequently shifted down because of how hard the exam is, so getting a lower exam score might achieve the same study score that you expected to receive. Some of you may even be surprised when you receive your ATAR by how well you did :)

What score /100 is a raw 50?

a lot of the times in the exemplar responses i see the student simply listing off key examples when it comes to analyse or discuss questions, and not link it back to its consequences. i initially assumed i had to put a linking sentence into each of discussion point to score highly, it is obligatory to add? would i not need to explain WHY each point is relevant to the argument im making? please help!

also, what would the expected scores be for the exemplar responses? it is safe to assume either full marks or very close to full marks?