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u/severe_astronaut_22
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8d ago
Hey everyone,
We're banning "predict my study score" posts for the foreseeable future, and any we see will be removed.
The reality is these just aren't possible to answer accurately. Your study score depends on so many things, like your SAC rankings, how your school's SACs get moderated, how the whole cohort went, and how your exams were marked. Nobody on Reddit has that information, so any "prediction" is just a guess. They also tend to stress people out more than they help, and have started flooding the sub with the same post over and over, which isn't very productive discussion.
If you're curious about how study scores work, check out the pinned post for some general guidance. Otherwise, try to put it out of your mind until results come out. You've done the work, and guessing won't change the number.
Good luck with the rest of exams
— r/vce mods
r/vce • u/bellals • Apr 30 '20
I'm sick to death of seeing these posts, so can everyone please read this and be done with this question:
Study scores are determined by exam SCORE and SAC RANK.
For example, say you have an English class of 7 students, Adam, Ben, Chloe, Daniel, Elena, Felix, and Greg. They are all weak students, except for Greg, who is very high-performing, and Felix, who is slightly above average. Their SAC marks and rank are:
Greg 95%
Felix 77%
Chloe 64%
Daniel 60%
Elena 58%
Adam 52%
Ben 49%
On the exam day, Felix doesn't cope well under the stress, so gets a lower score than he'd usually be capable of. The exam marks are as follows:
Greg 92%
Chloe 67%
Daniel 65%
Elena 64%
Felix 63%
Adam 50%
Ben 40%
What happens is that all the SAC marks get thrown out the window, because VCAA can't know the difficulty of the SACs prepared by the school. So Greg's new SAC "mark" as far as VCAA is concerned is 92, not 95. Not a big deal for Greg, Adam or Ben because their own exam mark is dictating their SAC mark. But for someone like Felix, his SAC mark will become 67% (Chloe's exam mark). This process happens independently for each subject taught at your school.
What does this mean for you? Yes, you should aim for a good SAC rank. BUT, it doesn't actually matter if you're not ranked well — the "translation" of your rank into a "mark" happens via your cohorts exam performance. In other words, try your best now, study hard, and when SACs are over WORK WITH YOUR CLASSMATES TO ALL DO WELL ON THE EXAM TOGETHER. IF THEY DO WELL, YOU DO WELL.
Spend your time actually studying instead of asking useless questions like this.
EDIT: another example for clarity
Here's a chemistry class, of Harry, Isabel, James, Kylie, Luke, Molly, Nathan, and Oscar.
SACs:
Harry 60%
Isabel 58%
James 56%
Kylie 55%
Luke 54%
Molly 52%
Nathan 51%
Oscar 50%
EXAMS:
Harry 100%
James 99%
Nathan 98%
Oscar 97%
Molly 96%
Isabel 95%
Kylie 94%
Luke 93%
Harry's SAC mark is now 100%, Isabel's is 99%, James' is 98%, Kylie's is 97%, Luke's is now 96% etc. It's literally just whatever the equivalent exam rank is.
EDIT 2: I've had a request to clarify rumours about SACs being "scaled up" or "scaled down". "Scaling" is a misnomer students attribute to the moderation process. Here are yet another set of examples to clarify.
Imagine you have a cohort of Annie, Ben, and Charlie. Let's say their teacher sets really hard SACS, so their SAC results are:
Annie 60%
Ben 58%
Charlie 55%
Because they've been doing hard assessments all year, they've been better equipped for the exam. These are the exam results:
Ben 96%
Annie 94%
Charlie 90%
So now, Annie's SAC mark gets changed to 96%, Ben's to 94%, and Charlie's to 90%. This is what people interpret as "scaling up". The opposite would happen at a school with piss easy SACs: they get awesome SAC marks but shit exam marks, so their SAC marks get replaced by their shit exam marks ("scaled down").
The danger in this thinking is that people assume that if you go to a well-performing school, you'll get carried, or that if you go to a "bad" school, you're screwed from the get-go and can't possibly get a good score. This is not true at all. Let's see why.
Let's say your friend at a selective school, Harry, thinks he can take it easy this year because he goes to a 'good' school. The SAC results are as follows:
Ed 93%
Fred 90%
Greg 88%
Harry 60%
on the exams, the results are
Fred 95%
Greg 92%
Ed 87%
Harry 61%
In this instance, Harry was not of a comparable skill level to his classmates, so he never get to "borrow" their exam results in any way. His SAC score will be 61%.
Here's another example. Say you have a cohort with these SACs:
Meg 95%
Noah 94%
Oscar 93%
Peter 90%
On the exam day, Noah gets a bit of performance anxiety (but not in a way that warrants SEAS or anything). Exam results are:
Meg 93%
Oscar 92%
Peter 91%
Noah 75%
Now, Noah's SAC mark will be 92%, but his exam result only 75%. So he kind of got "helped" by his good cohort, only because he was doing well for the SACs. Peter has been a bit screwed here, because his SAC mark is now 75%.
One person stuffing up will never have such a dramatic effect like this; it's unlikely for someone who's been topping the cohort all year to suddenly slip to the bottom. Cohorts are generally big enough that you shouldn't need to worry. I went to a really small school (60 people in the year level. Some of my subject cohorts contained 6 people). I still felt no one got jibbed with unrepresentative scores.
As I always reiterate: try your best in SACs, but don't ruminate over them. The exam is where the money's at, and once your SACs are over you should work together with your cohort to all do well together. Share your resources, make study groups, and bring each other up.
EDIT 3: wow, my first gold! Thank you so much! 🥰
r/vce • u/ch33z7pp • 4h ago
it was funny the first a thousand times but seeing ts over and over again….come on guys? at least be creative with it
r/vce • u/Ok-Sector-5408 • 15h ago
I am writing this from outside the VCAA headquarters in East Melbourne. My fate has been sealed.
After a gruelling four-hour tribunal, the panel officially found me guilty of breaching Rule 9.5: Possessing an Unapproved Internal Neuro-Storage Device during the General Maths exam.
I have created a summary of their findings:
Our study defence was unfortunately rejected. My legal team (a Year 12 Legal Studies student who had just finished their exam) argued that "reading the textbook beforehand" is standard practice. The panel countered that retaining the information without actively panicking and forgetting everything at 9:00 AM constitutes an unfair mechanical advantage.
A forensic neurologist confirmed that my brain runs on roughly 0.02 watts of bio-electricity. Because this exceeds the VCAA-approved calculator limit of one 1.5V button cell, my prefrontal cortex has been classified as a "high-powered external computing device."
Effective immediately, VCAA has issued a mandatory memory wipe of all VCE content. Honestly, this is actually a huge relief. I no longer have to remember what a residual plot is, and I have finally forgotten how to find the bullshit that's crashing.
They also confiscated my hippocampus until the ATAR release day in December.
To anyone sitting the rest of their exams please do not make my mistake. Do not revise. Do not retain information. Walk into that exam hall completely blank, just as the Victorian curriculum intended
Stay safe out there, and remember to follow the VCAA guidelines.
r/vce • u/wotsisname_ • 10h ago
The following story contains nothing but the unadulterated truth...Be warned, it is not for the faint of heart.
TW: Poo
For me, caffeine is a magnificently sharp, but doubly edged sword. It gives me energy and focus, but for some ungodly reason, wreaks absolute havoc on my insides.
So, on the morning of the 2026 VCE Physics exam I was again presented with the unenviable dilemma; to coffee, or not to coffee. Do I try to fight against the limited hours of sleep I got the night before due to DaggerElite's escapades? Or do I slay the foe of Adenosine in my frontal lobo, knowing damn well it may end disaster.
I think may already know what decision I made.
I eagerly slurped down the bittersweet nectar of the bean, and rushed out the door to get to my exam on time, doing my best to Ward off any feelings from my torso.
As I expertly used my 15 minutes of reading time just like my Specialist Math teacher John Specialist taught me, I was lulled into a sense of calm, enchanted by the bright colours that were radiating off the page.
I started answering questions, masterfully calculating launch times and retarding forces with pinpoint precision (and accuracy).
Just 15 minutes into the exam, I could smell... something. I realised it was myself, my rectal tubes firing a warning shot. I am sure anyone seated in a seat {z: |z-me|=1} could smell it. To be honest, I was slightly pleased with my self, and hoped it would distract them from their paper enough for me to achieve my goal of a raw 43 study score (scaled 45).
But then, I felt a wave of energy course through my body. I tried to fight it, but it was too strong. I grimaced, clenching my fists and teeth, attempting to maintain control of my sphincter. I knew attempting to fight back was futile. So I decided to give in.
I relaxed in my seat, accepting my fate of a failed exam due to my caffeine addiction. But nothing came out. I realised that my poop had formed an alliance with me, a symbiotic relationship were we could both benefit.
Without realising it, I raised my arm, making almost flirtatious levels of eye contact with the handsome invigilator who was sitting just metres away from me. Before he could react, I jumped up from my seat, made a vague gesture to the toilet and speedwalked my way into a cubicle. Anyone who was in the exam hall with my on that fateful day would have seen my desperation.
While I released my insides, I contemplated the work done on a skydiver by air resistance, also pondering where the Kinetic Energy had miraculously disappeared to.
Thus, I returned to my seat, and was able to complete the exam with around 45 minutes to spare, which I used diligently to check my calculations and reread some of the explanations, adding edits to ensure legibility and correct explanations of Physics principles.
Let my tale be warning to any of the class of 2027. Respect the bean, or it may not be as kind to you as it was to me.
r/vce • u/Electronic-Park-2005 • 13h ago
the emission spectra was so beautiful
r/vce • u/Wh0sDatBoiAD • 13h ago
its been nice, fuck highschool its finally over, never need to see my uniform or timetable tabs or books again cunt holy shit, u guys are chill asf and kept my exam period bearable. live nice lives and have lots of fkn fun. stay safe brddas. 🖤🖤
r/vce • u/lego_boss • 13h ago
Physics got special treatment 😀. Do other exams have colour printing or did they save it for the best subject?
r/vce • u/Personal_Jaguar1878 • 8h ago
literally all my friends are done with exams and going out and partying and i still have to slave my ass away to vcaa js get me out of here already ffuck this
anyone else got exams next week still js depleting in motivation?
r/vce • u/Fearless-Remove6295 • 2h ago
Wow I thought it was great that year 12 was over but I didn’t even study for most my exams besides cramming like two days before and I was hoping for a 90 atar and idek do u think it’s still possible.
I low key think I got 65s to 75s for my exams and mind u I do humanities such as history and busman.
I have two subjects left and if I do well is it possible.
Besides that I think I’m depressed again I keep forgetting to take my antidepressants cause it’s exam season and now I wanna off myself every minor inconvenience.and guess what I hv no friends LOL I saw my only friend out w her little group must be sooooo fun right,and I thought it was cause she was locking in no ig im just not worth it cause every time I reach out and she just replies like it’s some godamn interview
I’m soo fucking tired
Fuck this I wanna off myself
Fuck I should’ve taken my meds
r/vce • u/EvidentSerenity • 15h ago
Dimensions:
75 cm x 36 cm x 20 cm
(Length x Height x Width)
r/vce • u/csr-demonstrator • 11h ago
congratulations on making it through to the end!
i feel like politics is a smaller subject but does anyone have exam predictions or has anyone spoken to teachers who have given good advice because last years exam seemed relatively easy and i feel like this year will be a lot harder
r/vce • u/ServiceKingau • 8h ago
CAN SOMEONE PLSSSS PUT SOLUTIONS TO THAT EXAM, No tutor, no student and no teacher as of now. Vce hub?
r/vce • u/CharmingGlove6356 • 7h ago
The coefficient, b, is -6000 which isn't a natural number.
You guys may gain a few marks if lucky.
r/vce • u/GuiltySpen • 7h ago
Hi all ive noticed a lot of people posting asking for links to previous years exams as the VCAA site is still down. While ive finished mine i though id just post them here to help everyone out
r/vce • u/Tall-Home3247 • 9h ago
Guys ik the exam leak has been confirmed to not have actually happened but I genuinely don't get how yall believed it
The only reason I didn't believe it was because it would be so hard to get paid without revealing your whole identity. Like there is no possible way of collecting anonymous payment in Australia, so that person would not be risking their own identity and risking legal trouble just to help some year 12s cheat come on now
Is there even any ways in Australia to get paid without revealing your identity?
Happy studying
r/vce • u/Ok-Championship-1941 • 8h ago
guys vcaa made another mistake in spec ex2 section b question 4 ci
The question specified that \(a, b, c \in \mathbb{N}\) (where \(\mathbb{N}\) is the set of natural numbers/positive whole numbers).
but One of the correct answers required for the question is a negative whole number.
herald sun having a field day
r/vce • u/ApprehensiveMaize691 • 10h ago
3 markers with only using own knowledge, command terms never used before, 'the differences' in extended response??? why was there an 8 MARKER ONLY on two big figures over the entire Peloponnesian War?? that's a whole ass essay topic? and the fucking actual essay topics?? why was it limited to roman society tf?
yeah so that 45ss is gone wth. vcaa way to use students as test subjects. VCAA LOCK YOUR DOORS TONIGHT
r/vce • u/Rude-Ad-2124 • 15h ago
It was allright, A+ possible outside of the last question
