General Exam thoughts

jaggy snake · 31 Oct 2008, 4:43 PM

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CHRISTIANITY- env. ethics, martin luther, baptism

ISLAM- env. ethics, al-shafi, hajj

pwned multiple choice & aboriginal spirituality question

pretty good on christianity short answers, i'm not so hot on baptism though

islam essay was hajj, pretty good i think, i'd rather it had been shafi though

About 6pgs for extended response, overall pretty satisfied

Justina · 31 Oct 2008, 4:44 PM

I liked the exam =)

revanchist · 31 Oct 2008, 4:54 PM

2 unit exam: Religion wasn't as difficult as I'd anticipated. I practically finished with an hour to go, then spent half an hour looking over my work.
The multiple choice had some fairly ambiguous questions, but wasn't TOO bad.
I'd used up more space than was given for the 2 15 mark sets of questions (I took up the whole 2 pages past the lines and inot the space at the bottom, rather than just the 1 and a 1/2 worth of lines they'd given us). (I picked Christianity and Islam)
ACED section III. (Judaism - Moses Maimonides)
Then for section IV, religion and peace, they only asked about ONE religion! I'd prepared 2 because I'm pretty sure the Board asks you to know 2 religion's worth of religion and peace related information, but then only got to write about ONE, so only wrote 3 pages. (I did Christianity again)
So all in all pretty happy.

njknndy · 31 Oct 2008, 5:10 PM

hey bras. i just relaised i made a pretty big mistake ay. i had a brain explosiion and did all of the short answers cos i knew all of them. do u reckon ill lose mark. i didnt have time to do the essay? or am i choice ay girl

karnage · 31 Oct 2008, 5:14 PM

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Originally Posted by njknndy

o u reckon ill lose mark

No shit

revanchist · 31 Oct 2008, 5:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by njknndy

hey bras. i just relaised i made a pretty big mistake ay. i had a brain explosiion and did all of the short answers cos i knew all of them. do u reckon ill lose mark. i didnt have time to do the essay? or am i choice ay girl

Unfortunately, the most you can get is 30 marks (if you did 2u) or 15 (if you did 1u), so you've just lost up to 20.
Your lost marks will only come from not having to do a question, I hope they're fair and take your marks from the 2 religions you got the most in (if you did 2 unit, or the one you got the most in if you do 1 unit), but thankfully they don't DEDUCT marks off the one you earned for errors like this.

magoof · 31 Oct 2008, 5:21 PM

ohhhhh yea and i forgot. where is the city of sayyid qubt?

VeronikaB · 31 Oct 2008, 5:24 PM

i hope your didnt swear that much in your exam.. serious was that really needed.

nah, i thought the exam was really basic, i had predicted almost all the questions..
but i was like "what the..?" when you only had to talk about one religion for religion and peace.

i had tonnes of time left over , to go and check things...

erm · 31 Oct 2008, 5:25 PM

lol i fucking bullshitted so much for that Aboriginal question. Made it sound so damn convincing though.

rani.g. · 31 Oct 2008, 5:36 PM

I know, only one religion !?! - kind of messed up my structure and thesis a bit, but I think I recovered into the essay. Other than that and the multiple choice, a great paper. wrote until pens down, had plenty of time to plan, 12 pages (big writing) for each essay....have now finished the HSC ! *jumps into air and dances around*

wixxy2348 · 31 Oct 2008, 5:56 PM

What did you think of the SOR exam? Great exam. Loved it. Fair questions.

Was it what you thought it would be? I wish the 20 marker had been on Bioethics... BUT Baptism was alright.

How prepared were you? Wasn't overly prepared. Intended to cram yesterday but didn't so crammed this morning.

Second guess any of the questions? Nahh.

How much did you write? Filled the whole double page with tiny tiny writing for the 15 marker. 8 pages (average writing) for the 20 marker. Filled the page with small writing for 5 marker.

How long did you last? To the end of the exam... Spent last 5 minutes reading over it all and adding.

meechfan · 31 Oct 2008, 6:03 PM

lol... they took the questions for SOR 2 particularly on marriage... from the 2005 or I think 2006... those of you who did Christianity.... would be wise to look at the past papers... they couldn't think of anything obviously... because we were the guinea pigs after 2007

vds700 · 31 Oct 2008, 7:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by njknndy

hey bras. i just relaised i made a pretty big mistake ay. i had a brain explosiion and did all of the short answers cos i knew all of them. do u reckon ill lose mark. i didnt have time to do the essay? or am i choice ay girl

omg read the fucking instructions u troll

tijana69 · 31 Oct 2008, 8:09 PM

it was a pretty good exam didnt like the multiple choice some were abit like wtff and tricky. i did for short answers CHRISTIANITY. i did islam for extended response on hajj was a pretty good essay question. very predictable paper

Bainesy · 31 Oct 2008, 9:40 PM

WTF was with Christianity questions

9 marks on significant practice

total BS.

31 Oct 2008, 4:43 PM	#16 (permalink)
jaggy snake Assistant Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Male Location: Austinmer, about an hour south of Sydney Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 60 Last Activity: 27 Nov 2009, 3:06 PM	Re: General Exam thoughts You can hide this advertisement by registering. CHRISTIANITY- env. ethics, martin luther, baptism ISLAM- env. ethics, al-shafi, hajj pwned multiple choice & aboriginal spirituality question pretty good on christianity short answers, i'm not so hot on baptism though islam essay was hajj, pretty good i think, i'd rather it had been shafi though About 6pgs for extended response, overall pretty satisfied __________________ HSC 2008: English Adv- 87 English Ext.1- 40 Mathematics- 91 Maths Ext.1- 41 Chemistry- 87 Physics- 80 1U SOR- 44 UAI- 93.50 Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry (Advanced) at Univerity of Wollongong starting 2009 Aiming to get into postgraduate Medicine at Wollongong or Sydney

31 Oct 2008, 4:44 PM	#17 (permalink)
Justina Senior Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Female Location: Sydney Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 309 Last Activity: 9 Mar 2010, 1:08 PM	Re: General Exam thoughts I liked the exam =) __________________

31 Oct 2008, 4:54 PM	#18 (permalink)
revanchist Junior Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Female Location: NSW Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 30 Last Activity: 31 Oct 2008, 6:49 PM	Re: General Exam thoughts 2 unit exam: Religion wasn't as difficult as I'd anticipated. I practically finished with an hour to go, then spent half an hour looking over my work. The multiple choice had some fairly ambiguous questions, but wasn't TOO bad. I'd used up more space than was given for the 2 15 mark sets of questions (I took up the whole 2 pages past the lines and inot the space at the bottom, rather than just the 1 and a 1/2 worth of lines they'd given us). (I picked Christianity and Islam) ACED section III. (Judaism - Moses Maimonides) Then for section IV, religion and peace, they only asked about ONE religion! I'd prepared 2 because I'm pretty sure the Board asks you to know 2 religion's worth of religion and peace related information, but then only got to write about ONE, so only wrote 3 pages. (I did Christianity again) So all in all pretty happy. __________________ "Now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb" - Dark Helmet HSC 2007- Chemistry HSC 2008 - Adv.English, Maths Ext. 1&2, Physics, Religion 2unit, Japanese Continuers.

31 Oct 2008, 5:10 PM	#19 (permalink)
njknndy New Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Male Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1 Last Activity: 6 Nov 2008, 11:32 AM	Re: General Exam thoughts hey bras. i just relaised i made a pretty big mistake ay. i had a brain explosiion and did all of the short answers cos i knew all of them. do u reckon ill lose mark. i didnt have time to do the essay? or am i choice ay girl

31 Oct 2008, 5:21 PM	#22 (permalink)
magoof New Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Male Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1 Last Activity: 2 Nov 2008, 3:25 PM	Re: General Exam thoughts ohhhhh yea and i forgot. where is the city of sayyid qubt?

31 Oct 2008, 5:24 PM	#23 (permalink)
VeronikaB New Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Female Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 4 Last Activity: 4 Nov 2008, 9:57 AM	Re: General Exam thoughts i hope your didnt swear that much in your exam.. serious was that really needed. nah, i thought the exam was really basic, i had predicted almost all the questions.. but i was like "what the..?" when you only had to talk about one religion for religion and peace. i had tonnes of time left over , to go and check things...

31 Oct 2008, 5:25 PM	#24 (permalink)
erm Executive Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Female Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 441 Last Activity: 23 Jul 2009, 3:26 PM	Re: General Exam thoughts lol i fucking bullshitted so much for that Aboriginal question. Made it sound so damn convincing though.

31 Oct 2008, 5:36 PM	#25 (permalink)
rani.g. Junior Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Female Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 35 Last Activity: 3 Oct 2009, 9:16 PM	Re: General Exam thoughts I know, only one religion !?! - kind of messed up my structure and thesis a bit, but I think I recovered into the essay. Other than that and the multiple choice, a great paper. wrote until pens down, had plenty of time to plan, 12 pages (big writing) for each essay....have now finished the HSC ! jumps into air and dances around __________________ 4UEnglish, Modern History, Ancient History, Studies of Religion II

31 Oct 2008, 5:56 PM	#26 (permalink)
wixxy2348 goldmambo #5. HSC: 2008 Gender: Female Location: Not Cooma. Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,938 Last Activity: Yesterday, 1:12 AM	Re: General Exam thoughts What did you think of the SOR exam? Great exam. Loved it. Fair questions. Was it what you thought it would be? I wish the 20 marker had been on Bioethics... BUT Baptism was alright. How prepared were you? Wasn't overly prepared. Intended to cram yesterday but didn't so crammed this morning. Second guess any of the questions? Nahh. How much did you write? Filled the whole double page with tiny tiny writing for the 15 marker. 8 pages (average writing) for the 20 marker. Filled the page with small writing for 5 marker. How long did you last? To the end of the exam... Spent last 5 minutes reading over it all and adding. __________________

31 Oct 2008, 6:03 PM	#27 (permalink)
meechfan live.laugh.love HSC: 2008 Gender: Female Location: Sydney... wouldn't you like to know lol Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 56 Last Activity: 15 Feb 2010, 3:53 PM Blog Entries: 1	Re: General Exam thoughts lol... they took the questions for SOR 2 particularly on marriage... from the 2005 or I think 2006... those of you who did Christianity.... would be wise to look at the past papers... they couldn't think of anything obviously... because we were the guinea pigs after 2007 __________________ University of Notre Dame, Sydney- Bachelor of Arts majoring in Communications and minoring in Public Relations

31 Oct 2008, 8:09 PM	#29 (permalink)
tijana69 New Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Female Location: Fairfield Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 21 Last Activity: 18 Oct 2009, 4:54 PM	Re: General Exam thoughts it was a pretty good exam didnt like the multiple choice some were abit like wtff and tricky. i did for short answers CHRISTIANITY. i did islam for extended response on hajj was a pretty good essay question. very predictable paper

31 Oct 2008, 9:40 PM	#30 (permalink)
Bainesy Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Male Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 147 Last Activity: 18 Jan 2010, 10:28 PM	Re: General Exam thoughts WTF was with Christianity questions 9 marks on significant practice total BS.

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