How did you find the chem exam? (1 Viewer)

[jackandmilo]

Was it easy? moderate? or hard?

What do you think the state's average would be?

 

[Fish Sauce]

I think at best I'm looking at between 50 and 70.

At worst... I don't even want to think about at worst.

 

[amyg238]

I'm feeling around 80.

I felt really bad for the trials and ended up with 84, which i was really happy with.

 

[Forbidden.]

I found out the amount of mistakes I made multiplied like what happens two bunnies of opposite gender are placed in a cave together.

 

[Fish Sauce]

I found out the amount of mistakes I made multiplied like what happens two bunnies of opposite gender are placed in a cave together.

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[Forbidden.]

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Thank you VERY much for that visual analogy.
I've been after something like that for a while.

Yes the amount of mistakes I found multiplied like that and I didn't love it.

 

[rsm]

HORRIBLE. still in a bad mood.

 

[chocolate_lover]

LOL @ that rabbit pic! :rofl:

 

[emilymcs]

horrible. i'll be so happy with 70%.

does anybody know how the scaling works for these exams? if everybody found it hard, do they scale the marks up?

 

[andyland]

horrible. i'll be so happy with 70%.

does anybody know how the scaling works for these exams? if everybody found it hard, do they scale the marks up?

yes they do - they never tell you what you got for your raw mark - only a moderated one. they take all the marks and apply them to a bell curve so that there is equal distribution of marks in every subject.

as for the exam - i did find it alot harder then past papers - im expecting a 6 % raw mark drop - hopfully other people found this also haha.

 

[Bank$]

im expecting a 6 % raw mark drop

What do u mean ????

what do u guys think the band 6 cut off will be?? ,, i reckon like 80

 

[Forbidden.]

What do u mean ????

what do u guys think the band 6 cut off will be?? ,, i reckon like 80

If it is then it looks so easy to get Band 6.

 

[cuffed]

I thought it was alright.
I was angry how everyone thing was bs - impact on society and the environment etc etc. and that I had memorised all these equations and all those stupid water tests for nothing ;___;
I think I got a lot of stuff wrong though </3
the calculations were tricky :/

 

[tmde1st]

It wasnt that bad. i think i screwed up the chlorine q a bit, but apart from that, it was easier that other exams ive done.

 

[Forbidden.]

Feel free to use this:

It wasnt that bad. i think i screwed up the chlorine q a bit, but apart from that, it was easier that other exams ive done.

Yeah, I ended up getting 73,000 ppm of Chlorine ion concentration when in fact sea water has a concentration of about 35,000 ppm.

 

[ajdlinux]

I found it alright. A few questions, notably the Shipwrecks option topic one about the evolution of metals used in shipbuilding as a result of different marine environments, I found quite ambiguous and just had a guess.

I don't remember how to do ppm, but I got somewhere around 70,000+ ppm for the chlorine question IIRC.

Other than that it was OK, some equations etc. I just guessed as I couldn't remember, but it was nice that the big 7-marker was on radioisotopes, which is a topic I'm quite good at.

I'm thinking I may get a raw mark in the 70s, 80s would be nice but unlikely, but I'd love it if everyone found it hard so I get scaled up to 90 or something.

 

[simonelye]

Horrible.
I went shockingly.
I wish no body ever saw my exam paper, let alone marked it.
lol
It was a disgrace.
Itll be 50-60maybe.
Oh well.
no more chem everr.​

 

[Wooz]

If it is then it looks so easy to get Band 6.

Band 6 is prob going to be around 82-83% raw as you are marked according to a marking criteria(one day of pilot marking is carried about before the chem marking begins, thus they setup the marking criteria set against the avg responses of each band mark) for harder questions 3-4 marks+ calculations require a certain amount of working, zero for no working and correct answer. Top chem marks is prob around 96% raw.

The markers in the hsc are going to heavily scrutinize your answers, against a marking criteria, it's not that easy to get a band 6.

 

[Forbidden.]

Band 6 is prob going to be around 82-83% raw as you are marked according to a marking criteria(one day of pilot marking is carried about before the chem marking begins, thus they setup the marking criteria set against the avg responses of each band mark) for harder questions 3-4 marks+ calculations require a certain amount of working, zero for no working and correct answer. Top chem marks is prob around 96% raw.

The markers in the hsc are going to heavily scrutinize your answers, against a marking criteria, it's not that easy to get a band 6.

So much for teachers saying "Markers are looking at trying to give you marks."

 

[mikietom]

Yeah, I ended up getting 73,000 ppm of Chlorine ion concentration when in fact sea water has a concentration of about 35,000 ppm.

lol u got that high i got like 5