Final Exams

[naut]

Final examinations for high school start tomorrow, I've got 6 over the next 2 weeks. They count as 50% of my final marks.

Anyone else got any soon/coming up?

[Hepcat]

Yep in 4 weeks exams start. And then FREEDOM!!!!!

[pevergreen]

end of week 2/7 lessons, then exams.

for year 12, 2 weeks left.

[sapi]

Final examinations for high school start tomorrow, I've got 6 over the next 2 weeks. They count as 50% of my final marks.

Anyone else got any soon/coming up?

*shakes head

And you all criticise the QLD system

Have fun, mate, and just remember that we never have to deal with external examinations worth 50% of our mark up here

[CountArach]

Final examinations for high school start tomorrow, I've got 6 over the next 2 weeks. They count as 50% of my final marks.

Anyone else got any soon/coming up?

Good luck Dude! I too start tomorrow! It think I'm set for both English, Business not yet, but I should be fine. Haven't done much for my other subjects though. What courses are you taking?

[edyzmedieval]

The first marking period of my new school is over. I will receive my complete report on Tuesday.

[naut]

CA, I'm doing Adv English, Chemistry, 2 Unit Maths, Modern History and Software Design. You?

Good luck with English Paper 1 tomorrow CA.

[pevergreen]

oooh modern.

FWIW my subjects:

Enhlish, Math B (middle strand), IPT, Drama, Economics, Accounting plus the seventh subject of Life Skills for half the year, the Christian Studies(not actually on Christianity anymore, on world religion, which means you learn something unbyst!)

[Dutch_guy]

Had the first of four examweeks a mere week ago, together with the other three they constitute 50 % of my final marks. I'll know how I've done when school starts in a couple of days.

Good luck Rythmic and CA.

[sapi]

Good luck to both of you

Enhlish, Math B (middle strand), IPT, Drama, Economics, Accounting plus the seventh subject of Life Skills for half the year, the Christian Studies(not actually on Christianity anymore, on world religion, which means you learn something unbyst!)

Pah, easy way out - try english/physics/chemistry/biology/math b/ancient for a workload

Should have taken C, but that's another story

[naut]

I hope the exams treat(ed) you well Dutch_guy!

So sapi and pever how does the QLD system work?

Exam was quite nice, an easy way to start. What'd you think CA?

oooh modern.

Possibly the worst subject I have ever had the misfortune of taking.

[sapi]

So sapi and pever how does the QLD system work?

School assessment goes on all year round (including term 4).

An external examination called the QCS test is then used to rank both schools, and subjects, based on the results of students in those subjects.

The school then ranks students within subjects, and overall.

Possibly the worst subject I have ever had the misfortune of taking.

*grimaces

Ours is 30% aussie history, which is why I didn't take it

Is yours the same?

An arcane system thus allocates a set number of OP scores (exit grades) to ecah school, and these are distributed.

[CountArach]

CA, I'm doing Adv English, Chemistry, 2 Unit Maths, Modern History and Software Design. You?

Good luck with English Paper 1 tomorrow CA.

Thanks.

I am doing Ext 1 English (Though doing utter rubbish in the Extension part ), 2 Unit Maths, Ancient History, Extension History, Business Studies and I accelerated in Software Design and finished it last year (Got 88 overall, which is scaled up very nicely).

Ours is 30% aussie history, which is why I didn't take it

Aussie history is compulsory in years 9 and 10, so AFAIK there is none of it in the HSC.

Exam was quite nice, an easy way to start. What'd you think CA?

I was surprised. The comprehension was harder than the last couple of years, because they asked an Analyse question which I did not see coming (I still think I did quite well in it. A page on 3 marks should be fine). One of the quotations (Number 3) fit my story about journeying through space by looking through a microscope really well, so I nailed that section and the essay was unusual. I wasn't expecting a question like that (I did Inner Journeys), but I think I did fine. Just about filled up a booklet in both sections I and II.

So yeah, that's my breakdown of how I went. I only need 83 UAI and I go to a Selective school, so I think I'm set in that regard.

Oh and Good Luck Dutch_Guy!

[Stig]

Had the first of four examweeks a mere week ago, together with the other three they constitute 50 % of my final marks. I'll know how I've done when school starts in a couple of days.

Good luck Rythmic and CA.

Dutch High School is easy, even I made it through VWO

Mind you tho, my end list:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Dutch - 6 (5,9)
English - 6 (6,3)
French1 - 6 (5,5)
German1 -6 (5,6)
Latin - 5 (4,9)
MathsB1 - 6 (6,2)
Physics - 6 (5,9)
Chemistry - 7 (6,8)
Biology - 7 (6,7)
History - 7 (7,1)

Was something like that, don't do more than needed

[Andres]

Good luck guys

Make us proud

[sapi]

Aussie history is compulsory in years 9 and 10, so AFAIK there is none of it in the HSC.

Comes of not following the government course, I guess (though there was some aussie stuff last year, too)

[naut]

No Aussie History in the Modern course, but it's just as boring. I'm sick of the Bolsheviks, Trotsky, WWI and Israel!

The comprehension was harder than the last couple of years, because they asked an Analyse question which I did not see coming (I still think I did quite well in it. A page on 3 marks should be fine). One of the quotations (Number 3) fit my story about journeying through space by looking through a microscope really well, so I nailed that section and the essay was unusual. I wasn't expecting a question like that (I did Inner Journeys), but I think I did fine. Just about filled up a booklet in both sections I and II.

Yeah, the comprehension, was tricky, but not impossible. I used the same quotation for my Creative Writing, I pre-prepared a response for it. I did the physical journey, the question threw me at first, but it was actually a nice question. Wrote the similar amounts. Then again having a teacher who is a published author and poet does help.

I accelerated in Software Design

Lucky, last years one was the "easy" year. And as 2005 was the hard year, this years one will be the hard one!

I only need 83 UAI

If you got 88 in Software that's definitely within your reach! I need to get 85 for my 1st choice, 83 for my 2nd and 80 for my 3rd. It all hinges around how well I do in English I think.

[Dutch_guy]

Dutch High School is easy, even I made it through VWO

Mind you tho, my end list:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Dutch - 6 (5,9)
English - 6 (6,3)
French1 - 6 (5,5)
German1 -6 (5,6)
Latin - 5 (4,9)
MathsB1 - 6 (6,2)
Physics - 6 (5,9)
Chemistry - 7 (6,8)
Biology - 7 (6,7)
History - 7 (7,1)

Was something like that, don't do more than needed

Not gonna make my numerus fixus with that, now will I ? ; )

[Samurai Waki]

Man, I'm feeling kind of old. I finish out next semester, with a BA in Corporate Law & Minor in Criminology. and I didn't even start College until I was 20.

[Lorenzo_H]

Northern Hemisphere International Baccalaureate Supertests are in two weeks...

[CountArach]

Now THAT is a name!

[Incongruous]

Sheesus, good luck.
I have uni tests, Roman histry (the Gracchi to Nero) was today. Pretty easy but soo much writing.

then my last one IR on tuesday, c'mon an essay on Fukuyama!

[Stig]

Not gonna make my numerus fixus with that, now will I ? ; )

what's a numerus fixus?

[pevergreen]

Northern Hemisphere International Baccalaureate Supertests are in two weeks...

So basically, the end of year 12 IB tests start in two weeks.



We run the IB program. Foolish people joined, smart people dropped out.

[Dutch_guy]

what's a numerus fixus?

Basically a study with a fixed amount of places, studie geneeskunde dus.

[naut]

We run the IB program. Foolish people joined, smart people dropped out.

Same here, half our year does it. Most of the courses are the same. I think most start on the 2nd of November.

2 down, 4 to go. I'm so glad it was all essay writing today! No speeches or feature articles.

[CountArach]

Gah! I screwed up Module C, but in exchange did really well in Module B. Business studies tomorrow ... I really, really hope something good happens there.

[Lorenzo_H]

So basically, the end of year 12 IB tests start in two weeks.



We run the IB program. Foolish people joined, smart people dropped out.

Actually its Lower Sixth IB (otherwise known as "IB year 1" or to the uncouth "year 12").

So yes.

I mentioned northern hemisphere not to try and be sophisticated but because the southern hemisphere take their exams at a different time.

I am actually getting a lot out of this program - I don't know why anyone could regret making the decision to stay on...

[TevashSzat]

What is this talk of Final exams? Isn't it the start of the school year for you guys from Europe???

[CountArach]

It is for the Europeans. But us Aussies have our seasons all mixed up, so we start in January... sort of makes sense when you think about it...

Business Studies today... only 4 more to go.