how to cope after a disappointing sac mark

Gabe-iitch05

basically got below average in a sac, after spending so long studying for it and it will probably stuff my study score up

Will

For starters, I love the nickname.
Second of all, most students will have an extremely disappointing sac mark at one time during the year.
As much as you will hate it, you really need to learn from your mistakes. Find out why you got such a low sac mark, and ensure you won't make any of the same mistakes on an exam.

The worst thing would to let this affect your drive to study and give up; its really important to keep going, and not let it further affect your study score. Don't lose motivation, there's only 3 months left. You're almost there!

You got this!

Gabe-iitch05

Will thanks will, I love your name as well but it was an essay and i felt like i included everything there was in the rubric and ended up getting bad marks. I talked to the teacher about it and he just said that it even though i included the criterias from the rubric, it was still not as good as what others wrote and he just basically wont give me any extra marks even tho i feel like i deserve them and that's bringing my motivation down

Manny

Gabe-iitch05 English is a very subjective. An A from one teacher could be a B for an another. Maybe ask an another English teacher for feedback???
Also I could spend hours working in English and still have a blunder outcome. L me

Edit -
English teachers have no feelings, my teacher told me that I wouldn't get my desired ATAR just because Eng is my weakest subject, now all I want to do is prove her wrong.

chemistry1111

Hi, I'm wondering are your sac marks moderated/ changed depending on your exam mark?

Gabe-iitch05

chemistry1111 they are not moderated based on your exam mark, rather moderated by how well your cohort performs in the exam and your relative ranking in the cohort

God

chemistry1111

The VCE Reddit has a good page explaining this! (https://www.reddit.com/r/vce/comments/gatlse/i_only_got_x_on_my_sac_can_i_still_get_a_50/)

Although, to be honest, I don't think anyone really knows the exact algorithm they use...

chemistry1111

thank you thats actually really helpful

"Your SAC mark will therefore be based on someone else's exam performance, rather than your own" . What does this mean?

God

This is the way I like to think of it:

let exam_scores = [100, 95, 60]

If ur rank second, ur SAC score will be exam_scores[2] = 95%.... Regardless of ur exam score.

So if u'r rank second. U will get the 2nd highest exam score as ur sac score. (Even if you got 60% or 100% on ur exam)

So u want ur cohort to do as well as possible on the exam!

chemistry1111

God okay
also if you have a rank of like 17th in cohort, is it possible to still get over 40 study score

God

chemistry1111

Depends what u get on the exam.

Will

Depends also on the strength of your cohort. If you go to a school with a lower average, it will be much more difficult. However if most of the people above you will get in the 40's then it will be much easier to get in the 40's.
Its not impossible no matter how bad your cohort is, just keep pushing and studying!

Lord

Good motivation Will :