What would an A A+ A+ net you in VCE Methods?

charl

If you get a high A, A+, A+ in methods, what score would you realistically get?
The new weightings for methods are, 40% for coursework, 20% for exam 1 and 40% for exam 2.

Sine

charl

Depends on how high/low those A's ans A+s i woule say the range is 37-46
46 would be getting exam scores good enough for a 50
Ans 37 would be scraping A+s and having a low A for coursework

crumblycupcakes

Hey charl I got exactly those scores last year in methods: coursework (A), exam 1 (A+), exam 2 (A+)
I got a study score of 39 with those grades. Wrapping your head around study scores and the grades can be a little tricky especially as the SACs scale differently in each school so try to ask people who did methods previously from your school and asking your teachers will definitely help. For instance one of my friends from a different school had a SAC average of 86% and received an A, but in my case, I managed to get an A with 67%. I've included a couple of scores from people that I know

GA1: B+ GA1: A+
GA2: A GA2: A
GA3: A+ GA3: A+
SS: 38 SS: 42

I personally neglected my SACs and Methods 3/4 as a subject itself (idk what my stupid year 11 brain was thinking) and only actually realised that I needed to do well in it around August so I tried to put everything into studying for the exams. I would recommend starting exam prep as soon as you can when you've finished all the topics.

Aim high and work hard for it! You will not regret hard work.

charl

Thank you so much for the replies 🙂

Sine
Even with the new SAC weightings, you think it is possible for one to get above 40 with let's say mid A?

crumblycupcakes
I have already started prepping for exams, I've received above 90 for two of my SACs but I recently flopped one getting around 70 (the average for this part of SAC 1 was less than 50% for the cohort) making my total score for SAC 1 somewhere in the high 80s I believe, and somewhere ranked within top 5. I have two other SACs to make a recovery but I am still slightly concerned that me flopping this mini-sac that forms part of SAC 1 would adversely affect my chances of getting above 40, considering that SACs form 40% of study score, whereas last year it was only 33%.