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I did that for my bound reference too (Unit 1 and 2), but you have to be really careful, because it needs to be able to withstand a teacher picking it up and shaking your reference to see if anything falls out. You are allowed to do anything you want but if anything falls out, you can say goodbye to it.

-MindsAhead- im going into year 9 so i don't have much help but i can tell you one thing that can help: ignore matureagedstudent

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I cant remember any specific parts of 1/2. A few aspects were less engaging but overall werent too bad.

If there was ever anything I wasnt greta at (like in 3/4 it was evolution and experimental design) I spent the last few dyas before the exam just focusing on them. I did nothing on any other aspects, I just focused on those parts which I found was definately useful!

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hello!!
Bit of a full circle moment seems this was my original post from a year ago lols but i was very appreciative when people helped me out so im happy to share some tips that helped me get a raw 47 in bio last year!

I would recommend trying to aim to have gone over each lessons content before the lesson. Whether you want to stay one lesson ahead or one week ahead is up to you Coming up to sac time I would always aim to do all the practice sacs I was given, plus anything else I could find, and id get it all marked by my teachers and would go over it in depth with them. As we all know the biology marking scheme is definately a pain, so to get advice from teachers and examiners who have a lot of experience makes answering future questions much easier, as they give you the mindset of an examiner.

For exam period i started by going over semester 1 content in the september holidays and once i was happy with that i started doing some of the company practice exams. I think i got like 55% on my first bio practice exam because I was very harsh on myself to ensure i was targetting every apsect of the marking guide. I think in the end i did around 20 bio practice exams, finishing off with the vcaa exams from 2016 onwards and going over them with my teachers. All the current study design ones i did timed and got them fully marked and very heavily went over them.

Im happy to answer any other questions you have, and i hope this helps a bit!

Hi, I'm only in year 9 (2025) but I heard that IB is a certificate that you can apply for other universities in Europe or US as welll not just in Australia. However some uni in Aus can also exchange IB score to ATAR score as well. Definitely IB is way harder but it is very advantageous.

-MindsAhead- Thank you so much! I believe in you!!