Highest marks in 2U and Ext 1? (1 Viewer)

[~ ReNcH ~]

Does anyone have a list of the marks scored by the top student for 2U and Ext 1, for the past 10 years or so? I think I saw it in an Excel book, but I'm not sure.

 

[Estel]

100% most likely for all of them.

 

[Li0n]

i saw it in jeff geha's how to do well in ext-1 or something

forgot the marks, but no one got 100% in ext-1 , lowest ive seen was 78/84 (raw) in 1996, which is pretty shit imo....

you'd think that at least 10 people get 100% each year :/

 

[Estel]

I'm pretty sure people get 100% in a lot of years...

HSC mark of 100 for 2002 and 2003 I'm sure.

 

[Li0n]

yeah in the later years, but not in the earlier ones, i noticed also from 90's till 00 marks just kept climbing and climing, yet the tests seemed harder and harder :/

 

[~ ReNcH ~]

Hhhmm...
100% seems impossible though, looking at some of the Q7s in Ext 1. I can see that 100% in 2U might be possible, but in Ext 1....? I'd be happy with 76/84 I think.

 

[Constip8edSkunk]

there were definitely several 100s for ext1 in 2002.... i havent really paid attention last yr...but id imagine there are some last yr too

 

[~ ReNcH ~]

there were definitely several 100s for ext1 in 2002.... i havent really paid attention last yr...but id imagine there are some last yr too

Have you got any tips for getting 100 in Ext 1, since I see you got 96 and a UAI of 99.65?

 

[Estel]

Considering only a few people at most in the entire state would get 100 in Ext 1, I would presume a small part would have to do with talent and a dash of luck, things one cannot study for

 

[withoutaface]

You might not be able to get 100%, but you can come bloody close if you:

-make sure you understand everything in the course. If not do exercises until you have a good grasp of it.

- perhaps more importantly, work on your exam technique through past papers. Do as many as you can get your hands on. Obviously you must have skill to begin with, but if you do this you should be getting up to the start of question six and possibly further by the end of the first hour, giving you plenty of time to answer the rest of the questions and give yourself the best chance at a raw percentage in the mid-high 90s.

 

[Estel]

But in 3U every question is doable...
it's always that silly mistake somewhere in the paper that checking can't seem to find =/...

You should know, getting 82/84 for your trials

 

[grimreaper]

Yes I agree that 100% in a 3u exam is very doable. And I also agree that the silly mistakes are what stops me from getting it =\

Oh, and another thing is I think that withoutaface was right about being able to get up to q6 within an hour - the first few questions shouldnt be any problem at all if you know basic textbook work

 

[withoutaface]

But in 3U every question is doable...
it's always that silly mistake somewhere in the paper that checking can't seem to find =/...

You should know, getting 82/84 for your trials

Haha yes, the marks I lost were because of:

1. a stupid and unfair marking scheme.
2. I wrote down the right answer, then crossed it out and worked it out again, but a minus sign was lost somewhere, and alas there goes my 100%.

The trick is to do every question twice, even if you just do it mentally.

EDIT: grimreaper: silly mistakes=poor exam technique=do more papers

EDITEDIT: Question 6 within an hour is very doable, as is part way through question 5 in 4u by end of the first hour

 

[~ ReNcH ~]

You might not be able to get 100%, but you can come bloody close if you:

-make sure you understand everything in the course. If not do exercises until you have a good grasp of it.

- perhaps more importantly, work on your exam technique through past papers. Do as many as you can get your hands on. Obviously you must have skill to begin with, but if you do this you should be getting up to the start of question six and possibly further by the end of the first hour, giving you plenty of time to answer the rest of the questions and give yourself the best chance at a raw percentage in the mid-high 90s.

I've been practising a few trial papers. I can manage to finish Q1-5 in 60-70 minutes but even then, I get stuck on Q7. Looking through some past HSC Q7s, they seem to ask quite random questions. In the trials, they tend to ask the same things in Q7 (I've noticed the same questions pop-up a few times). But in the HSC they manage to create all new sorts of questions which often stump me because I've never seen anything similar before. I have to admit that I'm not all that good at adapting my brain to a new question with 30 mins to do it in and that's where I lose most of my marks.

 

[withoutaface]

I've been practising a few trial papers. I can manage to finish Q1-5 in 60-70 minutes but even then, I get stuck on Q7. Looking through some past HSC Q7s, they seem to ask quite random questions. In the trials, they tend to ask the same things in Q7 (I've noticed the same questions pop-up a few times). But in the HSC they manage to create all new sorts of questions which often stump me because I've never seen anything similar before. I have to admit that I'm not all that good at adapting my brain to a new question with 30 mins to do it in and that's where I lose most of my marks.

That's what I find a lot of the time as well, but most of the time its a pretty safe bet that it will be either projectiles or SHM, so just look for harder questions and get used to the mindset you need, I've found that working through the projectile questions in the mechanics section of 4u cambridge has helped me with how I approach different varieties of these questions, but this may not be for everyone.

 

[grimreaper]

I've been practising a few trial papers. I can manage to finish Q1-5 in 60-70 minutes but even then, I get stuck on Q7. Looking through some past HSC Q7s, they seem to ask quite random questions. In the trials, they tend to ask the same things in Q7 (I've noticed the same questions pop-up a few times). But in the HSC they manage to create all new sorts of questions which often stump me because I've never seen anything similar before. I have to admit that I'm not all that good at adapting my brain to a new question with 30 mins to do it in and that's where I lose most of my marks.

if you can do the first 6 questions well and can at least have a go at q7, youre looking at a band e4 (90+) easily, so I wouldnt worry about not doing well in q7 - not many people do. I think the average mark last year for the last question was around one and a half

 

[Estel]

That doesn't mean you can't get 12 in q7...

 

[withoutaface]

That doesn't mean you can't get 12 in q7...

12 is still acheivable in q 7, but it is more difficult in HSC than in trials.

 

[Xayma]

That's what I find a lot of the time as well, but most of the time its a pretty safe bet that it will be either projectiles or SHM, so just look for harder questions and get used to the mindset you need, I've found that working through the projectile questions in the mechanics section of 4u cambridge has helped me with how I approach different varieties of these questions, but this may not be for everyone.

A fair few also contain some binomial theorem.

And the difficulty changes alot from year to year, with some being not worth the time unless you have 95+% in everything else to those being just like Q5 or Q6

 

[withoutaface]

A fair few also contain some binomial theorem.

And the difficulty changes alot from year to year, with some being not worth the time unless you have 95+% in everything else to those being just like Q5 or Q6

Ahh yes, big tip for the binomial theorem questions:

a lot of them involve integration or differentiation in order to get the desired result (ie if it is a series sum question), so be on the lookout for this.