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In terms of VCE, what is 86% considered as?

Today, I got back my SAC results for Chemistry and I scored 86%. Is that considered an "A"? What kind of grades will I need to achieve in order to gain a RAW score of 40+ ?
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Am I allowed to write what I wrote for a practice SAC in the real SAC?

For English, I wrote an excellent practice sac, and it so happens that the real SAC has a very similar prompt. Am I allowed to basically re-write my practice SAC on this or is it n …
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What do you do to cheer yourself up when you do poorly in a SAC?

What do you do to cheer yourself up when you do poorly in a SAC?
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What is the effect of varying pH/temperature/solutions on beetroot membranes?

Our class is doing a practical SAC using beetroot to explore our understanding of membranes. The main thing that we need to understand is why the solution (that the beetroot was pl …
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Can I still get a high ATAR if my SAC scores aren’t the best?

I'm aiming for an ATAR of 85+ My SAC marks so far: 28/30 English (ranked around 2nd in my year level at the moment) 40/60 for Economics (extremely hard sac, ranking is around 3r …
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VCE question about SACS

Okay so, I recently found out about how the top student in the cohort(using SAC marks) gets the highest study score that the cohort receives? Say you got the highest SAC scores ou …
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How does a pH 9.2 solution affect a beetroot membrane?

A piece of beetroot (rinsed) is placed in a pH 9.2 solution. Some pigment leaks from the membrane and makes the solution a very light purple (1/5). After 24 hours the solution has …
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How do SACs get scaled?

How does VCAA scale our SACs? I hear all this talk about cohort ranking. What does this mean? Is it as simple as: if we do well in our exams, our SACs will be scaled up? And how …
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How to avoid disasters on exams and sacs?

I am currently a Year 11 student, going onto year 12 next year. I want to ask previous VCE students about mistakes they have made/or mistakes others have made, and how to avoid the …