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Rafy
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Shall edit on my return from the frivolous war that is the HSC.
EDIT: I must admit my feelings regarding this exam are somewhat mixed. Although overall i am happy with it
On numerous occasions i discovered questions that exposed an inner delight; these questions were a pleasure to answer. The initial allure provided by the Multple Choice however, (Of which i found most fair and restrained) were soured by some aspects of the Short answer sections. Firstly many of the questions had grossly miscaluclated mark allocations. These "6 markers" were at times narrow and shallow in their scope, somewhat limiting one's ability to achieve full marks. Despite this, i believe i overcame such limitations. One or two questions were ambigious and poorly phrased. To be fair, there were many brilliant questions there, and dispite my critiscisms all were fair and appropriate.
Regaring extended responses, these were the paper's highlight. The report gave ample opportunity for the discussion of the syllabus content and relationships that existed among the topics. This was mirrored in the final section, where question 28 capped off what i found to be a reasonable exam.
Overall it was a challenging but fair assesment of our knowledge of course content.
And with that, we say aideu to Business Studies. It shall be sorley missed ( no sarcastic undertones intended)
EDIT: I must admit my feelings regarding this exam are somewhat mixed. Although overall i am happy with it
On numerous occasions i discovered questions that exposed an inner delight; these questions were a pleasure to answer. The initial allure provided by the Multple Choice however, (Of which i found most fair and restrained) were soured by some aspects of the Short answer sections. Firstly many of the questions had grossly miscaluclated mark allocations. These "6 markers" were at times narrow and shallow in their scope, somewhat limiting one's ability to achieve full marks. Despite this, i believe i overcame such limitations. One or two questions were ambigious and poorly phrased. To be fair, there were many brilliant questions there, and dispite my critiscisms all were fair and appropriate.
Regaring extended responses, these were the paper's highlight. The report gave ample opportunity for the discussion of the syllabus content and relationships that existed among the topics. This was mirrored in the final section, where question 28 capped off what i found to be a reasonable exam.
Overall it was a challenging but fair assesment of our knowledge of course content.
And with that, we say aideu to Business Studies. It shall be sorley missed ( no sarcastic undertones intended)
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How'd you go?
I think I went all right.
There were some hella tricky questions werent there? Like wtf was with ecological question about the chemical manufacturing plant?
Aswell as the last question, I did the industrial conflict one and the effective management of change. I found it tricky to incorporate case studies into that one!!
But on the multiple choice side, I found them unusually straight-forward!
So, how do you think you went? And was this your last exam? It was for me, IM FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
I think I went all right.
There were some hella tricky questions werent there? Like wtf was with ecological question about the chemical manufacturing plant?
Aswell as the last question, I did the industrial conflict one and the effective management of change. I found it tricky to incorporate case studies into that one!!
But on the multiple choice side, I found them unusually straight-forward!
So, how do you think you went? And was this your last exam? It was for me, IM FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
positive
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I think it was so-so ... Didn't like the last 2 questions but I answered them fine.
Danni07
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I liked it. I thought it was generally straight forward, and even though the last question was slightly different to what I was expecting, I think I did pretty well.
Yeah i thought it was pretty easy I was ready for 26/28 didnt make stupid mistkaes like in the trial I did 10 more pages on 28 compared to my trial I think i may have stuffed up around 5 mc questions...some were a bit iffy like it seems their was 2 option?
oh well hope i can get like 80% i hope!!!!!!!
oh well hope i can get like 80% i hope!!!!!!!
vaniLLa_554
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yea i think it was alright..mc and short answer was okay.. i agree, that ecological conflict was weird but i made up somethin lol
and i liked the business report question.. spent 1 hour ...
the extended response, i did 28, i finished but i couldve written a LOT more..just didnt have time
and i liked the business report question.. spent 1 hour ...
the extended response, i did 28, i finished but i couldve written a LOT more..just didnt have time
pretty wierd paper. some of the multi choice were a bit tricky. the short answers were also a bit iffy. it pissed me off how there were 3 6 mark questions. its gonna be quiet hard to get a full 6, which leaves room for a loss a few marks here n there. ah section 3 was ok i guess and i think i ran outta time for the last part. i am expecting late 80s. but it looks like a few ppl found it tricky, so the standard might be lower relative to other years...ah well....desperately needed a band six for biz n eco...
sippi
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business was horrible
i thought section 2 was heaps hard hey! I sat there for like 10 mins just looking at it. multiple choice was pretty basic, ill probz get some wrong. Global question = shit, ER question (i chose 28) i thought was really easy..
hoping for 70s..
Wooooooooooooooo No more finance!!!!!!
i thought section 2 was heaps hard hey! I sat there for like 10 mins just looking at it. multiple choice was pretty basic, ill probz get some wrong. Global question = shit, ER question (i chose 28) i thought was really easy..
hoping for 70s..
Wooooooooooooooo No more finance!!!!!!
I was happy with the exam, i wanted a good exam to end my HSC on and i happy with it. I loved the business report, managed 18 pages in that and 10 in the essay. Im happy with it all. Some of the 6 mark questions in short answer were a tad trippy though...
Opium
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I thought it was probably the most challenging business studies exam i've done. Although I was more prepared for it than my trial, I think I did similarly in terms of marks. I stuffed up section 4, so I lost quite a lot of marks there. Section 3 i thought was good. the short answers were very iffy, some hard questions there and the multiple choice had some questions i didn't have a clue for. So overall a very hard exam. Nothing left to do now but wait for my mark.
shortygb
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quite an ok exam...less marketing and financial formulas than i expected, i dont think ill go good in it, i couldnt remmber alot of strategies and was clueless for most of it.
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wow .. someone wrote 18 pages for the business report? i didn't even know they had they much paper in this world. i did 1 booklet and a half for the report and 1 same for the essay and i thought i was on fire.