Can you do well with a bad sac mark/ranking? VCE and ATAR questions

Short answer: Yes. But with a couple sacs left, definitely try and ace those first!

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Hi everyone! I'm Darren, a second year med student studying at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. I graduated in 2020 with an ATAR of 99.95. This is another clip taken from my QnA video, and these questions are about rankings and study scores. Enjoy!

00:00 Can you still score above 40 in English if you muck up a sac?
00:54 Can you score above 45 in methods if you muck up a sac?
01:31 Do you have to be Rank 1 to score a 50?

[falcomaster-uztn]

thank you darren you have restored my hope to keep going and get a 40 study score, i will not fail you, i promise you

[Antomi_and_go]

Thanks Darren, it was really helpful:)

[noorbhng]

for methods, the research investigation rly took my grade down I got like 60% whilst people in my cohort that don’t usually get high in normal exam style sacs did way better than me. My second sac I got high 90’s, for this sac I should be ranked top 5 at least. Do you think I can still get over 45 raw or has that ship sailed 😭

[lionswinhyenaslose]

I got 30% on my first extended investigation SAC which is below the lower half rank. Can I still get a 50 score ?

[monkeymuncher]

As a Chinese person who's not very good at Chinese (can only write and read very simple texts), do you recommend taking Chinese SL as a VCE subject? I've heard that it is very competitive and a lot of students are good at Chinese, despite being in SL.

[chbaited]

Hey Darren,
Would you recommend studying with music? From your experience, or from people that you know, has it had a negative effect, a positive effect or no effect at all? I find studying with music motivating as I like to listen to music but I feel like doing so, will give an overall decrease in how much I am processing of the work I am doing. I have stopped listening to music when doing languages as the content is completely new to me, but when doing subjects like maths' where I am repeating a singular topic or type of question I find it a lot easier to study with music.

[razengan]

Hi Darren, if I do really well on one of the exams but with really bad sac rankings, would the VCAA people adjust my sac ranking based on my end of year exam results that I did really well on?

[lystraa]

Hey Darren,
Currently doing Further 3/4 externally through VSV, and I really want to score above a 42 on my final exam but my SACs recently have not been going to plan. I know where i messed up and can definitely work hard to minimise as many errors as possible, but for now I want to know the logistics.

SAC 1 - 84%
SAC 2 - 90%
SAC 3 - 70%
SAC 4 - 85%

is it still POSSIBLE for me to get the score I want? or do the SACs make too much of a difference?