Honest advice on Band 5 English after bad results so far (1 Viewer)

[moocow920]

Any advice would be really appreciated, thankyou anyone in advance!

For the course I am interested in at uni, i need a band 5 in English. Last term i got 9/15 for a belonging essay worth 10-15% (bottom mark 8, top mark 14), and i have a belonging creative and book cover worth 10% due tuesday, as well as a speech on mod A worth 15%. Obviously i am unhappy with my mark last term, and i am trying really hard for the upcoming ones, but i don't feel like i am going very well in my preparation, and I am not expecting a good mark. If i go average, not terrible but not good, in these next two, and keep trying really hard to improve, is there any way i would still be able to get a Band 5? I am not a bad writer, but I have been having a lot of issues over yr 11/12 (can't apply for EAS), and I find English at school extremely boring and difficult, have a real mental block about it even though I am trying really hard. My school's rank changes between 20s and low 30s most years, but my cohort is fairly smart (best school certificate results of any cohort).

Thankyou so much!

 

[brent012]

Advanced or standard? Assuming advanced If I remember correctly almost half the advanced cohort across the state get a band 5 or higher. Considering that your school is highly ranked I doubt they mark "easily" so if you improve a bit across the year a band 5 is definitely possible.

 

[moocow920]

yes, advanced, sorry. Thanks for the help, I hadn't heard that statistic, if it's correct that's definitely encouraging

 

[brent012]

yes, advanced, sorry. Thanks for the help, I hadn't heard that statistic, if it's correct that's definitely encouraging

Np. For that statistic if you want you can check by playing around with marks on some of the ATAR calculators.

 

[nerdasdasd]

yes, advanced, sorry. Thanks for the help, I hadn't heard that statistic, if it's correct that's definitely encouraging

A band 5 is definitely not out of the picture.

 

[cheepy5]

I got a raw assessment mark of 69/100 (hehehe) and a rank of about 30/60 ..... i ended up with a moderated assessment mark of 81 and an exam mark of 89, I thought i could'nt get a band 5 either but really if you have a strong cohort and do well in the externals you should be fine.

 

[moocow920]

ok, this made me feel a bit better, thankyou so much! all there is to do is just keep studying i guess

 

[ZombieApocalypse]

I SUCKED at adv english. I got like ~13/20s for my essays (but i did a little better in belonging) and i ended up with like, 86 in english. you'll be fine.

 

[lightingbolt]

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Really! you must be crazy lol, who would believe this story. getting 13/20, will get you a band 5, the truth is that you worked hard and scored top marks each assignment throughout the year.

Mate, keep you lies to your self.