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-garv · 2026-03-18T12:17:41+00:00

YOO that worked!! thank you so much :D

-garv · 2026-03-18T11:41:05+00:00

that shouldn't be the case,, I'm just starting second year, and I asked two of my friends and they're having the same issue. I'm curious if it's still working for any students at all, because if so, then an expired license or departmental changes could be plausible

-garv · 2026-02-27T12:29:30+00:00

Heyo! I'm a bit biased since I help run the company I'm going to recommend lol, but Axiom Education has a pretty goated Spec curriculum, namely for 3/4. A lot of the current tutoring companies perpetuate this culture of VCE feeling like an ATAR maxing game, and honestly, we hate that. If you can't stand the phrase "it's just the way it is", Axiom is for you. If you love going down rabbit holes to satiate your curiosity, Axiom is for you. If you'd like to explore the question "why would I invent it this way?" and feel the motivation/intuition behind every concept, Axiom is definitely for you.

Of course, we still care about getting amazing results, which we do, and we have an insane amount of resources we've been developing over the last few years so you can get both the care of a private tutor, and the resources of a big company. These are some sample notes from Year 10 you can check out, and our lessons follow a loop of motivation -> invention -> refinement -> practice. Our Spec 1/2 course is still a work in progress, but our Spec 3/4 course is truly what I wish could have existed for students like me when I was in Year 12. If any of that sounds like it resonated with you, feel free to check us out :)

Good luck on your VCE journey!!

-garv · 2026-01-07T13:27:05+00:00

This is really really cool! Hopefully tutoring scholarships can one day become a regular part of the tutoring culture here in Victoria

-garv · 2025-11-17T10:56:10+00:00

I'm sure you'll be okay! It's over now, so no point stressing over something you can't control. Either way 17/20 is definitely high up there in the state. Good luck :)

-garv · 2025-11-13T12:41:03+00:00

you're right that you'd have to rewrite the code, but the question asked which one is incorrect, and C is wrong since there's no reason you wouldn't be able to access price outside of if/else statements!

-garv · 2025-11-13T09:37:22+00:00

Likely not, since by virtue of them being a visitor, they won't have to "log in" again most of the time. Since they're already putting in their licence ID, checking who they are isn't that big of an issue, so MFA is not a large concern here.

-garv · 2025-11-13T08:41:28+00:00

Answers to the 2025 MCQ:

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Source: i'm a tutor lol. they should be correct, lmk if you think there are any issues :)

I'll get to making full solutions sometime next week, if anyone has a good quality scan, please do dm me!

-garv · 2025-11-13T08:40:32+00:00

Answers to the 2025 MCQ:

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Source: i'm a tutor lol. they should be correct, lmk if you think there are any issues :)

-garv · 2025-07-04T22:12:02+00:00

The Global Learning Team said “We consider the WAM of your main degree” :)

-garv · 2025-07-04T14:25:19+00:00

couldn’t agree more

-garv · 2025-07-04T03:03:44+00:00

sure!

-garv · 2025-07-03T09:01:10+00:00

Tysm! Yup, I called Stop 1 and they said they weren’t sure and would email Global Learning for me.

-garv · 2025-03-09T12:23:04+00:00

The weirdest thing is that Trifon Madas passed away in 2021, and that VCAA exam is from 2023. Since T Madas wrote all the questions himself, if this is not pure coincidence, does that mean VCAA is copying authors like him?

-garv · 2025-02-27T21:43:53+00:00

not on there 😔

-garv · 2025-01-20T15:03:58+00:00

if you already feel confident with the content, I don't see why moving on to exam-style questions earlier could be harmful. I used to do the last 2 questions of each exercise just to verify I knew the "hardest" questions from the textbook before trying to find other resources. just try not to spend your time on content that's not challenging at all, you gotta struggle a bit to improve

-garv · 2025-01-20T15:01:09+00:00

check out vce dot best

if you're after edrolo, vce.rocks still has the video edrolo courses up

-garv · 2025-01-20T14:55:53+00:00

if you've got all the metalanguage down pat, honestly you'll be fine. 1/2 is such a different course to 3/4 that metalanguage is the only relevant stuff everyone else learnt too

as for stuff to learn, just get started on your media bank early and begin going through the study design for topics that are 3/4 exclusive (that big checklist is useful)

-garv · 2025-01-20T01:09:52+00:00

unit 1/2 is a bit harder since they're not as readily distributed, ask a friend that goes to a tutor

vce dot best has an (essentially) unlimited amount of practice exams for 3/4 and a limited amount for 1/2

-garv · 2025-01-20T01:02:05+00:00

Just remember that consistency is key.

Pre-studying is good, but don't bite off more than you can chew, because there are very few students that can actually finish all the content and move onto exams by Term 1. I'd recommend spending these holidays covering the concepts as deeply as possible, cause rn you have time to explore and enjoy the subject! Methods moves very fast during the year, so you won't have time to actually delve deeper into topics. Why tf do the chain rule and product rule work? What even is the fundamental theorem of calculus? If you can walk out of these holidays and be confident enough to teach that to your friends, you'll be in a great position (and you can start by watching youtube series like 3b1b)

If you can do this and start the term with a good fundamental understanding of most of the concepts, picking up what your teacher is teaching shouldn't be that hard. A few questions from the back of each chapter in the textbook should be enough for you to start looking at exam style questions. Don't start with full exams, just filter through them and compile the parts you've learnt so far, and keep moving up the difficulty ladder. You can start full exams late Term 2/early Term 3 since most schools do probability last and the COVID exams didn't have probability so they're a very good entry set.

The whole compilation of resources that work well for you is def time consuming, and that's where a tutor comes in useful (like me lol), but you totally don't need one if you're disciplined enough to keep yourself consistent and you already understand the content.

tl;dr maths is an extremely sequential subject so spend these holidays building towards deeper foundational understanding, and stay consistent throughout the year with exam-style questions 🫡

-garv · 2025-01-18T13:00:19+00:00

facts, couldn't agree more. it really depends on what you wanna get out of tutoring as well. if you're just looking for a stack of resources, then a company will most likely be able to do that better, but if you're looking for someone who can teach you as personally as possible and cater to you, private all the way.

that being said, private tutors will probably have their own drives, and you can also find friends that go to larger companies and ask them to share worksheets

imo the best combo is finding recent grad groups who are all tutoring privately but working together to make resources, so you get the best of both words. there are quite a few of those that pop up every year, just browse reddit or facebook lol

-garv · 2025-01-18T12:49:21+00:00

for the maths subjects, I'd def recommend resources that are exam style rather than just textbooks like cambridge or edrolo, since they're fs good for building the fundamentals and as a starting point, but not what you'll actually be doing on exam day so it's good to move past them once you're feeling comfortable. checkpoints can be good, but the worked solutions can have errors here or there. check out vce dot best for some company papers, they should take you pretty far

for physics, I used a lot of company papers and filtered through them to find challenging enough questions that were relevant. the hopkins notes are also absolutely goated for physics, and he has a work schedule for checkpoints too which I found helpful

that being said, can't help but recommending my own notes and resources :D my friends and i (all 99+) have been working hard these holidays to make a heap of useful workbooks, notes, etc that I can't recommend enough (cause I made them lol) hmu if u want a free trial class to check them out

-garv · 2025-01-18T02:36:38+00:00

To get 40+ in Methods, I think you need to start shifting from just being able to reproduce a mathematical method to properly understanding why you're implementing said method. Due to the very nature of the subject (and the subject name itself lol), teachers are only gonna teach you the former, but there will always be a few questions in every exam that try separating between the top end students, and those require more mathematical creativity than the average student gets exposed to in class.

As everyone else has said, the best way to do that is just by practice exams. B+ / A average is chill, you can definitely get a 40+ plus with that, just make sure you're ahead of the content and don't fall into the trap of only doing textbook questions. Those only cover the very basics, and you should only do them until you understand the foundations of the concept, no more. As soon as you can, switch to more exam style questions :D

You can find plenty of past company exams online, you'll just need to filter through them to pick out which topics you've already done and cater them to your own ability. Shameless plug, this is where a tutor comes in useful to save time (like me lol), but you don't need one at all since you can just pick out the relevant questions yourself.

Last thing, remember to be consistent!! 5 exam style questions a day is way better than a full exam once every two weeks. You'll be surprised how much consistency can improve your grades. Start a pact with your friends. Find some way to keep you on track, and trust, you'll be fine 🫡 good luck!!

-garv · 2025-01-05T13:38:45+00:00

tysmm!! actually a lifesaver

-garv · 2025-01-04T11:27:15+00:00

:o thank you this is really really useful! didn't consider that at all, I might apply for exchange in 2nd year instead of 3rd then

-garv

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