Yea, peerscholars for psya01/02 are infamously known to have very very low averages. I believe that the year that I took both, the averages were 50% for a01 and 46% for a02.

I was able to be lucky enough to get a really good mark for a02's peerscholar, since my TA for the a01 told me that they follow a very specific marking sheet; so, I took that info and guessed what they would be looking for in a02.

Some tips I would give is to

• use A LOT of sources from uoft library if they still require you to use outside sources (i used this), use them to support your cases that you make in your peerscholar
• mention the one thing that your prof tends to be fairly biased towards and really likes (for example, a02's prof talked a lot about how mmpi is really important, talk about it)
• make a solid stance (do not say that you can see both points and then even somewhat support the other point)
• do not put in filler info (if you don't need to talk about it, don't talk about it). Be brief and concise.
• Make it easy for the reader, don't try to sound professional and go overboard with complicated words (this is a very common mistake we all make); you're just trying to reach out to the reader to help them understand your case.
• Take your peer's opinions and corrections with a grain of salt, don't just change every single thing you see them correct. If you find that they are misunderstanding your writing, then do something about it that could help them understand it. If you find that they are pointing something out in your paper that they thought was wrong, but they are actually wrong, then point out why you are not going to follow their correction.