Senior Studies

2024 VCE examination periods

The following examination periods have been approved by the VCAA Board.

• General Achievement Test (GAT)
  Tuesday 18 June 2024
• Extended Investigation Critical Thinking Test
  Wednesday 31 July 2024
• Performance and Languages oral examinations and Extended Investigation: oral presentations
  Monday 7 October 2024 – Sunday 3 November 2024
• Languages (CCAFL) written examinations
  Tuesday 15 October 2024
• Auslan examination
  Tuesday 15 October 2024
• Written examinations
  Tuesday 29 October 2024 – Wednesday 20 November 2024

It is never to early to start preparing for what's to come! Below are some tips from the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority about preparing for exams

VCE examinations can seem like a daunting prospect but they don’t need to be if you’re well prepared.

These tips will help:

1. Make sure you’ve got notes on each of the Key Knowledge and Skills set out in the Study Design
2. Do 3 or 4 past exams to revise – if you can, work with friends to check and comment on each other’s answers
3. Read the examination reports
4. Don’t try and cram at the last minute. Draw up a revision schedule that makes best use of the exam lead-up period.
5. Better to get more sleep than stay up late studying during the exam period
6. Make sure you have two or three spare pens
7. Read the questions carefully
8. If you are stuck on a question, mark it, move on to the next and come back to it at the end
9. Keep track of the time during the exam, and make sure you try and answer as many questions as possible
10. Don’t leave the room early – use any left over time to revise and check
11. And a last bonus tip – don’t try to cheat. It’s wrong, you’re cheating your friends, and in any case it doesn’t work – those trying to cheat get caught