What courses have provincial exams?
In case you do not know or need to refresh your memory, BC provincial exams can be separated into two categories: exams that are mandatory for high school graduation and ones that are optional. English 10, Math 10, Science 10, Social Studies 11, and English 12 are the five exams that belong in the first category. Optional exams apply only to grade twelve academic courses other than English (which include math, history, science, and language courses). What are some reasons to write (or not write) an optional provincial exam? There are quite a few advantages and disadvantages to writing an optional provincial exam. First, each exam is worth 40% of the student’s final grade for that course, which is a large portion. Therefore, some students choose to write the exam because they want to try and improve their course mark. If the student prepares well for the exam, or is confident she can do well, then the exam will serve as an excellent mark-booster. However, there is also the risk that the
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