49/50

pcx_demolition017 · 24 Apr 2004, 3:45 PM

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I often hear people say they got 49/50 or 99/100 for some subjects. Is this mark an aligned mark or a scaled mark?

**Ragerunner** · 24 Apr 2004, 4:00 PM

That is aligned mark.

santaslayer · 26 Apr 2004, 11:17 PM

49/50 is aligned for sure.....

Snapwizard · 28 Apr 2004, 3:45 PM

I thought that top mark in a subject is always raw?? therefore 100/100 must be raw!!

Edit, I only thought that the highest raw mark in any subject is alined to itself, okay I'm wrong , we dont need all this camotion

I realise that a raw mark of 99 and a raw mark of 100 may both be alined to 100

maybe I'm wrong again!!

**Lazarus** · 28 Apr 2004, 7:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Snapwizard
I thought that top mark in a subject is always raw?? therefore 100/100 must to raw!!

I have no idea what you're talking about.

MoonlightSonata · 28 Apr 2004, 8:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Snapwizard
I thought that top mark in a subject is always raw?? therefore 100/100 must to raw!!

Quote:

Originally posted by Lazarus
I have no idea what you're talking about.

ahahaha

Minai · 28 Apr 2004, 9:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Snapwizard
I thought that top mark in a subject is always raw?? therefore 100/100 must to raw!!

By your logic, the top mark in a subject is expressed as a raw mark, and evryone else is scaled
This is incorrect

The mere fact that you dont get your raw marks means any mark you get from BOS is aligned to the bands

Ziff · 28 Apr 2004, 10:38 PM

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Originally posted by MoonlightSonata
ahahaha

I made it my sig before you posted :P

santaslayer · 29 Apr 2004, 10:26 AM

ahahaahahaa......

Snaps sitting next to me at uni and im laughinfg my arse off!

Snapwizard · 29 Apr 2004, 10:31 AM

**Survivor39** · 30 Apr 2004, 8:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Snapwizard
I thought that top mark in a subject is always raw?? therefore 100/100 must to raw!!

I think Snap meant that the full aligned mark (50/50 and 100/100) have derive from a full RAW mark.

You cannot have align mark as full mark if one's raw mark is not full. Something to do with interpolation...

velox · 30 Apr 2004, 9:43 PM

so what does aligned mean?

iambored · 30 Apr 2004, 10:24 PM

they take the raw mark you get in your exam and then move it to where it corresponds to the bands.

take maths for example, last years maths paper was very hard. so therefore a raw mark of 60/120, although = 50%, may have been equal to a band 6. therefore they could align it to 90/100.

**Ragerunner** · 30 Apr 2004, 10:51 PM

Or take for example Lazarus' marks.

Physics - RAW Mark - 75/100
Aligned mark - 85/100

pcx_demolition017 · 1 May 2004, 4:54 PM

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Originally posted by Ragerunner
Or take for example Lazarus' marks.

Physics - RAW Mark - 75/100
Aligned mark - 85/100

how did laz get access to his raw marks btw.???

from what ive read and what ive been told:
1. if you come first in your school, then you don't really get affected by aligning because u get the top mark anyway.
2. if u come in the top 5% or thereabouts, and there's a relatively small difference between the students at the top, u won't really be affected greatly by aligning.

are these two statements true??

btw. what would be the difference in scaled marks between a person who came 1st in a subject and a person who came 20th, for instance? would there be much more than 0.5 between them?

24 Apr 2004, 3:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
pcx_demolition017 Executive Member HSC: 2003 Gender: Male Location: Currently Lost Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 673 Last Activity: 24 Feb 2006, 10:30 AM	49/50 - Scaled or Aligned? You can hide this advertisement by registering. I often hear people say they got 49/50 or 99/100 for some subjects. Is this mark an aligned mark or a scaled mark?

24 Apr 2004, 4:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ragerunner Your friendly HSC guide HSC: 2003 Gender: Male Location: UNSW Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 5,469 Last Activity: 30 Jul 2009, 9:22 PM	That is aligned mark. __________________ B Science @ UNSW (Major in Psychology) See green? It's just your imagination.

26 Apr 2004, 11:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
santaslayer Demigod of Waffle HSC: 2010 Gender: Male Location: La La Land Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 7,925 Last Activity: 1 Aug 2006, 12:13 PM	49/50 is aligned for sure..... __________________ B Commerce/ B Laws Class of `03

28 Apr 2004, 3:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
Snapwizard Snapy HSC: 2003 Gender: Male Location: Sydney Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 701 Last Activity: 14 Jul 2007, 7:10 PM	I thought that top mark in a subject is always raw?? therefore 100/100 must be raw!! Edit, I only thought that the highest raw mark in any subject is alined to itself, okay I'm wrong , we dont need all this camotion I realise that a raw mark of 99 and a raw mark of 100 may both be alined to 100 maybe I'm wrong again!! __________________ B/Arts+B/Commerce "Quote Reserved" I AM BETTER THEN YOU YES YOU Last edited by Snapwizard; 1 May 2004 at 12:22 PM.

29 Apr 2004, 10:26 AM	#9 (permalink)
santaslayer Demigod of Waffle HSC: 2010 Gender: Male Location: La La Land Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 7,925 Last Activity: 1 Aug 2006, 12:13 PM	ahahaahahaa...... Snaps sitting next to me at uni and im laughinfg my arse off! __________________ B Commerce/ B Laws Class of `03

29 Apr 2004, 10:31 AM	#10 (permalink)
Snapwizard Snapy HSC: 2003 Gender: Male Location: Sydney Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 701 Last Activity: 14 Jul 2007, 7:10 PM	__________________ B/Arts+B/Commerce "Quote Reserved" I AM BETTER THEN YOU YES YOU

30 Apr 2004, 10:24 PM	#13 (permalink)
iambored dum-di-dum HSC: 2003 Gender: Undisclosed Location: here Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 11,080 Last Activity: 25 Jun 2009, 9:34 AM	they take the raw mark you get in your exam and then move it to where it corresponds to the bands. take maths for example, last years maths paper was very hard. so therefore a raw mark of 60/120, although = 50%, may have been equal to a band 6. therefore they could align it to 90/100.

30 Apr 2004, 10:51 PM	#14 (permalink)
Ragerunner Your friendly HSC guide HSC: 2003 Gender: Male Location: UNSW Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 5,469 Last Activity: 30 Jul 2009, 9:22 PM	Or take for example Lazarus' marks. Physics - RAW Mark - 75/100 Aligned mark - 85/100 __________________ B Science @ UNSW (Major in Psychology) See green? It's just your imagination.

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