How important is 'School Ranking'?

Willba16 · 2 Nov 2009, 12:16 AM

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Does it have any other purpose then letting schools know how they are doing and for marketing purposes (in terms of attracting prospective students)? or does it have other effects?

lpodnano · 4 Nov 2009, 7:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Willba16

Does it have any other purpose then letting schools know how they are doing and for marketing purposes (in terms of attracting prospective students)? or does it have other effects?

From the limited knowledge I know about the HSC, external rankings are done after the hsc results and atar are calculated. I guess it's purpose is how the school is doing and how they fair against other schools, and possibly make a good prediction of their atar according to their raw marks. The more important ranking is internal.

sikhman · 4 Nov 2009, 12:30 PM

just to compare schools, and make them so ridiculously focused on getting band 6's they don't do anything else.

league tables are dumb imo tries to put a value on a school solely based on academics (although, in the proposed scheme, school's can put other info down with their ranking)

Monsterman · 7 Nov 2009, 1:56 PM

Higher the school rank the higher chance your atar would be high.. cause i heard my friend say that top 30 in nsb would get.. +99.. not sure if thats true but thats what he said..

compared with my school which is within..150 or so.. only less than 30 people would get over 90..

sikhman · 7 Nov 2009, 11:04 PM

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Higher the school rank the higher chance your atar would be high.. cause i heard my friend say that top 30 in nsb would get.. +99.. not sure if thats true but thats what he said..

compared with my school which is within..150 or so.. only less than 30 people would get over 90..

you got your causation the wrong way round.

2 Nov 2009, 12:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
Willba16 Junior Member HSC: 2010 Gender: Male Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 29 Last Activity: Yesterday, 7:44 AM	How important is 'School Ranking'? You can hide this advertisement by registering. Does it have any other purpose then letting schools know how they are doing and for marketing purposes (in terms of attracting prospective students)? or does it have other effects?

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sikhman Supreme Member HSC: 2009 Gender: Male Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,391 Last Activity: Today, 3:41 PM	Re: How important is 'School Ranking'? just to compare schools, and make them so ridiculously focused on getting band 6's they don't do anything else. league tables are dumb imo tries to put a value on a school solely based on academics (although, in the proposed scheme, school's can put other info down with their ranking) __________________ Tutoring on the North Shore For: Chemistry 4U/3U/2U Maths Physics (Selected for Olympiad Training Camp) 2U/3U English PM for details + further credentials SGL is starting again.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy_RS-CsRkA

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Monsterman Senior Member HSC: 2009 Gender: Undisclosed Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 217 Last Activity: Yesterday, 6:28 PM	Re: How important is 'School Ranking'? Higher the school rank the higher chance your atar would be high.. cause i heard my friend say that top 30 in nsb would get.. +99.. not sure if thats true but thats what he said.. compared with my school which is within..150 or so.. only less than 30 people would get over 90.. __________________ Get a really good ATAR by playing: http://www.hobowars.com/signup.php?ref=611965

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