Does Geography scale your UAI down a lot?

[cs01001]

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Hey,

Does Geography scale you down alot? If I am aiming for a 93+ UAI, what kinda mark should I be getting in the assessments / HSC exams?

Other subjects I do in Prelim are Advance, 3 Maths, Economics, Modern, Chemistry and Yeah Geo. Prelim course is kinda boring though.

Thanks

[jason21]

Geograhy doesn't scale down at all. However, it doesn't scale up neither. So if u want a UAI of 93 and u do 3unit maths and adv eng im guessing that if you get an average of around 80-85 u should be fine as long as u go pretty well in english and maths.

And if ur referring to the prelim geog course being boring, it is. But HSC geog is so much more interesting.

[watatank]

it might scale it down if you go bad in it, just like if you go bad in any other subject. just get above the state average or something like that (whatever it is) and you will be sweet

[cs01001]

Originally Posted by jason21

Geograhy doesn't scale down at all. However, it doesn't scale up neither. So if u want a UAI of 93 and u do 3unit maths and adv eng im guessing that if you get an average of around 80-85 u should be fine as long as u go pretty well in english and maths.

And if ur referring to the prelim geog course being boring, it is. But HSC geog is so much more interesting.

That's good to hear! Thanks for the help guys

[bahhh]

Yeah I am a little worried about my geography too, but as Watatank said, like all subjects if you go badly you'll scale down... Mind you geography is just about knowing each section of the course well enough for short answer or essay questions.. And spending sometime going over the infinately annoying skills.. But if you do well in the skills section its totally worth it.

[expertdkx]

well what i heard from people that all subjects are equal
but if a subject that has alot of people undertaking then it would scale down however on the other hand if it a rare, not much people undertaking that subject then the marks would scale up
think about it this way
if the Middle-East said no more oil exports
surely our oil, petrol prices will rise
therefore if they say yep take all oil then both the oil and the petrol price will gradually decreases.

[fOxYcLeOpTrA89]

the most recent uac document pertaining to the scaling of hsc subjects documents geography as a subject that SCALES UP.

[fOxYcLeOpTrA89]

i cant be bothered looking for it now, but check in my past posts and it should be there
its a uac website

[abbylee]

Our geography teacher seams to think that geography will get you a BIG PHAT UAI.
she tells us all the time.
she basically thinks were gunna ace it.
so aim high. Phat UAI.
it should do you good.

later;

[thepaperman]

Hey - Geography DOES scale REALLY well; if you get 90 or above, it scales better than English, Economics, Business Studies, Legal Studies, etc. Possibly on par (relatively) with 3 unit mathematics?

[lyounamu]

Originally Posted by thepaperman

Hey - Geography DOES scale REALLY well; if you get 90 or above, it scales better than English, Economics, Business Studies, Legal Studies, etc. Possibly on par (relatively) with 3 unit mathematics?

What is your source of information? It is not true. Absolutely not. 45/50 = 90/100 (aligned mark) in Geography is 38/50 = 76/100 scaled mark. This is mcuh worse than both English (Advanced) and English (Standard), Economics, Legal Studies. It is possibly higher than Business Studies by the way.

My source of information is 2007 Scaling Report and you can download from the UAC website. It is not even in the vicinity of the scaled mark of Mathematics Extension 1.

[thepaperman]

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Sorry, you're right. I was basing my thing on the results a friend achieved - a 94 in Geography, the rest of the subjects weren't done so well, but he achieved 98.55 UAI. However, I now realise he was in the 99th percentile... so obviously, then, a 94/100 scales well. So yeps! A

nything below a 94/100 kids, and Geography is like a penis in your face.

[foram]

Originally Posted by thepaperman

Hey - Geography DOES NOT scale REALLY well; if you get 90 or above, it scales better than English (Standard), Aboriginal Studies, Design and Technology, Textiles, etc. Possibly on par (relatively) with general mathematics?

Corrections ^^

[ahal2123]

I did many subjects I was advised not to do due to scaling... but if you do well in them.. they pay off. I did Geography, Biology, Earth and Environmental Science, PDHPE, 2 unit maths and Advanced English and ended up with a UAI of 99.8
Pays to take the subjects you enjoy.

[samwu22128]

Yep, you get dragged down a LOT, you should drop it straight away. I dropped it whilst my friend stayed in Geography and ended up with a UAI of only 91 (oh btw, ext2 math, ext1 eng, phys, chem got him above 90 UAI, NOT geography).