what is an exemplar response? (1 Viewer)

[Rahul]

in the standard pckages, what is an exemplar response? is it a distinct band 6?

 

[Lazarus]

Exemplar responses received full marks.

 

[Rahul]

thanks

 

[coroneos]

Originally posted by Lazarus
Exemplar responses received full marks.

Isnt it just a band 6?

 

[Lazarus]

Originally posted by coroneos
Isnt it just a band 6?

No.

 

[sugaryblue]

Originally posted by Lazarus
No.

Lazarus, can I ask you how hard it is to get a UAI of 90%??

 

[flyin']

First off, a UAI is not a percentage mark, as such. Instead it's a percentage rank. And 90% basically implies you beat 90% of the people who did the SC with you (which includes, of course, people who left after SC). As to how hard? How hard is it to beat 90% of the state? Some will say its a piece of cake, others will say its a struggle.

Ah, wait, I'm not Laz, I better stop here then.

 

[sugaryblue]

Originally posted by flyin'
First off, a UAI is not a percentage mark, as such. Instead it's a percentage rank. And 90% basically implies you beat 90% of the people who did the SC with you (which includes, of course, people who left after SC). As to how hard? How hard is it to beat 90% of the state? Some will say its a piece of cake, others will say its a struggle.

Ah, wait, I'm not Laz, I better stop here then.

umm... you make it sound getting a UAI of 90% really hard.

can i ask you another question? I am still confused with Alligned mark (though i have read it in the descriptive part of Uai seeker guide)

is Alligned mark in a way 'scaled'??

 

[Lazarus]

Originally posted by sugaryblue
Lazarus, can I ask you how hard it is to get a UAI of 90%??

The top 16% of HSC candidates generally receive a UAI of 90+. That's roughly the top 10,550 (of 65,311) students.

Originally posted by sugaryblue
is Alligned mark in a way 'scaled'??

Yes. It is a scaled mark, but to avoid confusion, the term 'aligned' is used instead.

 

[flyin']

Originally posted by sugaryblue
umm... you make it sound getting a UAI of 90% really hard.

I didn't mean to.

Let's put it this way, at many selective (and certain private) schools gettin' a UAI of 90 is easy. They're more on the wavelength of gettin' 95+ or at a few selective schools where they expect 98, 99+. On the other hand, the bulk of the state would consider a UAI of 90 very respectable. Just depends where you're from.

 

[sugaryblue]

Originally posted by flyin'
I didn't mean to.

Let's put it this way, at many selective (and certain private) schools gettin' a UAI of 90 is easy. They're more on the wavelength of gettin' 95+ or at a few selective schools where they expect 98, 99+. On the other hand, the bulk of the state would consider a UAI of 90 very respectable. Just depends where you're from.

Pennant Hills. Generally, about 10% of Year 12 get above 90's, depending on the year. that means about 20ish students.

Let say

The person who performs and scored the alligned mark of

Physics (80)
Chemistry (80)
Maths (4u) (90)
ESL English (90)

will recieve the same UAI to the student who scored the allighned marks of

Physics (80)
Chemistry (80)
Maths (4U) (90)
English Advanced (90)

??

 

[Ragerunner]

No because the English is different.

But because they both scored high the UAI's will be very similar but not exact.

 

[flyin']

Even if they both did the same English it's very likely they'll receive different UAIs because a reported mark of 80 could mean anything from 79.5 to 80.4, and you consider this for each and every subject, that's quite alot of difference. And also the Exam mark and Assessment mark work under these same conditions.

 

[Ragerunner]

I doubt they use decimals.

The UAC uses the rounded raw marks.

Maybe not

 

[flyin']

The don't use rounded raw marks. But it usually doesn't matter unless you need that 0.05.

 

[Ragerunner]

That 0.05 could make or break you!

 

[Minai]

whats important from sugaryblue's example is the scaled marks
english advanced would more likely have a better scaled mark from its equivalent aligned mark of 90 than ESL
but check Table 3 from the UAC UAI's site

 

[sugaryblue]

Originally posted by Minai
whats important from sugaryblue's example is the scaled marks
english advanced would more likely have a better scaled mark from its equivalent aligned mark of 90 than ESL
but check Table 3 from the UAC UAI's site

Thanks Manai, do you have a direct link? I tend to get lost on the UAC website

 

[Ragerunner]

http://www.uac.edu.au/pubs/pdf/tablea3.pdf

 

[sugaryblue]

thanks. but let's say. if both person got their 'scaled' mark English as

100. that means they are gonna get the same UAI?