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Dimorphic

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The new SAM that is out, how accurate is it?

Cause with my trial marks it says a UAI of 37, but I posted my trial marks and my final assesment rankings on here for you guys to predict and you guys said I could get 64.

So it begs the question, how accurate is SAM?
 

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It gave me a result 30. :( Hopefully it's not that accurate, otherwise I'm guaranteed a month or so of doom.
 

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Thade said:
It gave me a result 30. :( Hopefully it's not that accurate, otherwise I'm guaranteed a month or so of doom.
Yeah, same.

I will eventually pick myself up from the utter dissapointment and find out about TAFE, but let us hope it does not come to that.
 

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well it said ill get 53.80
with
Busst 72
engad 69
legal 65
gmaths 76
pdhpe 77

wat u guys think
 

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SAM is quite accurate for PREVIOUS years. So, it is possible to end up with a UAI that is different to what SAM predicts, and it most likely will be. How much it differs by depends on how the rest of the state performed. When I put my marks in for the year 2004, it was 0.05 off.
 

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I put my results into SAM just then and it said I would get 96. JUAI said I would get 96.25

I hope my real UAI isn't far off these estimations. I couldn't believe it.

Do you think it could be much lower? If so, by how much?
 

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hay yo,
i scored myself some nice HSC marks.....betta then i thought i would....

anywayz...it's 11:26 and i still cannot sign into SAM.....tRaFFiC???
Dammit im so anxious....jezzz...people its FREAKIN 11:26 am....stop looking at your predicted UAI....ahahahahhaha jokez....
 

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SAM still not working....can someone give me a rough estimate of my UAI?

Ancient History 81
Business Studies 61
Adv English 67
Modern History 72
History Extension 26/50
Science 82

Thanks in advance......
 

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i cant get onto the SAM calculator...ive been trying all morning!
does anyone have any idea wat sort of uai i could get with these marks

ancient history 70
drama 78
english advanced 70
geography 76
legal studies 71
general maths 74


thank you!
 

Thade

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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

20 minutes of waiting for it to work, and SAM gives me a UAI of 57.05. Gee, thanks SAM. :(

Ancient History 75
English (Standard) 70
General Mathematics 69
Society and Culture 66
Visual Arts 90

Well, I'm certainly doomed. :mad1:
 

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if its not bogus we aint gonna get more than diplomas or worse...entry level jobs :O
 

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dromar31 said:
if its not bogus we aint gonna get more than diplomas or worse...entry level jobs :O
My nightmare come true. D:
 

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Hey every one,
I did the HSC in 2005. I did studies of religion II, chemistry, biology, food technology, mathematics and english advanced. I put my results into sam and got a UAI of 93-94. Keep in mind i was using the 2004 sam. My UAI came out to be 93 (real uai from uac). So id say its just a few points under what sam predicted! I also tried with the 2005 sam which is the year i did the hsc and it gave me a uai of 93.15 which was pretty damn close to my uai! Because the sam isnt 2006, to avoid disapointment just take off a few points from this yrs sam prediction. In my oppinion its pretty accurate. I wish you guys all the best, i know how much hard work goes into this!!! Just remember if u dont get the results you wanted there are so many other options to get to where u want to be trust me i know from first hand experience! be confident and proud and hold ur head held high knowing you tried ur best!!
Best of luck!!
Claire.
 

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claire_bear said:
Hey every one,
I did the HSC in 2005. I did studies of religion II, chemistry, biology, food technology, mathematics and english advanced. I put my results into sam and got a UAI of 93-94. Keep in mind i was using the 2004 sam. My UAI came out to be 93 (real uai from uac). So id say its just a few points under what sam predicted! I also tried with the 2005 sam which is the year i did the hsc and it gave me a uai of 93.15 which was pretty damn close to my uai! Because the sam isnt 2006, to avoid disapointment just take off a few points from this yrs sam prediction. In my oppinion its pretty accurate. I wish you guys all the best, i know how much hard work goes into this!!! Just remember if u dont get the results you wanted there are so many other options to get to where u want to be trust me i know from first hand experience! be confident and proud and hold ur head held high knowing you tried ur best!!
Best of luck!!
Claire.
*reaches for newspaper to look for a job*

it really is dependent on how every1 else goes...my marks arent terible in fact im not sure i could have done much better considering my circumstances and the amount i asserted myself (my mum moved to queensland after the english exams i had exams the whole next week and i had to move to dads) . no matter what yopur uai is people you should be proud of what you have achieved and remember you can always gain entry to uni other ways.
 

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SAM is pretty accurate. I did my HSC in 2004 and my actual UAI was 0.15 below the UAI I received from SAM.
 

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