Band E4 cut off for 2009 exam?

DiligentStudent · 28 Oct 2009, 6:30 PM

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What do you guys think? I reckon in the high 60's/71ish will be E4 (I reckon I got 71/120)

Cheers.

q3thefish · 28 Oct 2009, 6:35 PM

Low 70s.

I doubt it would be in the 60s.

kwokie · 28 Oct 2009, 8:20 PM

I hear the cutt off is usually about 80/120 mark, but i have a friend who reckons he got like 45/120 in last year paper and ended up with 85 scaled.... Which i doubt, can someone clarify for me the approximate raw mark cut off for E3 and e4. THanks.

bell531 · 28 Oct 2009, 8:50 PM

I have no idea whatsoever, but doesn't a mark in the 60s out of a possible 120 seem too low for the top band?

Also what is the proportion of the cohort that the Board of Studies usually likes to place in the top band? Is it roughly 1/3, like I've heard for Ext 1?

imsleepyz · 28 Oct 2009, 8:51 PM

what would 100/120 give me as a HSC mark? thx for the help

kwokie · 28 Oct 2009, 9:53 PM

Apparently about 80/120 gets u about 90 HSc mark, then i think 100/120 would get u 110 HSC mark...

imsleepyz · 28 Oct 2009, 10:00 PM

110? i thought it was out of 100.

kwokie · 28 Oct 2009, 10:10 PM

What the hsc out of 100, i thought its out of 99.95

Aquawhite · 29 Oct 2009, 6:34 AM

Bahaha... Okay,
- The Mathematics Extension 2 paper is a mark -/120
- The HSC algined mark which you are told is -/100
- I believe the cut-off will linger about 75/120

XertroV · 29 Oct 2009, 2:37 PM

The E4 cut off should change each year; I personally think that this years exam was harder than in the past (I got 82/120 in the 06 paper and about 74/120 in this one), so I'd expect the E4 cutoff will be, as said, 75 give or take 5 generally, and hopefully less this year :P.

I think it's based on scaled marks though; I think a B6 is a 90+ scaled mark.
It all depends on the scaling really.

EDIT: Sorry, my % was about 74, not my mark, which was about 90.
In this case I like the news that 75 raw would be an E4

annabackwards · 29 Oct 2009, 2:48 PM

I reckon mid 70s would be the cut off for E4, at the very most high 70s.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bell531

I have no idea whatsoever, but doesn't a mark in the 60s out of a possible 120 seem too low for the top band?

Also what is the proportion of the cohort that the Board of Studies usually likes to place in the top band? Is it roughly 1/3, like I've heard for Ext 1?

Yeah, ~30% get an E4 in 3 unit.

For 4U, it's just under 50 if i remember correctly.

shaon0 · 29 Oct 2009, 3:18 PM

Is there any data on the ~98 for 4unit? Could someone make an educated guess for 98 Scaled?

x.Exhaust.x · 29 Oct 2009, 7:19 PM

For E4 this year, it should be low 70's. Well that's what I'm hoping for

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jm01 · 29 Oct 2009, 7:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kwokie

I hear the cutt off is usually about 80/120 mark, but i have a friend who reckons he got like 45/120 in last year paper and ended up with 85 scaled.... Which i doubt, can someone clarify for me the approximate raw mark cut off for E3 and e4. THanks.

Same here.

Two people at our school who were getting literally 20-30% for their assessments (incl. trials) ended up getting E3. Our teacher said "God knows how!!".

x.Exhaust.x · 29 Oct 2009, 7:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jm01

Same here.

Two people at our school who were getting literally 20-30% for their assessments (incl. trials) ended up getting E3. Our teacher said "God knows how!!".

Yeah, the scaling is unpredictable. What year was this?

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XertroV New Member HSC: 2009 Gender: Male Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1 Last Activity: 31 Oct 2009, 2:24 PM	Re: Band E4 cut off for 2009 exam? The E4 cut off should change each year; I personally think that this years exam was harder than in the past (I got 82/120 in the 06 paper and about 74/120 in this one), so I'd expect the E4 cutoff will be, as said, 75 give or take 5 generally, and hopefully less this year :P. I think it's based on scaled marks though; I think a B6 is a 90+ scaled mark. It all depends on the scaling really. EDIT: Sorry, my % was about 74, not my mark, which was about 90. In this case I like the news that 75 raw would be an E4

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