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The alcohol is so subsidised that it will be completely free for everyone who attends. :D You'll be put in groups of 10, and will share a cabin (five double bunk beds) with your group. You were asked to cite the names of two friends who you'd prefer to be grouped with when you registered -...

Here: <a href="/other/DSACH_2003_12_HUY.xls">2003</a> <a href="/other/2002_dsach.xls">2002</a> Edit: Apologies, I misunderstood your request - you'll have to search the forums.

There is also a convenient "search" function available.

It is my understanding that if tertiary institutions need to differentiate between students with the same Overall Position (OP), they look to their Field Positions (FP) in relevant subjects - which are essentially their scaled marks. I think it might actually be a better system. You can't...

The maximum scaled mark was less than 50 (on a 1-unit basis). Standard English is the only course where a maximum scaled mark less than 50 does not mean that the course was capped. For all other courses, it does. :)

See page 3 of this document: http://www.boredofstudies.org/other/find7.pdf The "selection rank" index is the equivalent of the NSW UAI.

Yep. :) Then there'd be nothing to distinguish them from the Advanced students.

Only scaled marks are capped. Raw and aligned marks are never capped. It's true that neither course is capped. Placing the two courses on a common scale prevents students from dumbing down (or rather prevents them from achieving any real advantage in terms of marks by dumbing down). The...

You also can't use higher level (or any other) techniques if the question specifies the technique to be used.

I like to keep my books. :P Though I could possibly lend it to you for the semester.

Well, yes - I have a program that I use to generate the code automatically. But you might have to do some manual editing in notepad.

Why strange? The only reason the number 500 has any significance is because the maximum possible mark in each unit is 50, and 10 * 50 = 500; making it the maximum possible aggregate. Obviously, with higher maximum scaled marks, the maximum possible aggregate would also be higher (so he still...

Aligning ensures that the marks awarded are consistent with the performance bands and the standards that have been set for each course. It has the effect of compressing and inflating the distribution of raw marks, which typically spans a range of 0 - 100, to the range of 50 - 100. This means...

This is correct. The raw marks need to adequately differentiate between students for scaling and UAI purposes. However, your logic would seem to indicate that the raw band cut-offs for courses with no examination component should remain the same from year to year... when this doesn't seem to...

It means the student received a mark of 90+. Marks are still awarded to students, even if they're not usually informed of them. The relevant statistics can be obtained from Table A2 in the annual scaling reports.

Total Weighted Mark - This is essentially your raw examination mark (i.e. the figure that was awarded by the HSC markers). In some cases, it includes minor modifications where an option question was unduly difficult etc. Aligned Examination Mark - This is your total weighted mark after it has...

I suspect they may have had quite a number of applications - I sent one on 30 Dec 2004 (requesting other data) and still haven't received a formal response, even though the statutory time period has expired. Another user who requested marks by section had that request denied on 20 January...

The same reason other courses were capped. The assumption underlying the capping system is that the combined English Standard/Advanced candidature is representative of the entire HSC cohort. And it only excludes a few thousand students, so this assumption should be valid. The History...

You really need to get out more.

As you said - when the difference is negligible. Then the 'clumped' students could potentially be disadvantaged.