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Universities are only exempt from the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 1989 (NSW) for "functions relating to dealing with information with respect to the ranking or assessment of students who have completed the Higher School Certificate for entrance into tertiary institutions."

Devour the following documents, and post any specific questions that arise. You and Your UAI - A Booklet for 2003 NSW HSC Students http://www.uac.edu.au/mya/pubs/pdf/uaibook_2003_web.pdf Report on the Scaling of the 2001 NSW HSC http://www.uac.edu.au/mya/pubs/pdf/tsc_report_2001.pdf...

All of your courses have the potential to contribute equally to your UAI. But each unit is worth 50 marks. Gaining 40/50 in one unit will contribute more than 35/50 in another unit. Which part of the process are you referring to? I don't think there are many gaps in my own knowledge... but...

The Freedom of Information Act 1989 (NSW) instils in every citizen a right: (a) to obtain access to information held by an agency, and (b) to ensure that records held by an agency concerning the personal affairs of members of the public are not incomplete, incorrect, out of date or...

Uh, Enlightened_One, I think some sort or rogue site has installed random nasties into your computer... :) Flush your system with Ad-Aware (www.lavasoftusa.com) or something like that.

Well, if they furnish you with the proper statistics (mean, standard deviation) you can approximate your rank anyway. And if they don't, your mark is completely meaningless. :)

Macquarie and some other institutions use different systems; the seven-point scale is the one used by the UAC.

Hahah! I'm not sure... :)

No. You can obtain your ranks by making a formal application under the Freedom of Information Act 1989 (NSW). Of course, you shouldn't actually have to do that - just point it out to them, if they refuse. Any sensible school wouldn't be refusing in the first place. Bureaucracies can be so...

The marks you are entering are aligned marks. No meaningful comparisons can be made between aligned marks and scaled marks. The plus and minus symbols indicate whether the overall scaling for the course was, on average, positive or negative.

The award of the University Medal only applies to Honours students - who received 90+ for their thesis. As Minai said. And only if they're outstanding in some way. There have been some years where medals simply haven't been awarded. I'm sure the UNSW website would have more accurate...

With, not against. ;) And it was only a practice round.

Remember that students always receive their own exam mark as their exam mark. It is only the assessment mark which is moderated.

I mooted with Frigid on Monday night. :)

It was described as a "psychological thriller", which was what drew me to see it. I think the only thing that was psychological about it was the fact that the main character was a psychiatrist. :(

In 2001, you would have needed a total raw mark of roughly 69/105 (66%) for an aligned mark of 80 (Band 5). This raw band cut-off may have varied in other years.

User banned. Thread closed. Appeals can be directed to me.

No. :) You'll get stereotyped a lot, but in a fun way - more along the lines of 'turning up to class in pyjamas', 'partying instead of working', etc. People can be surprisingly tolerant once you reach uni.

(I only just noticed this thread.) I (foolishly) agreed to take an extra consultation session for COMP2041 students... and now I no longer have Mondays off. :P Ergh. I started this semester with a three-day week, and it's expanded to five! lol - about five mins from law camp. ;)

:confused: SAM wasn't designed to predict UAIs. It is only able to estimate how you would have performed in previous years. It is up to you to decide whether or not this is a valid indication of how you will perform this year. Note also that SAM (and most other UAI calculators) do not accept...