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Wait until you've done your class test - rather than examining you on the development of Australia's legal system, you'll be given a case and will have to analyse it using various lawyerly skills. You'll get your first real taste of the law next semester with Torts.

If the candidature as a whole actually succeeds in improving their overall performance, then yes, the cap will be raised. :)

Or, more specifically, by the average performance of the candidature over all the courses they took relative to the average performances of all other students over all the courses they took. That was meant to clarify, not confuse. :P

All courses.

Yes - an aligned mark of 100% is always awarded to those students who scored a raw mark of 100%. This is correct. :)

Technically, no extra UAI points are granted - university cut-offs are instead lowered by a certain number of points. You should see individual university websites (and the UAC website) for more information on their access schemes.

The maximum scaled mark (or 'cap') is linked to the scaled mean (i.e. the ability of the candidature) and the scaled standard deviation (i.e. the variability of the ability of the candidature). Most courses have a maximum scaled mark of 50 (on a 1-unit basis). Courses with a low scaled mean...

The 2U mark is a 'notional' mark only, and is given so that you can be aware of your achievement in terms of course standards. This notional mark is not used for anything else, including your UAI.

The Standard and Advanced English courses always have roughly average scaling.

You're meant to do them before. :)

Stealth_snake, we already answered your queries the first time you posted them: http://www.boredofstudies.org/community/showthread.php?postid=530894 Jimmik, you should start a new thread - in the appropriate forum - if you are seeking information on university admissions procedures.

If they take your UAI into account, it would be weighted less than your university results. As I said, you should contact the university directly - we actually don't have all the data. :)

You obviously need to do as well as you possibly can in your undergraduate degree (a successful honours year would all but guarantee you entry). You should also contact the university directly for more relevant information.

Just to clarify: Both Standard and Advanced English are scaled in exactly the same way. The same raw mark in each course ends up as the same scaled mark. It is possible to achieve a UAI of 100 regardless of the combination of courses you are taking. The figure you are citing comes from a...

Just ask genuine questions. I'm sure there are things you don't know or don't quite understand. I always find such things. Just ask about them. There's no need to fake a discussion.

No - this was the point of the previous discussion. We believe that students who make any effort in the exam (i.e. meet the 'minimum standard', which could correspond to a mark of 1 or to a mark of 30, no-one knows) will receive a final aligned mark of 50 or greater. I am confident in saying...

No, it won't. Students who are ranked first in their school for a course gain 'moderating immunity' and are guaranteed the highest moderated assessment mark in their class.

We think that this is pretty much correct.

No-one knows anything about raw marks. You'll always be entering aligned marks. Aligned marks measure your performance against course standards (i.e. performance bands), not relative to other students.

The vast majority of HSC marks are within the 50 - 100 range. You'll most likely only get a Mathematics mark below 50 if you're in the bottom 5% of the state.