11 Unit Subject UAI's?? (1 Viewer)

[cptpinkerton]

Hi.

I heard that if you do 11 units, eg 5-2 unit subjects plus extension 1, that if they will use that 1 unit and half of your poorest 2 unit subject for your UAI. Is this true??

Any help would be great.

Thank you.

 

[SPX]

Your 11 units will be counted as one unit each. So it will be a mark out of 50 for each unit. They take the top 8 units as you must do English and then do all that scaling stuff.

 

[cptpinkerton]

hmmm

Sorry for sounding like a dumbass - but you could explain that again

i do

3 Unit English
Advanced Eng
Mod. History
Anc. History
Drama
Maths General

Can you explain how they turn each mark into 50??

 

[McLake]

IF in your 1 unit subject you went better than in your two unit subject (after scaling) then yes, they will use half of a 2 unit subject.

NB: English must be counted, but Ext 1 can be counted insted of Advanced.

Do you follow?

Take your marks out of 100 (2U subject) or 50 (1U subject)

Make it into a mark out of 50

Combine top 8 + top 2 English

 

[cptpinkerton]

OOhhhh

I get you now.

You see, I am coming first in my school for Adv Eng and Ext Eng, and top 5 for eveything except for maths. I am hoping they will use my ext. eng mark instead of maths or whatever.

 

[cptpinkerton]

So....

Does that mean I get a UAI out of 50, and then th double it? I'm so confused lol.

 

[Lazarus]

Re: So....

Originally posted by cptpinkerton
Does that mean I get a UAI out of 50, and then th double it?

No. The UAI is a rank, not a mark. Each student has 10 units worth of marks which contribute to their UAI. The marks for these 10 units are scaled and added up to produce a scaled aggregate for every student. All students in the state are ranked by this scaled aggregate. A few comparisons are made to the overall distribution of the School Certificate marks in 2000 and this aggregate is turned into your UAI.

It is not an average of your HSC marks, nor any kind of mark at all.

 

[cptpinkerton]

thanks, but...

will they use my english extension 1 mark if i go better in it than my 2 unit general maths mark???

 

[McLake]

Originally posted by cptpinkerton
will they use my english extension 1 mark if i go better in it than my 2 unit general maths mark???

Yes, your UAI will contain you Eng Ext mark (along with half of your general maths mark ..)

 

[Minai]

even if u go better in 2u general maths, chances are, your 1u ext. english will still count over 1u of maths