HSC marks, maximum and minimum (1 Viewer)

[Lazarus]

Not necessarily... most of these students received B4 marks in Standard, and their UAIs were above decent.

English (Standard) - 70
Information Processes & Technology - 83
Mathematics Extension 1 - 93
Mathematics Extension 2 - 85
Physics - 84
UAI: 91.15

Biology - 79
Business Studies - 91
English (Standard) - 77
Information Processes & Technology - 73
Mathematics Extension 1 - 88
Mathematics Extension 2 - 82
UAI: 93.05

English (Standard) - 78
Geography - 89
Industrial Technology - 87
Mathematics - 95
Mathematics Extension 1 - 46
Physics - 86
UAI: 93.75

Chemistry - 91
English (Standard) - 65
Mathematics Extension 1 - 95
Mathematics Extension 2 - 91
Physics - 89
UAI: 94.45

Chemistry - 87
English (Standard) - 74
Mathematics Extension 1 - 96
Mathematics Extension 2 - 92
Physics - 90
Studies of Religion II - 80
UAI: 96.40

Chemistry - 88
Earth & Environmental Science - 94
English (Standard) - 81
Mathematics - 82
Software Design & Development - 86
UAI: 95.10

English (Standard) - 76
Legal Studies - 86
Mathematics Extension 1 - 96
Mathematics Extension 2 - 94
Physics - 89
UAI: 96.15

Mathematics Extension 1 - 98
Mathematics Extension 2 - 93
Business Studies - 93
Physics - 89
English (Standard) - 76
Software Design & Development - 82
97.65

They're all 2002 students. Sorry for the long post.

 

[underthesun]

What was the highest UAI for standard? Anyone above 99?

 

[Ragerunner]

that entire list shows them all doing at least ext1 maths and mostly ext2.

how hard is it to get a good uai with standard if there aren't any extension subjects ?

 

[underthesun]

hang on, getting 87 english standard HSC mark is equivalent to getting 94 Chemistry HSC mark in 2001.

I get the picture now, about that beurocratic stuff. I have changed my perspective after taking a close study of the text "scaling up", and have enlightened myself.

gonna work real hard now..

 

[underthesun]

Thanks a lot, but the reason I didn't do advanced english was rather depressing.. but not anymore though

 

[Lazarus]

Originally posted by underthesun
What was the highest UAI for standard? Anyone above 99?

2002: 99.65
2001: 99.80

Originally posted by Ragerunner
how hard is it to get a good uai with standard if there aren't any extension subjects ?

One of the set of marks I posted didn't have any extension courses; take a look at that example.

 

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holy smokers....that guy did awesome...was that the mark he got from his HSC exams???

say u got a mark like that in the HSC and u did average in the yr, how much will it affect ur mark?

 

[Lazarus]

The marks posted were aligned HSC marks - the average of the aligned exam mark and the moderated assessment mark.

Originally posted by ...
say u got a mark like that in the HSC and u did average in the yr, how much will it affect ur mark?

Presumably, doing average throughout the year means you'll end up with an average moderated assessment mark... so, when that is averaged with your nice exam mark, you'll end up with an HSC mark halfway between the two.

 

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i dun like that

 

[underthesun]

So, make sure you do tops in your trial

Consider this: Last year I was ranked 11th/16 in 3unit (pretty sad). When I got my HSC mark report (from teacher, cuz i lost my net password), I discovered that I got the top exam mark of 96 in the year. However, the internal assessment mark (class mark whatsoever) was so *uckity crap, which is 76.

The result is 86, the exact halfway between the two. Lots of moral from that story..

 

[~Dreamer]

so is it possible to obtain a uai of 90 or higher if a person is not under taking an extension course? i dropped extension at the end of yr 11, mainly bcos of the teacher, there were 21 students studying ext. math at the begining of yr 11. now theres only 6 that i know of

 

[Lazarus]

Yes. It is possible to attain any UAI with any combination of courses. Possible.

 

[~Dreamer]

but the chances are not as high?!

 

[Lazarus]

The system is designed to advantage students who choose courses which they enjoy and do well in. Your UAI will be maximised by taking courses that are suited to your abilities.

There's no point in taking extension courses unless you're capable of performing at least reasonably well in them - if you do, you'll receive little or no benefit from any positive scaling that may occur (this prevents freeloading). Similarly, there's no point in taking 'lesser' courses if you're capable of much more - most have maximum scaled marks imposed on them (this prevents dumbing down).

Because of this, a student who is very 'academically able' will tend to take extension courses and receive a high UAI. However, their UAI is the product of their original abilities; not something magically gained by doing extension courses.

Put simply, the theory goes like this: The chance of a student maximising their UAI will be diminished if they take courses that are not suited to them. The only combination of courses that will increase that chance is one that is well suited to them.

For intelligent and able students - the type who are likely to attain a high UAI - that combination may include extension courses.

Mm, well, that's the theory, anyway.

 

[Newbie]

but in terms of looking at it from a schools perspective
it wouldnt be detrimental to axe all the crap scaling subjects or force their students to do english advance right? like is there an overall benefit from having uber scaling/extension subjects for the whole cohort?

 

[~Dreamer]

sat my first english trial exam today... really have to improve time managment, and to tell my friend to pick me up earlier... i walked in with only 4 minutes left out of 10 minutes for reading so you could only imagine how scared and mortified i was...