The perfect score: 100 (3 Viewers)

[Jeo]

Originally posted by rukawasan
einsteins

einstein was just average at maths... i think

 

[Lazarus]

Originally posted by da_best
Hey Laz
You might like to add these two set of 100 to the list

Thanks! Much appreciated.

Though I think the first one is a duplicate (see second set under 5 ext units).

 

[iambored]

Originally posted by Lazarus
It's six extension units not six extension courses... when ext 2 maths is taken, ext 1 is worth 2 units and ext 2 is worth 2 units... etc.

What are Distinction Courses? See: www.distinction.nsw.edu.au

ext 1 is worth 2 units, and 2 2 units as well? wow

 

[rukawasan]

the dux of my shcool last yr got something like this...
maths ext 1: 100
maths ext 2: 98
phys: 98
chem: 98
eng adv: 89

the dude missed out on band 6 for eng by 1, and ended up getting 99.95... his marks look alot betta den some of the 100s
does this mean if u get even 1 unit of ur 10u that counts in band 6, even if its 89 n totali ace the other 9, say 98-100, ur wont get 100?

 

[Newbie]

his phys and chem were like 96 and 97
but his 4unit was 100

he got caned in english.......but yeah......thats our english department for ya

 

[rukawasan]

u srs?
still the dude got 99.95...n ended up doing something in the 80s...
....
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no comment...

 

[Lazarus]

Originally posted by rukawasan
the dude missed out on band 6 for eng by 1, and ended up getting 99.95... his marks look alot betta den some of the 100s
does this mean if u get even 1 unit of ur 10u that counts in band 6, even if its 89 n totali ace the other 9, say 98-100, ur wont get 100?

His mark in english only placed him around the 90th percentile; that's fatal if you're after 100.

 

[rukawasan]

Originally posted by Lazarus
His mark in english only placed him around the 90th percentile; that's fatal if you're after 100.

hehe... ill pass dat onto him... im sure ill get hit in the face... but it'll be worth it...

 

[Jeo]

Originally posted by Lazarus
His mark in english only placed him around the 90th percentile; that's fatal if you're after 100.

im playing around with UAI seeker, and i can get 100 with a 88 in english

 

[Jeo]

which is around 90th percentile

 

[Minai]

Yes, but thats an estimator
This year, its more than likely u wont ever get a UAI of 100 with an 88 in english, unless u get 100 in all your other subjects

 

[Jeo]

hmmmm ok haha, ill be extremely happy with 96

 

[Mr Wiggle]

One thing to remember is that of all the score with 100 not one of them had English below 90 so if you are aiming for 100 then English needs to 90 or more.

 

[pigs_can_fly]

how do they figure out who gets 100? i mean, is it just a particular percentage of the candidature (taking uac's defn, which somehow incl ppl who sat SC but not HSC), or is it a fixed number or what? cos less than 0.05% get 100, which seems weird, cos isn't that meant to be the percentage?

laz, come help

 

[SoFTuaRiaL]

i believe 100 is given to those students who get the top mark (irrespective of how many ppl get that mark). then from 99.95 onward, its a percentile.
cos its really unfair for 25 students to get say 470/500, and only 22 of them to get a 100 ....

 

[Lazarus]

pigs_can_fly - You're right, it's calculated based on your state age cohort, which includes everyone who sat the SC with you two years ago. The top 0.025% receive 100, the next 0.05% receive 99.95, the next 0.05% receive 99.90... etc.

The following excerpt might be of some assistance (conceptually only, as it's from the 1989 HSC when TERs were used).

How the TER is calculated

The following steps are used to calculate the Tertiary Entrance Ranks (TER):

1. The Tertiary Entrance Scores (TES) [i.e. scaled aggregates] are arranged in order from highest to lowest (many students will have received the same TES).

2. The frequencies of each TES, that is the number of times each TES has occurred, are then changed into percentages (with a few decimal places).

3. These percentage frequencies are then listed cumulatively with the top TES being shown as 100.

4. The computer determines the cut-offs for each TER by working down this cumulative percentage column.

5. Students are then awarded a TER based upon the band in which their TES fell.

Below is a table of data from the 1989 Higher School Certificate summarising how the TER is calculated.

<table width="38%" border="0"><tr> <td width="8%"><div align="center"><b>TES</b></div></td><td width="15%"><div align="center"><b>No. of Students</b></div></td><td width="15%"><div align="center"><b>% of Students</b></div></td><td width="21%"><div align="center"><b>Cumulative Freq.</b></div></td><td width="22%"><div align="center"><b><div align="right">Cumulative Freq. %</b></div></td><td width="19%"><div align="center"><b>TER</b></div></td></tr><tr> <td width="8%">491</td><td width="15%"><div align="center">1</div></td><td width="15%"><div align="center">0.002</div></td><td width="21%"><div align="center">50 329</div></td><td width="22%"><div align="right">100.000</div></td><td width="19%"><div align="right">100.00</div></td></tr><tr> <td width="8%">489</td><td width="15%"><div align="center">3</div></td><td width="15%"><div align="center">0.006</div></td><td width="21%"><div align="center">50 328</div></td><td width="22%"><div align="right">99.998</div></td><td width="19%"><div align="right">100.00</div></td></tr><tr> <td width="8%">488</td><td width="15%"><div align="center">2</div></td><td width="15%"><div align="center">0.004</div></td><td width="21%"><div align="center">50 325</div></td><td width="22%"><div align="right">99.992</div></td><td width="19%"><div align="right">100.00</div></td></tr><tr> <td width="8%">487</td><td width="15%"><div align="center">3</div></td><td width="15%"><div align="center">0.006</div></td><td width="21%"><div align="center">50 323</div></td><td width="22%"><div align="right">99.988</div></td><td width="19%"><div align="right">100.00</div></td></tr><tr> <td width="8%">486</td><td width="15%"><div align="center">2</div></td><td width="15%"><div align="center">0.004</div></td><td width="21%"><div align="center">50 320</div></td><td width="22%"><div align="right">99.982</div></td><td width="19%"><div align="right">100.00</div></td></tr><tr> <td width="8%">485</td><td width="15%"><div align="center">3</div></td><td width="15%"><div align="center">0.006</div></td><td width="21%"><div align="center">50 318</div></td><td width="22%"><div align="right">99.978</div></td><td width="19%"><div align="right"><u>100.00</u></div></td></tr><tr> <td width="8%">484</td><td width="15%"><div align="center">2</div></td><td width="15%"><div align="center">0.004</div></td><td width="21%"><div align="center">50 315</div></td><td width="22%"><div align="right">99.972</div></td><td width="19%"><div align="right">99.95</div></td></tr><tr> <td width="8%">483</td><td width="15%"><div align="center">2</div></td><td width="15%"><div align="center">0.004</div></td><td width="21%"><div align="center">50 313</div></td><td width="22%"><div align="right">99.968</div></td><td width="19%"><div align="right">99.95</div></td></tr><tr> <td width="8%">482</td><td width="15%"><div align="center">4</div></td><td width="15%"><div align="center">0.008</div></td><td width="21%"><div align="center">50 311</div></td><td width="22%"><div align="right">99.964</div></td><td width="19%"><div align="right">99.95</div></td></tr><tr> <td width="8%">481</td><td width="15%"><div align="center">2</div></td><td width="15%"><div align="center">0.004</div></td><td width="21%"><div align="center">50 307</div></td><td width="22%"><div align="right">99.956</div></td><td width="19%"><div align="right">99.95</div></td></tr><tr> <td width="8%">480</td><td width="15%"><div align="center">7</div></td><td width="15%"><div align="center">0.014</div></td><td width="21%"><div align="center">50 305</div></td><td width="22%"><div align="right">99.952</div></td><td width="19%"><div align="right">99.95</div></td></tr><tr> <td width="8%">479</td><td width="15%"><div align="center">7</div></td><td width="15%"><div align="center">0.014</div></td><td width="21%"><div align="center">50 298</div></td><td width="22%"><div align="right">99.938</div></td><td width="19%"><div align="right"><u> 99.95</u></div></td></tr><tr> <td width="8%">478</td><td width="15%"><div align="center">6</div></td><td width="15%"><div align="center">0.012</div></td><td width="21%"><div align="center">50 291</div></td><td width="22%"><div align="right">99.924</div></td><td width="19%"><div align="right">99.90</div></td></tr></table>

Note:
99.978 becomes a TER of 100.00 because it is closer to 100.00 than 99.95.
99.972 becomes a TER of 99.95 because it is closer to 99.95 than 100.00.

There will be some variations from year to year depending upon the pattern of Tertiary Entrance Scores. Irrespective of this, the basic approach will be the same.

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While theoretically there will be 0.05% of the candidature on each TER, in practice, due to different numbers of students obtaining the same TES there will be unequal numbers of students receiving each TER.

In addition, some Tertiary Entrance Ranks will not be used.

 

[timmii]

Wow...those were interesting Laz (especially since my marks weren't very close)...good work on the research!

hehe its so sad, i can work out who half the ppl are! Damn my course is scary!

 

[SoFTuaRiaL]

james, y is it .025 for top? why not .05 for that too?

edit: sorry, i get it after reading the table ...

 

[pigs_can_fly]

hei laz, question: just curious as to why my UAI thread was made into a sticky...not that i don't want it to be one, don't get me wrong

nb: posting here since the aforementioned thread is closed

 

[::Aise::]

freaks.