Well done ngai. (2 Viewers)

[RyddeckerSMP]

It seems that they are all equal, but some are more equal than others then...

 

[Templar]

Think there's decimal point involved in the original rankings, then they just rounded it off to the nearest integer, hence 5 guys getting 100 but only one ranked as number one.

 

[KeypadSDM]

Think there's decimal point involved in the original rankings, then they just rounded it off to the nearest integer, hence 5 guys getting 100 but only one ranked as number one.

It's called scaling - 80% raw doesn't get 80, it gets higher. By the same token, 99 raw doesn't get 99, it gets 100.

Why don't people get this? Isn't it self evident?

 

[martin]

It seems that they are all equal, but some are more equal than others then...

I'm another random that got 1st in 3 unit maths (back in 2002) and at the time I wondered about this issue as well. I could definitely see how I got 100%, just answered all the questions and got them right, but I couldn't see why nobody else got full marks. Out of all the people who I'm sure were smarter than me I think somebody would have got it.
Anyway I never figured the answer out so if anybody has access to the raw marks or something how does this work?

 

[Xayma]

Giant Lobster came 2nd in mathematics extension 2. Although he rarely posts anymore.

 

[Giant Lobster]

*posts*

hello

 

[Slidey]

To slide rule: maybe you're just doing it completely for fun. But then your maths faculty is probably not a Nazi-run fascist entity.

I wasn't directing it at you. Just trying to correct a few misconceptions, such as me possibly receiving a place in 4unit. Be good if I did, and I'll certainly aim for it, but it's like a secondary objective.

 

[KeypadSDM]

I'm another random that got 1st in 3 unit maths (back in 2002) and at the time I wondered about this issue as well. I could definitely see how I got 100%, just answered all the questions and got them right, but I couldn't see why nobody else got full marks. Out of all the people who I'm sure were smarter than me I think somebody would have got it.
Anyway I never figured the answer out so if anybody has access to the raw marks or something how does this work?

It's scary like that, I didn't get it either, the same thing happened in 2003 and this year. Only one person got full marks. The odds of that are minimal. (I'd like to know what I got in the 3 unit exam, that would be interesting).

 

[withoutaface]

Congrats also to Xayma and acmilan, both of whom managed places in 2u maths

 

[Lazarus]

Think there's decimal point involved in the original rankings, then they just rounded it off to the nearest integer, hence 5 guys getting 100 but only one ranked as number one.

Yes, this is correct - the First in Course List and Top Achievers in Course List are both determined by raw HSC marks to one decimal place.

In order to score a raw HSC mark of 100%, you need to attain a raw examination mark of 100% and be ranked first for your school assessment component.

 

[SeDaTeD]

Just wondering, what mark would've been required to get into the top 10 for ext1 and 2? I'll have a stab and say 99, though I understand there are hidden decimals involved.

 

[Xayma]

Ext 2: 98 I guess, since the max was 49.5.
Ext 1: Probably 99

 

[haboozin]

Ext 1: Probably 99

Ext1 prob 100... alot of ppl get 100

 

[Xayma]

No, they don't. Althoguh for Ext 1 it will be aligned to 100.

 

[grimreaper]

saw you on the local channel nine news the past couple of nights idyll (nice uai btw)

 

[Idyll]

lol, i'm famous

gotta love it though, it's a bit hard to tell with the camera crew when they're filming and when they're not, so bits appear on there that you never intended to appear on there.

 

[SeDaTeD]

Lol I got 98 for both haha, just wondering how much I missed out by.

 

[CrashOveride]

what UAI did you get idyll ?

 

[withoutaface]

Wow, this thread makes me feel really dumb

 

[xiao1985]

a good advice is to leave here and never return ><

btw, congrat ngai... saw ur name on paper ^^
omg, laurie, is he human??!!