[UoM] 2017 Semester 2 Results Thread

[cosine]

Hey guys, so my wam just updated and its a subject worth 25 cred points, how can I work out what my grade is?

Thank you

[RKTR]

Hey guys, so my wam just updated and its a subject worth 25 cred points, how can I work out what my grade is?

Thank you

no. of subjects included in wam before the update = y
[wam now x ( y+2) - ( wam before x y)]/2

[sweetcheeks]

has principles of finance affected WAMs yet?

Came out yesterday.

[cosine]

no. of subjects included in wam before the update = y
[wam now x ( y+2) - ( wam before x y)]/2

Comes up with XX.40 so I must be doing something wrong haha

[fayato]

FRST20014 finally got added to the WAM 

[Maths Forever]

Does anyone know how scaling actually works with results? Is it the exam marks which are generally scaled or is it the final marks for the subject which are scaled?

If it is the final marks, would the subject coordinator say add 5 points to everybody's final mark, or would they add a different number of points depending on where you sit in the cohort (e.g. add 7 points to a score of 40 and add 3 points to a score of 80)?

If it is the exam they scale, do they add marks to everybody's exam score as above or do they change the total number of marks the exam is out of (e.g. change the total marks from 100 to 90 instead)?

[stolenclay]

Does anyone know how scaling actually works with results? Is it the exam marks which are generally scaled or is it the final marks for the subject which are scaled?

If it is the final marks, would the subject coordinator say add 5 points to everybody's final mark, or would they add a different number of points depending on where you sit in the cohort (e.g. add 7 points to a score of 40 and add 3 points to a score of 80)?

If it is the exam they scale, do they add marks to everybody's exam score as above or do they change the total number of marks the exam is out of (e.g. change the total marks from 100 to 90 instead)?

I'm pretty sure there's no convention for what happens. If you want to know the precise method of scaling for a specific subject, it's probably best to ask the subject coordinator, although I'd expect them to say that it's confidential. The closest you can get without asking them directly would just be to view your exam and calculate your raw score yourself.

[Maths Forever]

I'm pretty sure there's no convention for what happens. If you want to know the precise method of scaling for a specific subject, it's probably best to ask the subject coordinator, although I'd expect them to say that it's confidential. The closest you can get without asking them directly would just be to view your exam and calculate your raw score yourself.

Thanks for your reply. You're probably right regarding confidentiality, since students don't generally find out exactly how marks are scaled.

[myanacondadont]

Does anyone know how scaling actually works with results? Is it the exam marks which are generally scaled or is it the final marks for the subject which are scaled?

If it is the final marks, would the subject coordinator say add 5 points to everybody's final mark, or would they add a different number of points depending on where you sit in the cohort (e.g. add 7 points to a score of 40 and add 3 points to a score of 80)?

If it is the exam they scale, do they add marks to everybody's exam score as above or do they change the total number of marks the exam is out of (e.g. change the total marks from 100 to 90 instead)?

Echoing the words of Stolenclay above. However, have a look at the guidelines on standardisation on the unimelb site:

https://policy.unimelb.edu.au/MPF1326#section-4.25

Have a look at section 4.90 - "Whenever adjustment takes place it must be documented and transparent, and the method defined and available to students."
So, technically, under university guidelines it appears to me that any standardisation must be available to students - whether that means you have to ask them? I'm not sure.

[stolenclay]

Echoing the words of Stolenclay above. However, have a look at the guidelines on standardisation on the unimelb site:

https://policy.unimelb.edu.au/MPF1326#section-4.25

Have a look at section 4.90 - "Whenever adjustment takes place it must be documented and transparent, and the method defined and available to students."
So, technically, under university guidelines it appears to me that any standardisation must be available to students - whether that means you have to ask them? I'm not sure.

This is interesting... I'd say it may be worth a try then if you're comfortable telling them that this policy makes it necessary for them to tell you. If anything, I would bring it up at the exam viewing; I personally wouldn't react very well to someone telling me in an email that I have to disclose something to them because of a policy that I didn't know about.

[Maths Forever]

Echoing the words of Stolenclay above. However, have a look at the guidelines on standardisation on the unimelb site:

https://policy.unimelb.edu.au/MPF1326#section-4.25

Have a look at section 4.90 - "Whenever adjustment takes place it must be documented and transparent, and the method defined and available to students."
So, technically, under university guidelines it appears to me that any standardisation must be available to students - whether that means you have to ask them? I'm not sure.

This is interesting... I'd say it may be worth a try then if you're comfortable telling them that this policy makes it necessary for them to tell you. If anything, I would bring it up at the exam viewing; I personally wouldn't react very well to someone telling me in an email that I have to disclose something to them because of a policy that I didn't know about.

Thanks for your replies! If I view my exam and I have a reason to suspect the exam was scaled, I'll ask the coordinator.

[RKTR]

Comes up with XX.40 so I must be doing something wrong haha

ah 2nd semester of 2nd year biomed means you did MCB already right? count MCB as 2 subjects. if it still isn't right then another subject is also included already

[Broseph]

Anyone know if BLaw is out?

[Shadowxo]

1-2 hours ago another subject came out, it's either physics 2 (PST), ESD2 or Linear Algebra (guessing engineering?). Right now two out of those three should be out

[Mali_nay]

1-2 hours ago another subject came out, it's either physics 2 (PST), ESD2 or Linear Algebra (guessing engineering?). Right now two out of those three should be out

Its esd2