Legal Scaling

[andy456]

There is so much to remember in legal and only a small bit is examined. 
It's so time consuming to study and its really hard to get full marks on the exam

Therefore it should scale UP NOT DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :tickedoff:
legal students are you with me?? (even my teacher agrees)
/rant

[eOkee]

Scaling is determined by performance in one subject relative to other subjects, by the one person (then averaged across the state). If it should go down, it will go down. If it should go up, it will go up. Simple.

Beyond 40 it stays the same.

[LFTM]

It's because it is considered easy by most when compared to other subjects like methods, chemistry, physics etc.

[chrisjb]

It's not about a subjective opinion of if a subject is 'easy' or not. It's a reflection of the performance of the cohort over all of their studies, thereby giving a point of comparision to decide if students are performing better or worse in the subject, and consequently if it should be scaled up or down. The fact that legal studies is scaled down does not reflect an idea that it is 'easier to do well' in legal studies, it simply reflects the performance of the studnets in all their other subjects.

Anyway, as eokee said, if you get 40, you don't need to worry about scaling.

[spaciiey]

get above 40 and scaling goes out the window for legal. and anyways, subject scaling doesnt depend on the perceived difficulty of the subject. like's been said, it depends upon the quality of the students. and to be honest, legal IS an 'easy' subject. having done it before, it's all memorising, and there is no real analysis involved. no offence. all you *really* need is an awesomely good memory/good memorising techniques. if you work consistently through the year, it is not time consuming to study because it all gets committed to your long term memory.

[lara2707]

I don't like the fact that things get scaled down to begin with, but considering that they do, I'm sorry but I have to disagree. I think it is relatively easy compared to many other subjects. But I do feel your frustration, it's annoying having your marks taken away!