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VCE Stuff => Victorian Technical Score Discussion => Topic started by: gbellesis on May 02, 2012, 07:30:57 pm

Title: A strong cohort... Means?
Post by: gbellesis on May 02, 2012, 07:30:57 pm

Is it correct to say that a strong cohort would overall lift the standard of one's result in the class?
Sorry I don't think I'm sounding too clear,

Say the class was generally "smart", would that lift the overall standard of marks or what?

Title: Re: A strong cohort... Means?
Post by: pi on May 02, 2012, 07:58:51 pm

A strong cohort does well (median of B+ to A?) in exams compared to most (~90%) other cohorts in the state. Usually these cohorts mark their SACs harshly, hence they are scaled up to match exam performance.

Title: Re: A strong cohort... Means?
Post by: Truck on May 02, 2012, 08:00:52 pm

Not entirely sure what the question is, but essentially the stronger the cohort -> the more marks you can afford to lose in SACs.

EDIT: To clarify, if every single person in your cohort achieved a high A+ on the end of year exam, then your ranking would not matter because all your SACs would get scaled up to a high A+ anyway.