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VCE Stuff => Victorian Technical Score Discussion => Topic started by: Einstein on March 04, 2014, 03:47:11 pm

Title: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
Post by: Einstein on March 04, 2014, 03:47:11 pm
Hey Guys,

I just received my mark for my latest SAC and i lost 1.5 marks (38.5/40). When i went to find it from my teacher, he mentioned that i was the highest, i think maybe equal highest, he said it in like 2 seconds, so I'm not definite for sure, but i was up there.

Past students/ current students, how many marks did you lose in U3/U4 or on you AOS1,AOS2 etc SACs, is their a threshold, i.e. stay about 96/100 on U3 etc. Im afraid my chance of a 50 is gone now :(
Title: Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
Post by: Only Cheating Yourself on March 04, 2014, 05:43:07 pm
Hey Guys,

I just received my mark for my latest SAC and i lost 1.5 marks (38.5/40). When i went to find it from my teacher, he mentioned that i was the highest, i think maybe equal highest, he said it in like 2 seconds, so I'm not definite for sure, but i was up there.

Past students/ current students, how many marks did you lose in U3/U4 or on you AOS1,AOS2 etc SACs, is their a threshold, i.e. stay about 96/100 on U3 etc. Im afraid my chance of a 50 is gone now :(

What company QUAT?
Title: Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
Post by: Mafioso on March 04, 2014, 06:30:09 pm
It's hard to tell just by looking at SAC marks. SACs are subject to statistical moderation so they could get scaled up or down.

I can assure you that you are still in the run for a 50.
Title: Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
Post by: Einstein on March 04, 2014, 08:46:55 pm
Alright, thanks. What did you end up getting for U3 and U4 respectively? if you still remember that is haha
Title: Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
Post by: mishamigo on March 05, 2014, 12:41:57 am
I lost several marks on sacs. I think there was only one sac that I did full mark! My overall unit results were around 90-95, and I was rank 5, at a public school. It doesn't hinder your chances, the exam is more influential on your final mark. Stress less and stay focused :)
Title: Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
Post by: Einstein on March 05, 2014, 08:08:12 am
what SS did you end up getting for Business?, sorry if you don't want to answer
Title: Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
Post by: catnus on March 05, 2014, 09:27:07 am
Lost 3 marks out of 100 for the whole year. It is definitely possible.
Title: Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
Post by: Einstein on March 05, 2014, 04:18:59 pm
im assuming you also aced the exam?

Lost 3 marks out of 100 for the whole year. It is definitely possible.
Title: Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
Post by: catnus on March 06, 2014, 08:57:45 am
Well I asked for a statement of Marks and I actually didn't even get full marks for the exam (although it was admittedly close). That was for French though, I reckon for business you should definitely aim to get near full marks to get 50.

Good luck! With enough effort and hard work, you can ace it!
Title: Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
Post by: chasej on March 08, 2014, 01:43:55 am
im assuming you also aced the exam?

You can normally lose 2-3 marks on the exam (since they are double marked that's actually 1-2 marks lost in practice), to still be in the running for a 50. I'll be honest with you, 50's are pretty hard to get and most people who want a 50 would never get one, but at the end of the day for all intents and purposes a 49 is pretty much equal to 50. Also I've heard rumours busman tends to scale up slightly for study score over ~47.
Title: Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
Post by: Mafioso on March 11, 2014, 07:32:40 pm
Also I've heard rumours busman tends to scale up slightly for study score over ~47.

Busman scaling up? That's a ridiculous rumour.
Title: Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
Post by: Einstein on March 11, 2014, 09:28:23 pm
you mean anything below 50 gets scaled down by about 20 lol
Title: Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
Post by: auds on March 11, 2014, 10:53:30 pm
I know a girl who got 60% on one of her Psychology SACs, yet still managed to get a 50 SS.

Personally, I've gotten 15/20's for 2/6 of my Indo SACs haha.

The exam is definitely more important :)
Title: Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
Post by: chasej on March 12, 2014, 12:02:22 am
Busman scaling up? That's a ridiculous rumour.

Once heard my legal teacher who also teaches busman say scores >47 (excluding 50 obviously) scaled up slightly that's where I got it from.
Title: Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
Post by: Einstein on March 12, 2014, 01:58:02 pm
say i was rank1/2 and got an average of around 90% for my sacs all year, and say lost 4-5 marks on exam, possible to get 50?, what would i be looking at
Title: Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
Post by: chasej on March 14, 2014, 07:30:20 am
say i was rank1/2 and got an average of around 90% for my sacs all year, and say lost 4-5 marks on exam, possible to get 50?, what would i be looking at

What subject?
Title: Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
Post by: Einstein on March 14, 2014, 08:03:27 am
What subject?

BM
Title: Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
Post by: Incise on March 23, 2014, 11:15:40 pm
Above a 45 though definitely. It's kinda of ridiculous , 2 of my mates in my class both have 40/40 so far for sacs and one has got 39/40. I don't know about my cohort but I think it's pretty strong.

The first sac the average overall was 15.5 for the 4 classes that do it , i don't know about the second one though.
I still think the exam will determine the final SS definitely , probably applies to all subjects too.
Title: Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
Post by: Cheddar Cheese on July 09, 2014, 08:26:52 pm
Well I asked for a statement of Marks and I actually didn't even get full marks for the exam (although it was admittedly close). That was for French though, I reckon for business you should definitely aim to get near full marks to get 50.

Good luck! With enough effort and hard work, you can ace it!

Would I be able to ask how many marks you lost for the exam? I'm confident in all areas except for listening which is such a huge part of the exam, so I'm really worried...sorry if this is a terrible question lol dw if you don't want to answer it. CONGRATS ON 50