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VCE Stuff => Victorian Technical Score Discussion => Topic started by: T-Infinite on May 17, 2014, 07:28:58 pm

Title: Bonus for doing a LOTE?
Post by: T-Infinite on May 17, 2014, 07:28:58 pm

Hi guys, I've been hearing that students who does a LOTE will get some kind of bonus to their ATAR? Is this true or am I trippin...?

Please shed some light :)

Title: Re: Bonus for doing a LOTE?
Post by: chasej on May 21, 2014, 12:19:59 am

LOTE study scores come with a bonus added to the raw score for a student having completed a LOTE. Many LOTEs also scale up a heap, so like a 35 SS can end up contributing to your ATAR as a 45+ scaled score in some cases.

It depends on the subject the extent of scaling, however all LOTE have a small raw study score bump up to increase enrolment in LOTEs in VCE (the extent of the bump up, I am not sure).

Title: Re: Bonus for doing a LOTE?
Post by: Professor Polonsky on May 21, 2014, 01:40:34 am

I don't think there is any effect on the (raw) study score.

5 is added to the mean of the scaled distribution, meaning that at a study score of 30 it marks up 5 more than it otherwise would have (roughly). So yes, as chase said, there is extra scaling for LOTEs.