ATAR Notes: Forum
VCE Stuff => VCE English Studies => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE English & EAL => Topic started by: serenams on October 18, 2018, 05:57:35 pm
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My scores for both units have been A+ (Unit 3: 89/100 and Unit 4 96/100)
I have done multiple full english exams and keep scoring an 8, 8 and 9.
If I scored this in the actual english exam, what study score would I roughly get?
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My scores for both units have been A+ (Unit 3: 89/100 and Unit 4 96/100)
I have done multiple full english exams and keep scoring an 8, 8 and 9.
If I scored this in the actual english exam, what study score would I roughly get?
Will depend a lot on how your sacs scale since for English they are 50%
8 + 8 +9 and doubled for double marking = 50/60
With full sacs (100/100 for both units) some years that is enough for a 45 but I wouldn't count on that every year. So you are probably looking at something between 42-44.
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Will depend a lot on how your sacs scale since for English they are 50%
8 + 8 +9 and doubled for double marking = 50/60
With full sacs (100/100 for both units) some years that is enough for a 45 but I wouldn't count on that every year. So you are probably looking at something between 42-44.
Does it help that I'm ranked second in my cohort (of about 150)?
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Will depend a lot on how your sacs scale since for English they are 50%
8 + 8 +9 and doubled for double marking = 50/60
With full sacs (100/100 for both units) some years that is enough for a 45 but I wouldn't count on that every year. So you are probably looking at something between 42-44.
Doesn't the actual score (out of 100) not actually matter, and just your ranking in the cohort? That's my understanding, since inaccurate/overly harsh marking by teachers would otherwise put a student at unfair disadvantage, but maybe I've been wrong about it. For example, wouldn't a Rank 1 with 90/100 be in the same position as a Rank 1 with 100/100 when going into the exam?
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Doesn't the actual score (out of 100) not actually matter, and just your ranking in the cohort? That's my understanding, since inaccurate/overly harsh marking by teachers would otherwise put a student at unfair disadvantage, but maybe I've been wrong about it. For example, wouldn't a Rank 1 with 90/100 be in the same position as a Rank 1 with 100/100 when going into the exam?
The scores I referred to (e.g. 100/100 was after scaling so they do matter) - marks before scaling don't matter - which from what you have said you obviously understand :)
and yes you are effectively correct that rank 1 on 90/100 is the same as 100/100 (given all other factors such as cohort strength are equal).
Does it help that I'm ranked second in my cohort (of about 150)?
yes definitively! and if it's a strong cohort you will also have a better chance of a higher score.