Lost 1 mark on a SAC 59/60. Can I still get a 50 study score

[billyjackson768]

My last SAC was actually perfect as far as the marking criteria goes however my teacher hss decided to deduct a mark as I didn't submit it until the next day due to a small bug in my programm at the last minute. He told me that it's fine if I have it to him the next day which I did. But fairly enough I suppose he still deducted a mark. I am willing to accept that.

But my concern though is how much of an impact does 1 mark have. I hear things about rounding done in the calculation process which eliminates this. But is that right? If I got 100% on everything else would there be any actual difference between myself and someone with straight 100's. I do appologise if I am coming across as seeming a bit vain. But IT:DS is a class i'm relying on to ensure I get where I want to go.

Any experiances or knowledge on the way these things work is appreciated.
Thank you.

[BlueSky_3]

Absouletly, 1 mark off SACS does not really mean much as long as your ranked 1 in your school and you perform at a similar level on the exam then that 50 is yours. So don't fret over it too much mate, just move on.

[billyjackson768]

I am ranked 2 now though. I don't plan on fretting to much over this. But over this past week... I have sweat, bleed and sacraficed many hours for this program. I also learnt the way I was doing thing, the same as my friends was not standard and spent several hours messing around with new stuff to do things properly all for this. I guess I should just KISS.. No more programming for the year though. *sigh*

[thushan]

My last SAC was actually perfect as far as the marking criteria goes however my teacher hss decided to deduct a mark as I didn't submit it until the next day due to a small bug in my programm at the last minute. He told me that it's fine if I have it to him the next day which I did. But fairly enough I suppose he still deducted a mark. I am willing to accept that.

But my concern though is how much of an impact does 1 mark have. I hear things about rounding done in the calculation process which eliminates this. But is that right? If I got 100% on everything else would there be any actual difference between myself and someone with straight 100's. I do appologise if I am coming across as seeming a bit vain. But IT:DS is a class i'm relying on to ensure I get where I want to go.

Any experiances or knowledge on the way these things work is appreciated.
Thank you.

Your teacher, if he rounds to the nearest integer, may round up to 30/30 or 40/40 (whatever the percentage of the total sac mark this one is). He doesn't give ranks; he gives scores. So you may still be equal rank 1.

[billyjackson768]

Ok awesome! I have a feeling my teacher will be nice. He's a pretty top bloke.

If I lose 1 mark on my next sac though... I may be in trouble. I've only just found the ITSD forums here though so hopefully I can prevent that from happening.

[MJRomeo81]

Yeah it's all about the rank. I had perfect sacs for units 3 &4 in SD but the only thing that guaranteed me was rank 1. It didn't help me in the exam room when I scored a low A+

I take it that this lost mark was for U401 SAC. If so, go and kill the second outcome to get rank 1 back.

[AllAboutTheLGs]

Yes you can

[BoredSatan]

I got a 50 and I wasnt rank 1

[billyjackson768]

Yeah it's all about the rank. I had perfect sacs for units 3 &4 in SD but the only thing that guaranteed me was rank 1. It didn't help me in the exam room when I scored a low A+

I take it that this lost mark was for U401 SAC. If so, go and kill the second outcome to get rank 1 back.

I don't like it how the gap between getting a 50 and a 40 are so small. For some subjects it's ridiculous. You can get darn near perfect scores but just get a couple of little things wrong which have such an impact.

I wouldn't be sure if getting 100 on the next class SAC could guarantee me spot 1 for 'unofficial' class rankings. But I will defiantly still try. I even had the thought of not sharing resources I'm finding online. But I couldn't do that, even if how well the rest of my class goes on exams didn't matter. 

[billyjackson768]

My teacher decided to give me a mark back. 

Only had to mention it it once too. 

[ldee]

My teacher decided to give me a mark back. 

Only had to mention it it once too. 

Good to hear just a question on your sac structure.. You said that you had to submit a day late due to a bug, is this meaning you're alowed to work on your sac tasks at home?

[golden]

My teacher decided to give me a mark back. 

Only had to mention it it once too. 

Maybe he goes on ATARNotes and reads what you write lol.