SACs

[CN]

Hi guys.

I've read through all the discussions on SACs here, but there still seem to be many, many conflicting opinions. =\\ The most popular/most agreed with sentiment, though, seems to be that SACs count, but are moderated by your exam result (ie: if you get, say, a B+ on a SAC but a high A+ on your exam your SAC results will be 'scaled' up?).

It also seems like your school ranking counts for a lot, which is determined by your SAC results?

Could someone please enlighten me to what is true and what is false? ^^;;

I'm currently quite anxious about the whole SAC thing, seeing as I just recieved 21/25 on my first Biol SAC. o.o;; Is this going to mean that (I am unsure of the ranking thing, but there will probably be higher marks from the rest of the year level, seeing as I lost marks on the stupidest things T-T) if I receive an unfavourable ranking, I will not be able to get above, say, 45?

I'm sorry for asking something that's been asked so very often already, but I did read through it all and still have not been able to formulate a definite understanding of the whole SAC/exam/study score thing. XD;;

Please help? ^^;;

-is n00b-

[TrueTears]

no no, in my personal opinion SACs are important but the exams are much more important. My friend got an average of around 90 % for his methods SACs and at the end got a 49 for his study score. So just do the best you can in your SACs but make sure you don't stuff up the exams XD

[ninwa]

if I receive an unfavourable ranking, I will not be able to get above, say, 45?

Definitely not - you just need to do well on the exam, better than the people ranked above you in SACs, to get a high study score. I speak from experience - I did biol too, I was ranked #2 or #3 (average of 24/25 for SACs), another girl had an average of maybe 20/25, I fluffed up the exams majorly and got 43, she did extremely well on exams and ended up with 45 T_T

[NE2000]

The way I see it is, they get all your Unit 3 SAC marks and rank you in the cohort. Then they get all your cohort's exam marks and put them in order. Then they moderate the person 1st in SACs with the highest exam mark in the cohort because the SACs tell them that this person is the best in the subject from this school (based on SACs anyway). They also moderate all the SAC marks with the GAT result. But you needn't be so worried, there will be heaps of SACs throughout the year so it should even out a bit. If you feel you have a strong cohort you have even less reason to worry because the GAT result will moderate them all up.

That's just what I've gleaned from the discussions here, correct me if I'm wrong

[ReVeL]

The way I see it is, they get all your Unit 3 SAC marks and rank you in the cohort. Then they get all your cohort's exam marks and put them in order. Then they moderate the person 1st in SACs with the highest exam mark in the cohort because the SACs tell them that this person is the best in the subject from this school (based on SACs anyway). They also moderate all the SAC marks with the GAT result. But you needn't be so worried, there will be heaps of SACs throughout the year so it should even out a bit. If you feel you have a strong cohort you have even less reason to worry because the GAT result will moderate them all up.

That's just what I've gleaned from the discussions here, correct me if I'm wrong

I also heard that, but what did confuse me was:

This system totally disregards the margin in which one person might beat another. For example, if person 1 gets 99/100 and person 2 gets 50/100, is that exactly the same as if person 1 gets 99/100 but this time person 2 gets 98/100?

Seems unfair.

[/0]

It is unfair. Life sucks innit.

[CN]

The way I see it is, they get all your Unit 3 SAC marks and rank you in the cohort. Then they get all your cohort's exam marks and put them in order. Then they moderate the person 1st in SACs with the highest exam mark in the cohort because the SACs tell them that this person is the best in the subject from this school (based on SACs anyway). They also moderate all the SAC marks with the GAT result. But you needn't be so worried, there will be heaps of SACs throughout the year so it should even out a bit. If you feel you have a strong cohort you have even less reason to worry because the GAT result will moderate them all up.

That's just what I've gleaned from the discussions here, correct me if I'm wrong

I also heard that, but what did confuse me was:

This system totally disregards the margin in which one person might beat another. For example, if person 1 gets 99/100 and person 2 gets 50/100, is that exactly the same as if person 1 gets 99/100 but this time person 2 gets 98/100?

Seems unfair.

Yeah, this is basically the bit that threw me during reading. =\\ So do SAC results moderate exam results, or do exam results moderate SAC results? That is the question. XD XD

[ReVeL]

One thing I DO know is exams don't change. They moderate SAC's, not the other way around.

[mystikal]

SAC marks are more important in subjects like english which are worth 50%, whereas the maths/sciences/accounting subjects the SAC's are less insignificant.

Also ranking does help for getting a better chance at a better score. But you have to be consistent all year and also dont muck up the exam as ninwa said

[dekoyl]

The thing that has always confused me is what NE2000 said. If I do horribly on my SACs for some reason (out of school problems etc.) and I'm near the bottom of the cohort but towards the exams I pull myself together and get 99% for my exams, does that mean anything at all? Will my 99% mark still be given to the guy at the top of the cohort?

[/0]

Golden Rule: You keep YOUR exam mark.

[IntoTheNewWorld]

Oh well, just don't think too much of it. As long as you do reasonably well, you can get high marks.

-> If you get 100% on SACs, but crap exam, you will get a crap study score
-> If you get crap SACs (to an extent, not like, failing) you can still get a high study score

That's what I think anyway.