Specialist Math scaling

[Mao]

changed the first post, can talk about everything now!
lets go back to the sociology stuff

No.

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[Natters]

awww checkmate =\

[paulsterio]

Bringing it back to the topic, I think I agree with JDog, although I have to disagree when you say that 41 in spesh is easier than 50 in further, it depends on the type of person, some people have working styles that are more suited to spesh (usually the good mathematical thinkers) others are more inclined to further (the careful and meticulous ones)

But I still think no subject should go above 50 because it means that people who don't do any subjects which scale above 50 have a very difficult path to a 99.95. Essentially they're looking at a minimum of three 50's and a 48 or there abouts and no doubt languages and spesh push up the aggregates

[Truck]

Bringing it back to the topic, I think I agree with JDog, although I have to disagree when you say that 41 in spesh is easier than 50 in further, it depends on the type of person, some people have working styles that are more suited to spesh (usually the good mathematical thinkers) others are more inclined to further (the careful and meticulous ones)

But I still think no subject should go above 50 because it means that people who don't do any subjects which scale above 50 have a very difficult path to a 99.95. Essentially they're looking at a minimum of three 50's and a 48 or there abouts and no doubt languages and spesh push up the aggregates

It's more so to do with the percentage of people who get each score. There is a MUCH MUCH greater %'age of students who will get at least a 41 in spec than those who get a 50 raw in further, it's not necessarily about which subject is easier, it's about how well comparatively you need to do.

[Mao]

On the other hand, it is a good incentive to get students to do specialist maths. It is quite important for science and engineering degrees.

[Natters]

i don't want other people to be doing specialist math
supply and demand people

[sophie.tran999]

see y guys have been discussing z lot about this, but has anyone thought about the fifth subject? Anyone know if they will scale up the raw score first then choose the fifth subject or will they choose the fifth one first? I did ask my teacher but he said the VCAA just keeps it as a secret. If they scale first then choose the fifth last, its goin to be awesome, isnt it?! Hopefullyyyyy!!!!!

[paulsterio]

I just realised that back in the days where Spesh used to scale up to 55, the aggregate required for a 99.95 was comparatively higher than last year, showing there is strong correlation between the aggregate and Spesh scaling, hmm, i'm skeptical now

[Greatness]

I just realised that back in the days where Spesh used to scale up to 55, the aggregate required for a 99.95 was comparatively higher than last year, showing there is strong correlation between the aggregate and Spesh scaling, hmm, i'm skeptical now

It shouldnt affect the aggregates cos it said that they compare the scaling of spesh with the other maths. Which is why the thread kinda derailed cos ppl were bitching about it lol

[thushan]

It does. Generally those in the top end of ATAR do spesh and score well. A raising of spesh score raises aggregates.

[Greatness]

It does. Generally those in the top end of ATAR do spesh and score well. A raising of spesh score raises aggregates.

But it would have more of an affect on the top range like 99.5+? How do you reckon it will affect the 95-97 range?

[Romperait]

It does. Generally those in the top end of ATAR do spesh and score well. A raising of spesh score raises aggregates.

But it would have more of an affect on the top range like 99.5+? How do you reckon it will affect the 95-97 range?

Pretty minimal effect compared to the potential change to the 99.95 cutoff.

[paulsterio]

But it would have more of an affect on the top range like 99.5+? How do you reckon it will affect the 95-97 range?

It would have an effect, but whether it is a large effect or not, I wouldn't know, it depends on a lot of other factors apart from Spesh scaling, although Spesh has a large part to play because of the relatively large cohort of Spesh do-ers as compared to say a language

[Natters]

my god.. i made this as a "woot woot it goes up 11 everyone party" thread and you guys have made it "omfg aggregate is fucked"

[pi]

my god.. i made this as a "woot woot it goes up 11 everyone party" thread and you guys have made it "omfg aggregate is fucked"

Hey, I'm still in party mode



(metaphorically)