Marks dropped throughout the year to achieve a 45, even a 50?

[Einstein]

I know that this might be better suited for the technical scores board, but i want it to be subject specific. Out of experience, past people who have done business and have scored a 45-50, how many marks did you lose throughout the year in SACs and/or even exams?

Thanks

[Mafioso]

SAC scores are not a good indicator in my opinion. The difficulty of the SACs vary from school to school and therefore it isn't a standardised figure that can give you an accurate idea of where you would be ranked in the state. Nevertheless, aim for a perfect SAC average. Don't be overwhelmed if you drop a couple of marks now and then.

The exam however, is a level playing field. Everyone in the state is sitting the same paper. Aim to score 60+/65 marks in the exam if you're looking at 45+. Anything lower decreases your chances because the subject itself is not very difficult and because of that, there will be a bunch of kids sitting at around the 55/65 mark.

As with any subject, business is very competitive as you near the high 40's. Most of the time it is the exam what separates a 48 from a 50, not SACs.

[brenden]

You should read the stickies in the technical score board.

[Khendjer]

A general rule of thumb I used for the BM exam was 1 mark lost = 1 study score lost. Which seemed fairly accurate as usually the exam A+ cutoff was around 52/65 (aka 40 raw aka 37 scaled).

But since you're looking for past students to give anecdotal advice... I got 87% average for SACs before VCAA moderation in a very strong BM cohort (relative to the fact that the BM cohort is generally very weak - hence its large downward scaling) and ended up with a 46.

And yeah I absolutely agree with everything Mafioso said 100%.