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How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
« on: March 04, 2014, 03:47:11 pm »
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Hey Guys,

I just received my mark for my latest SAC and i lost 1.5 marks (38.5/40). When i went to find it from my teacher, he mentioned that i was the highest, i think maybe equal highest, he said it in like 2 seconds, so I'm not definite for sure, but i was up there.

Past students/ current students, how many marks did you lose in U3/U4 or on you AOS1,AOS2 etc SACs, is their a threshold, i.e. stay about 96/100 on U3 etc. Im afraid my chance of a 50 is gone now :(
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Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2014, 05:43:07 pm »
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Hey Guys,

I just received my mark for my latest SAC and i lost 1.5 marks (38.5/40). When i went to find it from my teacher, he mentioned that i was the highest, i think maybe equal highest, he said it in like 2 seconds, so I'm not definite for sure, but i was up there.

Past students/ current students, how many marks did you lose in U3/U4 or on you AOS1,AOS2 etc SACs, is their a threshold, i.e. stay about 96/100 on U3 etc. Im afraid my chance of a 50 is gone now :(

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Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2014, 06:30:09 pm »
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It's hard to tell just by looking at SAC marks. SACs are subject to statistical moderation so they could get scaled up or down.

I can assure you that you are still in the run for a 50.
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Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2014, 08:46:55 pm »
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Alright, thanks. What did you end up getting for U3 and U4 respectively? if you still remember that is haha

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Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2014, 12:41:57 am »
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I lost several marks on sacs. I think there was only one sac that I did full mark! My overall unit results were around 90-95, and I was rank 5, at a public school. It doesn't hinder your chances, the exam is more influential on your final mark. Stress less and stay focused :)
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Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2014, 08:08:12 am »
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what SS did you end up getting for Business?, sorry if you don't want to answer

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Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2014, 09:27:07 am »
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Lost 3 marks out of 100 for the whole year. It is definitely possible.

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Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2014, 04:18:59 pm »
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im assuming you also aced the exam?

Lost 3 marks out of 100 for the whole year. It is definitely possible.

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Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2014, 08:57:45 am »
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Well I asked for a statement of Marks and I actually didn't even get full marks for the exam (although it was admittedly close). That was for French though, I reckon for business you should definitely aim to get near full marks to get 50.

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Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2014, 01:43:55 am »
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im assuming you also aced the exam?

You can normally lose 2-3 marks on the exam (since they are double marked that's actually 1-2 marks lost in practice), to still be in the running for a 50. I'll be honest with you, 50's are pretty hard to get and most people who want a 50 would never get one, but at the end of the day for all intents and purposes a 49 is pretty much equal to 50. Also I've heard rumours busman tends to scale up slightly for study score over ~47.
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Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2014, 07:32:40 pm »
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Also I've heard rumours busman tends to scale up slightly for study score over ~47.

Busman scaling up? That's a ridiculous rumour.
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Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2014, 09:28:23 pm »
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you mean anything below 50 gets scaled down by about 20 lol

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Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2014, 10:53:30 pm »
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I know a girl who got 60% on one of her Psychology SACs, yet still managed to get a 50 SS.

Personally, I've gotten 15/20's for 2/6 of my Indo SACs haha.

The exam is definitely more important :)
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Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2014, 12:02:22 am »
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Busman scaling up? That's a ridiculous rumour.

Once heard my legal teacher who also teaches busman say scores >47 (excluding 50 obviously) scaled up slightly that's where I got it from.
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Re: How many marks can be lost to still attain a 50?
« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2014, 01:58:02 pm »
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say i was rank1/2 and got an average of around 90% for my sacs all year, and say lost 4-5 marks on exam, possible to get 50?, what would i be looking at