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Re: Biology GA1 Results!
« Reply #30 on: June 23, 2014, 10:22:42 pm »
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how highly/lowly (if thats a word) can VCAA moderate your sacs?

It can be completely ridiculous. Even something like +30-40 marks is possible, which is why your raw SAC marks aren't indicative of, well, anything
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Re: Biology GA1 Results!
« Reply #31 on: June 23, 2014, 10:30:11 pm »
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It can be completely ridiculous. Even something like +30-40 marks is possible, which is why your raw SAC marks aren't indicative of, well, anything
30 to 40! Really!

Scooby do you mind sharing your GA 1 AND 2 results for chem and biology, and they obviously both scaled to 100
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Re: Biology GA1 Results!
« Reply #32 on: June 23, 2014, 10:44:08 pm »
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30 to 40! Really!

Scooby do you mind sharing your GA 1 AND 2 results for chem and biology, and they obviously both scaled to 100

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Bio GA 2: 192/200 --> 200/200 (back in my there was only one GA for Bio SACs ahaha)

Chem
- GA 1: 85/100 --> 92/100 (missed out on an A+ there, ohh well)
- GA 2: 88/100 --> 100/100

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Re: Biology GA1 Results!
« Reply #33 on: June 23, 2014, 10:49:18 pm »
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Sure thing

Bio GA 2: 192/200 --> 200/200 (back in my there was only one GA for Bio SACs ahaha)

Chem
- GA 1: 85/100 --> 92/100 (missed out on an A+ there, ohh well)
- GA 2: 88/100 --> 100/100
Did these scale according to your exam mark? Or cohort rank?
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Re: Biology GA1 Results!
« Reply #34 on: June 23, 2014, 10:56:01 pm »
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Btw, how do you calculate your GA1 score or whatever?

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Re: Biology GA1 Results!
« Reply #35 on: June 23, 2014, 11:00:00 pm »
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Did these scale according to your exam mark? Or cohort rank?

It'll scale according to cohort exam performance. Your individual exam mark doesn't mean much in terms of SAC moderation (unless you're an outlier in both cases)
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Re: Biology GA1 Results!
« Reply #36 on: June 23, 2014, 11:01:06 pm »
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Btw, how do you calculate your GA1 score or whatever?

You can't. Only way to know is to get a statement of study score
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« Reply #37 on: June 23, 2014, 11:14:23 pm »
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It'll scale according to cohort exam performance. Your individual exam mark doesn't mean much in terms of SAC moderation (unless you're an outlier in both cases)
So basically how well my school does, determines my SAC marks? Even if I'm rank 1?
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« Reply #38 on: June 24, 2014, 03:19:11 am »
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So basically how well my school does, determines my SAC marks? Even if I'm rank 1?

Nah, if you're rank 1 and you do well in the exam, you won't be dragged down, even if your cohort in general does pretty crap
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Re: Biology GA1 Results!
« Reply #39 on: June 24, 2014, 11:27:45 am »
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And that only applies to rank 1? Fff..

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« Reply #40 on: June 24, 2014, 12:26:00 pm »
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I'm so screwed  >:(

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Re: Biology GA1 Results!
« Reply #41 on: June 24, 2014, 01:48:03 pm »
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Apparently its generally rank 1-3ish who don't get affected?
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« Reply #42 on: June 24, 2014, 04:08:20 pm »
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what happens if your say rank 5-6, but the people above you are really strong, but the people below you are weak and the difference between you and rank 1 is no more then 3-4 marks, how will i get affected?

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Re: Biology GA1 Results!
« Reply #43 on: June 24, 2014, 04:34:53 pm »
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And that only applies to rank 1? Fff..

Well, you're safest if you're ranked first, but if you've got two or more people in your cohort who do well on the exam, you'll be fine ranked second
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Re: Biology GA1 Results!
« Reply #44 on: June 24, 2014, 04:46:01 pm »
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Apparently its generally rank 1-3ish who don't get affected?

It depends on a lot of things, really. If you're ranked first with a 100% SAC average, even if you do well on the exam, that mark is likely going to get scaled down, even if you're in a pretty strong cohort (unless you do extraordinarily well). It's not as if strong cohort = marks scaled up and weak cohort = marks scaled down. It is generally the case, but that's because marking tends to be more harsh with stronger cohorts and much more lenient with weaker cohorts. If you're performing well in a weak cohort (and everyone is else is doing crap), in all likelihood your cohort's SAC scores won't be scaled down at all, even though you're in a weak cohort. Moderation is mainly to take care of discrepancies in marking leniency/harshness, rather than cohort strength. Even if your cohort is weak, it doesn't mean your marks will be scaled down, just as being in a strong cohort doesn't guarantee that they'll be scaled up.
 
It depends on a lot of factors and it's hard to predict anything. We're only just over half way through the year - most of the assessment is yet to come. Just focus on doing well and let the technicalities of the system take care of themselves.
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