Biology GA1 Results!

[Zealous]

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.

Definitely agree with Scooby here.

Just focus on doing your best at this stage. The moderation that VCAA does can be good for some and bad for others, but I realised from doing Further last year (where people freak out about one mark) that it's not worth worrying about.

Sure it's nice to have the added security of a certain ranking, but really, you can gain that same security by focussing on doing extra revision or more practice for exams. Remember that the exams make up the majority of your study score.

[Reus]

Thanks heaps for that

[LiquidPaperz]

This is more of a question about further, I won't make any more posts on further, but just wanted to ask Zealous something.

How many marks can I drop through out the year and ace the exam and get 50, with a perfect no moderation system. Does that make sense?

So I got lost 15 marks throughout the year, ace the exam = 50?

[brenden]

There's no way you'd get a 50 in Further with 15 marks lost on SACs in a "no moderation" system. But that just doesn't show anything :s. if you full marked the exams your SACs would likely be higher than that anyway.

[LiquidPaperz]

Yeah i also thought so, was just wondering (thankfully im not in that position) - if you know, how many marks would be dropped in a year for someone who could ace or close to ace the exam.

[militarisation]

how come some ppl get scaled up so much and others dont?!

[That Other Guy]

Just received my results today: 96/100! I'm not too sure if I am rank 1 anymore; I am in a strong cohort. Regardless, well done to everyone who has posted on this thread! Best of luck for unit 4!

[Reus]

Just received my results today: 96/100! I'm not too sure if I am rank 1 anymore; I am in a strong cohort. Regardless, well done to everyone who has posted on this thread! Best of luck for unit 4!

That's amazing!!

[dankfrank420]

Got an 80/100 for my GA1, would have probably got 83 if I hadn't bombed on my first SAC (14/25). I go to a selective school with a very strong cohort. Even with an 80/100 I'm probably ranked 20-25/100. Provided we perform strongly on our exams, what would you expect 80/100 to scale up to?

[militarisation]

Got an 80/100 for my GA1, would have probably got 83 if I hadn't bombed on my first SAC (14/25). I go to a selective school with a very strong cohort. Even with an 80/100 I'm probably ranked 20-25/100. Provided we perform strongly on our exams, what would you expect 80/100 to scale up to?

I second this.

[grannysmith]

Are ranks for unit 3 and 4 separate or not?

[dankfrank420]

I second this.

What, precisely?

[psyxwar]

Got an 80/100 for my GA1, would have probably got 83 if I hadn't bombed on my first SAC (14/25). I go to a selective school with a very strong cohort. Even with an 80/100 I'm probably ranked 20-25/100. Provided we perform strongly on our exams, what would you expect 80/100 to scale up to?

potentially 90-100, depending on how well is 'well'.

[dankfrank420]

potentially 90-100, depending on how well is 'well'.

Really don't know, it's only the second year people are our school have completed 3/4 studies. It's ranked 25 in Vic for median ATAR and 30 for SS's above 40. It's definately not the strongest of the selective school, probably tied with Nossal (don't know about JMSS though).

Edit: Just saw that we're in third place 

[Scooby]

Are ranks for unit 3 and 4 separate or not?

They're separate