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« on: February 23, 2010, 08:54:31 pm »
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HI all
everyone here always seems to get amazing marks.
i got my first cham sac back and i only got 17/20. is it still possible to get over 40? as a study score, i mean.
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Re: only an A...
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2010, 09:00:06 pm »
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Quote from: liv on February 23, 2010, 08:54:31 pm
HI all
everyone here always seems to get amazing marks.
i got my first cham sac back and i only got 17/20. is it still possible to get over 40? as a study score, i mean.

yes.

actual mark for your sac means nothing, all that matters is ranking for sac.. plus the sacs are only 33% of your score
you could get horrible sac marks and do really well in both exams and still get 40 + :p
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Re: only an A...
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2010, 09:07:28 pm »
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Definitely. I have a friend who scored 50 in Chemistry last year with below 90 on a SAC. Mind you, she went to a really good school, but even so, 40+ should easily be possible.
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« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2010, 09:11:42 pm »
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Your exams decide your SS, not your SACs. So for example if you get an A, A+ for your exams and you are averaging an A in SACs, then your SAC mark will scale up to an A+.
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« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2010, 09:55:45 pm »
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^ that is completely untrue. My friend got an A on the exam and a 27 study score.
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Re: only an A...
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2010, 09:57:10 pm »
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Quote from: schmalex on February 23, 2010, 09:55:45 pm
^ that is completely untrue. My friend got an A on the exam and a 27 study score.

what about the other exam and sac scores?
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« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2010, 09:58:54 pm »
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^ WTF... lol not fair...but he mustve had SHITASSS SAcs (no offnce!) like D+ or D ....so was he last ranked in SACs? and therefore the lowest exam score in his cohort assigned to his SAC score?
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« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2010, 10:03:32 pm »
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Quantum, that is incorrect, it is not your own exam performance which determines your SAC mark, but that of your cohort as a whole.They keep the distribution of SAC marks similar to the exam marks by equating the quartiles of SAC's(ie imagine out of 100 top ranking, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 100th) with the quartiles of the exams.

Anyway, see this and this.
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Re: only an A...
« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2010, 10:08:58 pm »
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Quote from: schmalex on February 23, 2010, 09:55:45 pm
^ that is completely untrue. My friend got an A on the exam and a 27 study score.
What did she/he get in the other exam?
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« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2010, 10:11:04 pm »
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This was for Japanese. The whole exam score was A, which was worth 50%. The GAs for SACs were like C and D or somethign
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« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2010, 10:13:18 pm »
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With languages the median exam score is often B+ or A, so it is much easier to attain a low-mid range study score with an A.
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Re: only an A...
« Reply #11 on: March 01, 2010, 09:21:49 pm »
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Quote from: appianway on February 23, 2010, 09:07:28 pm
Definitely. I have a friend who scored 50 in Chemistry last year with below 90 on a SAC. Mind you, she went to a really good school, but even so, 40+ should easily be possible.

SACs don't matter. I had rank 1 and got 44 raw - exam performance is the most important.
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Re: only an A...
« Reply #12 on: March 01, 2010, 09:32:18 pm »
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OF COURSE U CAN!:D
i would be overwhelmed wiht a 17/20. :)
sacs don't count as much so don't feel as though u;ve done bad when u have actually done well :)
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« Reply #13 on: March 01, 2010, 09:35:38 pm »
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17/20 is an awesome mark don't be discouraged. Especially since it's your fist SAC, plenty of time to improve and get that 20/20 :)
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« Reply #14 on: March 01, 2010, 11:13:58 pm »
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Didn't read the start. 17/20 - that indicates that you will do really well in Chem if you keep up the work.
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