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Re: are exams consequentially marked?
« Reply #30 on: October 06, 2010, 01:44:18 pm »
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I thought that consequential marks play an important role in the marking system. . (espec for methods/physics)?
Also, some questions are structured as 'show that' questions, so they actually give you the answer in part a) and regardless of how many mistakes you make, you can carry on the receive full marks in b)

@kyzoo, how many marks did you drop overall in both exams? What was your position in the cohort?
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Re: are exams consequentially marked?
« Reply #31 on: October 06, 2010, 11:05:15 pm »
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I lost 2.5 marks overall (so 235/240) and I was like rank 5-10
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~ UMEP Maths [5.0]

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Re: are exams consequentially marked?
« Reply #32 on: October 06, 2010, 11:34:09 pm »
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Quote from: kyzoo on October 06, 2010, 11:05:15 pm
I lost 2.5 marks overall (so 235/240) and I was like rank 5-10
I think that 2.5 marks can still get you a 50 - did Sac marks bring the score down?
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Re: are exams consequentially marked?
« Reply #33 on: October 06, 2010, 11:42:51 pm »
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Quote from: Chavi on October 06, 2010, 11:34:09 pm
Quote from: kyzoo on October 06, 2010, 11:05:15 pm
I lost 2.5 marks overall (so 235/240) and I was like rank 5-10
I think that 2.5 marks can still get you a 50 - did Sac marks bring the score down?

Probably, but last year was a relatively easily exam with a high A+ cut off (~6 marks above cut-off for 2008).
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~ UMEP Maths [5.0]

2010 ATAR: 99.90
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Re: are exams consequentially marked?
« Reply #34 on: October 06, 2010, 11:50:32 pm »
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Cause apparently if you're ranked #2 in the cohort but you achieve the top exam score, you still only received the 2nd highest study score>
e.g. last year the person ranked #1 in my cohort got 49 - and I'm not sure if he blitzed the exams...
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Re: are exams consequentially marked?
« Reply #35 on: October 07, 2010, 01:01:28 am »
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Mmmm I'm sure there were people higher in SAC ranking that still got lower SS than me though
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Re: are exams consequentially marked?
« Reply #36 on: October 07, 2010, 04:55:47 am »
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Quote from: Chavi on October 06, 2010, 11:50:32 pm
Cause apparently if you're ranked #2 in the cohort but you achieve the top exam score, you still only received the 2nd highest study score>
e.g. last year the person ranked #1 in my cohort got 49 - and I'm not sure if he blitzed the exams...

That's be pretty stupid. I doubt the system is that flawed.
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Re: are exams consequentially marked?
« Reply #37 on: October 07, 2010, 08:06:30 pm »
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Quote from: 8039 on October 07, 2010, 04:55:47 am
Quote from: Chavi on October 06, 2010, 11:50:32 pm
Cause apparently if you're ranked #2 in the cohort but you achieve the top exam score, you still only received the 2nd highest study score>
e.g. last year the person ranked #1 in my cohort got 49 - and I'm not sure if he blitzed the exams...

That's be pretty stupid. I doubt the system is that flawed.
Check the vcaa website - 'that's what 'standardization' entails.
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