A+ cut of predictions?

[Kotza]

Dont forget guys, there are 5 marks more this year,which would also influence the cut off for an A+. Last year's asked for basically everything learnt throughout the year with a heavy reliance on case studies, meaning that students had an easier time in finding correct answers as it was right in front of their faces. This year, as mentioned many times, had ambiguous questions. For example i found 'The Charity Foundation' question pretty difficult as you needed to list inputs outputs and processes for a charity, something i failed to do throughout the year. Also, as mentioned as well people would find it harder to achieve full marks for the large amount of 4+ marks questions. So i do think this years cut off will be low, perhaps even lower than last years despite being 5 marks more.

(My opinion )

[beefstar03]

Agreed ^

[hs]

i hope so otherwise im screwed because i didnt answer 8 marks in total :S :S

[waack]

its kinda hard to compare to last year as many questions where 2 or 3 marks this year there were 2 questions below 4 marks on the enitre exam?? No questions were really straigforward with many requiring deeper thinking. The fact that a small mistake misreading or a small gap in knowledge could lead to a straight cut of 6 marks really makes me think the A+ will be quite low. Even lasts years exam (easy im comparison) a loss of 10 marks still give an A+ should be lower this year

[jayna]

hopefully v. low 40's/65 nah but i prediiccctt hmmm '52/65'

[luken93]

Ok, then what score do you reckon for 62/65, 60/65 and 57/65

(My high and low range haha)

[Kotza]

in my all wise and expert opinion (not), i would say for those scores (assuming you are in the top 10 or so of a decent cohort)

1. 46-49 ... probs a 47ish as dropping only 3 marks in an exam like that is a fair effort
2. 45+ probably more
3. 43+ as it is still a medium-ish A+ score

[jsher098]

60/65 for this year's exam will definately get you high 40s...
63+ will get you a 50 I think if you are top ranked etc... at a strong school
Based on what I've read on this forum and the many people I have spoken to who did the exam... many people stuffed it up big time... especially the last question... all the people who focused on Kotters.... well there goes your 40...

[ohmyjosh]

will a 55/65 get you to 40?

[luken93]

will a 55/65 get you to 40?

I would reckon so because:
Last year's A+ cutoff was 50.5/60 (9.5 marks)
Because this year has an extra 5 marks + difficulty, I'd say the A+ cutoff will be ~53 / 65
A+ A+ A+ is practically a 40, so I'd be saying low 40's if you had a fairly decent rank/school

[8039]

Last year's asked for basically everything learnt throughout the year with a heavy reliance on case studies, meaning that students had an easier time in finding correct answers as it was right in front of their faces.

Nah.... most marks were lost by not referring to the case study adequately enough.

[luken93]

CONFIRMED:

A+ CUTOFF 51.5/65

[thushan]

not that I do BM, but where?
are the cutoffs out?

[luken93]

not that I do BM, but where?
are the cutoffs out?

Nup got my SoM today and it's got it on it.

Btw, why do you care haha
You are like my idol with those scores!

[ech_93]

Nup got my SoM today and it's got it on it.

How long did it take to get your SoM? When did you send out the application?