Getting a 45 raw in a science/maths subject?

[ganges]

I got average (around B+ or even less) on my Biology SACs last year and ended up with a 46.

wow! well done!! They must have gotten moderated up heaps then or you nailed your exams.

[Ahmad]

A way to predict this (other than asking people who obtained SoMs in the previous years) is probably through obtaining the previous few years A+ percentage cutoffs, then adding to the cutoff ~60% of the difference between full marks and that cutoff. Example, suppose 80/90 is cutoff for physics, then you'd need about 80 + 0.6 * (90 - 80) = 86 on each exam for a 45. Of course, this is not exact, but it might give you a rough idea what sort of marks you need.

[Mao]

It's hard to tell. It also varies between subjects, and between years.

In physics/chem, you might have 10 to lose over both exams. Might. Don't know
Maths is generally more tight then that. Think biol and psych are less tight

For methods, the recesses of my brain tell me you need a perfect score to get 50, and losing more then 3-5 marks could kick you out of the 40's.  For spec, you can lose 1 mark and still get 50, I'm not sure about the 40's.

last year the highest CAS mark was 78/80 for exam 2 [and there werent dodgy questions]
so

[Scarlett]

It's hard to tell. It also varies between subjects, and between years.

In physics/chem, you might have 10 to lose over both exams. Might. Don't know
Maths is generally more tight then that. Think biol and psych are less tight

For methods, the recesses of my brain tell me you need a perfect score to get 50, and losing more then 3-5 marks could kick you out of the 40's.  For spec, you can lose 1 mark and still get 50, I'm not sure about the 40's.

Don't worry too much, I left a couple of questions blank in the 2nd Methods paper last year, which, in total, was worth about 8 marks. I still got a raw score of 40.

[ganges]

yeh i heard last years methods papers was incredibly hard though.

[elaine]

For methods, the recesses of my brain tell me you need a perfect score to get 50, and losing more then 3-5 marks could kick you out of the 40's.   For spec, you can lose 1 mark and still get 50, I'm not sure about the 40's.

crappp losing 3 marks and that's already below 40??
now my 30 is starting to look hopelessly out of reach :S

i lost 3 marks for my bus man exam and still got a 50, yay for humanities!

[Nick]

For methods, the recesses of my brain tell me you need a perfect score to get 50, and losing more then 3-5 marks could kick you out of the 40's.   For spec, you can lose 1 mark and still get 50, I'm not sure about the 40's.

crappp losing 3 marks and that's already below 40??
now my 30 is starting to look hopelessly out of reach :S

i lost 3 marks for my bus man exam and still got a 50, yay for humanities!

Did you lose 3 marks on the bus man exam?? Wow, that is weird LOL.. I lost 5 and I got a 43??

[costargh]

What the hell to the above discussion about the business management exam. I'm totally confused how that works

[Nick]

I am COMPLETELY confused lol

[elaine]

For methods, the recesses of my brain tell me you need a perfect score to get 50, and losing more then 3-5 marks could kick you out of the 40's.   For spec, you can lose 1 mark and still get 50, I'm not sure about the 40's.

crappp losing 3 marks and that's already below 40??
now my 30 is starting to look hopelessly out of reach :S

i lost 3 marks for my bus man exam and still got a 50, yay for humanities!

Did you lose 3 marks on the bus man exam?? Wow, that is weird LOL.. I lost 5 and I got a 43??

your.kidding.me.
omg seriously, how on earth does that work? how were you doing in your sacs? and what were you ranked?

[costargh]

ELAINE IS LYING ABOUT HER 50 IN BUSMAN :O

LOL JOKING!!!

[elaine]

ELAINE IS LYING ABOUT HER 50 IN BUSMAN :O

LOL JOKING!!!

LOL yeah if i did lie, that would be fairly idiotic of me, since if someone was REAALLY bored/creepy, they could look up my name on the newspaper records site haha

but seriously, i was suprised to get a 50, what with losing 3 marks and all..
Nick- did you get a 43 raw or scaled?

[Nick]

RAW! LOL!! I got a 43 raw hahahaha

I was ranked 1 or 2 for SACs. I got 97/100 for unit 3 and 96/100 for unit 4.

[Nick]

What did your statement of marks say? What was the exact mark out of 120?

[dcc]

I was talking about maths subjects.  There is lots of competition in maths subjects because of all the little Ahmad's.  3-5 probably isn't accurate, but its a good aim to ensure that >40 can be done.