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makesh:
stuff beyond my control qualified me for a derived score in accounting. I'm a pretty good accounting student and would have loved an A+ but didn't quite make it.

I sit about 4th for my Sacs and nearly 20 out of about 50 people in my class got A+'s

I understand that derived scores are calculated based upon  sacs, gat and indicative grades, just wondering if anyone knows roughly what weighting these receive and if my good Sac position might snag be that A+?

cheers

Mao:
that will be most likely, yes =]

SACs in correlation with exam scores in cohort is used heavily (esp in your case where the cohort is very strong). GAT is also used to help derive/check, and indicative grades are given the least weightings as these are subjective (from the teachers)

I have heard somewhere that these are done on a case-to-case basis, but in any case, SACs are in your favour (strongly). So long as you didn't completely screw up your GAT, i see very little reasoning into not getting that A+.

makesh:
thanks mate, i'm feeling a bit better.  how screwed up is a screwed up GAT? on last years i got 35 standardized, i imagine i'll get around that for this years too.  Is that good enough?

Mao:

--- Quote from: makesh on August 06, 2008, 07:19:12 pm ---thanks mate, i'm feeling a bit better.  how screwed up is a screwed up GAT? on last years i got 35 standardized, i imagine i'll get around that for this years too.  Is that good enough?

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screwed up as in, they'd be reluctant to give away an A+ in accounting if you got, say, 25 in numeracy in the GAT. if you can keep ~35, you shouldn't have much trouble at all. if that score can get into 40+, then all the stats in the world would work in your favour =]

merlin:
Hey, I also applyed for derived score recently for the mid-yr chemistry exam and was approved. I was so out sorts on that day that I could not even do the exam, in statement I got dUg. My Sacs for semester one was 90/100 which is only above average in my school because everyone did well and when it came to exams only 3 pplz got A+ out of 50. So I'm wondering if it's possible for me to achieve ss 40+, assuming I can get an A+ in chem end of yr? In addition my Gat would probaly be not that great considering last yr I only got about a standarised score of 30. 

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