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Charmer:
Sorry if there's already a thread on this: I couldn't find one :)

So how much do our SAC marks really affect our study score? For eg I've had straight A+ in literature all year but I don't think my exam was at that level...does a high SAC average count for anything in practice?

Thanks  :D

Odette:

--- Quote from: "Charmer" ---Sorry if there's already a thread on this: I couldn't find one :)

So how much do our SAC marks really affect our study score? For eg I've had straight A+ in literature all year but I don't think my exam was at that level...does a high SAC average count for anything in practice?

Thanks  :D
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I think it would depend on how much the sacs are worth, as well as your ranking and exam performance... :)

Sorry i couldnt help you out much :(

Charmer:
That's ok! I always hear conflicting opinions. Some say they're really important, others think they don't count for much at all. Ranking sounds about right though :)

azhtey:
Unless ur aiming for mid to high 40s then i dont think they should worry you too much. I would still try my best in them though, thats for sure.

Trigger_003:
SACs are more for your ranking than anything else. IMO, they really matter in that respect. As all schools have different levels of difficulty in SACs, their results are more or less moderated in the attempt to make things fairer across the board. This process involves looking at the rankings of those within the school and how these reflect the exam scores achieved by the same group. In the majority of subjects which have a 50 SAC : 50 exam kind of weighting at least, it works something like this:

School A:
Tom gets 83% in his SACs (across the year), and is ranked #1 in his class. Scores 100% on the exam. VCAA sees that Tom's school was marked hard against VCAA's exam standard and scales his SAC results somewhere closer to 100%.

School B:
Ben gets 92% on SACs, ranked numero uno. Flunks the exam though, 84%, which happens to be ranked #3 exam result at the school.
Loz gets SACs: ranked #2 at 87%. Exam: 91% (#2)
Jane gets 65% on SACs, ranked #3. Really picks up before the exam and manages to pull a 95% on it (#1).

When results come out, all of them are awarded their result for their exam, however their SAC results are 'scaled' accordingly.
Ben: Exam - 84%. However, as he was top ranked in SACs, his SAC results are moderated according to the top EXAM result, regardless of the fact that he didn't actually achieve it. So his SACs go from 92% to ~95%.
Loz: Exam - 91%, SACs ~91%
Jane: Exam - 95%, SACs ~84%
If you wanna be schneaky, if you're ranked #1 at the end of the year, then you can help everyone else do as well as possible on the exam ;). Not sure how effective that is in practice haha.

Anyway as a rule of thumb, it's more or less #1 SAC scaled by #1 exam result (regardless of who scored it), #2 by #2, etc. etc. So maintaining a high ranking throughout the year can act as a type of insurance policy. Make sense? It's all detailed somewhere deep in the VCAA site if you can be bothered trying to find it :).

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