standardisation of SACs

[Eriny]

Apples are archetypal of school. It kind of makes sense to mention an apple in your username on a forum about school.

[AppleThief]

Haha, interesting theory, but the real story behind my current username of choice is this:
I was watching Scrubs (season five, I think?) and Elliot was talking about her fantasy of catching a Mexican apple thief & making love in the tasting room.

And I liked the term 'apple thief', so I horked it.

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Do they measure how far ahead someone is ranked than the next person? Or just the ... rank?

[Mao]

Do they measure how far ahead someone is ranked than the next person? Or just the ... rank?

in the extreme case that you are very far ahead of the next, it is expected that your exam result will also be far ahead of the next, hence you become your own anomaly and the cohort behind you remains together

if this happens in the middle of the cohort, the distribution of the exam marks will be similar (based on performance).

in cases where its really wierd, i suppose they do take that into account

[Aye Bay Bay]

Is your SAC rank for both unit 3 and 4 combined? My teacher told me your exam score can boost your SAC rank. Can it boost it to a top ranking? I'm confused

[xox.happy1.xox]

So if you get the highest exam mark, you are almost guaranteed the highest SAC mark, regardless on how well or bad you performed on your SAC's? I'm confused about the whole situation

[Mao]

So if you get the highest exam mark, you are almost guaranteed the highest SAC mark, regardless on how well or bad you performed on your SAC's? I'm confused about the whole situation

I dont think that is true.

SAC rankings dont get modified (from what I've been told), but the scores do get standardised.

when thinking about these, be realistic, the highest-ranking person in SACs will perform very well in the exam, lower-ranking people have high probability to not do as well (unless your cohort is supersaiyan like MHS)

[AppleXY]

True. But i'm ranked 2-3rd (96%) in SACs and i've already started to do exams for methods + spec [ well not fully start, but near lol ]. I personally think I would get the highest exam mark *hopes it doesn't jinx it* *touchwood*

[Mao]

True. But i'm ranked 2-3rd (96%) in SACs and i've already started to do exams for methods + spec [ well not fully start, but near lol ]. I personally think I would get the highest exam mark *hopes it doesn't jinx it* *touchwood*

if you've learnt the methods course already, you're further ahead than I was last year. (i think i only started antidifferentiation at this point )

they say, practice makes perfect.
so go buy thse A+ notes for methods and spec. they got quality questions (and heaps of them, like 350+ or something), especially extended response =)

[dcc]

methods is lol, i did the whole chapter on differential calculus in 2 periods.

[Rietie]

methods is lol, i did the whole chapter on differential calculus in 2 periods.

Well that makes me feel like crap. *cries because she does not like maths at the moment*

[Mao]

methods is lol, i did the whole chapter on differential calculus in 2 periods.

Well that makes me feel like crap. *cries because she does not like maths at the moment*

dont worry about dcc, he's destined to become the next Ahmad

he knows too much maths for his own good xD

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I just pulled a massive fluke and aced the first SAC, but it's supposedly worth only 10% of internal ^_^. I've been doing badly lately on my subject tests, I guess my success is a bit line a sine graph, hope I'm at my peak for the application task... Tomorrow!
I wish we would be given handouts to write in... when I have to write my answers in a notebook I start getting really pedantic about formatting and spend way longer than I should.

[enwiabe]

Congrats on the SAC-acing, DivideBy0, and good luck for your apps task. Just remember that doing poorly in that SAC is not the end of the world! My applications SAC mark was 10% lower than my second lowest SAC mark, and I still wound up with a respectable study score. Just try your best and don't worry too much about the end of the year (... yet ).

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Thanks enwiabe!