HSC Papers- marks. (2 Viewers)

[kaz1]

This thread makes me feel stupid. If all the 4unit students are getting marks like you guys I'm definetly screwed for the HSC.

 

[annabackwards]

LOL.

I've only done 90's papers but i haven't actually added up the marks. I'll do another paper tomorrow and post up my result

 

[Aerath]

guys i have yet to break 85/120, usually average out 83, would i get into the E4 range?

Yeah, you would.

 

[Top Secret]

Well 90 in 4U is still an excellent mark in UAC's perception.
Still, I won't, just won't be satisfied until I get 100.

 

[-Onlooker-]

1993, 1999-2008

93: 100/120
99: 119/120
00: 112-120
01: 107-120
02: 110/120
03: 101-120
04: 98/120 (first one i sat)
05: 107/120
06: 111/120
07: 117/120
08: 111/120

Damn impressive. Keep it up.

As for the others, 100+ in any HSC paper (except maybe 07) is a fair effort.

To the people wondering how these marks get alligned, generally it's something like this:

Raw Mark(%) HSC mark
65-70 [90]
75 [92-94]
80 [95-96]
90 [98+]

(Based on guesses, past performances of friends, etc etc etc; Also subject to change depending on exam difficulties )

It gets pretty ridicolous towards the end ( After you've exceeded 85% raw, 10% higher in the exam could only equate to 1/2/3 extra HSC exam marks; that's alligning alright )


Nevertheless, everyone here seems to be going great (even people in the 80-90 range, you can expect a Band E4 )

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[annabackwards]

@Onlooker- I'll be aiming for 80%+ then

 

[-Onlooker-]

@Onlooker- I'll be aiming for 80%+ then

yah, you go girl .

 

[Valupatitta]

This thread makes me feel stupid. If all the 4unit students are getting marks like you guys I'm definetly screwed for the HSC.

dont worry i dont even pass any of these hsc papers im more screwed than u

 

[-Onlooker-]

dont worry i dont even pass any of these hsc papers im more screwed than u

If you're acing youre other subjects you needn't worry.

A pass in the HSC exam ( 60/120 ) would equate to I'll say 75-80 HSC mark.

With 4unit, the scaling is pretty damn impressive; so the number of aggregates you get for the 80 HSC mark would be similar to the number of aggregates you get for lets say a 90 in modern history ( ~ figures)

with that in mind, every mark you get after that 60/120 is crucial; For example, if you can push that upto let's say 70/120 you can be looking at 87ish. Keep going at it, I'm sure you'll get there.

Best of luck.

 

[Valupatitta]

If you're acing youre other subjects you needn't worry.

A pass in the HSC exam ( 60/120 ) would equate to I'll say 75-80 HSC mark.

With 4unit, the scaling is pretty damn impressive; so the number of aggregates you get for the 80 HSC mark would be similar to the number of aggregates you get for lets say a 90 in modern history ( ~ figures)

with that in mind, every mark you get after that 60/120 is crucial; For example, if you can push that upto let's say 70/120 you can be looking at 87ish. Keep going at it, I'm sure you'll get there.

Best of luck.

thanks for the comfort i'll try my best

 

[h3ll h0und]

wow these marks are impressive...do u guys normally finish in time to check over your work/finish the paper?

 

[lychnobity]

wow these marks are impressive...do u guys normally finish in time to check over your work/finish the paper?

Finish mostly within the time limit

When I do finish, I tend to have about 15 mins left, but when I first started, I could barely finish - needed about 20 extra minutes.

 

[h3ll h0und]

Finish mostly within the time limit

When I do finish, I tend to have about 15 mins left, but when I first started, I could barely finish - needed about 20 extra minutes.

is 15 minutes enough to chek over all ur work?

 

[-Onlooker-]

is 15 minutes enough to chek over all ur work?

Checking over youre work in ext 2 is usually useless and in most cases extremely tedious.

Most Q's are show that Q's, and Q's you don't get the GYST of straight away, it's most likely you still won't get it after spending an extra 10 or so minutes on it.

However, the earlier Q's ( Integration, complex) are 'HIGHLY checkable'. I reckon spend 5-10 minutes checking them.

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[lychnobity]

is 15 minutes enough to chek over all ur work?

For checking, 15 is ok, but not enough. 20 mins would be ideal

Checking over youre work in ext 2 is usually useless and in most cases extremely tedious.

Most Q's are show that Q's, and Q's you don't get the GYST of straight away, it's most likely you still won't get it after spending an extra 10 or so minutes on it.

However, the earlier Q's ( Integration, complex) are 'HIGHLY checkable'. I reckon spend 5-10 minutes checking them.

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+1

Questions 1-6 are usually do-able, so if I have to rush, I only check those ones, and the beginning of 7&8.

 

[h3ll h0und]

if u cant chek alot of the questions...how do u prevent silly mistakes?

 

[lychnobity]

if u cant chek alot of the questions...how do u prevent silly mistakes?

By not making them in the first place. Don't make writing errors (eg writing x instead of y, or 2 instead of 5)

 

[yibbon]

if u cant chek alot of the questions...how do u prevent silly mistakes?

Take it SLOW. All my mistakes are because I skip steps in the algebra or miscalculate fractions. A missed negative sign in resisted motion means the whole thing falls apart!

I often start questions too soon as well, rushing into a circular geometery question or probability one and having to backtrack.

Conceptual mistakes/not answering the question are the real silly mistakes, not giving the equation of a line but just the gradient etc..

Does anyone have any tips for getting marks in questions 7 and 8? I usually have 20mins to attempt them, sticking to geometry and inequalities, and trying for easy 1 markers.

 

[h3ll h0und]

Take it SLOW. All my mistakes are because I skip steps in the algebra or miscalculate fractions. A missed negative sign in resisted motion means the whole thing falls apart!

I often start questions too soon as well, rushing into a circular geometery question or probability one and having to backtrack.

Conceptual mistakes/not answering the question are the real silly mistakes, not giving the equation of a line but just the gradient etc..

Does anyone have any tips for getting marks in questions 7 and 8? I usually have 20mins to attempt them, sticking to geometry and inequalities, and trying for easy 1 markers.

but if you take it slow won't you run out of time? i heard that you hav to work really fast in extension 2 maths exams?

 

[h3ll h0und]

Take it SLOW. All my mistakes are because I skip steps in the algebra or miscalculate fractions. A missed negative sign in resisted motion means the whole thing falls apart!

I often start questions too soon as well, rushing into a circular geometery question or probability one and having to backtrack.

Conceptual mistakes/not answering the question are the real silly mistakes, not giving the equation of a line but just the gradient etc..

Does anyone have any tips for getting marks in questions 7 and 8? I usually have 20mins to attempt them, sticking to geometry and inequalities, and trying for easy 1 markers.

if they hav hard math induction question at least prove for base case and assume true for n=k etc etc...shud get u a couple of marks =D