How would you rate my subjects in a "scaling" perspective? (1 Viewer)

[Hopp]

I have a general idea of how they scale form calculators and what not, but was just want comments from people who have actually done the courses or have had friends who have done them in previous years.

Adv. English
Ex.1 English
Ex.2 English
Biology
Geography
Earth and Enviro Science
Ancient History
Hix.

I'm considering dropping Hix though.Thanks for any help!

 

[Candidate]

Pretty good. Earth/Enviro is not scaled too well I think, but drop your worst subject regardless of scaling.

P.S. Biology scaled better than Eng. Ex1 in 2013

 

[strawberrye]

What's Hix?

 

[Candidate]

What's Hix?

History Extension

 

[Hopp]

Pretty good. Earth/Enviro is not scaled too well I think, but drop your worst subject regardless of scaling.

P.S. Biology scaled better than Eng. Ex1 in 2013

Biology higher than Ex.1?? Wow, that's crazy. How do you know that?

 

[Candidate]

Biology higher than Ex.1?? Wow, that's crazy. How do you know that?

I got 46/50 (=92/100) for EE1 and 91/100 for Biology, yet EE1 was the subject that was not counted towards my ATAR. The Bio exam was pretty difficult though.

 

[JohnMaximus]

Shit but not quite "my parents won't let me drop out" like society and tourism or whatever.

 

[Hopp]

Please rephrase, JohnMaximus.

 

[titaniumwithin]

Scaling depends on the exam. 2U maths doesn't usually scale as well as ex 1 and ext 2 but in 2013 it did and that was because the exam was pretty difficult compared to previous years'. Out of all your subjects I think Earth and Enviro Science wouldn't scale as well generally speaking. Not many schools offer such a course so there would be less people doing it than say something like Biology or Histories.

 

[RealiseNothing]

Scaling depends on the exam. 2U maths doesn't usually scale as well as ex 1 and ext 2 but in 2013 it did and that was because the exam was pretty difficult compared to previous years'. Out of all your subjects I think Earth and Enviro Science wouldn't scale as well generally speaking. Not many schools offer such a course so there would be less people doing it than say something like Biology or Histories.

Are you sure? Link?

 

[anomalousdecay]

Are you sure? Link?

Nowhere near. Link below explains all. A lot of what the above poster said was not very accurate.

And OP, this will answer your questions. Just look up the difference between scaled marks here:

http://www.uac.edu.au/documents/atar/2013-tables/2013_HSC_TableA3.pdf

 

[madharris]

I got 46/50 (=92/100) for EE1 and 91/100 for Biology, yet EE1 was the subject that was not counted towards my ATAR. The Bio exam was pretty difficult though.

I thought the '13 bio exam was a lot easier than '11 and '12 But that's just what I gathered from skimming through it

 

[anomalousdecay]

I thought the '13 bio exam was a lot easier than '11 and '12 But that's just what I gathered from skimming through it

But scaling does not involve the exam difficulty. It only involves comparing how well the Biology cohort (or other subjects cohort) did in 2-unit English. This is the reason why English is compulsory.

More so aligning does factor in the exam difficulty. This year I think the B6 cut-off was around 86/100 raw, which is very high in comparison to other years, justifying your claim

 

[LoveHateSchool]

I have a general idea of how they scale form calculators and what not, but was just want comments from people who have actually done the courses or have had friends who have done them in previous years.

Adv. English
Ex.1 English
Ex.2 English
Biology
Geography
Earth and Enviro Science
Ancient History
Hix.

I'm considering dropping Hix though.Thanks for any help!

Decently, esp the Exts. Any ATAR is in your grasp with the combo anyway.

 

[Futuremedstudent]

I have a general idea of how they scale form calculators and what not, but was just want comments from people who have actually done the courses or have had friends who have done them in previous years.

Adv. English
Ex.1 English
Ex.2 English
Biology
Geography
Earth and Enviro Science
Ancient History
Hix.

I'm considering dropping Hix though.Thanks for any help!

Adv. English- good
Ext 1 English- good
Ext 2 English- good
Bio- Average
Geo- poor/average
Earth/ Enviro- poor
Ancient History- Average
History Ext. - Good - don't drop it unless u are doing badly

You probably can get 99.95 but u need to have good rankings AND be in a top 20 ranked school.

 

[lilcutetricker]

Adv. English- good
Ext 1 English- good
Ext 2 English- good
Bio- Average
Geo- poor/average
Earth/ Enviro- poor
Ancient History- Average
History Ext. - Good - don't drop it unless u are doing badly

You probably can get 99.95 but u need to have good rankings AND be in a top 20 ranked school.

Not necessarily in the top 20 ranked schools because there are dux in other schools that achieve 99.95 as well remember? but if your school ranges from 100-150, being top 15-20 should suffice depending on your cohort + a strong external.

 

[enoilgam]

You probably can get 99.95 but u need to have good rankings AND be in a top 20 ranked school.

A person could potentially achieve this ATAR at a low ranking school provided that they came first across the board and did extremely well in the final exams.

To the OP, you have a pretty decent combination of subjects from a scaling standpoint. If you enjoy them and do well in them, you will be rewarded with a solid ATAR.