Australian Students Prize (1 Viewer)

[Plebeian]

Letter arrived today, though apparently recipients aren't supposed to talk to the media (not that there's really any reason to talk to the media) until your local MP gets a chance to announce it and bignote himself later in the year.

Anyone else get one?

 

[MuffinMan]

nup.. please explain about this award??

 

[zhongie]

Yup, got that letter too.

 

[gordo]

wats it for?

 

[adamsaclown]

i know someone who got the same uai (99.8) as me got a letter but i didnt?

 

[acmilan]

Is this the one that you need 93+% in 10 units or more?

 

[adamsaclown]

i think it is... damn 3u english!!!! cost me $2000

 

[acmilan]

Yeah i got 9 units with 93+% and one unit with 92%

 

[Plebeian]

The actual rationale behind it is "the top 500 students in Australia" ... they award some to Olympiad medal winners, then apportion the rest out to the states to award. Thus the criteria can change each year, but for the past couple of years at least, it does seem to be given for HSC marks of 93+ in 10 or more units. Because these are aligned, not scaled, marks, it doesn't exactly correlate with UAI.

http://www.dest.gov.au/schools/programmes/ASP.htm

 

[gordo]

so i could do plant studies, agriculture, food tech, general maths and 2u general eng and get 2k?
if only i knew

edit: HEY!, i just re read my sig, how come i didn't get a letter

 

[Plebeian]

I don't think the criteria they use is that simple, and I don't think we'll ever find out what the criteria actually is (unless someone wants to go and work for the education department and find out).

I can assure you that this year, the criteria is not 93+ in 10 or more units.

OK ... that would seem sensible. Possibly, they do take some form of scaling into account. For reference, I got 93+ in 13 units and 94+ in 9.

 

[gordo]

they should take subjects into account too
and there should be a tick box whether you had tutors..

 

[Lazarus]

Could one of you actually ask about the criteria when you receive the award, please?

 

[ptitsa]

the criteria for this must be really strange as I only got >90 in 9units
and even then, only 7units were above >94

....anyone know how long it takes before we receive our mooolah?
*shifty eyes*

 

[acmilan]

the criteria for this must be really strange as I only got >90 in 9units
and even then, only 7units were above >94

....anyone know how long it takes before we receive our mooolah?
*shifty eyes*

Hmm thats weird, i got >90 in 10 units and >94 in 7

 

[Lazarus]

It's possible that they take the top X students based on their scaled aggregate.

 

[~ ReNcH ~]

It's possible that they take the top X students based on their scaled aggregate.

Apparently it's not associated with one's UAI though, although I guess it does mean that some people with the same UAI will get the award, while others won't.

Maybe it's an aggregate of aligned marks

 

[7th Sign]

my sister got one of these awards she got like 94%+ in 10 units