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HAHAHA w/e man ill set up something for you after my last exam tmrw! email me: dajesh@hotmail.com ........ and get me the 2003 CSSA paper for IPT today, and ill chuck in a dedicated server for free 
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sorry, can someone explain to me what "capped" means? O___o;;
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oh right -__- *smacks forehead* lol thanks
well i always assumed they were normal subjects but today i heard that legal was capped too. i dont know how true this is tho, so i figured someone might know for sure.
there must be information somewhere that says what subjects are capped - it seems pretty unfair of them not to tell us...
there must be information somewhere that says what subjects are capped - it seems pretty unfair of them not to tell us...
In terms of aligned marks - being the marks that you're awarded by the Board - no courses are capped (as Minai pointed out).
However, a maximum scaled mark is imposed on some courses during the scaling process when UAIs are calculated. You can read about how this is done in the Report on the Scaling of the 2002 NSW HSC (produced by the Technical Committee on Scaling and published by the UAC).
Under this 'capping of scaled marks' regime, English (Standard) and English (Advanced) are never capped. In addition to this, only the top few percent of students are affected. The caps are not unreasonable - certainly not as low as 80%! The vast majority of courses have a maximum scaled mark near 50 (on a 1-unit basis).
I've constructed a page displaying which courses have, in the past, had a maximum scaled mark imposed on them. You should pay more attention to the 2002 listing than the listing for 2001, as it was produced from the same formula that will be applied for your HSC.
You can access it here: <a href=/capping.php target=_blank>Maximum Scaled Marks</a>
However, a maximum scaled mark is imposed on some courses during the scaling process when UAIs are calculated. You can read about how this is done in the Report on the Scaling of the 2002 NSW HSC (produced by the Technical Committee on Scaling and published by the UAC).
Under this 'capping of scaled marks' regime, English (Standard) and English (Advanced) are never capped. In addition to this, only the top few percent of students are affected. The caps are not unreasonable - certainly not as low as 80%! The vast majority of courses have a maximum scaled mark near 50 (on a 1-unit basis).
I've constructed a page displaying which courses have, in the past, had a maximum scaled mark imposed on them. You should pay more attention to the 2002 listing than the listing for 2001, as it was produced from the same formula that will be applied for your HSC.
You can access it here: <a href=/capping.php target=_blank>Maximum Scaled Marks</a>
HannieStar
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The standard overall for legal isn't that brilliant, thats all. If your school does options which aren't done as much (e.g world order and indigenous people) there is a better chance of doing well- well thats what an hsc marker told me
SoFTuaRiaL
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suuuure u do
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an EE2 student cant do standard can they?
SoFTuaRiaL
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ummm no ... u wil have to do advanced. why wud u wanna do std anyway?
To change your example a bit .. If a really smart Advanced student were to do Standard instead, they will prolly get a lower scaled mark than if they did Advanced, but might get a similar Aligned mark