Does one 'bad' scaling subject affect your ATAR? (1 Viewer)

[Pepin]

All my subjects are high in scaling, except one.
Will this affect my ATAR greatly or not.
Explain pl0x : D
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[Alkanes]

No

 

[Gigacube]

If you can get a high enough mark in your low scaling subject it may not affect your ATAR. It also depends on what mark it scales down to for it to affect your ATAR a lot.

What are the subjects that you are doing? We need to know so we can tell you more and some people may mistake certain subjects as high or low scaling when they are not.

 

[SpiralFlex]

What subjects do you do?

 

[Pepin]

If you can get a high enough mark in your low scaling subject it may not affect your ATAR. It also depends on what mark it scales down to for it to affect your ATAR a lot.

What are the subjects that you are doing?

Aw, can you tell me how scaling works D':
My teacher told me that 'there is no such thing as scaling'.

 

[Gigacube]

Aw, can you tell me how scaling works D':
My teacher told me that 'there is no such thing as scaling'.

I haven't really understood how scaling works but hopefully Sly or Spi or another person will be able to answer. There is such thing as scaling but I think it's based on your school ranks (internals).

So what subjects are you doing?

 

[Pepin]

I haven't really understood how scaling works but hopefully Sly or Spi or another person will be able to answer. There is such thing as scaling but I think it's based on your school ranks (internals).

So what subjects are you doing?

Ad. English
Ancient History
Biology
Chemistry
Extension 1 Math
Physics

I heard scaling only affects those 'within' the class of a subject, but I'm not quite sure.

 

[Gigacube]

Ad. English
Ancient History
Biology
Chemistry
Extension 1 Math
Physics

I heard scaling only affects those 'within' the class of a subject, but I'm not quite sure.

You can drop that in year 12 as you only are required to have 10 units minimum unless you've accelerated. That way you won't have to worry about ancient history dragging you down. Only the 10 best units including English count in your ATAR calculation.

 

[SpiralFlex]

All your subjects are good scaling. Not too sure about Ancient. It ultimately comes down to if you enjoy the subject. Here is an article on how scaling works.

http://www.duxcollege.com.au/hsc-scaling-i-49.html

On the flip side, you can pick up 4U Maths.

 

[Pepin]

All your subjects are good scaling. Not too sure about Ancient. It ultimately comes down to if you enjoy the subject. Here is an article on how scaling works.

http://www.duxcollege.com.au/hsc-scaling-i-49.html

On the flip side, you can pick up 4U Maths.

4unit math ... Hell no. LOL.

 

[Pepin]

You can drop that in year 12 as you only are required to have 10 units minimum unless you've accelerated. That way you won't have to worry about ancient history dragging you down. Only the 10 best units including English count in your ATAR calculation.

I don't really like dropping subjects... But if i don't do so well in Ancient, it wouldn't be counted towards my ATAR?

 

[Gigacube]

All your subjects are good scaling. Not too sure about Ancient. It ultimately comes down to if you enjoy the subject. Here is an article on how scaling works.

http://www.duxcollege.com.au/hsc-scaling-i-49.html

On the flip side, you can pick up 4U Maths.

Ancient scales a bit better than IPT. Take a look at UAC table A3

 

[SpiralFlex]

4unit math ... Hell no. LOL.

I am sure you are more than capable. Anyway, you will be fine as long as you enjoy Ancient History. How are you finding it now?

 

[SpiralFlex]

Ancient scales a bit better than IPT. Take a look at UAC table A3

Yes it is just a fraction better scaling.

 

[Gigacube]

I don't really like dropping subjects... But if i don't do so well in Ancient, it wouldn't be counted towards my ATAR?

13 Units is considered a lot to bring into HSC year. If you don't do well in Ancient it won't count so there's really no point unless you are sure that you can get above 95 to be safe.

 

[LoveHateSchool]

I wouldn't really consider Ancient History to have bad scaling, it's medium/moderate/okay. I consider bad scaling to be like Senior Science, General Maths, Aboriginal Studies and Dance.
You can achieve a good ATAR with any subject combination-the highest two ATARs ever at my school were both someone who did no maths or sciences.

 

[Gigacube]

I wouldn't really consider Ancient History to have bad scaling, it's medium/moderate/okay. I consider bad scaling to be like Senior Science, General Maths, Aboriginal Studies and Dance.
You can achieve a good ATAR with any subject combination-the highest two ATARs ever at my school were both someone who did no maths or sciences.

Ancient is still down the lower end. http://www.uac.edu.au/documents/atar/2010_HSC_Table A3.pdf

 

[jnney]

scalling is well..that depends on how well the students at your school do. but if you ace and come out on top, you'll be fine. duh

 

[Existential]

most hsc hsie subjects (with the excepetion of aboriginal studies) don't scale that badly. generally speaking, they're medium scaling subjects (with of course some variation between them).

 

[joshdm]

i did extensive research on scaling last year, but i'll just give you a quick comparison
(based on 2009 scaling reports) To get a scaled mark of 44.7 per unit, which is approximately what you need for an atar equivalent of exactly 99, you would need hsc marks of:
ancient history:96
chemistry: 92.7
physics: 93.1
bio: 94
3u maths: 89.9
sorry i couldnt be bothered to check others, but hope this helps or gives you an idea.
What school do you go to? im very surprised at your teacher's statement