Half Yearly Exams (1 Viewer)

[sonyaleeisapixi]

well, as far as i'm concerned that's a sign that it was a pretty hard test... but i dunno, maybe review the concepts and stuff. practice under exam conditions, so you get used to it, there's plenty of time to improve

if everyone does really poorly, it generally means 1 or 2 things

bad "hard" paper
or
low level cohort

the former is generally the case

 

[trax2]

well, as far as i'm concerned that's a sign that it was a pretty hard test... but i dunno, maybe review the concepts and stuff. practice under exam conditions, so you get used to it, there's plenty of time to improve

yeahhh the top mark for someone just studying 2 unit maths was 80/120
intense
speaking of exams...
ive got some coming up in about a month
anyone else?

 

[moz324]

we're getting our results back atm, and my highest mark so far is 80%!!!!!! im just about ready 2 fail, i failed general maths, but then again so did half our year.

 

[trax2]

well considering the band a mark of 50% falls into
*shrug*
i see results in terms of bands first, % last

ohhh my school gives us the mark
and maybe if they are nice a percentage
no bands unless you figure it out yourself
but who really knows the cut off marks for certain bands.

 

[tacogym27101990]

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Got mine back today

MX2 - 92% - 1st </br>
MX1 - 89% - 1st<br/>
Maths - 97% - 2nd<br/>
Phys - 76% - 3rd (still arguing for marks tho so maybe 2nd or even 1st)<br/>
Chem - 78% - 2nd <br/>
Jap - 81% -2nd<br/>
Eng - 78% - not sure about the rank but somewhere in top 15 i think<br/>

Pretty happy with the results spesh MX2, chem and Jap and Eng =]]]

 

[trax2]

Re: 回复: Half Yearly Exams

Got mine back today

MX2 - 92% - 1st </br>
MX1 - 89% - 1st<br/>
Maths - 97% - 2nd<br/>
Phys - 76% - 3rd (still arguing for marks tho so maybe 2nd or even 1st)<br/>
Chem - 78% - 2nd <br/>
Jap - 81% -2nd<br/>
Eng - 78% - not sure about the rank but somewhere in top 15 i think<br/>

Pretty happy with the results spesh MX2, chem and Jap and Eng =]]]

 

[russianROULETTE]

if everyone does really poorly, it generally means 1 or 2 things

bad "hard" paper
or
low level cohort

the former is generally the case

yeah, they explained that to us in this big 'scaling' talk last year. lol, with my year in business studies i'm pretty sure it was the latter. everyone was like 'it was so hard', but i didn't think it was difficult. i just don't pay attention in class or study, so i'll only be in the top 5 or so..

yeahhh the top mark for someone just studying 2 unit maths was 80/120
intense
speaking of exams...
ive got some coming up in about a month
anyone else?

if that's the case, as long as your ranks are decent and you do well in the HSC it'll scale up. it's better to get hard tests than get easy tests and think the HSC will be easy, and go in unprepared, in my opinion.

 

[sonyaleeisapixi]

ohhh my school gives us the mark
and maybe if they are nice a percentage
no bands unless you figure it out yourself
but who really knows the cut off marks for certain bands.

err, you can work out the percentage, and surely you know the bands structure.
and with raw marks like you assessment marks, cut offs shouldnt be a worry.

 

[danz90]

So far I've gotten back:

Biology - 93% - Rank 1st
Economics - 92% - Rank 1st
Chemistry - 90% - Rank 1st (but I might get an extra mark or two, teacher is remarking a particular question on my paper).
Maths 2u - 85% - Rank equal 1st (was a pretty hard exam)

 

[trax2]

err, you can work out the percentage, and surely you know the bands structure.
and with raw marks like you assessment marks, cut offs shouldnt be a worry.

are all the bands are equal in length?
like if the test was out of 60
a band 1 is 1-10
band 2 10-20
....
band 6 50-60.
or kind of in a similar structure i guess

 

[sonyaleeisapixi]

are all the bands are equal in length?
like if the test was out of 60
a band 1 is 1-10
band 2 10-20
....
band 6 50-60.
or kind of in a similar structure i guess

i guess.

easier is, say if you got 60/65. thats about 92%.
that 92% equates to to a band 6.

 

[trax2]

i guess.

easier is, say if you got 60/65. thats about 92%.
that 92% equates to to a band 6.

ohhh cool, thanks.

 

[sonyaleeisapixi]

of course when you get to the hsc and you paper is marked and you results aligned and whatever it changes, but in terms of assessments to see how youre going, thats the quickest way to get an idea.

 

[trax2]

of course when you get to the hsc and you paper is marked and you results aligned and whatever it changes, but in terms of assessments to see how youre going, thats the quickest way to get an idea.

thats true, thanks
does the hsc normally goes for three weeks?

 

[sonyaleeisapixi]

time tables meant to come out tommorow.
but im not entirely sure
*shrug*

 

[Ms. BRIGHTSIDE]

My exams results were pretty BAD.
Maths - Fail. Ranked about 5th from 9 people.
Legal - Fail. Rank unknown.
English Advanced - 66%. Rank unknown.
I.T. - 72%. Ranked 3rd/4th from 9 people.
Business - 70%. Ranked 3rd from 7 people.
Hospitality - 97%. Ranked 1st from 6 people.

 

[sonyaleeisapixi]

but you did really well in hospo, so congrats
=]

 

[russianROULETTE]

hmm, while we're settling questions of this type...

i heard people talking about something really weird the other day... they said that if your rank in the internals is first and you do badly in the externals, your mark will be that of the person who came first in the external exam.

so for example, i come first in italian in class. in the HSC i end up doing badly, and the highest in my class is 92%. my mark is that of the person that got 92%.

does anyone know if that's true, or will i need to make a new thread about it?

 

[trax2]

time tables meant to come out tommorow.
but im not entirely sure
*shrug*

lol, fair enough
im hoping i dont have two exams on the one day

My exams results were pretty BAD.
Maths - Fail. Ranked about 5th from 9 people.
Legal - Fail. Rank unknown.
English Advanced - 66%. Rank unknown.
I.T. - 72%. Ranked 3rd/4th from 9 people.
Business - 70%. Ranked 3rd from 7 people.
Hospitality - 97%. Ranked 1st from 6 people.

wow, your classes are small
i guess its better that way

 

[sonyaleeisapixi]

the idea is, if you kick ass in internals, but, say, have you dog gets hit by a car, get a cold, have really bad period pains, something that disadvantages you, for whatever reason, the day of your exam, you will still be aligned up via your internals.

similarly if you slack off on your internals, itll drag your marks down.

thats why your ranks matter

the school sends in your assessment marks, and thats 50% of your hsc mark, or something.

its been explained to be a million times but i cant never restate it properly, or forget something improtant, but thats the gist i think.