Help with my UAI with standard english & general maths (1 Viewer)

backfire · Feb 11, 2006

Hello, I am really scared about my UAI! becoz i took general mathsand standard english! I would like to know if i would get a good UAI!?? or would i get scaled down???

hopeles5ly · Feb 11, 2006

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standard english scales the SAME as advanced. like 100000 of students would tell you, if you do well in your subjects then you WON'T get affected. most of my subject scale pretty bad, but i never think about it. just do your best and you`ll be fine.

Dreamerish*~ · Feb 11, 2006

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By the way you put it, choosing the "wrong subjects" means you're fucked.

Seriously, scaling means zero if you don't do well. Focus on getting good marks, because that's what gets you a good UAI. Doing a high-scaling subject is nothing if you're absolutely rubbish at it.

housemouse · Feb 11, 2006

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too bad the number of band 5s and 6s are low in standard english

The_Apprentice · Feb 11, 2006

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I did general maths. It didn't fuck me over. I got 89 for HSC and 94.4 uai. Just make sure you're at the top end of your class, then it shouldn't affect your uai too much.

p.s. general doesnt scale so bad. They gave double to amount of band 6s in general maths than in Business Studies in 2005 hsc. Standard english is a different matter.

The_Apprentice · Feb 11, 2006

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<3 history.

Riviet · Feb 11, 2006

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If you do poorly in general maths and standard english, you will get scaled down quite severely and this will of course affect your UAI. However if you do well in these subjects, you will not be affected much by the scaling of these subjects and your UAI will not be much affected. So don't give up, keep working at it!

pLuvia · Feb 11, 2006

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So what if you took standard maths and english? many people get nice UAIs with those subjects, just do well and don't worry about scaling too much

Deltan · Feb 12, 2006

What is your desired UAI first of all? I don't think many people here are being very honest or truthful. Mate, i believe if ur gonna do standard eng and maths than you might as well not worry about ur UAI. Your gonna have to study real hard if you want to produce great results.

A l · Feb 12, 2006

The highest UAI obtained by a student taking General Mathematics last year was 99.65. The highest UAI obtained by a student taking English (Standard) last year was 99.70. In other words there is nothing to worry about regardless of what marks you achieve.

I think many people here are being very honest or truthful. I think people like you are being deluded by the scaling myths.

tennille · Feb 13, 2006

As long as you do well enough in those subjects, you can achieve a high UAI.

Do you even know how the scaling system works?

Boxxxhead · Feb 13, 2006

Didn't the chick who topped STandard English (Who did General Maths too I think) get 99.7 or somethin?

A l · Feb 13, 2006

I think it was actually 99.65. The highest UAI obtained by a student taking General Mathematics last year was 99.65, so it can't have been 99.70.
In other words, the highest UAI obtained by a student taking both English (Standard) and General Mathematics was 99.65 last year. That's proof that you can still get a good UAI with those subjects.

TerrbleSpellor · Feb 13, 2006

generally, you should only take either standard english OR generally maths, not two together because it retards your chances in a way that is hard to describe (it doesn't give you access to higher order thinking exercises found in the advanced courses).

though (this guy who i really hate) did both gen maths and std english and he got 91.40 or something last yeh. F**k i hate that guy. Stupid bloody curry ... yeh anyway

Just try your hardest, or if you don't like where its leading you at the moment, change it some how, if possible.

Kutar Maggi · Feb 28, 2006

hey cuz, yeah general maths and english aint that bad of a combo, assuming you do well in them and have picked better subs for your other 8 + units. by the way what UAI are you looking at? come to me if u need help with english or maths. dw. HSC i too overrated, but is still an important stepping stone.

ElendilPeredhil · Mar 8, 2006

Yeah you can still get a good U.A.I but only with good marks...people who take standard english in particular get lower marks only because standard english students (generally speaking)
kind of suck at their other subjects too, especially if they take humanities- that's how it at my school and it would seem a lot of schools too, because if you are good at adv. english then you can be good at mod and ancient history, along with subjects like legal studies- subjects that require good essay skills, critical minds, etc.

Kutar Maggi · Mar 9, 2006

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^66

mate theirs nothing wrong with humanities subs

ElendilPeredhil · Mar 22, 2006

I didn't mean there was. I was just saying, the humanities are pretty similar, and they're all about essays, so if you're good at adv. english it follows you could be good at other humanities. Hey I do 4 units of english, 5 of history and french so I like humanities.

<and gen. maths but thats for the easy marks

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