high UAI.. (2 Viewers)

[melanieeeee.]

PD/H/PE? lol

i wish.

 

[CrownerOf.Kings]

All:

I think you're missing what I'm really saying: the vast majority of students in NSW are absolute failures. If you aren't able to stomp them in the HSC (i.e. attain a UAI of 85+), in my eyes,there's something wrong with you.

For a Y11 student to be aiming for a UAI of 70-80 is pretty sad, because you're aiming to be slightly better than someone who spends their final year of school fucking around, who is quite happy to go out and get a regular job and live a regular life.

OP:

Regardless of what other people say, attaining a UAI of 95+ is not impossible just because you aren't a genius at a top 10 school. I personally know people who weren't child prodigies who were able to get upwards of 97 as well as people in y12 this year who are doing exceptionally well and aren't amazing.

If you really can't do well, despite your efforts (and I mean genuine effort), then that's just the way it is, but for the people who make excuses it's your life you're fucking up.

I agree.

 

[BackCountrySnow]

Thanks, I don't need to post in this thread anymore.

I that's for the best.

 

[Undermyskin]

People have different ambitions and they have different generalizations of their own abilities. Just aim for the highest and expect the worst.

In this case: I'm aiming for 100 and expecting 99.95! lolz. Joking.

My parents will kill me if I can't get 99+

 

[Forbidden.]

People have different ambitions and they have different generalizations of their own abilities. Just aim for the highest and expect the worst.

In this case: I'm aiming for 100 and expecting 99.95! lolz. Joking.

My parents will kill me if I can't get 99+

asian parents

 

[melanieeeee.]

for those who have anal parents that will kill you if you dont get a uai of 99+ i'd grab a knife and beat them to it.

 

[Forbidden.]

for those who have anal parents that will kill you if you dont get a uai of 99+ i'd grab a knife and beat them to it.

a.k.a parents who are tightasses who attempt to restrict your social life with threats

 

[Undermyskin]

Well, basically when you re-think about it, it's not THAT dire. I mean, when you are technically purposeless (like me right now), having someone to push you is rather necessary; because you know, if getting 99+ then I can choose whichever courses I wanna do later, right? (except for Med and Pharm of course) I'm used to that kind of 'pressure now, free later'. lolz.

 

[Forbidden.]

Well, basically when you re-think about it, it's not THAT dire. I mean, when you are technically purposeless (like me right now), having someone to push you is rather necessary; because you know, if getting 99+ then I can choose whichever courses I wanna do later, right? (except for Med and Pharm of course) I'm used to that kind of 'pressure now, free later'. lolz.

then i realised hsc wasnt worth the pressure.
its easier than uni.

 

[jlucis]

Really, the HSC is fucking easy. If you're struggling to hit 85-90s when you actually try there's something wrong with you

n00b

 

[tommykins]

I know aye



You agree that if a student doesn't come top 15% of the state that there is something wrong with them?

The average UAI is 65ish, not 50.

 

[tommykins]

Point being?

85 UAI =/= being top 15%

 

[lyounamu]

YES. IT STILL IS. 85 = top 15%. The average does not change this fact.

No, tommykins' is actually right. 85 UAI is not equal to top 15%. It is more like top 20%.

Use your logic here. Average = 65 UAI would obviously mean that 85 is not equal to top 15%.

 

[lyounamu]

No. If anything it will lower the top amount.

It would be more like 12.75% for a UAI of 85

That's basically what we have been talking about, isn't it? (i.e. 85 UAI =/= top 15% of the state).

 

[Slidey]

YES. IT STILL IS. 85 = top 15%. The average does not change this fact.

Not true. It's based on a skewed bell curve distribution, not a linear distribution. As such, about 60 to 70 is the middle. 85 isn't the top 15%.

I'm inclined to agree that 85+ would be about top 20% or so.

Oh, and further, the UAI is based on the entire year 10 cohort, I believe, not the year 12 cohort. So it's really fairly true that 85+ isn't a hard UAI to achieve if you're trying.

Ah, here it is: a UAI 85+ is equal to about the top 25% of the cohort, including year 10 drop-outs. An 80+ is the top 30%, a 70+ is the top 45%, a 90+ is the top 15%. Can you extrapolate what a 60+ is? That's right, the top 60%. It would appear that for the 60 to 90 range it is indeed essentially a linear distribution.

For 2001 to 2005: http://www.uac.edu.au/pubs/pdf/2005-Table-A8.pdf
For 2006 and 2007: http://www.uac.edu.au/pubs/pdf/2007_table_A8.pdf

As you can see, higher UAI's are becoming easier to achieve each year.

No. If anything it will lower the top amount.

It would be more like 12.75% for a UAI of 85

It would be more like wrong. Ignoring year 10 cohort that dropped out, an 85+ is more like top 30% or 40% to yr 12 students.

 

[Paj20]

All:

I think you're missing what I'm really saying: the vast majority of students in NSW are absolute failures. If you aren't able to stomp them in the HSC (i.e. attain a UAI of 85+), in my eyes,there's something wrong with you.

lol and you wonder why everyone thinks your an arrogant prick

 

[xJennax]

I don't even know wat UAI to aim for anymore...I put in in SAM but I have no idea what percentage I'll get. It will be a suprise for me lol.

 

[tommykins]

Oh, and further, the UAI is based on the entire year 10 cohort, I believe, not the year 12 cohort. So it's really fairly true that 85+ isn't a hard UAI to achieve if you're trying.

Yeah it includes year 10 people who dropped out - we got a booklet about it and I was hell surprsied, makes the HSC seem easier (although i'd take a stab that dropouts = 1-2k MAX).

 

[mark678]

thanks for the quick replies. I wasn't comparing myself to everyone.. i was just shocked I supposed by the amount of people aiming for 95+. When most exams I aim for 70%, but then again I know year 11 doesn't compare what so ever.

thanks x

Seriously most of the people on this forum are studying alot and are interested in getting into the big sydney unis which you need a high uai eg. law/medicine/commerce.


I have researched UAI distribution for 2007 that was:

1.7% 99 UAI or higher
16.5% 90 UAI or higher
32.4% 80 UAI or higher

As you can see a lot of the people on boredofstudies are in the top canditature of the hsc (or aiming for it)

so generally speaking a solid uai of 85-100 will get you into a lot of uni courses and you will be beating a lot of people in the hsc.

hope this has enlightened you:apig:

 

[BackCountrySnow]

16.5% 90 UAI or higher

it doesnt seem that hard when placed in this light.