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[nottellingu]

http://www.talent-100.com.au/Scaling.pdf
I ran into this and thought people might benefit from it. I am certain that people will be stroingly against everything said.

 

[Caitlin63]

Holy crap that guy seems like a wanker to me... but thats just my take

 

[me121]

^^also agree with above.

It would be an understatement for me to say that I disagree with every sentence (well almost every sentence). Not only are some things very bias, but some of the technical facts are wrong (such as he says that your HSC mark is given to UAC, it is in fact your raw HSC mark, not your HSC mark; also the scaling of a subject is not really if a subject is hard or easy, its the quality of the candidates; maths and sciences are no easier to "benchmark" than humanities).

As many people, including UAC say, you should NOT choose your subjects based on scaling. Instead choose your subjects based on what you are interested in and what subjects may help you with your future study or work.

And remember the HSC is not about getting a UAI of 100. Imo, anything over 90 is excellent, and over 80 is an accomplishment too.

 

[ccc123]

I don't agree with this guy. I acknowledge scaling is a reality that will invarably influence the UAI, but I don't think you should be selecting subjects based on scaling as suggested. Contrary to what was implied, it is possible to achieve 100.00 with humanities, and WITHOUT the ''high scaling subjects" he recommended. For example, in 2004, a girl at my school achieved 100.00 qith NO MATHS, NO SCIENCE and humanities (including drama, which is supposed to be 'low scaling').

DO NOT CHOOSE SUBJECTS BASED ON SCALING.

 

[Bacilli]

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