Rounding off of marks?? (1 Viewer)

[AE86]

Do some marks get rounded off??

I got a rank lower than what's reported on my yearly report for 3unit maths.

This is my theory to account for my mistaken rank:

School's record shows:

Student 1 and student 2 are told that they got equal ranking and i assume their marks in percentage are identical.

i.e
Student1 77/100 (2unit subject for Ext 1 maths) Ranked 9th
Student2 38.5/50 (1unit subject for Ext 1 maths) Ranked 9th

However, BOS only accepts whole number and therefore Student2 gets a rounded mark from 38.5/50 to 39/50

Hence

BOS's record shows:

Student1 77/100 Ranked 10th
Student2 39/50 Ranked 9th


Can anyone comment on my theory??

For now this is what i believed what happened to my ranking.


Thanks

 

[Lazarus]

The marks should have been submitted correct to one decimal place.

You should investigate the matter with your school.

 

[flyin']

It may be the case the school rounds the numbers. For example (in 2002 at NSBHS), in Math Ext1 the marks were rounded to a whole number out of 50 to accomodate Ext1 students even if it meant Ext2 students (who should've had a mark out of 100) had their marks rounded. But maybe that was just NSBHS. So they sent in marks like 100, 98, 96, etc.

 

[AE86]

I really think this is the case for why my rank is not 9th.

My headteacher informed that one kid has dropped from the subject prior the hsc exam and a computational error has occured.

However, i'm not very satisfied with the excuse which my headteacher has provided.

By just telling me that there is a mistake in the computer and therefore my rank is 10th not 9th does not clearly explain much.

I need to know which rank has shifted to which rank. Without this information of the modification, i have no valid explanation for my mistaken rank and i wouldn't have known whether computational error should really affect my ranking.

The only assumption i could make now is that the system of rounding off marks has affected my final ranks and i'm not satisfied with the system.

 

[Lazarus]

You are entitled to request a full explanation from the subject coordinator or your principal, unless that explanation would allow you to determine the exact marks and/or ranks of other students.

A satisfactory explanation should be able to be provided without divulging those details.

 

[AE86]

I've asked the student who was equal with my rank.

She told me that her rank was correct and she got 9th while i got 10th.

In that case i'm suppose to be 9th!!! ><.

If the rounded off mark was the reason for my incorrect rank, do i have any chances of appealing about how the rounding off system is rigged?

 

[Lazarus]

It's really not worth it.

If you're that close, there'd be almost no difference between your moderated marks.

 

[Xayma]

On that note, are all marks sent on a 1unit basis? Or for maths ext 1 are they sent out of 50 and 100 comparatively for those not doing and doing maths ext 2.

 

[petemuse]

it be good to round my marks are, if i get .3, the should round up and not down LOL