Hey, loll funny seeing a thread about my old situation.
I just wanted to know something though.
The 'averaging' of the HSC assessment and HSC exam mark thing seemed like a good explanation for why my 100/100 didn't gain me first place (i.e. because I must have achieved a 99/100 for my assessment mark, and a 100/100 for my exam mark). The problem is, I did score 100/100 for both my HSC assessment mark, and my HSC exam mark.
My own guess was that, because the 100/100 was an aligned HSC mark, that perhaps my raw exam mark wasn't 100/100? Thus separating me from those who tied equal first would be through the raw HSC marks? Except that, I recall reading (I think!) somewhere, that a raw mark of 100/100 converts to an aligned HSC mark of 100/100, so I MUST have achieved a perfect score in the exam? Meaning, I'm still not sure how they differentiated me from the others in first place?
(And yeps - I'm asking because, as a tutor, I'm still responsible for helping my students understand HSC moderation, alignment processes, etc, but if I can't explain my own situation... well, it's embarrassing. I'm always happy to learn more, so yep! - anyone out there know the answer to my dilemma?)