hmmm...I'm just trying to remember what I got for business a couple of years ago...it's slipped my mind.
I think it was something like 96.
Ah yes that's right.
School 95, Exam 96, HSC 96.
Remember to distinguish between the scaled HSC mark you get (which may be rather good) and the scaled mark which is then used to calculate your UAi, which lines up all the subjects accordin to supposed difficulty, based on the other subjects canditates take, and how they perform generally in these subjects.
I think at this point it's also good to point out that scaling is only relative every year. Sometimes the candidature can seriously affect it from year to year, especially if it is small. eg. In 2001, Latin Continuers scaled really well, because everyone who did the course did well in all their other subjects. Last year it still scaled well, but noticeably lower.
As for raw school marks, remember that different school raws are scaled differently. Schools that mark harder are scaled up, where school assessments are concerned.
I'd agree that the subject itself only relies on memory. The pointless thing about it is that there is too much breadth of content and not enough detail, so you rely on your short term memory to remember a whole lot of junk which doesn't stick, and which you'll never have to know again. Even if you go into something like finance and/or business management, you will need to learn the unwatered-down version.
