From what I've read, it seems that for students in schools not ranked in the top 150, their marks don't really get scaled up. So is it true that their score will remain closer to their actual raw marks?
If you're worried about getting dragged down by your cohort, work hard to get ranked 1st in all of your subjects and you won't need to worry about them.
If you're worried about getting dragged down by your cohort, work hard to get ranked 1st in all of your subjects and you won't need to worry about them.
It would definitely be easier to eliminate them...
But the next best thing is for you to probably model yourself around them, try and arrange study sessions with them and get as close them in terms of mark disparity as humanly possible.