SDD and the UAI (1 Viewer)

[ezzy85]

i noticed not too many people get a band 6 in sdd. if the subject is so poorly scaled, will that have a great effect on the final marks?

 

[marsesbars]

Check the UAI scaling info at http://www.uac.edu.au/pubs/pdf/tablea3.pdf
I'm just looking at that info and telling what I saw:
* Compared to other subjects SDD isn't that poorly scaled. Apparently it's better than Geography, Senior Science, Standard English...
* If you do well and get HSC scores in the 80's or 90's, the scaling is quite decent.

Well to be honest when I was doing the HSC I thought SDD couldn't possibly give me a high UAI, because so few people got band 6. I ended up getting 87 for SDD and was surprised, it actually counted and I got 97.80 as my UAI. So yes, even though I thought it impossible, you can do SDD and get high marks!

 

[Lazarus]

The number of students scoring in each band does not affect their UAI or the way courses are scaled.

marsesbars is also correct.

 

[user]

hey at least more people got in band 6 this year (last year it was something like 0.23%)

i'm so happy i got 90!!!