UAI of 65?? (1 Viewer)

[zaqwerty]

My school recently told us that they have a program that can calculate (roughly) an estimate of our UAI, which I'm sure is common to many schools.
Either way, my friend went to get hers estimated and they got her to predict what she thinks she'll get in certain subjects (as in, marks) and this then would produce an estimated UAI.

Now, I was told that she told them she'd get a band five in every subject (not sure what marks exactly), and she doesn't really do any subjects that would "drag her mark down", like art.

Why, then, did her estimated UAI eventuate to be about 65?

Any explainations?

P.S. The program my school uses is not a flimsy one, and I know that these UAI calculators are not always reliable, but this predicted UAI can't be right... can it?

 

[SoulSearcher]

Hmm, interesting, well band 5s won't get too great a UAI, but it should be higher than 65. What are her subjects?

 

[zaqwerty]

English (standard), General Maths, Business Studies, Ancient History, Studies of Religion 2U

 

[SoulSearcher]

I wouldn't pay much attention to that estimate. It's hard enough to estimate a UAI with actual HSC marks, let alone guessed marks.

 

[zaqwerty]

Yeah I was thinking of ignoring it because it just didn't seem right, but I thought I'd post on here to see other people's opinions.

Thankyou for your help anyway...

 

[ElGronko]

English (standard), General Maths, Business Studies, Ancient History, Studies of Religion 2U

They all scale down.

80 - 83% in these subjects would probably eventuate in a UAI of 65 or less.

 

[jemsta]

nar i doubt itll be that low
prob be around the 75-80 mark

 

[ahen]

ancient history and religion don't scale down do they? i was told they scale up

 

[jemsta]

ancient history from memory either has no scaling or scales it up a little bit
i think religion scales a bit down

 

[MuffinMan]

ancient from my memory, had not much scaling (i think it was down - slightly). But don't hold me onto that, it's been 2 years since I last did ancient.

 

[xclusv2bhung]

hmm ahen , my friend does ancient , and he said it scales down quite a bit.
cant remember the figures exactly , but he definitely did say that it scales down.

 

[Beege]

People shouldn't worry about scaling. As long as you ace all of your subjects scaling won't affect you.

 

[Grim.Reaper]

hmm ahen , my friend does ancient , and he said it scales down quite a bit.
cant remember the figures exactly , but he definitely did say that it scales down.

it has an average scaling.

 

[over9k]

if this is true i am fked because i have the same subjects
except biology instead of sor

 

[Lavenderpup]

SOR scales up rather than down.

 

[Grim.Reaper]

My school recently told us that they have a program that can calculate (roughly) an estimate of our UAI, which I'm sure is common to many schools.
Either way, my friend went to get hers estimated and they got her to predict what she thinks she'll get in certain subjects (as in, marks) and this then would produce an estimated UAI.

Now, I was told that she told them she'd get a band five in every subject (not sure what marks exactly), and she doesn't really do any subjects that would "drag her mark down", like art.

Why, then, did her estimated UAI eventuate to be about 65?

Any explainations?

P.S. The program my school uses is not a flimsy one, and I know that these UAI calculators are not always reliable, but this predicted UAI can't be right... can it?

absolutely not possible to get a band 5 in all your subjects and get a UAI of 65.
i'd say over 75-88, depending on how she goes in her subjects.

 

[over9k]

SAM says hsc aligned marks of 80 in all subjects gives me 79UAI.

i need 80uai for my uni course!!!
but atm i'm getting high b4's and SOME b5 only. eg: 75, 77, 82 =/

 

[Grim.Reaper]

SAM says hsc aligned marks of 80 in all subjects gives me 79UAI.

i need 80uai for my uni course!!!
but atm i'm getting high b4's and SOME b5 only. eg: 75, 77, 82 =/

if you improve your marks for atleast 2 subjects you will get a UAI of 80.

Always aim for band 5's because thats when you're safe and guarenteed 75+