Twintip
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Well, I was surprised by them.
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/ebos/static/BDHSC_2002_12.htm
Example. Percentage of candidature who got band 6 for that course:
Biology: 2.33%
Chemistry: 8.14%
Geography: 8.66%
Mathematics 2u: 18.63%
I know the percentage of band 6 doesn't directly reflect how well a subject scaled, but for someone hoping to do well it might as well. I am extremely surprised at the low figure for biology. Chemistry was lower than I expected and I didn't think Geography would have a greater % of band 6 than chemistry (these are just 4 that I looked at). I was also amazed at how much higher the 2u maths figure was than the other 3.
I know the UAC give weightings these scaled marks and re-jig them in determining a UAI, so a 91 in Chemistry might count ahead of a 92 in Geography for UAI purposes. Umm, is that right? If it isn't, I am seriously confused with the above figures.
Is there anywhere we can find what the course means scaled to for each subject last year? I remember being shown an overhead slide on the Philosophy info day last year the 2001 figures but I don't know if it's available to the public (I can only remember a few figures, like 4u maths scaled to a 43/50 average and Philosophy scaled to a 42/50 average, etc).
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/ebos/static/BDHSC_2002_12.htm
Example. Percentage of candidature who got band 6 for that course:
Biology: 2.33%
Chemistry: 8.14%
Geography: 8.66%
Mathematics 2u: 18.63%
I know the percentage of band 6 doesn't directly reflect how well a subject scaled, but for someone hoping to do well it might as well. I am extremely surprised at the low figure for biology. Chemistry was lower than I expected and I didn't think Geography would have a greater % of band 6 than chemistry (these are just 4 that I looked at). I was also amazed at how much higher the 2u maths figure was than the other 3.
I know the UAC give weightings these scaled marks and re-jig them in determining a UAI, so a 91 in Chemistry might count ahead of a 92 in Geography for UAI purposes. Umm, is that right? If it isn't, I am seriously confused with the above figures.
Is there anywhere we can find what the course means scaled to for each subject last year? I remember being shown an overhead slide on the Philosophy info day last year the 2001 figures but I don't know if it's available to the public (I can only remember a few figures, like 4u maths scaled to a 43/50 average and Philosophy scaled to a 42/50 average, etc).
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. A result in band 6 means that you achieved all the outcomes needed to be placed in that band - this is easier in some subjects than in others. Presumbaly it was rather easy in 2u maths last year. If you look at the 2001 figures, you'll find that the %tage of band 6 in chem was 4 or something that year...so when I saw I got 93 last year I was really happy. Then I saw that a whopping 8% or so had band 6 results, and wasn't so happy 
