What are aligned marks+question about dropping units! (1 Viewer)

[jnguyen]

Could someone plz answer these questions:
1. What is an aligned mark....i need to noe so i can change my marks for SAM.
2. I am doing 12 Units. Both my Physics and 3U Maths are crap so which one should I drop? If I drop 3U i will be on 11 units so thats safer...but physics is harder to revise for. I f I drop physics i'll be on 10 U....and thats risky. What should i do? Which one scales better? Is 50% for a 3U maths ok?
3. Is there life after the HSC!!

 

[*girl04*]

3. yes!!! ( sorry i cant help for the technical ones but) yeah there is. i was talking to my teacher the other day and she is like, every year she sees year 12 student go through da school and freak out and every year is the same, they move on and are okay afterwards. so all good!

 

[Lazarus]

Originally posted by jnguyen
1. What is an aligned mark....i need to noe so i can change my marks for SAM.

An 'aligned' mark is one which is reported against the Board's official standards for a course. For example, an aligned mark of 70 is on the border between Band 3 and Band 4. It might have originally been a raw mark of 60 or even 80. You can access more information on the Board's aligning procedures via their website:

General information and background surrounding the aligning of marks:
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc/hsc_update_2002_03.html

Details of the aligning process itself:
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/hsc/hsc_update_2002_06.html

Originally posted by jnguyen
2. I am doing 12 Units. Both my Physics and 3U Maths are crap so which one should I drop?

Both courses are reasonably similar - keep the one you enjoy more.

Originally posted by jnguyen
3. Is there life after the HSC!!

I love uni.