x.Exhaust.x said:
So if Mr X. who is currently ranking 2nd does get affected by the people below him such as the 3rd ranked person, how does Mrs Y. ranking 1st doesn't get affected at all? Wouldn't both 1st and 2nd get affected, or is this an exception? *Stares at the screen with confusion*
Internal = determined by your rank at school. If you come first, you will get the top HSC mark in your year as your internal.
External = whatever you get
This is the scenario:
John, Steven and Namu are currenty top 3 in maths.
John = first in the internal (school) and first in HSC with 99.
So he gets 99 for his internal (he gets the top HSC mark in the year as his internal) and get 99 for his external (because he got it)
Steven = second in the internal and third in HSC with 94. (and the 2nd top HSC mark was by Namu who got 95)
So he gets 95 as his internal due to his rank and maintains his 94 as his external because he got it.
Namu = third in the internal and second in HSC with 95 (and the 3rd top HSC mark was by Steven who got 94)
so namu gets 94 as his internal due to his rank and maintains his 95 as his external because he got it.
This way, the top student john was not affected because he came first in both. But Steven and Namu affected each other. Steven was affected in a positive way because he got higher mark in internal due to Namu. But Namu, unfortunately received 94 in his internal. This affected namu in a negative manner.