why are ranks more important than marks? (1 Viewer)

[lucy083201]

Today i got my chem at1 results (but not the paper)
i got 66% and ranked 5th, (im gonna argue for more marks on monday when we get our papers)

how is it that my ranks are gonna ‘save’ my hsc mark if my marks are so bad?
shouldnt it be marks > ranks rather than ranks > marks?

 

[carrotsss]

your raw mark in the actual hsc matters, but your raw mark in random assessment tasks isn’t what matters (only the ranks and relative mark differences between them), because NESA doesn’t know how hard your random assessment task was

 

[lucy083201]

your raw mark in the actual hsc matters, but your raw mark in random assessment tasks isn’t what matters (only the ranks and relative mark differences between them), because NESA doesn’t know how hard your random assessment task was

So how come your final hsc mark is 50% internal and 50% external if they dont use the internal marks and only ranks?