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It does depend on the paper, but you can roughly guess.

And 2009 was one of the easiest papers for a long time.
 
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Has the paper's structure changed dramatically this year, or is it only small changes?
 
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Fairly large.

Added MC and instead of questions being 15 marks, they are now 10.
 
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Carrotsticks said:
It does depend on the paper, but you can roughly guess.

And 2009 was one of the easiest papers for a long time.
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^ haha yeah, that's true.

In an ideal world a harder paper is better, as it rewards those with actual skill in 4u mathematics. I knew I had my 3u down rather well (along with a few thousand others), but I chose to focus drastically less on 4u as a tactical manoeuvre, given it scaled so well and losing a few marks there in exchange for a killer Eng Adv mark was a wonderful trade-off for my ATAR. That's my one regret, not studying 4u nearly as much as I would've liked =( (basically did not TOUCH it for two months before the HSC, literally). If the test was even marginally easier, I would've outperformed many people who genuinely tried their hardest for 4u - and in a way I'm happy they beat me because they deserved it =].
 
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enoilgam said:
I know this is a bit OT, but do you think the changes are for the better?
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I preferred the old way, to be honest. More separation.

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^ haha yeah, that's true.

In an ideal world a harder paper is better, as it rewards those with actual skill in 4u mathematics. I knew I had my 3u down rather well (along with a few thousand others), but I chose to focus drastically less on 4u as a tactical manoeuvre, given it scaled so well and losing a few marks there in exchange for a killer Eng Adv mark was a wonderful trade-off for my ATAR. That's my one regret, not studying 4u nearly as much as I would've liked =( (basically did not TOUCH it for two months before the HSC, literally). If the test was even marginally easier, I would've outperformed many people who genuinely tried their hardest for 4u - and in a way I'm happy they beat me because they deserved it =].
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I was essentially guaranteed my course, so ATAR was not a problem.

However, them silly mistakes were the biggest problems.

Beaconite said:
high 70s/100 .. will that scale up to e4?
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Most certainly.

iSplicer said:
Very likely, yes.

I reckon I got about 78-79/120 for my 4u exam, and I got a 94 exam mark. =/
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Well that's encouraging... from 94 onwards that means it was essentially 5-6 raw marks to gain 1 HSC mark.

Great.
 
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Can't quite comment on that, way too difficult to say but generally yes.
 
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Carrotsticks said:
I preferred the old way, to be honest. More separation.



I was essentially guaranteed my course, so ATAR was not a problem.

However, them silly mistakes were the biggest problems.



Most certainly.



Well that's encouraging... from 94 onwards that means it was essentially 5-6 raw marks to gain 1 HSC mark.

Great.
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So you reckon if I'd gotten, say, 84/120 instead of 78/120, I probably would've gotten 95 exam?

DAMMIT ALL TO H3LL
 
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