95 in 4 Unit vs 95 in General (1 Viewer)

[Raeksis]

I'm confused about this...
Say you get an Extension 2 final mark of 95 vs a General mark of 95 if you were doing that instead... Since after scaling they're both the same what's the point of doing Extension 2? The extra difficulty compared to General isn't worth it then...? Or does it contribute to your atar by a different amount or something...

 

[enigma_1]

please tell me this is a joke, lol jks.

Someone answer

 

[seventhroot]

contributes to the atar differently. 95 in 4U will probably get an agg of 48+/50 and 95 in general maybe 40-/50

 

[enigma_1]

contributes to the atar differently. 95 in 4U will probably get an agg of 48+/50 and 95 in general maybe 40-/50

lol I'm pretty sure OP doesn't understand aggregates.

Lol op it is more beneficial to even get 80 in 4 unit than 95 in general because 4 unit aligns well and it pushes up your atar.
If all subjects were like that then people would choose business, cafs, hosp, drama, dance, standard English and get 99.95 atar.
That's why usually if you want a high atar you look at your subject choice because certain subjects will push your atar up eg chem, 3 unit 4 unit, advanced engrish, latin ext, phys, eco

 

[Speed6]

I'm confused about this...
Say you get an Extension 2 final mark of 95 vs a General mark of 95 if you were doing that instead... Since after scaling they're both the same what's the point of doing Extension 2? The extra difficulty compared to General isn't worth it then...? Or does it contribute to your atar by a different amount or something...

Mate stop, just stop.


I need to take a deep breath before starting the next sentence.
Ok go on: http://www.uac.edu.au/documents/atar/2013-tables/2013_HSC_TableA3.pdf

If cbf I've already done it for you...

Now look at this:

Interpret the graph yourself...

 

[seventhroot]

op; no need to worry about this; do the subjects you like and try your best

 

[Raeksis]

please tell me this is a joke, lol jks.

Someone answer

Haha nope. I'm doing Extension 2 and would do 10 unit maths if it was offered It's just that no one explained this to me before...

contributes to the atar differently. 95 in 4U will probably get an agg of 48+/50 and 95 in general maybe 40-/50

I suspected something like that, thanks

 

[screwuhsc]

Lolbahahahah 10u maths

 

[screwuhsc]

U sure about that

 

[seventhroot]

I suspected something like that, thanks

read speeds post if you want a better understanding on how it works; although it doesn't really matter

 

[seventhroot]

Lolbahahahah 10u maths

10/10 would do that

 

[Raeksis]

U sure about that

Very.

Wow the industrial tech aggregate for 50 lol that's not good...

 

[faisalabdul16]

99 in general scales down to 90. Just think about that. That's more then enough to see why.

 

[RealiseNothing]

I'm confused about this...
Say you get an Extension 2 final mark of 95 vs a General mark of 95 if you were doing that instead... Since after scaling they're both the same what's the point of doing Extension 2? The extra difficulty compared to General isn't worth it then...? Or does it contribute to your atar by a different amount or something...

The fact is those marks of 95 are NOT after scaling.

 

[braintic]

85 in General is equivalent to 83 ATAR
85 in Ext 2 is equivalent to 98.25 ATAR

90 in General is equivalent to 90 ATAR
90 in Ext 2 is equivalent to 99.5 ATAR

95 in General is equivalent to 96 ATAR
95 in Ext 2 is equivalent to 99.95 ATAR