Distinguished Achievers List (with sortable Excel file) (2 Viewers)

[Master Singleton]

My Little Brother is in Year 11 currently is doing HSC maths and maths extention 1 this year and managed to received a HSC Mark of 99 for Mathematics and 98 for Mathematics Extention 1 but is disatisfied as he really wanted a HSC mark of 100 for both math courses.

 

[Librah]

Chemistry class got 4 band 6 out of class of 9 :O and we only had 5 people in our school get band 6's

 

[Cleavage]

Is it just me, or are there less MX2 E4's across the state?

Speaking purely anecdotally, my school + 3 selective high schools have had a significant reduction in # of MX2 E4's.

 

[milkytea99]

Is it just me, or are there less MX2 E4's across the state?

Speaking purely anecdotally, my school + 3 selective high schools have had a significant reduction in # of MX2 E4's.

I know a few ppl in the year above me who were quite good in maths, and I didn't see them getting an E4 in mx2.

One guy was a gun and always got 98-100 in all of his mx2 assessments and trials but in the end his HSC mark for mx2 is only 93

 

[Cleavage]

I know a few ppl in the year above me who were quite good in maths, and I didn't see them getting an E4 in mx2.

One guy was a gun and always got 98-100 in all of his mx2 assessments and trials but in the end his HSC mark for mx2 is only 93

Pretty interesting I thought, I suppose we'll have to wait for the HSC reports to find any real statistics.

 

[PCNQQn2]

Is it just me, or are there less MX2 E4's across the state?

Speaking purely anecdotally, my school + 3 selective high schools have had a significant reduction in # of MX2 E4's.

In 2014 there were 1062, 31.50% of candidates.
In 2013 there were 1086, 33.96% of candidates.

Here's a list of their distribution, only showing schools with 5 or more. These account for 806 of the 1062 E4s.

School Number of E4s
James Ruse Agricultural High School 93
Baulkham Hills High School 75
Sydney Boys High School 65
North Sydney Girls High School 54
North Sydney Boys High School 52
Sydney Technical High School 35
Sydney Girls High School 30
Fort Street High School 29
Sydney Grammar School 27
Hurlstone Agricultural High School 26
Girraween High School 18
Normanhurst Boys High School 15
St George Girls High School 15
Gosford High School 14
Homebush Boys High School 14
Killara High School 12
Barker College 11
Northern Beaches Secondary College Manly Campus 11
Carlingford High School 11
Sefton High School 11
Canley Vale High School 10
Macquarie Fields High School 10
Caringbah High School 10
Hornsby Girls High School 9
The King's School 9
Penrith High School 9
Trinity Grammar School 9
Cherrybrook Technology High School 8
Cranbrook School 8
Knox Grammar School 8
Pymble Ladies' College 8
St Ignatius' College 7
Alpha Omega Senior College 7
Chatswood High School 7
The Scots College 6
Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus 6
Epping Boys High School 6
Abbotsleigh 6
Conservatorium High School 5
St Johns Park High School 5
St Aloysius' College 5
Malek Fahd Islamic School 5
St Patrick's College, Strathfield 5
Reddam House 5
Turramurra High School 5
SCEGGS Darlinghurst 5
Parramatta Marist High School 5

 

[Cleavage]

In 2014 there were 1062, 31.50% of candidates.
In 2013 there were 1086, 33.96% of candidates.

oh lol so much for waiting for the reports, thanks a bunch

that is a fairly insignificant change tho, interdasting

 

[milkytea99]

I think it was harder to do well in 4u this year

 

[iStudent]

I think it was harder to do well in 4u this year

I thought 4u papers are getting easier, lol

*at least in the more difficult end of the paper. Not so sure about the other questions.

 

[milkytea99]

Hmm i thought the test was easiest of all the years, probably some sillies i made among questions i went brain dead over, like the last integration and that quadratic equation one... MY GOD that quadratic equation one.... 93 is like 72 raw or something though, 'shrug' don't know what happened. Probably should've put some effort into class assessments... literally spent like 20 hours in total for first 2 terms of assessments, mark gap between me and 1st in class was 79 to 97, and didn't even come second, ended up with same exam mark as 1st(93). Also i think doing past papers, pre multiple choice, i got atleast 1-2 wrong in every integration section, old habits die hard i guess.

Difficulty of being with a poor cohort, if you don't come 1st (i didn't come first in any subject...), you can't rely on cohort to bring assessment mark up.
Although taking only exam mark, i'd have 4 band 6/e4's. (not including engadv), guess one hit wonders don't get paid off.

The maybe because it's easier this year, everyone did well so the raw mark for band 6 became higher than previous years.