2015ers Chit-Chat Thread (16 Viewers)

[snowflakeptical]

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dw

I forgot to say, but nice to meet you and welcome!

 

[Drsoccerball]

i use to go same school as drsoccerball, not anymore

wotutlkingbout

 

[nisak]

wotutlkingbout

different campus- same thing

 

[BlueGas]

Yes you do. You get your mark averaged with the mark that your rank corresponds with. However, that's not your 'mark' as scaling will take place

So if I'm coming 5th internally and get the highest external mark of 89, will my final mark be the average of these two?

 

[Drsoccerball]

So if I'm coming 5th internally and get the highest external mark of 89, will my final mark be the average of these two?

yes

 

[Drsoccerball]

My physics teacher called me a dick for being a troll...

 

[Ekman]

My physics teacher called me a dick for being a troll...

When did he say this, wish I could of been there to see it

 

[Drsoccerball]

When did he say this, wish I could of been there to see it

Wait i think you were there ahaha he said in chem! Remember how that girl came in for the talk and i asked her a shit hard physics question and she couldnt do it? He got butthurt

 

[BlueGas]

yes

But I thought that the person ranked first internally will take my external mark since its the highest mark?

 

[Drsoccerball]

But I thought that the person ranked first internally will take my external mark since its the highest mark?

He takes it but then that averages with his actual mark.

 

[BlueGas]

He takes it but then that averages with his actual mark.

So I still get my external mark but the person ranked first internally also gets it?

 

[Flop21]

So I still get my external mark but the person ranked first internally also gets it?

lol that is so unfair honestly

 

[Drsoccerball]

So I still get my external mark but the person ranked first internally also gets it?

Yes its split into two and you get half and the person who got that rank gets the other half and same with your rank

 

[BlueGas]

Yes its split into two and you get half and the person who got that rank gets the other half and same with your rank

lol what do you mean "half"?

 

[BlueGas]

lol that is so unfair honestly

Yeah, it kinda demotivates me to not work hard because someone else will take my mark, I'm still not too sure about this though.

 

[Drsoccerball]

Bruh whats so hard to understand your mark gets averaged with your rank mark and thats your final mark

 

[BlueGas]

Bruh whats so hard to understand your mark gets averaged with your rank mark and thats your final mark

Then why did you mention halting earlier on?

 

[snowflakeptical]

So if I'm coming 5th internally and get the highest external mark of 89, will my final mark be the average of these two?

Ok, say the 5th highest external mark is x
you are coming 5th so it's your own mark (89) + x then divided by 2, i.e the average of 89 + x
Lets say the 1st ranked person gets a mark of y. Since 89 is the highest external mark, they will get the average of y + 89

Yeah, it kinda demotivates me to not work hard because someone else will take my mark, I'm still not too sure about this though.

You won't get stripped of your own mark. It's your mark + the mark your rank corresponds to, then averaged
This is where cohort performance comes into play. You want your cohort to get high marks with the gaps really close

 

[teridax]

guise

just a quick Q

for content heavy subs like legal, modern history and economics, I realised that my content knowledge for all of said subjects is non-existent. and I get that many recommend doing practice essays to improve argumentative flair, but I don't know if that is possible without a solid knowledge of the content. hence why I'm thinking of memorising my notes (because the above subjects except maybe eco is mainly rote learning), and then proceed to doing practice essays leading up to the hsc exams two weeks in advance

thoughts?

 

[Ekman]

guise

just a quick Q

for content heavy subs like legal, modern history and economics, I realised that my content knowledge for all of said subjects is non-existent. and I get that many recommend doing practice essays to improve argumentative flair, but I don't know if that is possible without a solid knowledge of the content. hence why I'm thinking of memorising my notes (because the above subjects except maybe eco is mainly rote learning), and then proceed to doing practice essays leading up to the hsc exams two weeks in advance

thoughts?

Well, for eco it is essential to know the content back to front. The flair in your responses usually come from how well you articulate your knowledge, and how well you can make links, not using sophisticated language and philosophical perspectives like in English. So I recommend, learning all of eco, doing a couple of past papers to refine your answers and maybe get into essay writing.