CSSA Mark (Estimate) (3 Viewers)

[cyrax83]

Originally posted by Merethrond
The thing is, if you keep extension maths, that is going to take study time away from your other subjects. That is my way of thinking anyway.

thats exactly how i'm thinknig ... honestly, i'll get about 15 % ..

whats the point of keeping it / doing the hsc exam on it, i'm going absolutely pathetic in it atm and its not going to count newai (i'm doing 11 units), so i figure might as well drop it and concentrate on 2u, no point keeping it, we still have to learn 1 more chapter in 3u (permutations), and this is going to kill my study for other subjects. and 3u revision takes up so much time

 

[SoCal]

Originally posted by cyrax83
thats exactly how i'm thinknig ... honestly, i'll get about 15 % ..

15%! That actually quite good. I doubt I will reach double figures (seriously).

 

[Huy]

Originally posted by Merethrond
The thing is, if you keep extension maths, that is going to take study time away from your other subjects. That is my way of thinking anyway.

Who says I study for it, LOL!!!
That's why I'm getting the <30% for today's CSSA trial

 

[howareya]

Originally posted by Merethrond
Howareya, I know this test was one of the hardest exams that the CSSA has set but now my mark is going to be really bad, so why bother continuing with it if it will not going to be counted in my UAI?

because it is scaled well and will boost your UAI

 

[Huy]

If you've got enough units, then you could consider dropping it.

But getting 25/50 isn't disgraceful, at least you've tried.
It's an E2 I think,

You've done all the work up until now, which is why I'm still keeping it, another exam couldn't hurt that much, could it?

 

[...]

boi, i'm coming ~12/15 ppl...

not a good rank

and i must keep ext1 maths coz i do freaken standard english and IT(VET)!!

 

[cyrax83]

Originally posted by ...
boi, i'm coming ~12/15 ppl...

not a good rank

and i must keep ext1 maths coz i do freaken standard english and IT(VET)!!

i also do standard english and IT (VET) =/

i'm going to be coming last out of 21 people now

 

[Huy]

Originally posted by ...
boi, i'm coming ~12/15 ppl...B]

Ouch!

At my school, we have:
~90 doing 2U (including Year 10 and 11 accelerated)
50 or so doing 3U (including Year 11 accelerated).

My rank for Extension 1 is 20/50
Not too bad, but just as bad, considering this is one of my worst ranking subjects

On the flipside, however, I'm not including Ext 1 Maths and it's just one of those things I do to "fill in the time"

Only joking!
I wanted to do well, but there are other subjects to attend to

 

[SoCal]

Originally posted by howareya
because it is scaled well and will boost your UAI

I will not get scaled from 10% up to a respectable mark though.

 

[SoCal]

Originally posted by Huy
If you've got enough units, then you could consider dropping it.

But getting 25/50 isn't disgraceful, at least you've tried.
It's an E2 I think,

You've done all the work up until now, which is why I'm still keeping it, another exam couldn't hurt that much, could it?

The thing is I do not think I will get 25/50, more like 15/50. Also, another exam will hurt me because it will take away time that I could use to study for tests that I might actually pass. Anyway, I will have a good hard think about it.

By the way, do you have 14 units or can I just not add up now?

 

[m3h_m3h]

seems like a share sumfin in common with a few of u, i fuked this test up, i do standard eng, and im ranked 2nd last (was 10th last but 8 of the dropped to 2U). hahaha
i was thinkin of droppin, but its an extra unit to me so im just usin it as sumfin in which i will hopefully carve in the HSC.

 

[underthesun]

25/50 for a trial mark isn't bad, how is that E2?

I was thinking somewhere E3/E4.

 

[SoCal]

Originally posted by ...
boi, i'm coming ~12/15 ppl...

not a good rank

and i must keep ext1 maths coz i do freaken standard english and IT(VET)!!

"...", if you think that you rank is bad, I will probably be coming 43/43 people after that exam.

 

[Huy]

Originally posted by Merethrond
By the way, do you have 14 units or can I just not add up now?

Yep, I've got 14.

Some thought I had 15, when I wrote "Studies of Religion" rather than specifying SOR/I or SOR/II. My school doesn't offer SOR/II courses, so I'm stuck with 1 Unit SOR.

I'll be honest with you, and say that I am sitting on 20 out of 30 for Extension 1.

The trial was worth 40% (or 20/50 marks).
If I scored 30% out of 84, that gives 25/84 or thereabouts.

25/84 converts to just under 6 out of 20.
Meaning I'll score 26/50 IF I had scored 30% in the trial.

I'm in the same boat as you when it comes to maths,

Originally posted by underthesun
25/50 for a trial mark isn't bad, how is that E2?
I was thinking somewhere E3/E4.

Taken from the New South Wales Vice-Chancellors Conference Technical Committee on Scaling, "2002 NSW HSC Report on the Scaling of the NSW Higher School Certificate" (That's a mouthful).

In 2 unit courses student achievement is reported using six performance bands.

Performance band 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Mark range 0-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80-89, 90-100.

In extension courses student achievement is reported using four Performance Bands.

For all extension courses, except Mathematics Extension 2, the marks corresponding to the four Performance Bands are given in the following table.

Performance band E1, E2, E3, E4.
Mark range 0-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-50.

Mathematics Extension 2 students have their achievement reported using four Performance
Bands but the markbut the mark ranges are 0-49 (Band E1), 50-69 (Band E2), 70-89 (Band E3) and 90-100 (Band E4).

 

[SoCal]

Originally posted by Huy
Yep, I've got 14.

Some thought I had 15, when I wrote "Studies of Religion" rather than specifying SOR/I or SOR/II. My school doesn't offer SOR/II courses, so I'm stuck with 1 Unit SOR.

I'll be honest with you, and say that I am sitting on 20 out of 30 for Extension 1.

The trial was worth 40% (or 20/50 marks).
If I scored 30% out of 84, that gives 25/84 or thereabouts.

25/84 converts to just under 6 out of 20.
Meaning I'll score 26/50 IF I had scored 30% in the trial.

I'm in the same boat as you when it comes to maths,

Our school will not let us do >13 units. Anyway, 26/50 is good, I would be really happy with that. I am looking at about 15/50.

 

[Huy]

Originally posted by Merethrond
Our school will not let us do >13 units.

The maximum that we can do at my school is 14 units.
Our timetable/periods were created in order to cater for all units.

e.g. You've got your usual maths, english, religion allocated to a certain timeslot, and then you've got your electives. One might be doing physics while another might be doing chemistry (at the same time, just on different lines for the different classes).

I don't have any study periods, but if I had dropped 3U, I would have had 5x 45 minute study lessons per fortnight, (with the other 5 periods being allocated to Extension English). So it's nicely alloted to the number of subjects that one does, I like it

 

[SoCal]

Originally posted by Huy
The maximum that we can do at my school is 14 units.
Our timetable/periods were created in order to cater for all units.

e.g. You've got your usual maths, english, religion allocated to a certain timeslot, and then you've got your electives. One might be doing physics while another might be doing chemistry (at the same time, just on different lines for the different classes).

I don't have any study periods, but if I had dropped 3U, I would have had 5x 45 minute study lessons per fortnight, (with the other 5 periods being allocated to Extension English). So it's nicely alloted to the number of subjects that one does, I like it

Our school works the same way, however, we have 54 minute periods, which is probably why we can only fit in enough time for 13 units.

 

[scheah86]

dont worry people
BIG GROUP HUG

people who keep saying that this is the hardest exam ever.
PLEASE BE RIGHT im counting on u guys

 

[underthesun]

oi huy, those are aligned marks, so chill
if you scored raw 25/50, they should be scored to something like, E3/E4? depends..

btw, last year some teacher was trying to cheer me with an E3 band, (i missed out badly) by saying "hey, it's the second highest band in the state!"

didnt know what to say then

 

[Huy]

Originally posted by underthesun
oi huy, those are aligned marks, so chill
if you scored raw 25/50, they should be scored to something like, E3/E4? depends..

I didn't take it personal or anything. I thought that's what you were referring to, raw (assessment) marks, over aligned marks. But I am doubtful that a raw mark of 25/50 in Extension 1 Maths will be aligned to a performance band of E3 (at the least). If I had my way, it would be a substandard performance, going into the E1 or staying in the E2s (25 isn't that far off from <24).

But I'm just being hard on myself here, because of my lacklustre performance in the trial.