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[fourteenninetwo]

how good is sor 1u in terms of scaling?

 

[carrotsss]

Pretty damn average, you have to do quite well (45+) for it to even compare to a subject like physics

 

[TheGrindNeverStops]

how good is sor 1u in terms of scaling?

Here's a graph with it compared to physics so that you can see it visually

 

[fourteenninetwo]

jeeeeez wtf sor scales sm worse than I thought

 

[TheGrindNeverStops]

Yeah, its not great but most subjects don't scale as well as people perceive them to. Although SOR 2u seems to fare better, I have obtained more graphs from the same site

SOR I vs SOR II vs physics in 2021


Similar result in 2020


However, we can see a bit of variation in how SOR I is scaled over the years

 

[carrotsss]

Yeah, its not great but most subjects don't scale as well as people perceive them to. Although SOR 2u seems to fare better, I have obtained more graphs from the same site
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SOR I vs SOR II vs physics in 2021

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Similar result in 2020

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However, we can see a bit of variation in how SOR I is scaled over the years

Worth noting: these graphs are hsc mark to scaled mark, and don’t take raw marks into consideration. If you were to make a raw mark to scaled mark graph the difference would be considerably greater.

However, I don’t think that simple numbers are a good way to analyse how a subject scales, they don’t take into account how hard it is to get a particular raw mark/hsc mark and how smart the average people who do a subject are.

With a few exceptions, pretty much every subject scales well enough that it is simply a matter of how much effort you are willing to put into it because of how the scaling system is designed to be fair for every subject. Hell, there are people who get 99.95 every year with solely humanities, it’s more than possible.

 

[TheGrindNeverStops]

looking at the UAC report,


The graphs from the site seem to be using the raw mark

 

[TheGrindNeverStops]

With a few exceptions, pretty much every subject scales well enough that it is simply a matter of how much effort you are willing to put into it because of how the scaling system is designed to be fair for every subject. Hell, there are people who get 99.95 every year with solely humanities, it’s more than possible.

Agree with this point

Personally I like raw mark numbers as most people have a pretty good idea as to what range of marks they will achieve in the hsc exam (from part papers etc.), so you can get a pretty good estimate as to what your scaled mark will be

 

[carrotsss]

looking at the UAC report,
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The graphs from the site seem to be using the raw mark

Nope, those hsc marks listed are the hsc marks that people get when they get their results back normally. For raw marks data, you can go to https://rawmarks.info to see the conversion from raw marks to these hsc marks listed in the uac report

 

[carrotsss]

Agree with this point

Personally I like raw mark numbers as most people have a pretty good idea as to what range of marks they will achieve in the hsc exam (from part papers etc.), so you can get a pretty good estimate as to what your scaled mark will be

Yep I agree that they are useful for that purpose, I just disagree with their usage in subject selection and simple questions like “does this or that scale well”