I say its exact marks because the person coming first would be disadvantaged. Of course the report says you guys are equal first since its a whole percentage in the report right? you don't se 88.878678655 in your report do you? So in the report they just round up or down.
Well its not a matter of what you say, its a matter of what the board of studies says. They're the ones who are organising the HSC, not you
No, schools send whole values. Not exact values or ranks or fractions etc. There will be students on the same rank.
Why wouldn't their internals both be 98, as that's the highest external mark?
No apparently its the average. That's what I initially thought, but according to sources, they take the average. Im not sure if its the average of the top 2 highest marks, or the average of the two people who are tieing, but it isn't as simple as both of them taking the highest external mark.
The internal mark needs to be a whole number in the end though, so they wouldn't just take the average. And I thought it said on the Board of Studies site that the first internal person gets the highest external mark as their internal mark.
Well they obviously would round it. So with the scenario with Bob and John, their internal marks will be 98, because the average would be 97.5. However when there are larger mark gaps, that's when it matters. I know that BOSTES said first internal person gets the highest external mark, there is no disputing that, but from what I hear from my teachers and other sources, when there is a tie, they take the average.
Same at my school, if two people are ranked the same they will Round the marks to 3 decimal places to determine the actual rank
So does that mean they change people's marks?? That sounds unfair. They should just send the marks into BOS like they're suppose to and let BOS do their thing, instead of altering them.
Yes, this is correct. If there are n number of equal first places, then their internal mark (assessment mark) will the the average the n highest exam marks of the cohort.
The system works by whole numbers. The notion that someone is "actually first" by decimals is void.
Sure, that is just school ranks put on a report. But that has zero meaning to BOSTES. BOSTES receives whole marks from your school, then they will determine the order of students based on that whole mark, not a mark to 3 d.p.
Go home, eat a tub of icecream and have a cry whilst watching re runs of your favourite sitcom, and then grow a pair and start working hard tomorrow. You can't change the ranks, and while it may be disappointing, ultimately all you can do is look forward. Take the day off to recover from your setback and then start moving forward.
Don't worry, they're only internals and I doubt they're SUPER bad. You've still got 50% of your HSC mark to be made, keep studying. We're in the home stretch and there's seriously not long to go (I nearly puked seeing how little time there is till HSC), so might as well just study your best and then once you cross the finish line - you can look back and criticise yourself and appreciate your achievements etc.
What are they