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This from the HSC Rules and Procedures: "If you are absent from an entire examination and lodge an illness/misadventure application that is declined by the BOSTES, you will not receive a result in that course and that course will not appear on your BOSTES record. This could mean that you become...

https://studentsonline.bostes.nsw.edu.au/go/exams/illness_misadventure/

Yep, that's correct. You must sit for, and make a serious attempt, at the relevant examination.

No, unless you are sick (and receive an estimate) the course is cancelled and removed from your HSC.

No. Anyone absent from an exam, either because they are sick or cbf, is removed from assessment moderation

Yes, all absentees are removed from moderation, so there is no impact on the balance of your school course group. A mark of zero is never reported on HSC results. For a 1-unit course like SoR1, only marks of 15 and above are reported. For lower marks, they are reported as <15/50 (or <30/100 for...

Your initial results will show ABSENT (as a check that you really were). On your actual HSC the course will disappear.

You can only obtain a copy from your school or the examination supervisor.

Perhaps approached directly by the student but never by bostes.

Above is correct except principals are not contacted. Such matters are confidential between bos and student.

Schools and exam centres are not the same. An exam centre may include the home school, other local schools not large enough to conduct their own exams, and students studying by distance education who live nearby. Also, schools cannot be ranked by ATAR as it is only known to individual students...

Agreed. "Supervisors of marking will bring to the attention of the BOSTES examination answers that contain frivolous or objectionable material."

It"s for backup in case you screw up your student number. Means they can track you back to the right school.

Since when has "should of" made any sense? You mean "should have".

Sent in by school after principal signs it