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You do not put your raw marks in. SAM uses aligned marks, so you'd need to try an estimate them.

No it is not true. Your HSC exam counts for 50%. The other 50% is from school assessments. But working out the school assessment mark has a very large process that is thoroughly discussed in this thread.

This thread will have information added about the procedures and processes involved in the marking of HSC exams.

There are some words that people use incorrectly. Scaling refers to the process done by the UAC that scales your raw HSC mark. Moderating is a process done by the board of studies to ensure that the internal assessment mark for each student is fair throughout the state (i.e. remove...

Thanks for an in depth answer, it should clear a lot of misconceptions students make that make them believe the process is unfair. I feel that this is quite an interesting thing to know and if you have time to add more information on what you feel students should know please make a new thread...

I have no idea where you got those figures from, nor do I understand what any of it really means. It doesn't seem like it tells you much if anything at all.

I think you'll mis-interpreted a lot of things and there are a few differences with moderationi groups less than 5 students. I'll make a more in depth reply later, have to go to work.

Not many people said hi :(

Mednez was sitting right next to me though! (reading the newspaper) haha. I was referred to as the guy with the cool sig :D

I was the one sitting next to fatmuscle that you talked too. Bubz was there too same with Mednez. But you didn't say anything. hehe :P

The marks that are used in the calculation of the UAI is moderated. It's those raw moderated marks that the UAC uses. The Board of studies has a process that aligns the raw moderated HSC mark to attain the HSC mark you see at the end of the year. This is shown in that flowchart I posted...

As said many times, SAM is accurate for the purpose it's given, that is to show "The UAI a student with those subjects would of attained if he/she sat the HSC in that particular year and received those particular marks" With that said, it's extremely accurate, usually +/- 2. It should be used...

Actually that is incorrect. To attain your UAI, the UAC uses the raw HSC marks and has a separate scaling process from the Board of Studies. This scaling process is hidden and the marks from that are not publically available to students. The UAI is calculated from the aggregate of the sum of...

I'm not sure, but since the BOS stall is at UTS building 10 I guess I'd be there the most and probably have a tour around USYD later in the day as well.

I'll be there, and more than happy to answer any questions relating to the HSC such as performance and meaning of your current marks and how you are doing working towards your UAI etc..

I'll be coming and I'd be happy to answer any HSC related questions you have regarding your performance or technical details about how things work.

Re: I go a VERY competitive school. So, does that place me at a disadvantage for rank Firstly, you might want to have a read of my thread on the moderation of assessment marks located in the Technical Arcana. That thread outlines and provides examples of how the Board of Studies takes into...

I'm sure there isn't any. Even the Board of Studies does not condone the use of UAI predictors. If in the unlikely chance that your careers advisor does pull out a program that seems to be official, he'd might want to have a closer look because it's most likely he was conned :P SAM in my...

I don't believe they take off a certain percentage off just because a person is repeating. You do however have the option to keep a particular mark you were satisfied with to be used for the year you are repeating so that you don't have to re-do it unless you want to achieve a better mark in...

First off, don't give up! I see you are doing 12 units. The main thing I suggest you do is decide whether you think you would be better off neglecting one subject entirely and using that extra time to focus on your other subjects. Because only 10 units will count towards your UAI you have to...