2020 HSC+ ATAR results discussion Thread (3 Viewers)

[Trebla]

Honour roll is only for people who get at least one band 6 or one band E4 in their HSC marks. It has nothing to do with the ATAR.

 

[Drdusk]

i was looking at the honour roll and i was wondering, is it possible for a student to receive an atar above 90 without having any band 6's? like theyre not mentioned but they got an atar above 90? idk if im making sense but yeah im just curious

Yeah my friend got a 96 with no band 6s.

 

[Fabrizio]

They need another list in between all rounders and distinguished achiever. Missed all rounder by 2 marks but I get the same recognition as someone that got 1 band 6

 

[pineapplefritter]

would u guys choose usyd bachelor of science or unsw bachelor of adv science with honours? idk whether to take the L and forget about Sydney and just go to unsw lmao

 

[Directrix]

guys question, how come marks don’t reflect atar? I got 4 b6s however my atar is lower than some people who got 2-3... is it because I got them in humanities subjects or...?

Yep, like I put 89 for the Big 4 (Maths E2, Chem Phys and English) 97.XX so yeah there’s people with potentially less B6 that scored higher

 

[queenb_3]

Hello!
Can someone please explain how the UNSW access scheme works? Do we need to lodge an application, or is it automatic, and how many points are awarded based on the disadvantage suffered? Thank you!!

 

[Fabrizio]

gotcha that makes sense...feels bad though haha

How? A band 6 in society and culture and physics aren't the same. Imo those types of subjects still scale to well and encourage people choosing them because they are far easier then others and let's be honest, they are completely useless. Same with languages.

 

[Kyufruit]

How? A band 6 in society and culture and physics aren't the same. Imo those types of subjects still scale to well and encourage people choosing them because they are far easier then others and let's be honest, they are completely useless. Same with languages.

Do languages scale well?

 

[Fabrizio]

Do languages scale well?

Almost all the languages scale about the same or slightly better then physics and chem

 

[Kyufruit]

Almost all the languages scale about the same or slightly better then physics and chem

Ohh okay thank you

 

[beetree1]

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Hello!
Can someone please explain how the UNSW access scheme works? Do we need to lodge an application, or is it automatic, and how many points are awarded based on the disadvantage suffered? Thank you!!

 

[jojosiwa123]

How? A band 6 in society and culture and physics aren't the same. Imo those types of subjects still scale to well and encourage people choosing them because they are far easier then others and let's be honest, they are completely useless. Same with languages.

:/ tbh each to their own I guess, I don’t think it’s fair to say they’re useless you just don’t care about them similarly to how most standard maths students would think calculus is useless

 

[jojosiwa123]

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Hello!
Can someone please explain how the UNSW access scheme works? Do we need to lodge an application, or is it automatic, and how many points are awarded based on the disadvantage suffered? Thank you!!

yeah I’m wondering this too... how are our points added (not just for unsw but other unis too) like do they do it automatically?

 

[Fabrizio]

:/ tbh each to their own I guess, I don’t think it’s fair to say they’re useless you just don’t care about them similarly to how most standard maths students would think calculus is useless

Yeah useless was the wrong word.

 

[BLIT2014]

yeah I’m wondering this too... how are our points added (not just for unsw but other unis too) like do they do it automatically?

Hello!
Can someone please explain how the UNSW access scheme works? Do we need to lodge an application, or is it automatic, and how many points are awarded based on the disadvantage suffered? Thank you!!

You'll have to have lodged an EAS application with UAC. (Can also refer to https://www.unsw.edu.au/access-scheme).

Point's given will vary person to person, and will between 1-10 points given depending on the extent that UAC deemed an individual to have been impacted.

 

[BLIT2014]

How? A band 6 in society and culture and physics aren't the same. Imo those types of subjects still scale to well and encourage people choosing them because they are far easier then others and let's be honest, they are completely useless. Same with languages.

At least with languages, they are typically not deliberately incorrectly taught unlike some parts of the Physics course due to the HSC syllabus requirements. Also, the ability to speak and write another language is considered more useful in the employment market.

Plus, I believe that Classic Greek is probably one of the hardest HSC courses available.

 

[pinku2002]

is anyone applying for the bachelor of midwifery (UTS)

 

[Time&moretime]

Are there any disadvantages of buying your HSC paper from NESA? Could it result in a lower examination mark? Anyone with a personal experience to this?

 

[Trebla]

Has anyone come first in a subject?

Or any state ranks?

I just did a name check on the state ranks and it looks like two state rankers attended the BoS trials in Maths and one state ranker attended the BoS trials in Chemistry.

 

[saksham21]

Are there any disadvantages of buying your HSC paper from NESA? Could it result in a lower examination mark? Anyone with a personal experience to this?

i called nesa the day we got hsc back and they said that your mark can be reduced if you get a raw marks report, cause that comes with a results check. but they said that the chances of a mistake being found are also extremely low