ATAR calculation (1 Viewer)

[miss_sporty]

Probs a really stupid question but are our raw exam marks used to calculate our atars??

 

[miss_sporty]

Okay

 

[Rafy]

Yes, UAC uses raw marks. They do not use the marks you received today.

"Raw HSC marks, rather than the Board’s reported HSC marks, are used in the scaling process. A student’s raw HSC mark in a course is the average of their raw examination mark and their raw moderated school assessment. These marks are not reported to students."

 

[Thank_You]

Dont you just put in HSC Mark into calculator and not that these calculators are inaccurate

 

[smoothsailing]

Yes, UAC uses raw marks. They do not use the marks you received today.

"Raw HSC marks, rather than the Board’s reported HSC marks, are used in the scaling process. A student’s raw HSC mark in a course is the average of their raw examination mark and their raw moderated school assessment. These marks are not reported to students."

wait really!?

 

[Marundanation]

Yes, UAC uses raw marks. They do not use the marks you received today.

"Raw HSC marks, rather than the Board’s reported HSC marks, are used in the scaling process. A student’s raw HSC mark in a course is the average of their raw examination mark and their raw moderated school assessment. These marks are not reported to students."

I'm confused....What is the point of our HSC mark that was sent to us?

 

[Rafy]

I'm confused....What is the point of our HSC mark that was sent to us?

Remember that the ATAR is not a mark. It is a ranking of students for the purpose of university admission. The HSC Marks you got today are the actual marks that show how well you did in each of your HSC subjects.

 

[anomalousdecay]

Dont you just put in HSC Mark into calculator and not that these calculators are inaccurate

There's a bit of both causing discrepancies when using ATAR calculators. The ATAR calculators are inaccurate in the fact that they do not have any sort of real scaling data for the current year yet, neither do they ever get them eventually (its all relative based on what the BOSTES gives for scaled marks per percentile in the end).

Also, for courses like MX2, hypothetically you could get a 94 with say a 78 raw exam mark or 79 raw exam mark. Does this affect your ATAR and hence a ranking? Yes of course it does. So if the BOSTES didn't use raw marks, then how would a rank be distinguishable if this case occurs? A rank is not a mark so you are entitled to the aggregate you get deserve by ranking. So in this example above, the person who got the 79 raw exam mark would receive a higher aggregate.

This entitles better accuracy over a 'ranking' system (which is quite different from a 'marking' system).

 

[Marundanation]

Ok thanks!