Engineering studies marks (1 Viewer)

[gr_111]

Does anyone know what raw mark out of 100 is required to get a Band 6 in Engineering Studies?

Thanks

 

[ashtheawesome]

Im not sure on the raw mark. Though I know that Engineering Studies scales really well.

 

[gr_111]

Sounds good! Anyone know the marks tho?

 

[xamineO]

i've been told that ~ 87 - 88 will get a ~ 90 - 91.
don't quote me, i'm not too sure though.
and I don't think it's scaling is exceptionally well.

 

[gr_111]

bump. Anyone else know? Confirm ^ or otherwise??

 

[aaron_syd]

Engineering 'Scaling', in its proper context is only just above business studies, and similar to maths, so its not great. When we are talking about how well raw marks translate into aligned exam marks, i've heard engineering is comparable to 3u maths (E4 cutoff is ~68%), although since engg is not very popular, there's no stats or data I would personally rely on. It is important not to get these mixed up, especially since engineering has poor scaling, but it also has low raw mark cutoffs.

for raw marks i'd say 75% will get you a 90, but there's no guarantee that 90 in engineering is counted in ur top 10 units i.e. according to atar calculators, an 88 in physics gets you a scaled mark of 41/50, whereas a 90 in engineering gets you a scaled mark of 38/50, so even tho u got B6 in engineering (and B5 in physics), its scaled mark is not as good as physics, or lots of other subjects for that matter.

I hope this answers ur question.

 

[umm what]

it doesnt scale very high ...so around 90ish

 

[umm what]

 

[gr_111]

Engineering 'Scaling', in its proper context is only just above business studies, and similar to maths, so its not great. When we are talking about how well raw marks translate into aligned exam marks, i've heard engineering is comparable to 3u maths (E4 cutoff is ~68%), although since engg is not very popular, there's no stats or data I would personally rely on. It is important not to get these mixed up, especially since engineering has poor scaling, but it also has low raw mark cutoffs.

for raw marks i'd say 75% will get you a 90, but there's no guarantee that 90 in engineering is counted in ur top 10 units i.e. according to atar calculators, an 88 in physics gets you a scaled mark of 41/50, whereas a 90 in engineering gets you a scaled mark of 38/50, so even tho u got B6 in engineering (and B5 in physics), its scaled mark is not as good as physics, or lots of other subjects for that matter.

I hope this answers ur question.

Yes thats awesome thanks. I don't really care about the ATAR scaling, but I do want the B6!!!!

 

[aaron_syd]

it doesnt scale very high

thats true, from hsc mark to scaled mark it sucks.

...so around 90ish

the mistake here is one i've seen way too often, people think that because it doesn't scale well, they need 90% raw marks to get a B6, which is not true. I will worship anyone who gets 90% raw marks in the HSC engineering exam.

 

[gr_111]

thats true, from hsc mark to scaled mark it sucks.


the mistake here is one i've seen way too often, people think that because it doesn't scale well, they need 90% raw marks to get a B6, which is not true. I will worship anyone who gets 90% raw marks in the HSC engineering exam.

How do you actually find out your raw exam mark? Do BOS release them?

EDIT: don't worry, found it at: http://studentsonline.bos.nsw.edu.au/go/myhsc/hsc_results/hsc_raw_marks_report/