Yeah your mark could be aligned more if you didn't do as well as you did. Ie if you got a 12 for your essay you could get moved up to 13.5 (not sure technically but as long as you get the general picture), but those who did skrzynecki and got 12 may only get moved up to 12.5
Fingers crossed, but I'm definitely not going to expect it; no way! Yeah, she is only doing extension two marking this year, but in previous years she has done advanced and extension one. She's not one of those teachers who just tell you 'It's good, you're done", there is always more feedback and she'll tell you straight out if it is crap. Thanks for your help
Ah, I see. I get the general picture, thanks!
I actually thought it was fine for Emily Dickinson... but apparently I'm the only one :/
Mmm, I understand what you mean
congrats on the 102/105 btw, even if it was marked easy, stiill a great job. We actually had a hard trial, both papers were actually. For the HSC papers my idea s and essays suited perfectly, where as in the trial my ideas I had to completely change many things because the questions were more challenging, as were the reading task texts. Yeah, I don't go to a top school... in the 400s, that's pretty bad right? How does the school ranking determine anything?
Well your school ranking has no bearing on your actual marks. The main reason that it's difficult to actually determine whether you'll get a state rank is because your cohort may be weak in English whereas there are students from James Ruse, Baulko who excel in English and may be on par with you, if not better. That said, that is not to undermine your excellent result - congrats btw. I know at my school, my cohort is generally weak at English, so when they see one student who is excelling above the rest, they're inclined to give a 20/20 instead of a 19/20. In contrast, for example those at Baulko or Sydney Boys - for the majority, they're solid in English so it's not unusual to hand out 18+ etc. This is what I mean by the subjectivity surrounding your mark including intrinsic bias from teachers. In recognising so, it can't be prevented and this is sole purpose of the moderation process and your external mark will reflect how good you're responses are in comparison to the rest of the state. So all in all, you'll have to wait and see.Mmm, I understand what you mean
97/100 or 97/105?
97 reported mark
I did those exact texts too, and Emily Dickinson for AOS!ooo really! haha I've never known someone from any other school who's done the same as me... congrats on being the first person I've found
