Flunked in one assessment. What now? (1 Viewer)

[WrittenLoveLetters]

Today I got my assessment for Business Studies back, I'm doing an accelerated course so its my only HSC.

I've been maintaining a #2 rank for about all three assessments (half yearly report)...until now?

My marks have been:
29/30, 19/20, 47/50 and then....my recent assessment dropped to a 29/40 because I wasn't very good at answering the short answer questions.

I was around 48% out of the 50% internal assessment mark. Now I'm about 63% out of 70% internal assessment mark.

I'm honestly trying for a 90+ ATAR, and aiming for Commerce in UNSW. So...I'm sure I've dropped a couple of ranks. Maybe.

I wasn't being lazy, I did my usual study routine --> make notes 3 to 4 weeks before assessment, study notes, and then practise a lot of past papers and questions (which I did well in)

But do you think I would be able to climb or fix it in my trials (30% of internals) and externals?

 

[EarthSci34]

Hey WrittenLoveLetters

First off, you are doing an amazing job! Business Studies is a difficult course, especially for some in Year 12. I just hope you take it easy once in awhile because you are killing Business!

Secondly, that is quite surprising! Do you know what happened? The assessment must've been really difficult/ weird for you to end up with a mark like that... but anyway.

IMHO I think you can climb back as long as you have the determination to do so! Firstly, just think of your gap from first (the difference between the first person's mark and yours) and evaluate the number of marks you would need to catch-up with. Why? Like any good business that sets controls on its 4 core business processes to reduce time and resource wastage, setting appropriate benchmarks will help you work hard and have a goal during your study. I'm not telling you to compete and like be totally paranoid, but I'm just telling you to keep into mind that in the computation of your final HSC mark, it is a combination of your internal and external mark. The internal mark is influenced by the HSC, but the internal mark itself will depend on your gap from first and rank. So work hard and lessen the marks between you and first. (Take into account the concepts of moderation, and the teachers usually bump up the mean before marks are sent to BOSTES)/

Secondly, ask for comprehensive feedback for your assessment. Ask why you received such marks? Maybe haggle for some more? It will be extremely beneficial! You have plenty of time to get that awesome mark!!

Don't give up, and if you need some help just message me! I love Business Studies! It's one of my favourite subjects. ) Best of luck!

 

[dan964]

But do you think I would be able to climb or fix it in my trials (30% of internals) and externals?
definitely

90+ atar is definitely achievable on 63% raw.
There is still trials and ofc the HSC itself.

 

[WrittenLoveLetters]

Hey WrittenLoveLetters

First off, you are doing an amazing job! Business Studies is a difficult course, especially for some in Year 12. I just hope you take it easy once in awhile because you are killing Business!

Secondly, that is quite surprising! Do you know what happened? The assessment must've been really difficult/ weird for you to end up with a mark like that... but anyway.

IMHO I think you can climb back as long as you have the determination to do so! Firstly, just think of your gap from first (the difference between the first person's mark and yours) and evaluate the number of marks you would need to catch-up with. Why? Like any good business that sets controls on its 4 core business processes to reduce time and resource wastage, setting appropriate benchmarks will help you work hard and have a goal during your study. I'm not telling you to compete and like be totally paranoid, but I'm just telling you to keep into mind that in the computation of your final HSC mark, it is a combination of your internal and external mark. The internal mark is influenced by the HSC, but the internal mark itself will depend on your gap from first and rank. So work hard and lessen the marks between you and first. (Take into account the concepts of moderation, and the teachers usually bump up the mean before marks are sent to BOSTES)/

Secondly, ask for comprehensive feedback for your assessment. Ask why you received such marks? Maybe haggle for some more? It will be extremely beneficial! You have plenty of time to get that awesome mark!!

Don't give up, and if you need some help just message me! I love Business Studies! It's one of my favourite subjects. ) Best of luck!

I lost marks kind of well, everywhere? I always left out a sentence that could've saved me that 1 - 2 marks. And a lot of silly mistakes to be honest. My teacher said I know my content well, I just didn't conclude it [For example: I use cost centres to distribute budgets and identify where the large and unnecessary costs are, then we can use allocation to lower those costs --> WHAT I FORGOT WAS: THEREFORE, LOWERING COSTS WILL ALLOW A LARGER REVENUE, THEREFORE MORE PROFITS FOR THE BUSINESS WHICH CAN BE RETAINED ETC

I'm definitely not giving up. I still have the two biggest ones, which are my trials and ofc my external.
My trials are in about 7 weeks, I'm actually finishing off my notes and refining my case studies before I start the 1- 2 trial past papers and HSC past paper practice.

I honestly just want to know if I can close the gap or at least still secure a high ATAR even though I fucked up one assessment.

 

[WrittenLoveLetters]

But do you think I would be able to climb or fix it in my trials (30% of internals) and externals?
definitely

90+ atar is definitely achievable on 63% raw.
There is still trials and ofc the HSC itself.

63% raw? I only know that my internal assessment percentage is 63% (out of 70%), I still haven't done trials which accounts for 30%.

 

[RivalryofTroll]

I think the best response to this situation includes:
- Focus on your trials. They have a big (and final) say in what your internal rank will be.
- If you study effectively and have learnt from your mistakes, in my view, you'll most likely go up in the ranks and perhaps, back to your previous rank or one better (clearly you're capable at Business Studies as evident in your first two assessment marks). No guarantees but it's definitely a realistic prospect.
- Then there's the externals where there's a lot on the line.

In the worst case scenario that you don't get a mark that you're happy with in Business Studies in the end, don't fret.
You have 10 other units for Year 12 (unless you decide to drop a subject) - accelerated Business Studies doesn't need to count.

It happened to Examine, who got a 93 in accelerated Business Studies and in the end, it didn't count (Examine did 10 units in Year 12).

 

[WrittenLoveLetters]

I think the best response to this situation includes:
- Focus on your trials. They have a big (and final) say in what your internal rank will be.
- If you study effectively and have learnt from your mistakes, in my view, you'll most likely go up in the ranks and perhaps, back to your previous rank or one better (clearly you're capable at Business Studies as evident in your first two assessment marks). No guarantees but it's definitely a realistic prospect.
- Then there's the externals where there's a lot on the line.

In the worst case scenario that you don't get a mark that you're happy with in Business Studies in the end, don't fret.
You have 10 other units for Year 12 (unless you decide to drop a subject) - accelerated Business Studies doesn't need to count.

It happened to Examine, who got a 93 in accelerated Business Studies and in the end, it didn't count (Examine did 10 units in Year 12).

Yup. I'll try my best in trials and HSC exam!

I think Business Studies will be one of my stronger subjects, so I think it being counted is possibly high. I'll be doing 11 units in total (9 units in Year 12 2016)

 

[RivalryofTroll]

Yup. I'll try my best in trials and HSC exam!

I think Business Studies will be one of my stronger subjects, so I think it being counted is possibly high.

I wouldn't rule out any of your other subjects until Year 12 comes along but yes, give it your best shot and see how it goes.

 

[WrittenLoveLetters]

Got it.

So my best hope to fix things up is to just start practising and studying to make sure my trials turn out well, and also for my external HSC exam!

My personal goal is to keep my internal mark above 90, and possibly 95 if I can fix it (highly unlikely IMO). And then make sure I try my best to attain around 95 for my HSC exam (external) mark.

Do you think it would still be possible to achieve that? Will it affect my overall ATAR if I didn't do well in that one assessment?

Thanks!

 

[Traxoom73]

You're sitting at a 63/70 internal raw which means with Trials, that could leave you with a finished internal mark of 85-95 provided you do well in your Trial exams (which you have plenty of time to prepare for as long as you start now). This kind of raw is an easy band 6 for Business Studies. Also keep in mind that the external exam plays a huge role in your final mark, since it makes up 50% of your final HSC mark. Even if you do well in internally, doing poorly externally will severely hurt your final mark. So make sure to do well in the final exam and that should put you on the road to a band 6 for business.

You're also in year 11 which means you've still got the actual HSC ahead of you. If you don't manage to achieve your goals this time around, just remember that you've still got the actual HSC to do that and get that 90+.

 

[WrittenLoveLetters]

You're sitting at a 63/70 internal raw which means with Trials, that could leave you with a finished internal mark of 85-95 provided you do well in your Trial exams (which you have plenty of time to prepare for as long as you start now). This kind of raw is an easy band 6 for Business Studies. Also keep in mind that the external exam plays a huge role in your final mark, since it makes up 50% of your final HSC mark. Even if you do well in internally, doing poorly externally will severely hurt your final mark. So make sure to do well in the final exam and that should put you on the road to a band 6 for business.

You're also in year 11 which means you've still got the actual HSC ahead of you. If you don't manage to achieve your goals this time around, just remember that you've still got the actual HSC to do that and get that 90+.

Yup Thank you for your input! I just think its good to make Business Studies one of my best HSC marks for internals and externals since unlike other Year 12s, I only had one HSC subject to focus on this year!

I'll try my best to redeem my one bad performance in my trials and my externals!

 

[EarthSci34]

Don't worry WrittenLoveLetters, I used to make the same mistake all the time in Year 11... that's why maybe acceleration is a bit harder... because you don't have that 'muck-up time' that we non-accelerants had.

Still, closing the gap just depends on your performance for trials. If you manage to do so, then congratulations! This will improve your total mark for internals. If not, then just slay the HSC and I'm sure everything will follow suit.

It's never too late to change your marks around until the final exam has been sat. Just keep that in mind! Best of luck.

 

[WrittenLoveLetters]

Don't worry WrittenLoveLetters, I used to make the same mistake all the time in Year 11... that's why maybe acceleration is a bit harder... because you don't have that 'muck-up time' that we non-accelerants had.

Still, closing the gap just depends on your performance for trials. If you manage to do so, then congratulations! This will improve your total mark for internals. If not, then just slay the HSC and I'm sure everything will follow suit.

It's never too late to change your marks around until the final exam has been sat. Just keep that in mind! Best of luck.

Honestly, if I lost those marks in Year 11, I wouldn't have such a problem! Back in Year 9/10 when I was doing Year 11 Business, I was always losing 3 - 5 marks in every exam, so that really made me sad. But then I pushed through, which is shown in my first three assessments. It just sucks that I tripped a little.

Yup! There is no point sitting around and sulking, I can no longer remove the 16 marks I've lost BUT it doesn't mean I stop and just drop everything and stop believing in myself, especially with the two biggest tests left

Thank you for your words!