HSC Scaling (1 Viewer)

[ninjia]

Hello, i'm actually not doing the HSC this year but i was just wondering generally what subjects get scaled down and up. Mostly interested in Visual Arts, Legal Studies, Business Studies and Economics,history , Math Extension 1, IST, Geography, English (general) but others would be helpful too. Not too sure what to make of the scaling charts online so I just need a generalisation. Thankyou
(thankyou to rathin for correcting me when i said Commerce and Law)

 

[Green Yoda]

Hello, i'm actually not doing the HSC this year but i was just wondering generally what subjects get scaled down and up. Mostly interested in Visual Arts, Commerce, Law, Math Extension 1, IST, Geography, English (general) but others would be helpful too. Not too sure what to make of the scaling charts online so I just need a generalisation. Thankyou

???

 

[ninjia]

???

please explain?

 

[Green Yoda]

please explain?

There are no subjects like Commerce or Law in yr 11-12
There is Legal Studies, Business Studies and Economics if that is what you meant

 

[ninjia]

There are no subjects like Commerce or Law in yr 11-12
There is Legal Studies, Business Studies and Economics if that is what you meant

Thankyou, I've changed it. As you have probably predicted im in year 10 currently and just ....confused i guess

 

[Green Yoda]

I would really recommend doing Adv Eng
Std Scales bad..well its not drastically bad but its is hard to get band 6 due to the aligning

 

[leehuan]

I sincerely hope that you are merely asking this interest and NOT for the pure sake of picking "good scaling subjects".

Anything scales down if you suck at it.

 

[Green Yoda]

I sincerely hope that you are merely asking this interest and NOT for the pure sake of picking "good scaling subjects".

Anything scales down if you suck at it.

not 4u tho..a 60 in 4u still beats high band 5 in pdhpe and business and legal

 

[ninjia]

I sincerely hope that you are merely asking this interest and NOT for the pure sake of picking "good scaling subjects".

Anything scales down if you suck at it.

Problem is the only subject I like is Va and everything else I'm literally straight bang average. Above list are things I generally don't fall asleep in though

 

[Nailgun]

Problem is the only subject I like is Va and everything else I'm literally straight bang average. Above list are things I generally don't fall asleep in though

I like you.

 

[leehuan]

not 4u tho..a 60 in 4u still beats high band 5 in pdhpe and business and legal

That guy that got 60 in 4u could probably get 90+ in all three of those other subjects you mentioned provided he was more interested in them. Just cause "4U has godly scaling" doesn't mean you should do it if you're gonna make your life hell doing it.

If he got 80-89 in them and didn't really have much interest in maths he would've gotten 50 in 4U

If he got 80-89 and really liked maths he would've gotten 70+ in 4U and then we immediately derail off to actually proving my point

Problem is the only subject I like is Va and everything else I'm literally straight bang average. Above list are things I generally don't fall asleep in though

Having an interest for just one thing is quite normal in Yr 10 (for me I only had 2 - maths and chemistry). But you should still be eliminating the things you don't like and then arriving at one final conclusion of what to try out.

If you act quick enough, then once you're in Yr 11 you should be allowed to drop (if you have enough units) or swap subjects

 

[BandSixFix]

not 4u tho..a 60 in 4u still beats high band 5 in pdhpe and business and legal

but is it easy to get 60 in 4u?

 

[Green Yoda]

but is it easy to get 60 in 4u?

like 35-40 raw mark..with some effort it is possible for anyone

 

[eyeseeyou]

How much higher does 3U scale higher than 2U and how much higher does 4U scale over 3U?

 

[eyeseeyou]

Also apprently chemistry scales higher than physics

 

[sgtgummybear]

Also apprently chemistry scales higher than physics

I've heard about that too.
Also, Business Studies scales really low. Economics beats Ancient and Modern History.

 

[RyanT7]

The chemistry and physics scaling tend to fluctuate a lot, however chemistry usually tends to narrowly scale better

 

[RyanT7]

How much higher does 3U scale higher than 2U and how much higher does 4U scale over 3U?

2u - A bit better than something like legal/business for example

3u - Scales better than the sciences and english extension

4u - extremely well

 

[eyeseeyou]

2u - A bit better than something like legal/business for example

3u - Scales better than the sciences and english extension

4u - extremely well

Thanks

 

[eyeseeyou]

I think chemistry scales higher than physics is b/c chemistry is a build up subject where if you stuff up from the very beginning (i.e. chemical earth) catching up is very difficult, wheras physics is not a build up subject