Is there a cap to the number of people allowed to get HD or D's in USyd/UNSW Science? (1 Viewer)

[Hao Zhu]

I've heard that there is a limited amount of people allowed to get these grades in science subjects. Is it true? I thought it should be based on grades received, not number of people. If so, what's the cap like for UNSW and USyd?

 

[Queenroot]

Re: Is there a cap to the number of people allowed to get HD or D's in USyd/UNSW Scie

capped at usyd
no cap at unsw

 

[BlueGas]

Re: Is there a cap to the number of people allowed to get HD or D's in USyd/UNSW Scie

There's such thing as this? Isn't this unfair for those that actually can receive HD but cannot due to the cap?

 

[Nailgun]

Re: Is there a cap to the number of people allowed to get HD or D's in USyd/UNSW Scie

There's such thing as this? Isn't this unfair for those that actually can receive HD but cannot due to the cap?

they mark on a curve I think so they base it on percentile

kind of a reason I'm leaning to unsw law lel

 

[D94]

Re: Is there a cap to the number of people allowed to get HD or D's in USyd/UNSW Scie

UNSW might not mark on a curve, but they can make the marking criteria harder to the point that only a certain number of people can achieve high marks. (In fact, this happens at UNSW)

 

[RivalryofTroll]

Re: Is there a cap to the number of people allowed to get HD or D's in USyd/UNSW Scie

they mark on a curve I think so they base it on percentile

kind of a reason I'm leaning to unsw law lel

Both USYD Law and UNSW Law have a strict bell curve system.

USYD Law probably even more so (i.e. slightly lower percentage for Ds/HDs).

A good majority of marks at UNSW Law are in the credit region, even if the cohort, as a whole, is very academically capable (especially in their other degree).

 

[Nailgun]

Re: Is there a cap to the number of people allowed to get HD or D's in USyd/UNSW Scie

Both USYD Law and UNSW Law have a strict bell curve system.

USYD Law probably even more so (i.e. slightly lower percentage for Ds/HDs).

A good majority of marks at UNSW Law are in the credit region, even if the cohort, as a whole, is very academically capable (especially in their other degree).

crap really?

I thought I read somewhere that unsw wasn't

evidently not ahaha, thanks

 

[RivalryofTroll]

Re: Is there a cap to the number of people allowed to get HD or D's in USyd/UNSW Scie

crap really?

I thought I read somewhere that unsw wasn't

evidently not ahaha, thanks

Even UNSW law lecturers themselves basically say ''we have to mark to a bell curve" - sometimes they might even show the grade distribution for assignments and clearly most marks are focused in the credit range. Very little in the pass and HD area, and a few in the D area.

It's more of a law thing than a UNSW thing.

That being said, I think other law schools might be more lax on the bell curve.

 

[Renaaa]

Re: Is there a cap to the number of people allowed to get HD or D's in USyd/UNSW Scie

They have no cap for Science in UNSW, but unlike law, there are quite a few who pass with distinction (if they choose the right subjects). Less people pass with HD.

 

[RealiseNothing]

Re: Is there a cap to the number of people allowed to get HD or D's in USyd/UNSW Scie

capped at usyd
no cap at unsw

USYD is not capped.

 

[Queenroot]

Re: Is there a cap to the number of people allowed to get HD or D's in USyd/UNSW Scie

idk i remember seeing this

 

[strawberrye]

Re: Is there a cap to the number of people allowed to get HD or D's in USyd/UNSW Scie

they mark on a curve I think so they base it on percentile

kind of a reason I'm leaning to unsw law lel

Actually UNSW law marks are based on a bell curve-so whether you get a HD or not is really dependent on how well you perform relative to your peers. But you will find when you actually get into law, getting a HD is much harder than you think because you are competing with the best of the best.

 

[eyeseeyou]

Re: Is there a cap to the number of people allowed to get HD or D's in USyd/UNSW Scie

Actually UNSW law marks are based on a bell curve-so whether you get a HD or not is really dependent on how well you perform relative to your peers. But you will find when you actually get into law, getting a HD is much harder than you think because you are competing with the best of the best.

is this similar to the HSC?

 

[Queenroot]

Re: Is there a cap to the number of people allowed to get HD or D's in USyd/UNSW Scie

is this similar to the HSC?

no

 

[RealiseNothing]

Re: Is there a cap to the number of people allowed to get HD or D's in USyd/UNSW Scie

idk i remember seeing this

That's either not for science or from pre-2014. I'm pretty sure from 2014 onwards they took away scaling and uncapped the number of HD's.