Scaling, the good and the bad. (1 Viewer)

[Lucas_]

I think that for the most part scaling is a good idea.

I do think, however, that it is slightly unfair as some people are born with logical minds (built for science and maths) whereas others possess the creative flair needed in art, drama or music. I know that even if I had studied art my entire life I still would suck ass at it in the same way these creative types can't do maths or sciences.

I won't complain too much as scaling favors my subjects.

 

[krnofdrg]

Nothing is good and bad about, just study hard and ignore it.

 

[asianese]

I think that for the most part scaling is a good idea.

I do think, however, that it is slightly unfair as some people are born with logical minds (built for science and maths) whereas others possess the creative flair needed in art, drama or music. I know that even if I had studied art my entire life I still would suck ass at it in the same way these creative types can't do maths or sciences.

I won't complain too much as scaling favors my subjects.

I know what you're saying but the reason why it 'favours' maths/science is because people doing those subjects tend to do well in their other subjects, so it attracts a higher weighting. People who do crappily in their other subjects tend to do things like drama music (1), drama va etc.

 

[someth1ng]

The fact that MX1, MX2 etc require significant amounts of work to achieve while that same mark (say 90) could be achieved with much less time. If you got 95 in MX2, you'd probably need far less time to achieve that same mark in another subject.

Makes it fair, I guess.

 

[theind1996]

This thread has got me thinking a bit so I did an experiment with an ATAR calculator. Basically, what I did was look for the bare minimum marks needed to achieve 99.95 with a high scaling combo of subjects (i.e. the Asian 10) and a humanities combo.

Here is what I got:

High Scalers:

Advanced English: 96
MX1: 93
MX2: 93
Chemistry: 96
Physics: 96

Humanities combo

Advanced English 96
Modern History 96
Geography 96
Legal Studies 97
Business studies 97

I thought that was pretty interesting. The maths subjects have a lot of push power, but chemistry and physics required similar marks to the humanities subjects.

That doesn't get you 99.95 for the 'High-Scalers'. You'd be looking for a 96 MX1, 93 MX2.

And for another combination for the Humanities - for a 99.95:

English Advanced: 98
English Extension 1: 48
English Extension 2: 48
Modern History: 96
Economics: 95
Geography: 96