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Maxwell

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Hey,


Today in my Economics exam I had a severe migraine and was sick - I had managed to complete everything in the exam but the last essay (which I got like 1/5th through but then I couldn't work anymore because I felt so sick).


I have a doctor's certificate and intend to apply for misadventure.


My question is, what happens now? If my mark is discrepant from my internal average (which was 93-95 I think) do they 'bump' up my HSC mark? Do I simply get the highest examination mark as both my internal/external? Or do I get an estimate? I would like to know what would happen.



Thanks.
 

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Its hard to say they'll accept it. It might not be enough to cut it
 

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Headache might not be sever enough. For it to count you probably would have had to vomit
 

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I am already in possession of a doctor's cert. It doesn't detail my sickness but says I will be/was unfit. The supervisor wrote down everything for me in terms of sickness. I am seeing the senior supervisor on Wednesday morning for the form. I also told the deputy principal before I left to go home what happened and she said to get a doctor's cert (so I did).
 

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lol suck shit you arrogant cunt
EDIT: in all srsness the BOSTES is pretty strict with the misadventure of exams so I highly doubt a "migraine" or "headache" will cut it and I doubt a generic doctor's certificate will be enough to convince them to do anything. Get wrekd cunt. The generic doctor's certificate is punishment for your use of generic English essays.
 
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The generic doctor's certificate will need to be upgraded with the BOSTES form - not hard to do but means going back to the doctor's.

What will happen:

1. your exam will be marked as normal
2. they will take you and your marks out of the aligning/moderating process for your cohort
3. they will determine a mark for you
4. they will re-do the above with your exam mark into the cohort's marks
5. they will determine which will be better for you - to have your exam mark or to have an 'estimated mark' based on your rank internally
6. they will then give you the best mark - but .....

if the final results don't indicate that the illness/misadventure was accepted it doesn't mean it wasn't - it won't be accepted IF your exam mark gave you a better mark than not including your exam mark and basing it off your internal marks/ranks

If you were ranked first and you do get the misadventure/illness granted then your final mark will reflect the difference between you and 2nd so if you were say 1 mark ahead then you would remain 1 mark ahead or equal (due to aligning marks get compressed). If you were ranked anywhere else you will maintain that rank with a mark that fits.
 

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The generic doctor's certificate will need to be upgraded with the BOSTES form - not hard to do but means going back to the doctor's.

What will happen:

1. your exam will be marked as normal
2. they will take you and your marks out of the aligning/moderating process for your cohort
3. they will determine a mark for you
4. they will re-do the above with your exam mark into the cohort's marks
5. they will determine which will be better for you - to have your exam mark or to have an 'estimated mark' based on your rank internally
6. they will then give you the best mark - but .....

if the final results don't indicate that the illness/misadventure was accepted it doesn't mean it wasn't - it won't be accepted IF your exam mark gave you a better mark than not including your exam mark and basing it off your internal marks/ranks

If you were ranked first and you do get the misadventure/illness granted then your final mark will reflect the difference between you and 2nd so if you were say 1 mark ahead then you would remain 1 mark ahead or equal (due to aligning marks get compressed). If you were ranked anywhere else you will maintain that rank with a mark that fits.
Thanks very much for this!

I am ranked first by like 4 marks overall. My cohort wasn't that good except for me (not being a dick but it's true) so that's very concerning that I may only get a mark that is 4 or so marks higher than theirs. Unless I misunderstood. But thanks again this is what I wanted somebody to clarify.
 

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