The UNSW Scaling Thread (2 Viewers)
- Thread starter mreditor16
- Start date
CheeseandBacon
Member
- Joined
- May 21, 2016
- Messages
- 43
- Gender
- Undisclosed
- HSC
- N/A
ACTL2102 - Midterm was scaled to a CR average but nothing else was scaled.
FINS3616 (S2 2016) - Only the finals was scaled up by 8 marks to make up for having no partial marks (even for the short answer calculations). Nothing else was scaled. Please note this was the first time the LIC took charge of this course, past semester 2s had no scaling according to the previous LIC. I heard that in S1 there is no scaling for this subject as well.
FINS3616 (S2 2016) - Only the finals was scaled up by 8 marks to make up for having no partial marks (even for the short answer calculations). Nothing else was scaled. Please note this was the first time the LIC took charge of this course, past semester 2s had no scaling according to the previous LIC. I heard that in S1 there is no scaling for this subject as well.
mreditor16
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Apr 4, 2014
- Messages
- 3,169
- Gender
- Male
- HSC
- 2014
MATH2871 - No scaling whatsoever
Hillsdbdsndmldsl
New Member
- Joined
- May 3, 2017
- Messages
- 16
- Gender
- Male
- HSC
- 2015
Hey fam, I've got an interesting subject with weird scaling.
So it's one of my second year elec subjects, and lots of ppl got lower marks than expected to different extents. Only a few are cool with the mark.
These are the possible things I could think of that the lecturer has done to the marks, but idk which of them actually happened.
1) The marking was very harsh. The lecturer was expecting very detailed answers and put heavy penalties on errors.
2) The course marks have been scaled down.
3) The percentage of the assessment items has been adjusted (i.e. different from what is indicated in the course outline).
4) The lecturer just took our midterm exam marks as the final marks (many ppl's marks are so close to or exactly the same as the midterm marks).
Backgrounds:
The course is relatively easy among all elec courses in terms of contents. Some of the assessments during the semester have already been made harder to suppress the marks. The final exam was standard and reasonable, with first half of the questions being straightforward and the second half being harder, and half of the cohort think it was easy while the other half think it was hard.
The final exam weighs 50% of the course. Some ppl who had got around 45/50 pre-exam ended up with PS or low CR, which means they've got less than 25/50 (50/100) in the final exam assuming no scaling. It is possible that the pass mark of the final is < 50, but I don't think they could lose that much in the exam.
I'm also doubting the motivations behind scaling down. Although the contents is easy, our final was not, and some ppl even had to skip 1 or 2 questions. Even so, most of us got further lower, pretty much like HD->DN, DN->CR or even PS. Btw, I don't think there would be many HDs even if it's not scaled, so it's really confusing why he did that.
So it's one of my second year elec subjects, and lots of ppl got lower marks than expected to different extents. Only a few are cool with the mark.
These are the possible things I could think of that the lecturer has done to the marks, but idk which of them actually happened.
1) The marking was very harsh. The lecturer was expecting very detailed answers and put heavy penalties on errors.
2) The course marks have been scaled down.
3) The percentage of the assessment items has been adjusted (i.e. different from what is indicated in the course outline).
4) The lecturer just took our midterm exam marks as the final marks (many ppl's marks are so close to or exactly the same as the midterm marks).
Backgrounds:
The course is relatively easy among all elec courses in terms of contents. Some of the assessments during the semester have already been made harder to suppress the marks. The final exam was standard and reasonable, with first half of the questions being straightforward and the second half being harder, and half of the cohort think it was easy while the other half think it was hard.
The final exam weighs 50% of the course. Some ppl who had got around 45/50 pre-exam ended up with PS or low CR, which means they've got less than 25/50 (50/100) in the final exam assuming no scaling. It is possible that the pass mark of the final is < 50, but I don't think they could lose that much in the exam.
I'm also doubting the motivations behind scaling down. Although the contents is easy, our final was not, and some ppl even had to skip 1 or 2 questions. Even so, most of us got further lower, pretty much like HD->DN, DN->CR or even PS. Btw, I don't think there would be many HDs even if it's not scaled, so it's really confusing why he did that.
Last edited:
Hillsdbdsndmldsl
New Member
- Joined
- May 3, 2017
- Messages
- 16
- Gender
- Male
- HSC
- 2015
Latest:
ECON1101 - raw mark or scale-down
ELEC2133 - raw mark this year (the final was easier than past years')
ELEC2134 - raw mark or scale-down in summer term, raw mark or some scale-up in semester 1
ELEC2141 - crazy scale-up, final was AIDs
ELEC2142 - tfw everyone thinks there's at least some scale-down but the lecturer says there has been scale-up :'(
ELEC3104 - raw mark in top range
MATH2069 - some scale-down
MATH2099 - some scale-up
MATH3411 - raw mark
They're very likely to change, so take them as reference only. Generally it depends on the difficulty of the exam but for easy courses like ECON1101 they always want to control the marks.
ECON1101 - raw mark or scale-down
ELEC2133 - raw mark this year (the final was easier than past years')
ELEC2134 - raw mark or scale-down in summer term, raw mark or some scale-up in semester 1
ELEC2141 - crazy scale-up, final was AIDs
ELEC2142 - tfw everyone thinks there's at least some scale-down but the lecturer says there has been scale-up :'(
ELEC3104 - raw mark in top range
MATH2069 - some scale-down
MATH2099 - some scale-up
MATH3411 - raw mark
They're very likely to change, so take them as reference only. Generally it depends on the difficulty of the exam but for easy courses like ECON1101 they always want to control the marks.
Last edited:
RenegadeMx
Kosovo is Serbian
- Joined
- May 6, 2014
- Messages
- 1,302
- Gender
- Male
- HSC
- 2011
- Uni Grad
- 2016
o i forgot this existed
Math3411- raw mark as above
math3560- raw mark
math3570 - scaled up a lot
Math3411- raw mark as above
math3560- raw mark
math3570 - scaled up a lot
Bump
FINS2643 - No scaling (Even though less than 5 students HD'd :O)
FINS3630 - No scaling
ECON2101 - No scaling
MGMT1101 - No scaling
ACTL3182 - Don't know but based off final mark, definitely had to be scaled up a bit
ACTL3141 - Scaled up a bit (3+ for Midterm)
ACTL3151 - Scaled up a bit (3+ for Midterm)
Moral: Seems uber rare for a Commerce course to scale. Only had scaling for Actuarial, couple of Finance courses.
FINS2643 - No scaling (Even though less than 5 students HD'd :O)
FINS3630 - No scaling
ECON2101 - No scaling
MGMT1101 - No scaling
ACTL3182 - Don't know but based off final mark, definitely had to be scaled up a bit
ACTL3141 - Scaled up a bit (3+ for Midterm)
ACTL3151 - Scaled up a bit (3+ for Midterm)
Moral: Seems uber rare for a Commerce course to scale. Only had scaling for Actuarial, couple of Finance courses.
Someone please tell me that ACCT2522 scales heaps. I am on like 12.4/40, and I can't see myself scoring 38/60 in the final exam.
I totally bombed the midsem because i didn't study at all.
To top it off, the exam is going to be this Saturday at 8:45. First day of the examination period.
I totally bombed the midsem because i didn't study at all.
To top it off, the exam is going to be this Saturday at 8:45. First day of the examination period.
Last edited:
edwardf316
Active Member
- Joined
- Aug 22, 2013
- Messages
- 128
- Gender
- Undisclosed
- HSC
- N/A
If only there was some way to prepare for the final exam to give yourself the best chance of getting the mark you need. Maybe don't stick with your midsem strategy
Esse
xD
First day of exam period was today lel (Friday)
Highly doubt theyre going to scale finals for acct2522 dont think its normal for accounting to get scaled. But that being my tutor did say the cohort was one of the worst shes had in terms of midsem results so if people bomb finals, maybe?
I have to do math1131 (1141 isn't offered next sem). How does scaling work then?
I remember checking the wam distribution site and 1131 had SIGNIFICANTLY less HDs than 1141
...
Am i done for
Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk
I remember checking the wam distribution site and 1131 had SIGNIFICANTLY less HDs than 1141
...Am i done for
Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk
Esse
xD
I have to do math1131 (1141 isn't offered next sem). How does scaling work then?
I remember checking the wam distribution site and 1131 had SIGNIFICANTLY less HDs than 1141
Am i done for
Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk
Just put in the best effort you can and stay on top of everything so that you don't have to cram for the final exam. Also make sure you practice a lot since there is quite a bit of material available. Don't rote learn, but understand how to apply equations and concepts.
I got a HD for 1131 so it is possible