nice try m8
hahah dude you need a life i see on these threads so much just trying to bash usyd maths
even if true, at least we don't hand out university medals - the highest undergraduate academic honour possible - like freebie candy
Can you even read a graph?
tfw i barely use rep and when i do want to do it i get that msg :c
>starts talking shit
No applied or stats medals were given out.
^ 100% this.
I think its 8 people doing a bachelor of science (adv math) instead of just science (adv), but i know for a fact some of them didn't get their university medals for math honours.
yeah, thats really relevant for the majority of people
from a source that is from 16 years ago... please
Do you know why they still get listed as getting the University Medal?
Yep that's right. I know most people on that list of 8 medallists, and I know for a fact that only 2 of them did honours in maths. The others did either computer science, chemistry, or physics honours.
I think it is quite possible that UNSW maths has slightly inflated grades, the dux of UNSW maths even thinks it himself. Though this obviously isn't proof, but I would definitely be surprised if there isn't any at all.
It's done by degree. They are all listed under the Bachelor of Science (Advanced Mathematics) degree because that is the degree they graduated with. It just means they did a major in maths in third year. It is completely possible (and happened for 6 out of the 8 listed) to do your second major in something else like physics, then do honours in physics, then top honours and get the medal for physics, yet be listed under advance maths as that is your degree.
Theres a more recent one from 2013 floating around somewhere on google, if you type in the correct thing that has essentially the same stats. Though thats around when they introduced a new policy where they actually weren't allowed to use scaling for any subjects. Whereas i know at UNSW they scale the advanced subjects quite regularly and sometimes the regular/lower streams down. For science/math that is.
yeah what realise said, the medal systems a bit different from UNSW, since they list medals based on specific subjects while USYD lists it on degrees, so some subject areas might not even get medals but it looks like UNSW just gives it regardless to the most distinguished person in the fields.
It's scaling for the higher versions of certain courses, not 'advanced' courses. Not all advanced courses have both a higher and normal version. Both versions are graded together, which means it's quite normal for the higher version to be scaled appropriately. Please don't make it sound like UNSW just bumps everyone's marks up by like 20%. That doesn't happen. If scaling occurs, it's rarely done by the course convener. It's done by a committee who scrutinises the assessments and exams to ensure the marks were appropriately awarded. In most courses, your final mark is your raw mark.
No, UNSW awards based on the degree, just like USYD. In this context, the medal for pure mathematics was actually a medal for adv mathematics where the student's major was in pure mathematics. If their major was applied, then it would have said applied. Another example is the student who got a medal in Business Economics. Their medal was the commerce medal, but their major was business economics. Only 1 commerce student received a medal. They are the most distinguished students in each program, not each major.
