homiethatlackachromie
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im sitting at a 83 raw. reckon its enough for e4?
should be, i cant imagine the e4 cutoff being anymore than 81-83.im sitting at a 83 raw. reckon its enough for e4?
Deffoim sitting at a 83 raw. reckon its enough for e4?
Maybe, 83 will likely get a 90-92 so it’s possible83 just scrape a 90 or could i get a 92+
It all depends on the nesa judges on each question. But I reckon roughly counting there are 9 marks that would be difficult for a student at the borderline between bands to complete + 1 miscellaneous question + 4 careless mistakes, so I'd say the most likely outcome is an 83 alignment to a 90 mark although it is possible for it to be a little higher.83 just scrape a 90 or could i get a 92+
I had a chat to my tutor last night and he said this exact discussion happens every year for 4u.It all depends on the nesa judges on each question. But I reckon roughly counting there are 9 marks that would be difficult for a student at the borderline between bands to complete + 1 miscellaneous question + 4 careless mistakes, so I'd say the most likely outcome is an 83 alignment to a 90 mark although it is possible for it to be a little higher.
I was actually thinking the exact same thing, so I briefly read the 2017-19 post-exam discussions before providing these estimates. What you say is true to some extent, but there is a definitely a difference between this and past years among the perception on this site and elsewhere.I had a chat to my tutor last night and he said this exact discussion happens every year for 4u.
He has read the exam and says it's likely high 70s cutoff.
Apparently everyone always thinks it's easy lol
Cheers legend.Solutions are also out here! https://www.matrix.edu.au/2020-hsc-maths-ext-2-exam-paper-solutions/
Why is it that 83 and 84 have the same alignment although being different raw marks?Here is a potential aligning chart for this year, since there seems to quite some interest.
Each line is self-consistent, that is, if one point is correct, the others should be as well.
The central line represents a reasonable estimate for this year, but it of course could be wrong by a little or a lot.
The blue shaded area represents relatively "higher" aligning, while the green shaded represents relatively "lower" aligning which could be considered like an uncertainty zone.
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Edits: These are just estimates by considering past aligning, specifically 2017 where the cut-off for band 6 was 76. The (potentially) more important thing here is that the lines are self-consistent as explained above, so feel free to choose a band 6 cutoff as you think is realistic and extrapolate to other points.
Marks are only to the nearest integer, there is no way to align up and have distinct aligned marks for each rawWhy is it that 83 and 84 have the same alignment although being different raw marks?
Yeah nah I hear you, but he did look through the paper and thought it was not unreasonably easy. And I think he know better than all of us haha, he has tutored 4u for like 5 years now and is like scarily good at maths lolI was actually thinking the exact same thing, so I briefly read the 2017-19 post-exam discussions before providing these estimates. What you say is true to some extent, but there is a definitely a difference between this and past years among the perception on this site and elsewhere.
[Edit: Perhaps the perception that the exams are always easy is due to the fact that the exams did in fact get easier in the past 10-20 years. But there is probably a psychological component, as you note.]
I don't want to make you feel disappointed though, and I'm not saying that it will definitely be 83, when there is a very real chance that a 79 (maybe 78) will actually align to a 90. I just didn't think it was the most likely outcome, but that it was certainly possible on a good day, and the 79 was acknowledged as a possibility on my original graph.
But I suppose the best thing to say now is just good luck for today's exam! Let's do well
looking like 54-55, last years was 52 and it is arguably the same difficulty so could even be lower but we'll find out in decemberok better question. whats the 3u cut off looking like.
Fun fact - For Maths Ext1 the very first question in the 2005 and 2006 HSC papers were basically identical but worth different marks (1 mark in 2005 and 2 marks in 2006)Think NESA is running out of questions to ask. Question 14 a is exactly the same as Question 16 b(i) from the 2016 HSC...
Haha wtf. When you switch x^2 + 49 to 49 + x^2 thinking it's a difference......Fun fact - For Maths Ext1 the very first question in the 2005 and 2006 HSC papers were basically identical but worth different marks (1 mark in 2005 and 2 marks in 2006)
It's not that remarkable, similar things could be said about other questions. Most q11-14 questions aren't completely original as they depend on the textbook style approaches.Think NESA is running out of questions to ask. Question 14 a is exactly the same as Question 16 b(i) from the 2016 HSC...
Even q16 was pretty identical to many questions asked before in trials. It's always something unique!It's not that remarkable, similar things could be said about other questions. Most q11-14 questions aren't completely original as they depend on the textbook style approaches.