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[Shinx]

Hello,

Just wondering how do they count 11 units in the HSC? Im doing 3 unit math, phys, chem, adv eng, bio and psychology 1 unit which gets dropped in yr 12. Do they half the marks of your worst 2 unit subject and fill it with your 1 unit mark or is the 1 unit subject not counted? I was considering not doing 3 unit math because i wont be doing 4 unit math in yr 12 and just doing 2u math, adv eng, bio, chem, phys and economics. Main goal is just to get the highest ATAR possible.

Sincerely, Shinx

 

[seventhroot]

Hello,

Just wondering how do they count 11 units in the hsc? Im doing 3 unit math, phys, chem, adv eng, bio and psychology 1 unit which gets dropped in yr 12.
Do they half the marks of your worst 2 unit subject and fill it with your 1 unit mark or what?

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[cem]

All two unit subjects end up as a mark out of 100 while 1 unit courses end up as a mark out of 50 (regardless of how many raw marks are available).

They then take the best two units of English - which may or may not be the Extension levels for those students who do Extension 1 and/or 2.

They then take the next best 8 units regardless of whether it was a one or two unit course.

e.g.

English 88/100 = 2 lots of 44
Maths 94/100 = 2 lots of 47
Ext 1 Maths 44/50 - 1 lot of 44
Modern 93/100 = 2 lots of 46.5 (not rounded for part of the exercise)
History Ext 49/50 = 1 lot of 49
Ext 1 English 46/50 = 1 lot of 46
Legal = 84/100 = 2 lots of 42

So the best two English Units are the Ext 1 at 46 and one of the 2 Units at 44.
The next best 8 units are: History Ext at 49, 2 Unit Maths with 2x47, Modern with 2/46.5, Ext Maths 44 and 2 Unit English 44 leaving only 1 unit of Legal at 42

Total out of 500 = 458 which would be the total used for the ATAR

I have deliberately put together an HSC with lots of extensions just to hopefully illustrate how the units are used in this calculation.

 

[Shinx]

So hypothetically, for my subjects it would be

Maths 2 unit 90/100 = 2 lots of 45
Maths ext 1 unit 49/50 = 1 lot of 49
English advanced 92/ 100 = 2 lots of 46
Physics 94/100 = 2 lots of 47
Chemistry 96/100 = 2 lots of 46
Biology 88/100 = 2 lots of 44

So would they remove half of my bio score and replace it with my maths extension making it (44+49) + 90 + 92+ 94 + 96 = 465/500

Also is that mark for the HSC considered good ?

 

[photastic]

So hypothetically, for my subjects it would be

Maths 2 unit 90/100 = 2 lots of 45
Maths ext 1 unit 49/50 = 1 lot of 49
English advanced 92/ 100 = 2 lots of 46
Physics 94/100 = 2 lots of 47
Chemistry 96/100 = 2 lots of 46
Biology 88/100 = 2 lots of 44

So would they remove half of my bio score and replace it with my maths extension making it (44+49) + 90 + 92+ 94 + 96 = 465/500

Also is that mark for the HSC considered good ?

Man, that's close to a 98-99 atar, although a 88 in bio is worth more than 90 in math so when UAC scales your marks, 1 unit of 2u will only count and you would probs get a scaled 448+/500

 

[faisalabdul16]

So hypothetically, for my subjects it would be

Maths 2 unit 90/100 = 2 lots of 45
Maths ext 1 unit 49/50 = 1 lot of 49
English advanced 92/ 100 = 2 lots of 46
Physics 94/100 = 2 lots of 47
Chemistry 96/100 = 2 lots of 46
Biology 88/100 = 2 lots of 44

So would they remove half of my bio score and replace it with my maths extension making it (44+49) + 90 + 92+ 94 + 96 = 465/500

Also is that mark for the HSC considered good ?

If you're referring to HSC marks, then the addition you have done is completely wrong for calculating atar.

Your atar is calculated through the addition of scaled marks.

 

[Shinx]

Oh right well scaling would be added but like fundamentally thats how the 1 unit course is added to my atar, right ?