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I just noticed that they posted maths ext 1 as 2 units even when the students are only doing 3 units of maths... :p while the english one's correct.

It looked funny at the time.
 

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Cuz they are 4u maths students. In 4U, extension1 counts as 2 units, extension2 counts as 2 units (thus the total of 4u)

extension1 only (ie 3u) students should have it listed as only 1 unit of extension 1 maths
 

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yeah, that's what BJ was saying.

i haven't read the paper, meself.
 

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hmmm they didn't publish my accelerated mathematics extension 1 result where I scored 95 (E4) in 2001 on this year's list.

But I guess I got mentioned for it last year.

Yeah for those who only do 3 unit it should be mathematics extension 1 1 unit not 2 units. Thats only for 4 unit students.
 

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no, they only publish it the year that you did it, because you can't compare a 95 in one year to a 95 in another year.

that's also why they take the scaling of the year that you did it when calculating your UAI.
 

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It's also interesting how the list the top students in each course, not just the to student. Friend from school came 4th in the state for Japanese Extension...but he's japanese.
 

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Originally posted by hornet
Cuz they are 4u maths students. In 4U, extension1 counts as 2 units, extension2 counts as 2 units (thus the total of 4u)

extension1 only (ie 3u) students should have it listed as only 1 unit of extension 1 maths
no no
ive seen students that only do 3 unit, not 4 unit - and theirs was listed as 2 units for extension 1 >_<
and i can be sure they are 3 unit kids cos i know em in real life and cos they aare also listed for mathematics
 

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Mine is printed ok online, dunno about in the paper though :confused:
 

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I also noticed the mistake on the honour roll today. I was feeling rather chuffed and tried to explain to my parents the mistake but when i was met by their rather blank looks i realised how esoteric an error it is. Very few ppl actually know/understand/care about the difference between maths ext for 3u and 4u ppl, and i guess the poor education editor for the smh isn't one of them - i mean why would he/she?

Rather enjoy being on there! Congrats to all :)
 

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perhaps they just do a search and replace on course numbers with course names, so they just replaced the course number for 3 unit maths with "mathematics extension 1 2 unit". The daily telegraph just has the name of the student and the course number. Makes it hard to read.

I got both papers. Am i sad?
 

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