Comments on: Australia: “Student loses appeal over 99.95 HSC mark”

By: James

James — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:49:40 +0000

In reference to nicholas’ comment. She sat the HSC exam when it was still the UAI system out of 100 however recently has changed to the ATAR system of 99.95 as maximum. Nonetheless she’s ridiculous, but I like to say, typical abbotsleigh girls. I’m a local to that area.

By: Anonymous Nicholas

Anonymous Nicholas — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:02:29 +0000

Something is wrong with this story. The article says

“AFTER achieving a university entry rank of 99.95…she believed if she had been granted a computer or extra time, she would have achieved much higher marks.”

but according to Wiki, “The maximum rank attainable is 99.95”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Tertiary_Admission_Rank

Can anyone explain the discrepancy? In any case, the article makes the plaintiff seem like a whiner with no perspective, and if that is true, then it is right and proper she pay. (If it’s not true, then perhaps there is injustice here.)

By: BM

BM — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:32:59 +0000

99.95 will get her into any course in any university. Apart from ego, what is she complaining about?
And I can tell you, writing as fast as you can for 3 hours IS a part of the test. The more essay-oriented exams(english, history etc) have a fairly direct ratio of how much you can write vs how much you get marks for. We all got hand cramps, writing like that for 3 hours really hurts.
Chemistry, at least, involves stopping and thinking for a bit. In fact, why is chemistry the only exam she is disputing? She had at least 4 other exams too – what did she do for them?