If I came 4th in my cohort and got an internal of 78 for example. Then in the HSC I got 40 but the 4th rank was 84. How big of a disparity between 84 would there be to if I got 82? Hope that made sense
Hey! It would depend on the spread in your internal results, because that affects the way moderation works, but 84 would be a
decent estimate of your moderated assessment mark in most cases. If we ignore the complexities of moderation and assume your moderated assessment mark was 84, then that would be averaged with your exam mark of 40 and your
HSC Mark would be 62. This would be compared to averaging with 82, which would yield a
HSC mark of 83 (again, completely dependent on the specifics of moderation, which is dependent on your cohort, but these are solid estimates)
That said, an exam mark of 40 could quite possibly trigger alarm bells at NESA (just got a flash of a giant tower with security fences and armed guards, aha) - There are special procedures students who perform significantly below expectation in the HSC exam. I don't know of any specific documentation regarding this, but it is possible that the normal procedures wouldn't apply to you