A scaled mean of 25.0 (on a 1-unit basis) means
that the candidature of the course was average, and hence that
the course had average scaling. Courses with scaled means above
25.0 had above average scaling. The scaled means are liable to
change, as the scaling process is carried out afresh each year.
A scaled mean of 0 indicates that either the course was not taken
in that year, or that the scaled mean was not published.
Note: English (Standard) and English (Advanced) are always
scaled in the same way, despite any apparent statistics to the
contrary. The true ranking for these courses can be estimated
by averaging their respective scaled means. The same applies for
the three Distinction Courses.
| | 2001 | | 2002 | | 2003 |
| Scaled Mean | Course | Scaled Mean | Course | Scaled Mean | Course |
| 46.0 | Classical Greek Extension | 45.5 | Classical Greek Extension | 45.9 | Latvian Continuers |
| 45.0 | Mathematics Extension 1 (4UC) | 44.9 | Ukrainian Continuers | 44.7 | Comparative Literature - Distinction Course |
| 43.9 | Mathematics Extension 2 (4UA) | 44.3 | Swedish Continuers | 44.5 | Classical Greek Extension |
| 43.8 | Latin Extension | 43.6 | Latin Extension | 43.9 | Mathematics Extension 2 |
| 42.1 | Classical Greek Continuers | 43.4 | Mathematics Extension 2 | 42.3 | Classical Greek Continuers |
| 42.1 | Distinction Courses | 43.2 | Classical Greek Continuers | 42.2 | Latin Extension |
| 42.1 | French Extension | 42.1 | Distinction Courses | 42.1 | Distinction Courses |
| 41.1 | Latin Continuers | 42.1 | French Extension | 41.2 | Philosophy - Distinction Course |
| 40.2 | Philosophy - Distinction Course | 42.0 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | 41.1 | French Extension |
| 39.8 | German Extension | 40.8 | Comparative Literature - Distinction Course | 40.5 | Cosmology - Distinction Course |
| 39.7 | Classical Hebrew Extension | 40.3 | Latin Continuers | 40.2 | Latin Continuers |
| 39.6 | Cosmology - Distinction Course | 39.8 | Philosophy - Distinction Course | 39.8 | Mathematics Extension 1 |
| 39.2 | Indonesian Extension | 39.7 | Indonesian Extension | 38.9 | German Extension |
| 38.6 | Japanese Extension | 39.6 | German Extension | 38.5 | Japanese Extension |
| 38.4 | English Extension 1 | 39.5 | Mathematics Extension 1 | 37.8 | Indonesian Extension |
| 37.9 | Italian Extension | 38.6 | Classical Hebrew Extension | 37.7 | Classical Hebrew Extension |
| 37.6 | Mathematics Extension 1 (3UA) | 38.6 | Hindi Continuers | 37.7 | English Extension 2 |
| 37.1 | English Extension 2 | 38.3 | Dutch Continuers | 37.4 | English Extension 1 |
| 36.7 | Comparative Literature - Distinction Course | 38.1 | English Extension 2 | 37.3 | Modern Hebrew Continuers |
| 35.3 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | 37.6 | English Extension 1 | 36.9 | Chinese Extension |
| 35.2 | History Extension | 37.3 | Japanese Extension | 36.6 | Italian Extension |
| 34.8 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | 36.6 | Chinese Extension | 35.3 | Classical Hebrew Continuers |
| 34.3 | Dutch Continuers | 36.0 | Modern Hebrew Continuers | 34.9 | Music Extension |
| 34.3 | Music Extension | 35.9 | Italian Extension | 34.4 | History Extension |
| 33.7 | French Continuers | 35.6 | Maltese Continuers | 34.1 | Korean Continuers |
| 33.7 | German Continuers | 35.4 | Classical Hebrew Continuers | 33.8 | Ukrainian Continuers |
| 33.2 | Hindi Continuers | 34.9 | History Extension | 33.7 | French Continuers |
| 32.6 | English (Advanced) | 34.1 | Music Extension | 33.0 | Music 2 |
| 32.4 | Indonesian Continuers | 33.8 | French Continuers | 32.9 | German Continuers |
| 32.1 | Chinese Extension | 33.6 | Armenian Continuers | 32.6 | Hungarian Continuers |
| 32.1 | Music 2 | 33.2 | English (Advanced) | 32.3 | Hindi Continuers |
| 32.0 | Czech Continuers | 32.6 | Music 2 | 32.2 | English (Advanced) |
| 31.4 | Chemistry | 32.1 | German Continuers | 31.7 | Chinese Continuers |
| 31.2 | Swedish Continuers | 31.8 | Chemistry | 31.7 | Indonesian Continuers |
| 30.8 | Japanese Continuers | 31.8 | Indonesian Continuers | 31.5 | Chemistry |
| 30.6 | Economics | 31.7 | Czech Continuers | 31.4 | Japanese Continuers |
| 30.6 | Korean Continuers | 31.4 | Chinese Continuers | 31.4 | Tamil Continuers |
| 30.6 | Physics | 31.2 | Economics | 31.0 | Economics |
| 30.3 | Maltese Continuers | 30.9 | Hungarian Continuers | 30.3 | Physics |
| 30.0 | Mathematics | 30.8 | Japanese Continuers | 30.1 | Swedish Continuers |
| 28.8 | Arabic Extension | 30.6 | Physics | 29.8 | Mathematics |
| 28.7 | Tamil Continuers | 30.1 | Mathematics | 29.2 | Modern Greek Extension |
| 28.1 | Hungarian Continuers | 29.1 | Accounting | 28.7 | Dutch Continuers |
| 27.9 | Studies of Religion II | 28.2 | Modern Greek Extension | 27.7 | Accounting |
| 27.5 | Italian Continuers | 28.1 | Russian Background Speakers | 27.6 | Studies of Religion II |
| 27.4 | Modern Greek Extension | 27.8 | Studies of Religion II | 27.5 | Arabic Extension |
| 27.3 | German Beginners | 27.2 | Spanish Extension | 27.5 | Polish Continuers |
| 27.2 | Accounting | 27.0 | Arabic Extension | 27.5 | Spanish Extension |
| 27.2 | Modern History | 27.0 | Biology | 27.4 | Italian Continuers |
| 27.1 | Chinese Continuers | 27.0 | Modern History | 27.0 | Modern History |
| 27.1 | Spanish Extension | 26.9 | Polish Continuers | 26.9 | Croatian Continuers |
| 26.7 | Biology | 26.8 | Italian Continuers | 26.8 | Biology |
| 26.6 | Studies of Religion I | 26.7 | German Beginners | 26.6 | Studies of Religion I |
| 26.0 | Polish Continuers | 26.4 | Studies of Religion I | 26.3 | Armenian |
| 25.9 | Software Design and Development | 26.3 | Chinese Beginners | 26.1 | Russian Background Speakers |
| 25.7 | Malay Background Speakers | 26.1 | Software Design and Development | 25.9 | Engineering Studies |
| 25.6 | Russian Background Speakers | 25.9 | Engineering Studies | 25.6 | Software Design and Development |
| 25.4 | Engineering Studies | 25.9 | Indonesian Background Speakers | 25.3 | Czech Continuers |
| 25.4 | Indonesian Beginners | 25.7 | Italian Beginners | 25.3 | Italian Beginners |
| 25.4 | Legal Studies | 25.5 | Legal Studies | 25.3 | Legal Studies |
| 25.2 | Italian Beginners | 25.3 | Chinese Background Speakers | 24.9 | Ancient History |
| 25.2 | Macedonian Continuers | 25.0 | Geography | 24.8 | Geography |
| 25.1 | Drama | 24.9 | Ancient History | 24.8 | German Beginners |
| 25.0 | Geography | 24.9 | Korean Continuers | 24.7 | Drama |
| 24.9 | Ancient History | 24.8 | Indonesian Beginners | 24.5 | Society and Culture |
| 24.9 | Chinese Background Speakers | 24.7 | Earth and Environmental Science | 24.3 | Chinese Background Speakers |
| 24.7 | Earth and Environmental Science | 24.5 | Society and Culture | 24.3 | French Beginners |
| 24.7 | Indonesian Background Speakers | 24.4 | Drama | 24.2 | Business Studies |
| 24.6 | Modern Greek Beginners | 24.4 | French Beginners | 24.2 | Earth and Environmental Science |
| 24.3 | Chinese Beginners | 24.3 | Business Studies | 24.2 | Japanese Beginners |
| 24.2 | Dance | 24.3 | English (Standard) & (Advanced) | 24.1 | Dance |
| 24.2 | English (Standard) & (Advanced) | 24.3 | Japanese Beginners | 23.8 | Indonesian Background Speakers |
| 24.2 | Society and Culture | 24.1 | Dance | 23.6 | Indonesian Beginners |
| 24.1 | Business Studies | 24.0 | Persian Background Speakers | 23.6 | Personal Development; Health and Physical Education |
| 23.8 | French Beginners | 23.7 | Personal Development; Health and Physical Education | 23.5 | Visual Arts |
| 23.6 | Armenian Continuers | 23.3 | Information Processes and Technology | 23.4 | English (Standard) & (Advanced) |
| 23.4 | Japanese Beginners | 23.3 | Visual Arts | 22.8 | English as a Second Language |
| 23.4 | Personal Development; Health and Physical Education | 22.6 | Textiles and Design | 22.7 | Information Processes and Technology |
| 23.3 | Information Processes and Technology | 22.5 | English as a Second Language | 22.7 | Textiles and Design |
| 23.3 | Visual Arts | 22.5 | Tamil Continuers | 22.6 | Spanish Beginners |
| 22.9 | Textiles and Design | 22.3 | Music 1 | 22.4 | Music 1 |
| 22.8 | Music 1 | 22.2 | Modern Greek Continuers | 22.3 | Khmer Continuers |
| 22.6 | Electronics Technology (JSST/VET) | 21.9 | Agriculture | 22.2 | Modern Greek Beginners |
| 22.5 | Agriculture | 21.7 | Spanish Beginners | 22.1 | Modern Greek Continuers |
| 22.3 | Modern Greek Continuers | 21.6 | Tourism-Sales/Office Operations Examination | 21.8 | Portuguese Continuers |
| 22.2 | Tourism-Sales/Office Operations Examination | 21.4 | Korean Background Speakers | 21.7 | Agriculture |
| 22.1 | Korean Background Speakers | 21.2 | Design and Technology | 21.7 | Korean Background Speakers |
| 21.4 | English as a Second Language | 20.9 | Community and Family Studies | 21.7 | Spanish Continuers |
| 21.3 | Design and Technology | 20.9 | Information Technology Examination | 21.5 | Design and Technology |
| 21.1 | Information Technology Examination | 20.8 | Food Technology | 21.2 | Tourism-Sales/Office Operations Examination |
| 20.9 | Croatian Continuers | 20.7 | Japanese Background Speakers | 20.9 | Chinese Beginners |
| 20.8 | Community and Family Studies | 20.5 | Filipino Continuers | 20.9 | Macedonian Continuers |
| 20.7 | Khmer Continuers | 20.5 | Spanish Continuers | 20.8 | Community and Family Studies |
| 20.6 | Arabic Continuers | 20.3 | Arabic Continuers | 20.8 | Japanese Background Speakers |
| 20.6 | Persian Background Speakers | 20.3 | General Mathematics | 20.5 | Information Technology Examination |
| 20.6 | Senior Science | 20.3 | Hospitality Operations Examination | 20.3 | Food Technology |
| 20.5 | Filipino Continuers | 20.3 | Senior Science | 20.3 | General Mathematics |
| 20.5 | Food Technology | 20.1 | Portuguese Continuers | 20.2 | Hospitality Operations Examination |
| 20.3 | General Mathematics | 19.3 | Modern Greek Beginners | 20.2 | Vietnamese Continuers |
| 20.2 | Hospitality Operations Examination | 19.3 | Vietnamese Continuers | 20.1 | Persian Background Speakers |
| 19.9 | Portuguese Continuers | 19.1 | Business Services Examination | 19.9 | Senior Science |
| 19.9 | Spanish Continuers | 19.1 | English (Standard) | 19.3 | Arabic Continuers |
| 19.6 | English (Standard) | 18.5 | Khmer Continuers | 19.3 | Primary Industries Examination |
| 19.3 | Spanish Beginners | 18.0 | Aboriginal Studies | 18.8 | Business Services Examination |
| 19.3 | Vietnamese Continuers | 18.0 | Primary Industries Examination | 18.8 | Filipino Continuers |
| 19.2 | Japanese Background Speakers | 17.8 | Retail Operations Examination | 18.3 | English (Standard) |
| 19.1 | Business Services Examination | 17.3 | Macedonian Continuers | 17.5 | Retail Operations Examination |
| 18.5 | Primary Industries Examination | 17.2 | Croatian Continuers | 16.9 | Industrial Technology |
| 18.5 | Serbian Continuers | 16.4 | Industrial Technology | 16.5 | Aboriginal Studies |
| 17.8 | Retail Operations Examination | 16.0 | Metal and Engineering Examination | 16.0 | Metal & Engineering Examination |
| 17.6 | Aboriginal Studies | 15.8 | Construction Examination | 15.9 | Turkish Continuers |
| 17.2 | Metal and Engineering Examination | 15.2 | Serbian Continuers | 15.6 | Construction Examination |
| 16.6 | Industrial Technology | 15.0 | Turkish Continuers | 13.6 | Serbian Continuers |
| 16.0 | Construction Examination | 11.0 | Arabic Beginners | 13.3 | Arabic Beginners |
| 15.6 | Turkish Continuers | 0.0 | Estonian Continuers | 0.0 | Estonian Continuers |
| 14.5 | Arabic Beginners | 0.0 | Korean Beginners | 0.0 | Korean Beginners |
| 0.0 | Estonian Continuers | 0.0 | Latvian Continuers | 0.0 | Lithuanian Continuers |
| 0.0 | Korean Beginners | 0.0 | Lithuanian Continuers | 0.0 | Malay Background Speakers |
| 0.0 | Latvian Continuers | 0.0 | Malay Background Speakers | 0.0 | Maltese Continuers |
| 0.0 | Lithuanian Continuers | 0.0 | Slovenian Continuers | 0.0 | Slovenian Continuers |
| 0.0 | Slovenian Continuers | | |
| 0.0 | Ukrainian Continuers | | |
