How this one-subject target calculator works
When the time left is short, lifting every subject by the same amount is rarely realistic, and pushing one strong subject higher is. Enter the subjects one per line, point at the line you want to raise, and this page works back to the lowest score that subject has to reach so that both its own minimum and the required average are satisfied.
The figure needed is the larger of two values. The required average times the number of subjects gives a target total, the other subjects total is subtracted to leave what that one subject must carry, and the per-subject minimum is compared against it so the stricter of the two wins. The result is rounded up to two decimals and the formula is printed so you can see which value applied. If the figure lands above the maximum score the page says the subject alone cannot do it.
A subject other than the one you picked that already sits below its minimum is called out, because raising the chosen subject cannot repair it. Where a later stage selects a set number of candidates by rank, clearing the stated standards is not the same as passing, so treat this as a target against the figures you entered. Raising two or more subjects at once is not modelled.
Frequently Asked Questions
Because the minimum is judged separately. Even when a lower score would satisfy the average, anything below the minimum fails, so the stricter value is used.
That happens when the other subjects sit low enough that one subject cannot carry the average alone. Two or more subjects have to rise together.
Not where a later stage selects a set number of candidates by rank. This is a target score against the figures you entered, not a prediction.