ATAR advice (first post) (1 Viewer)

[rabbitohs123]

Ok so i'm in year 12 and just looking for some people with knowledge about an atar.

My subjects are English standard, maths general, geography, legal studies, pdhpe

Any idea how well I would have to go in each subject to get around an 80 ATAR??

And what is the correlation between your marks and your final ATAR?

Thanks guys

 

[Examine]

To get 80 ATAR if you did the test in 2009, you would need:

English - 79.8 , General maths - 82.6, Geography - 82.2, Legal Studies - 82.6, PD/H/PE - 82.2

Percentile - Eng Std - 90.9%, Gen Maths - 82.7%, Geo - 71.5%, Legal Studies 70.7%, PD/H/PE - 77.6%

Marks vary though this should give a rough estimate.

 

[rabbitohs123]

I'm sorry but what is percentile?

What percentage should I aim for in every assignment/exam?

 

[iampeterr]

just to clarify, the "English - 79.8 , General maths - 82.6, Geography - 82.2, Legal Studies - 82.6, PD/H/PE - 82.2" are they raw HSC marks or after scaled?

 

[Cl324]

just to clarify, the "English - 79.8 , General maths - 82.6, Geography - 82.2, Legal Studies - 82.6, PD/H/PE - 82.2" are they raw HSC marks or after scaled?

after aligned

Percentile is how you place in comparison to the state.
E.g. to get a 79.8 its standard , you have to be in the 90.8th percentile of the state or in other words the top 9.2% of the state

 

[someth1ng]

In simpler terms, percentile is the percentage of the state that you beat.

 

[enoilgam]

I'm sorry but what is percentile?

What percentage should I aim for in every assignment/exam?

Your raw percentages dont count for much, its your ranks which count. I would be aiming for a final mark of low-mid 80's in your subjects in order to get around 80.

 

[determine]

Your raw percentages dont count for much, its your ranks which count. I would be aiming for a final mark of low-mid 80's in your subjects in order to get around 80.

Agreed, as your subjects don't scale particularly well and so therefore every mark you lose, there will be a much bigger impact on your ATAR.