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hey guys,

what does it take to get an ATAR of 55-58??? having come this far into the year?......i just think its such a waste being at school because of my poor performance during the year in certain subjects.. but my parents are depending on me to get into UNI and i really dont want to dissapoint the (and i know its my fault for doing quiet bad at school!)

p.s i know you are wondering what im going to do with an atar of 55 and thats because i have spoken to my careers advisor about this and i have found a uni that will accept such a low atar.

thanks in advance guys!.. :wavey:
 

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Worst case scenario, you do a diploma for one year and transfer into uni the year after. It's not the end of the world.
 

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i know i can do that 'drifting95' but my parents want me to go straight to uni from high school ! thats the problem.. and plus if i dont get into uni straight away ill end up going tafe or something and then go to uni from there..
 

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An average person putting in a half decent effort (i.e. showing up to class, doing some homework and maybe a little revision before an exam) should be able to comfortably get 60+.
 

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An average person putting in a half decent effort (i.e. showing up to class, doing some homework and maybe a little revision before an exam) should be able to comfortably get 60+.
This, and yeah just put 15 mins of revision to every subject every day and increase it to an hour before exams.
 

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An average person putting in a half decent effort (i.e. showing up to class, doing some homework and maybe a little revision before an exam) should be able to comfortably get 60+.
Well, at this school which I would refrain from naming, I know people who worked relatively hard (i.e everyday) and still got 50's. The school is ranked 500+ as well.

Not even kidding. Their dux was an 82 ATAR once.
 

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what spiritual being said is what is worrying me most because as he said people worked very hard to achieve that and i also go to a school thats ranked 300+ im worrying so much! i just want to drop out ! but then again its not worth droping out now i might aswell finish and see my end result i guess...
 

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what spiritual being said is what is worrying me most because as he said people worked very hard to achieve that and i also go to a school thats ranked 300+ im worrying so much! i just want to drop out ! but then again its not worth droping out now i might aswell finish and see my end result i guess...
I think you'll be fine

what are your ranks
from what I remember, you had a few mid range ranks which is an appropriate trajectory for a 60's atar
 

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yeah at the begining of year 12 my ranks were pretty good but up until trials i dropped down dramatically! but i have three more assessments left which are next week and i'm studying for them atm to push my ranks up even if its just by a bit..
 

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Well, at this school which I would refrain from naming, I know people who worked relatively hard (i.e everyday) and still got 50's. The school is ranked 500+ as well.

Not even kidding. Their dux was an 82 ATAR once.
That sounds about right for a low ranking school. Even still, you are on even footing for the externals - even a bunch of band 4s there should be more than enough.
 

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