What marks should I be aiming for to get 99.90+? (1 Viewer)

[bluepumpkins]

I take English Advanced, 4U Maths, and Biology. I also accelerated a subject last year and got a mark that should scale to 48+/50.

My current aims:
English: 94 (realistically looking at a 91-92)
3U: 98+
4U: 95+
Bio: 96+

Would this be enough for a 99.90?

 

[Average Boreduser]

yeah

 

[mmmmmmmmaaaaaaa]

I take English Advanced, 4U Maths, and Biology. I also accelerated a subject last year and got a mark that should scale to 48+/50.

My current aims:
English: 94 (realistically looking at a 91-92)
3U: 98+
4U: 95+
Bio: 96+

Would this be enough for a 99.90?

What do you mean it should scale to 48+? If you’ve accelerated it you would know your mark?

I’d think if you get the marks you say you’ll get then you should be able to get 99.9. There’s a difference between aiming for something and actually doing it,aiming for such high marks can also have an adverse effect throug giving yourself so much pressure. Right now you should just aim for maintaining your (high) rank.

I got relatively similar marks and got close to .9.

 

[Average Boreduser]

What do you mean it should scale to 48+? If you’ve accelerated it you would know your mark?

I’d think if you get the marks you say you’ll get then you should be able to get 99.9. There’s a difference between aiming for something and actually doing it,aiming for such high marks can also have an adverse effect throug giving yourself so much pressure. Right now you should just aim for maintaining your (high) rank.

I got relatively similar marks and got close to .9.

yeah I was gonna say the same thing bc these goals are far too high unless you actually find that everything is rlly that easy to you

 

[carrotsss]

What do you mean it should scale to 48+? If you’ve accelerated it you would know your mark?

I’d think if you get the marks you say you’ll get then you should be able to get 99.9. There’s a difference between aiming for something and actually doing it,aiming for such high marks can also have an adverse effect throug giving yourself so much pressure. Right now you should just aim for maintaining your (high) rank.

I got relatively similar marks and got close to .9.

I’m assuming they mean the scaled marks, which you don’t get to see but the total of them is ranked to form your atar

 

[carrotsss]

Yes that should be enough, I’d especially focus on English and bio because they make the biggest difference per mark at that stage and with a 91 in English you might not get .9

 

[bluepumpkins]

I’d think if you get the marks you say you’ll get then you should be able to get 99.9. There’s a difference between aiming for something and actually doing it,aiming for such high marks can also have an adverse effect throug giving yourself so much pressure. Right now you should just aim for maintaining your (high) rank.

Yes that should be enough, I’d especially focus on English and bio because they make the biggest difference per mark at that stage and with a 91 in English you might not get .9

Thanks, I'll definitely try and improve in English.

 

[ExtremelyBoredUser]

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They're called the ActuallyNotBoredOfStudying posts.

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[hehe43]

Depends if you're talking raw or scaled. If they are raw internal marks then it depends a lot on your school. If they are scaled marks then chuck them in an atar calculator and see if it puts out 99.90+. If they're raw external marks then they'd probably be good enough, just double check with rawmarks.info and an atar calculator.

Also depends what your "other subject" is, not all scaled marks are equal.

 

[carrotsss]

Depends if you're talking raw or scaled. If they are raw internal marks then it depends a lot on your school. If they are scaled marks then chuck them in an atar calculator and see if it puts out 99.90+. If they're raw external marks then they'd probably be good enough, just double check with rawmarks.info and an atar calculator.

Also depends what your "other subject" is, not all scaled marks are equal.

I believe they are referring to scaled marks in the actual definition (eg the ones from the UAC scaling reports which are hidden, but are what’s used to determine your percentile for your ATAR), and aligned marks (the technical name for the “scaled” marks on rawmarks) for their goals, I may be wrong though

For determining marks for really high ATAR goals scaled marks are pretty important rather than just ATAR calculators, as you can usually get a more precise estimate by determining the marks yourself using the UAC scaling report as calculators have flaws (eg ATAR compass includes the last 5 years, some of which are old syllabus and different difficulty)

 

[hehe43]

I believe they are referring to scaled marks in the actual definition (eg the ones from the UAC scaling reports which are hidden, but are what’s used to determine your percentile for your ATAR), and aligned marks (the technical name for the “scaled” marks on rawmarks) for their goals, I may be wrong though

For determining marks for really high ATAR goals scaled marks are pretty important rather than just ATAR calculators, as you can usually get a more precise estimate by determining the marks yourself using the UAC scaling report as calculators have flaws (eg ATAR compass includes the last 5 years, some of which are old syllabus and different difficulty)

Atar calculators are based off uac's data, all they do is convert scaled marks to atar contributions. Uac recently released a calculator themselves, so it's really unnecessary to calculate from the data oneself.

 

[carrotsss]

Atar calculators are based off uac's data, all they do is convert scaled marks to atar contributions. Uac recently released a calculator themselves, so it's really unnecessary to calculate from the data oneself.

• Pedantic but ATAR calculators convert aligned marks (the marks you actually get) to ATAR, scaled marks are ATAR contributions
• ATAR compass includes the last 5 years, some of which are old syllabus and different difficulty. Like for example, physics 2022 is very different to 2018 physics. This isn’t unfounded, many people posted getting lower atars than predicted by ATAR compass last year
• I’d agree that its not at all necessary to convert the data oneself, but as I said, for high ATAR goals it gives more precise insights into which subjects are lowering your ATAR (which ATAR compass doesn’t give at all) and because of the tight gaps between marks at the top, precision is pretty important for working out goals

But yeah I guess you’re right, it isn’t necessary but imo it is an interesting thing to do and gives a better understanding

 

[hehe43]

• Pedantic but ATAR calculators convert aligned marks (the marks you actually get) to ATAR, scaled marks are ATAR contributions
• ATAR compass includes the last 5 years, some of which are old syllabus and different difficulty. Like for example, physics 2022 is very different to 2018 physics. This isn’t unfounded, many people posted getting lower atars than predicted by ATAR compass last year
• I’d agree that its not at all necessary to convert the data oneself, but as I said, for high ATAR goals it gives more precise insights into which subjects are lowering your ATAR (which ATAR compass doesn’t give at all) and because of the tight gaps between marks at the top, precision is pretty important for working out goals

But yeah I guess you’re right, it isn’t necessary but imo it is an interesting thing to do and gives a better understanding

If you want to compare years you can use hsc ninja, and if you want to convert the data oneself I'd recommend using graphs such as the one attached rather than uac's data.

 

[carrotsss]

If you want to compare years you can use hsc ninja, and if you want to convert the data oneself I'd recommend using graphs such as the one attached rather than uac's data.

Hsc ninja unfortunately hasn’t been updated since 2019 but I do use a similar graph

 

[synthesisFR]

If you want to compare years you can use hsc ninja, and if you want to convert the data oneself I'd recommend using graphs such as the one attached rather than uac's data.

can u send this to me for english, math 3u 4u bio chem eco pls

 

[carrotsss]

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zupPYCLi8EjbgULFMxoZP9DZ7iAHubxA enjoy

why doesn’t it have maths ext lol

 

[synthesisFR]

how u guys have access to all this top secret premium resources

 

[Eagle Mum]

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[Run hard@thehsc]

yh the marks are good, but at the moment its better to focus on the intermittent goals (i.e. ensure you master a module before an internal task).....and then as you are about to do the HSC, revisit your stance.... Just do as best as you can, which will only ever make you better without the unwarranted stress.

 

[nathanzhou1234]

I take English Advanced, 4U Maths, and Biology. I also accelerated a subject last year and got a mark that should scale to 48+/50.

My current aims:
English: 94 (realistically looking at a 91-92)
3U: 98+
4U: 95+
Bio: 96+

Would this be enough for a 99.90?

I think yes with 98+ 4U