in his defense 2u papers from ruse probably caters to the weaker students given that the majority do 4u. never seen a ruse 2u paper but it could be pretty normal post y11
i think it can be strongly argued that high atar doesnt make u the best doctor, where empathy would be important
also high-ranked positions and academic excellence dont really go together. see our politicians. high-ranking positions is ultimately about swinging people to your side which can be...
cohort only really drags u down if you dont pull a distance away from the dumb part of the cohort in internal assessments. then arguably you are part of that part of the cohort and its not really being dragged
alternatively ur school could have rubbish assessments/marking which screw this part...
nah u dont take the average of external 2 and 3 as internal 2. it depends on the distance between 1 and 2 and 2 and 3. If internally (school assessments) 1&2 got 93%, 92%, 3 got 70%. Externally lets say 1,2,3 go 93,92,80. 2 will probably end up on a hsc mark of 92.
well conceivably you would want that 95+ to translate into some sort of degree? something which may perhaps have chem as a useful thing to know about (which is why I asked this question).