I received a 99.5 ATAR, so I suppose this is my two cents on this situation.
First of all, realistically speaking, unless you go to a highly ranked selective school, getting average or below average for Task 1 in all of your subjects drastically reduces your chances at getting a 99+ ATAR. I...
Some of the points here are invalid.
1. Once you have already started a course for a couple of years and want to change, by that time, your ATAR has expired. You will NOT be able to use it - instead you will have to undertake the postgraduate route as I have mentioned.
2. Absolutely true...
Completely agree with @iloveeggs on this one.
You shouldn't aim for 90+ just for the sake of getting it. If 60 gets you into your course, there is no point in stressing yourself out and wasting time on something that will be useless anyways. If you think that getting the high ATAR itself is a...