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How accurate are SAM/UMAX? (2 Viewers)

boganxcore

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yeah med.
hahahaha thanks.
hoping i didn't screw up the interview.
hope you guys get into whatever you guys want.
i have such a high expectation of myself... leads to my downfall :p
medical science ftw!!! im not smart enough to get straight into med lulz
 

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Ok i am so confused i get:

Umax: 83.75
Sam: 81.50
Einst: 83. 25

But how much does it change tomorrow when our school rank (where our school came in the state) is taken into consideration??? does it have that much of an effect?
 

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Ok i am so confused i get:

Umax: 83.75
Sam: 81.50
Einst: 83. 25

But how much does it change tomorrow when our school rank (where our school came in the state) is taken into consideration??? does it have that much of an effect?
School rank is determined by your school's marks. School ranking really only matters for your assessment mark because usually it will be higher because you've got a smarter group. Your school rank was basically considered for your hsc/assessment rank. Therefore, school ranking has no bearing on your atar.
 

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UAI 90.30, MATRIX uai: 90.40/ATAR: 91.20 (LOL WHAT?), that Einstein estimator: 91.10

I would die for a 91, I'll be happy. But i have a feeling I wont get that mark.
 

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ok cool so does that mean that these calculators are accurate like a couple of points off or not??
 

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ok cool so does that mean that these calculators are accurate like a couple of points off or not??
They're not precise, but I figure that they're a good estimation.
 

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my atar estimate on umax is 95.85 and SAM says uai 95.50

i got one band 6, two band 5s, and three band E3s. i did 11 units.

does this sound reasonable? i did 4u maths .
 

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I keep getting around 97-98.. But I don't understand how it aligns with my results? Am i doing something wrong?
 

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I tried out both UMAX and SAM and the estimates had a 0.2 difference of an ATAR > 78
 

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i heard SAM give pretty accurate estimations
 

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