question about subjects (1 Viewer)

[primeobjective]

hi everyone, i know there have been quite a few threads about standard and advanced english and so on but i dont really understand and would like to clear this up. firstly i am currently doin advanced english and ranked around 60/80. i am sitting in class and not really understanding what the teacher is going on about and really not enjoying it, then when an assesment or assignment is given out i dont really understand it and get aaverage marks. (however in saying this i got 2 fairly good marks when i didt really understand and talked crap for 1500 words) so for these reasons i think i should drop to standard. i know i hav red threads wer poeple are like "no, never drop to standard, it will be the worst decision of your life" and all that but i am confident that i can be ranked in the top5 of the year. so my question is is it better to be ranked top 5 in standard or 60/80 in advanced. also if i could ask for another favour. i don t really understand how they calculate your ATAR or scaling etc. so could someone plz tell me wot ranks or raw marks i wud need in the following subjects to achieve an ATAR of 80. my unjects are general maths, SOR 1, mod hist, business , pe and lets say standard english thanks in advance
p.s. my school is ranked 160ish

 

[youngminii]

If you're 100% sure you can be ranked top 5 in standard, then you should drop.
That said, if you're bad at Advanced English then you probably won't do good in Standard English. They're not that different.

 

[annabackwards]

If you're 100% sure you can be ranked top 5 in standard, then you should drop.
That said, if you're bad at Advanced English then you probably won't do good in Standard English. They're not that different.

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Make sure you don't mind the texts you'll be doing in standard... your marks may come down to whether you like the texts or not.