to get a 99 ATAR is it true that you need a band 6 in 10units? (1 Viewer)

[zeezee]

People are telling me that only by gettin above 90 is all your ten units will you get a 99 ATAR

true or false?

 

[Tofuu]

excluding subjects such as ext2 math, getting 90 in decenety scaled subjects would probably get you 99 atar

 

[elmoateme]

A friend of mine got 99.4 with an 88 in English, and those were her only units of English. There were quite a few people from my school who just missed out on an all-rounders award but got over 99. Go play around on SAM to get a feel for it, but its quite possible. In fact, its possible to get 99.95 without an english band 6, but that involves lots of 98's.

 

[mckensara]

false but it sure helps

 

[Aerath]

Not true at all. My friend got 89 in Economics, and he got 99.8. [Though he did get state ranks in both English Advanced and Extension 1]

 

[annabackwards]

False as the others have said

 

[GUSSSSSSSSSSSSS]

well i think the question has been well and truly answered but, just to add more weight to the argument:
i dun get band 6 in english and i get 99+
.:. very possible xD

 

[annabackwards]

well i think the question has been well and truly answered but, just to add more weight to the argument:
i dun get band 6 in english and i get 99+
.:. very possible xD

Go using maths signs in a proof!

 

[clintmyster]

you will need probably band 6 in 8 units and perhaps do hist extn, a distinction course or MX2/EX2 to sneak in a band 6. I don't think just low 90's will cut it seeing that I missed out with 4 band 6's and MX2 of 92. You'd really need 92-93 marks or two 95+ marks and two 90-91 marks for low scaling subjects.

 

[abhi23]

False. I didn't get band six in four of my units that counted towards ATAR (99.05), but my other ones were all 92+.
(my chem 6 didnt count)

 

[swathard]

It is false, provided you have high-scaling subjects, as has already been pointed out. However, if you've got subjects such as mine, e.g. Business Studies and Legal Studies, there is no way that you will get 99 ATAR if you don't get a band 6 for these (unless you've got like 98-100 in the others, which is quite unlikely haha!)

 

[ninetypercent]

not neccessarily

 

[The Nomad]

For 2009, ATAR of 99.8:

Maths Extension 1 = 100
Maths Extension 2 = 97
Chemistry = 94
Physics = 96
English = 89