Will food tech ruin my ATAR? (1 Viewer)

[Lara34]

I am currently in yr 11 and I have 12 units, my subjects are:
Maths adv
English adv
Bio
Chem
Food tech
SOR 2

I do not know what course I want to do, so I would like a high atar to keep my options open.

Will food tech ruin my ATAR because of scaling? I am reading lots of stuff about scaling and its making me so stressed. The thing is I want 12 units as a backup. Should I consider dropping food tech next year?

 

[carrotsss]

nah just put in lots of effort (the same as you would for a hard subject) and make sure u do really really well in it and it’ll offset the scaling

 

[Lara34]

okay thank youu

 

[Lara34]

also if I rank first and the rest of the cohort does poorly will this impact me?

 

[nitto]

I am currently in yr 11 and I have 12 units, my subjects are:
Maths adv
English adv
Bio
Chem
Food tech
SOR 2

I do not know what course I want to do, so I would like a high atar to keep my options open.

Will food tech ruin my ATAR because of scaling? I am reading lots of stuff about scaling and its making me so stressed. The thing is I want 12 units as a backup. Should I consider dropping food tech next year?

nope, you can get high ATAR with any combination, you just have to be ready to put in a lot of work! regardless of whether or not a subject scales well, it just means that you would have to try a little bit harder. also, based on the list of subjects you gave us, it seems like food tech might be a good 'relaxing subject', which my friends also do. if its something you enjoy keep at it

 

[Lara34]

nope, you can get high ATAR with any combination, you just have to be ready to put in a lot of work! regardless of whether or not a subject scales well, it just means that you would have to try a little bit harder. also, based on the list of subjects you gave us, it seems like food tech might be a good 'relaxing subject', which my friends also do. if its something you enjoy keep at it

thank you for the advice! yeah it is a pretty relaxed subject

 

[carrotsss]

also if I rank first and the rest of the cohort does poorly will this impact me?

nope, if you rank first both internally and in the hsc exam then your mark will just be your own hsc mark