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99 atar without math? (1 Viewer)

lolmichelle

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Hello :)

After (finally) dropping maths midway of year 11, the subjects I am now doing are as follow :

- chemistry
- biology
- ancient
- modern
- extension english

= 11 units.

My atar goal is above 99. Currently, im doing well in all subjects, coming top 10 out of a grade of 410 (huge i know). Just wondering if anyone who did similar subjects was able to achieve this atar or if you have any idea about how i can actually get 99? any help at all is heaps appreciated

Thank you!! :))

Michelle
 

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If you are consistently getting 90%+ (preferably 95%+) you can definitely get a 99 atar without maths. It will be hard though (getting 99 with maths is hard as well) so you'd best study your arse off and do well.
 

lolmichelle

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righto, so all that talk about "doing maths pushes up your atar because everyone who does 2u/3u is smart and so you get a higher atar" is wrong??
 

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righto, so all that talk about "doing maths pushes up your atar because everyone who does 2u/3u is smart and so you get a higher atar" is wrong??
Who said that? You still generally need to do well in a subject to get a high ATAR with it. It's just that you may not need such a high raw mark to do so if it has good scaling.
 

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There's a girl called Natalie Buckett who got 99.95 with just English Advanced and Extensions and some languages... without maths.
 

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There's a girl called Natalie Buckett who got 99.95 with just English Advanced and Extensions and some languages... without maths.
Languages typically scale more than maths.
 

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But the Maths Extensions are the highest scaling subjects...
 

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