How badly will doing standard English affect my ATAR? :( (1 Viewer)

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Hi, I'm doing 3u math, 1u SOR, ancient history, physics and english.

I was wondering if it's possible to get a 90+ atar with standard?

When people tell me that they know people doing standard english and getting a 90+ atar, their other subjects were usually 4u math, chem, etc. All the other high scaling subjects to make up for it.
 
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youll be ok

i did standard and was coming about 50/100 and still got a good uai
 
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Really badly.

If I got the same mark in advanced I would've gotten 95+.

If I got that same raw mark I would've gotten 96+.

But yeah, I got above 90 (okay, I guess) and I did standard.
But I also did Extension 1 & 2 Maths, Chemistry, and Biology.

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And yeah. Everyone that does well in standard does 4u ! D: I'm doomed!

My school rank is 100-110 btw
 

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Can someone give me an estimate of how well I would have to do in my other subjects to make up for standard English?
 

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just get like 80+ in standard and ace the rest of ur subs, and your atar should be good
 

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What if I'm aiming for an ATAR of 91.00?
really you should have no problem, Standard is more easily marked, so as long as you can keep 90+ in it, and smash the externals you could get alot higher than 91 since your doing 4 unit.
 

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really you should have no problem, Standard is more easily marked, so as long as you can keep 90+ in it, and smash the externals you could get alot higher than 91 since your doing 4 unit.
I'm not doing 4u :\
 

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Advanced aligns much better than Standard, but you should be fine as long as you get high marks.
 

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When I was doing the HSC, a student managed atar 97, and that was with a subject combo similar to yours, except without the 3 unit maths. They were an all-rounder, also.

So, get 90+ in all your subjects and you're set. =]
 

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I'll be there with bells on (but not on because I'll be naked).

And yeah. Everyone that does well in standard does 4u ! D: I'm doomed!

My school rank is 100-110 btw
Yeah, you're fucked. lol

just get like 80+ in standard and ace the rest of ur subs, and your atar should be good
~80 in standard is equivalent to ~80 ATAR (maybe less). There is a big gap in scaling between marks in Standard.

e.g. My external scaled to 76.2 (same mark in advanced scaled to ~76.2), my internal scaled to ~59 (same mark in adv scaled to ~64.3).

My external was 86 and my internal was 80. That's not that much of a difference, and it gets fucked up.

Uh.....no......If so...we should have way more than 60 of band 6 standard english students per year.
That has to do with aligning..

But seriously, I think they're not marked that differently, considering I got 10/15 for my essay on the The Crucible (marked with advanced papers) and it was my worst essay (and belonging to place did not fit at all), and I got ~17 each in my standard essays.

So like, standard is probs only marked a small fraction easier.
 
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Shouldnt be a problem - sure standard has terrible aligning but you can definitely get over 90 with the subject.
 

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What rank in school would I need for English to avoid being scaled down? :S
 

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How is the scaling for Standard English different from ESL?

I heard it doesnt affect your atar as much as Standard does :p
 
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What rank in school would I need for English to avoid being scaled down? :S
Its very hard to say, just do your best and try not to worry about it too much - these things are out of your control.
 

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How is the scaling for Standard English different from ESL?

I heard it doesnt affect your atar as much as Standard does :p
Its very hard to say, just do your best and try not to worry about it too much - these things are out of your control.
 

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