Recent content by atarguide

If you are confident in your ability to do well in those subjects, then go for it! Honestly, it's hard to tell whether certain subjects are low-scaling. Your best bet for great-scaling subjects are always Chemistry and Physics. However, as long as the people in your subjects do well, scaling...

That's actually my school too. You're right about only the best units of subjects counting. From UAC: "Our ATAR is based on an aggregate of scaled marks* in 10 units of ATAR courses comprising: your best two units of English and your best eight units from the remaining units. " Count your...

Yes. It's possible for very high ATARs to be achieved in any school, as long as you focus on getting the highest possible marks AND outperforming your subject cohorts. Scaling is the main problem with attending a low-ranked school, but it shouldn't matter as long as your own personal performance...

That depends on scaling. Generally, your worst two subjects don't count if you have four subjects that can sufficiently make up the ATAR.

Hey, there. I'm a student from the ACT, too (year 12). I don't know if you'll see this, but I'll help you where I can. :) The scaling of your subjects do matter. All the subjects you've chosen aren't particularly known for their great scaling, but as long as everyone in those subjects is...