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[falius]

Is it impossible to get 99 ATAR if my ranking in school is not amazing (as in top 10-ish)...
My school ranking is 40-50's and my ranks are not super high. Still waiting on trial results though and also yet to do some but I'm not sure if that would make much of a difference.
Also is the internal assessment part based on rank as well? Or marks?

 

[barbernator]

what are your ranks? and no, school rank does not determine anything, just cohort strength. It very much depends on your ranking and your subjects

 

[falius]

So if my ranking is poo I can't get a "good" ATAR?

Ranks are around:
English Advanced: 60/200
Math: 40/150
Math Extension 1: 30/60
Biology: Top 5/100
Chemistry: 20/80
Physics: 30/60

Not including trials...Is it possible to get a good rank after trials because I think I did pretty well...

 

[deswa1]

So if my ranking is poo I can't get a "good" ATAR?

Ranks are around:
English Advanced: 60/200
Math: 40/150
Math Extension 1: 30/60
Biology: Top 5/100
Chemistry: 20/80
Physics: 30/60

Not including trials...Is it possible to get a good rank after trials because I think I did pretty well...

Yes you can get a good ATAR but no I very highly doubt you'll get 99 with those ranks in a school ranked in the 40's - hopefully you can prove us wrong though.

Good luck

 

[D94]

You most likely won't get 99 ATAR. I attended a top 40ish school and those who achieved 99+ were the top 5 or so of their subjects (bar English). And forget about ranks for a moment, they all achieved HSC marks in the order of mid-90s. That's what you need to achieve even with good ranks.

 

[someth1ng]

Unless you can magically smash the externals, you won't get 99+.

 

[falius]

Ahh thanks everyone. So if I can get a decent rank and do well in the external (all band 6 for example) I can still get 95+?
Because I seemed to be getting the impression from the other estimates that if your rank isn't top 10% there's no chance of a 'good' atar...

 

[someth1ng]

Ahh thanks everyone. So if I can get a decent rank and do well in the external (all band 6 for example) I can still get 95+?
Because I seemed to be getting the impression from the other estimates that if your rank isn't top 10% there's no chance of a 'good' atar...

Define "good atar", you can probably get around 90 with those ranks.