Any real-world 'smart' people feel really inferior on BOS? (1 Viewer)

[ag6858]

At my school, I'm considered relatively smart and hardworking, in the 70th-80th percentile at a top 150 school. However, whenever I go on here I feel like such a dumb shit reading page after page of 95+ ATAR prediction, making my mid-80s prediction seem really pathetic. I'm not hugey fussed as I only need 75 for my course but I was wondering if any others feel the same, going from big fish in a small pond to a small fish in a big pond

 

[seventhroot]

lol; ofc because ATAR == Success

 

[kalstar]

fuck the haters

 

[LizzyGrant]

BoS is the cream of the crop (excl Ruse), everyone here has high expectations whether or not they achieve them. Don't let it get you down because there are a lot of us here that didn't perform as well as we thought we would (ego's bigger than our heads).

 

[obliviousninja]

I thought I was pretty average tbh. My atar was far better than expected. Sole reason why I didnt apply for BAcc. Was thinking high 80s.

You can say all this stuff about feeling dumb. But once you get to uni, the only dumb ones are those who ask for your atar

 

[seventhroot]

I thought I was pretty average tbh. My atar was far better than expected. Sole reason why I didnt apply for BAcc. Was thinking high 80s.

You can say all this stuff about feeling dumb. But once you get to uni, the only dumb ones are those who ask for your atar

this

 

[LizzyGrant]

this

Pretty much cos it's the only thing they have done well in up to that point

 

[seventhroot]

Pretty much cos it's the only thing they have done well in up to that point

this also. I have seen many tutor-reliant students just not succeed (in engo at least) because they didn't know how to put the effort in since everything was spoonfed to them

 

[ManDarren]

if all fails, there is always UWS.

 

[LizzyGrant]

if all fails, there is always UWS.

oi

 

[raggiedoll]

Intelligence comes in many different forms.

 

[BLIT2014]

ATAR isn't a measure of smartness, mainly the amount of effort you put in.

 

[Maxwell]

Just because somebody has/expects a high ATAR doesn't mean they're smart. A lot of people that get 'high' atars are actually not that socially intelligent/real life intelligent. And, as people have pointed out, a lot of them have to be spoon fed information due to them having tutors, etc.


I go to a rural school and teach myself. There's nothing wrong with aiming high

 

[enigma_1]

Just because somebody has/expects a high ATAR doesn't mean they're smart. A lot of people that get 'high' atars are actually not that socially intelligent/real life intelligent. And, as people have pointed out, a lot of them have to be spoon fed information due to them having tutors, etc.


I go to a rural school and teach myself. There's nothing wrong with aiming high

^ This guy's really very intelligent ))))

 

[futuremidwife]

ATAR isn't a measure of smartness, mainly the amount of effort you put in.

True. My brother is the smartest person I know (and I've met people from Ruse, North Sydney etc), and he received an ATAR of 45 only because couldn't give 2 fucks about anything. In saying that, he was very passionate about woodwork, and he would work on his major every chance he got to perfect it. The end result was that he won an award, and he received band 6. Goes to show that its only really about the effort you put in, and not how smart you are.

At the end of the day, an ATAR is a rank. It shows you where you are amongst everyone else. It is not a measure of intelligence. After you recieve an offer for uni, ATAR won't matter. Also, you could still get a shitty ATAR and make your way to the course you want. My mate, received a 52, completed one year of B/Sci, and has now transferred to Law/Arts. He put minimal effort in HSC, and he still got to where he wanted. It doesn't really matter. Don't waste your time reading those "99.95 only, will be so disappointed if I got 99.90" threads because BOS has sadly been transformed into a tafe-hating, ATAR below 95 shaming, negative environment, and make people feel less smart than what they actually are.

 

[photastic]

The atar is about luck. If you luckily have easy markers you get easy marks, hence easy atar.

 

[QZP]

ATAR isn't a measure of smartness, mainly the amount of effort you put in.

Rebuttal for the sake of discussion: My friend cared very little for the HSC (played games all throughout year 12 and worked a job) and ended up with an ATAR in the 95's (note: he was never tutored being white lol).

And honestly I think I could pull off the same. The effort of me reaching 95 could be a fraction of what it takes someone to reach 85 due to natural aptitude (not being cocky). And you see this type of thing all the time. How many of you have a friend that tries really hard but fails to get any results? There are so many people whose work ethics I admire but I am still leagues ahead of them

 

[futuremidwife]

Rebuttal for the sake of discussion: My friend cared very little for the HSC (played games all throughout year 12 and worked a job) and ended up with an ATAR in the 95's (note: he was never tutored being white lol).

And honestly I think I could pull off the same. The effort of me reaching 95 could be a fraction of what it takes someone to reach 85 due to natural aptitude (not being cocky). And you see this type of thing all the time. How many of you have a friend that tries really hard but fails to get any results? There are so many people whose work ethics I admire but I am still leagues ahead of them

You're right. I have a friend like you. However, people like my friend, and you are considered apart of the 0.5% (maybe even lower) of the HSC population that are "naturally smart". And you hardly find people like that (in my 17 years of life I have met only 2 people who are naturally smart). So, for the remainder of the 99.95%, we have to put in the effort because its the only way we can reach ATAR's well above the 90's. That's why we generalise and say "HSC is all about the effort".

I envy you btw. Good luck in your HSC!

 

[LizzyGrant]

Rebuttal for the sake of discussion: My friend cared very little for the HSC (played games all throughout year 12 and worked a job) and ended up with an ATAR in the 95's (note: he was never tutored being white lol).

And honestly I think I could pull off the same. The effort of me reaching 95 could be a fraction of what it takes someone to reach 85 due to natural aptitude (not being cocky). And you see this type of thing all the time. How many of you have a friend that tries really hard but fails to get any results? There are so many people whose work ethics I admire but I am still leagues ahead of them

<<<LOOL

 

[faisalabdul16]

True. My brother is the smartest person I know (and I've met people from Ruse, North Sydney etc), and he received an ATAR of 45 only because couldn't give 2 fucks about anything. In saying that, he was very passionate about woodwork, and he would work on his major every chance he got to perfect it. The end result was that he won an award, and he received band 6. Goes to show that its only really about the effort you put in, and not how smart you are.

At the end of the day, an ATAR is a rank. It shows you where you are amongst everyone else. It is not a measure of intelligence. After you recieve an offer for uni, ATAR won't matter. Also, you could still get a shitty ATAR and make your way to the course you want. My mate, received a 52, completed one year of B/Sci, and has now transferred to Law/Arts. He put minimal effort in HSC, and he still got to where he wanted. It doesn't really matter. Don't waste your time reading those "99.95 only, will be so disappointed if I got 99.90" threads because BOS has sadly been transformed into a tafe-hating, ATAR below 95 shaming, negative environment, and make people feel less smart than what they actually are.

Seems like you don't know many people lel


Just an excuse for those who regret not studying in year 12 lel