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How is your school ranked? Definitely depends on ur ranks and cohort strength
I don't understand how this school ranking stuff works and how it effects your atar. My school ranked top 40 last year and my cohort is extremely smart. Like how much difference could that make?
 

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I don't understand how this school ranking stuff works and how it effects your atar. My school ranked top 40 last year and my cohort is extremely smart. Like how much difference could that make?
Very simplified ur atar is a collation of 50% internal school marks and 50% ur performance in the HSCs. Ur internal school mark is decided by ur rank for a subject, say 12/70 for Biology, and then you recieve the mark of the person with the 12th top score in the HSCs. So ur hsc is 50% ur hsc mark and 50% the 12th person's hsc mark.

The better your school, the better you'll do and there's also scaling involved. For example the 50/70 for James Ruse is in a very competitive environment and will have their internal school mark with a multiplier to do better than the 50/70 for a 100s school. Lots of more complex stuff but I think thats the basics
 

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Very simplified ur atar is a collation of 50% internal school marks and 50% ur performance in the HSCs. Ur internal school mark is decided by ur rank for a subject, say 12/70 for Biology, and then you recieve the mark of the person with the 12th top score in the HSCs. So ur hsc is 50% ur hsc mark and 50% the 12th person's hsc mark.

The better your school, the better you'll do and there's also scaling involved. For example the 50/70 for James Ruse is in a very competitive environment and will have their internal school mark with a multiplier to do better than the 50/70 for a 100s school. Lots of more complex stuff but I think thats the basics
Ahh okay awesome. Thanks for the explanation!
 

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I don't understand how this school ranking stuff works and how it effects your atar. My school ranked top 40 last year and my cohort is extremely smart. Like how much difference could that make?
if ur mid of the pack, a lot.
 

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but like how does it work, so if I get a raw 90 in eco, business and math standard 2 (IN HSC EXAM), and my internals r like 70-80, I can get a 90 atar?
so when u complete your hsc you get a RAW mark. this is the exact mark u get in the exam. then, depending on your school, it will get either pulled up or down. if u go to a very good school and do poorly in your hsc, your mark will be pulled up significantly, but the higher your raw mark, the less effect this will have. then this SCALED mark will be averaged with your adjusted internals mark (this is the trials, mid-years and everything in between) to get your final score to be judged for the ATAR. im pretty sure this is how it works
 

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so when u complete your hsc you get a RAW mark. this is the exact mark u get in the exam. then, depending on your school, it will get either pulled up or down. if u go to a very good school and do poorly in your hsc, your mark will be pulled up significantly, but the higher your raw mark, the less effect this will have. then this SCALED mark will be averaged with your adjusted internals mark (this is the trials, mid-years and everything in between) to get your final score to be judged for the ATAR. im pretty sure this is how it works
so looking at my scenario do u think a 85 atar is possible considering this?
 

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guys how bad is it if i make up statistics in the cafs exam. or like misremember them. because no way am i remembering there's an estimated 3.3 million people aged between 15 - 24 in australia i'm cooked
 

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guys how bad is it if i make up statistics in the cafs exam. or like misremember them. because no way am i remembering there's an estimated 3.3 million people aged between 15 - 24 in australia i'm cooked
icl u look like sabrina carpenter if she took drugs
 

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