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The ATAR Reports and Scaling tables are now available from: http://www.uac.edu.au/undergraduate/atar/reports.shtml


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The median ATAR was 68.95
There were 14 females and 33 males who received 99.95 (A total of 47)
The median ATAR for females was 70.3 and 67.20 for males.
16.5% received an ATAR of 90+
32.8% received an ATAR of 80+
48.4% received an ATAR of 70+
 
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we are able to access information about what subjects contributed toward out ATAR and the extent they did, tomorrow right? on the uac website? kinda wanna know if one of my subjects counted or not!
 

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people in gen maths did better than last year, finally understand why my atar was lower than predicted
 

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There were 14 females and 33 males who received 99.95 (A total of 47)
The median ATAR for females was 70.3 and 67.20 for males.
Proves that the smartest people are men, but the smarter overall gender will be women.
 

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Can someone explain why I didn't come equal first in a course when my mark was the same as the max mark?

No clue but its happened before in business studies at my school..
 

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Can someone explain why I didn't come equal first in a course when my mark was the same as the max mark?
Favouritism? Some schools also like to separate ranks 1 and 2, as the exam results are averaged I believe to attain a moderated assessment mark that ends up being the distributor (could be wrong - I asked about this in the beginning of the year as I was tied 1st in Biology). In this way a higher distributor mark can be attained which is generally better for everybody.
 
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How can 48.4% of people receive >70 ATAR? Isn't an ATAR defined exactly so that only 30% of people can receive >70 ATAR?

According to basically everything, an ATAR is a percentile rank. Am I missing something?

edit: similarly, how can 16% of people get >90 - it therefore follows that 16% of the state beat 90% of the state. what.
 
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How can 48.4% of people receive >70 ATAR? Isn't an ATAR defined exactly so that only 30% of people can receive >70 ATAR?

According to basically everything, an ATAR is a percentile rank. Am I missing something?

edit: similarly, how can 16% of people get >90 - it therefore follows that 16% of the state beat 90% of the state. what.
The ATAR ranks your position relative to the year 7 cohort, not just those who finished year 12
 

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The ATAR ranks your position relative to the year 7 cohort, not just those who finished year 12
Expanding on this, it basically accounts for the students that have already dropped out
 

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Can someone explain why I didn't come equal first in a course when my mark was the same as the max mark?
Your HSC Mark as it appears is rounded to a whole number. But the HSC Mark is actually taken to a decimal place. That was my understanding of it but I'm sure some on here have a better working knowledge of the HSC/ATAR system.
 

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Can someone explain why I didn't come equal first in a course when my mark was the same as the max mark?
They are to one decimal place, so whilst you might have gotten a max 'reported' mark, your mark is at least 0.05 off the person who came first.
 

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