Can I get a 99+ ATAR

[stressedyeareight]

PLEASE ANSWER

I am currently in Year 10 and I plan to get into Arts/Law which requires a 99+ ATAR?
Unlike my other peers, I have not received good grades from a young age.
I plan to do subjects along the lines of: Latin, French, Legal Studies, History, English and Literature.
I currently get A’s in these subjects.

If I started working incredibly hard from now on, would it be possible to get a 99+ ATAR?
Or is it too late to beat my peers who are already ahead of me?
Also how can I start studying for these subjects now

[Quinapalus]

I am currently in Year 10 and I plan to get into Arts/Law which requires a 99+ ATAR?
Unlike my other peers, I have not received good grades from a young age.
I plan to do subjects along the lines of: Latin, French, Legal Studies, History, English and Literature.
I currently get A’s in these subjects.
If I started working incredibly hard from now on, would it be possible to get a 99+ ATAR?
Or is it too late to beat my peers who are already ahead of me?

100% possible!!!

You can do it!!!

[Joseph41]

I am currently in Year 10 and I plan to get into Arts/Law which requires a 99+ ATAR?
Unlike my other peers, I have not received good grades from a young age.
I plan to do subjects along the lines of: Latin, French, Legal Studies, History, English and Literature.
I currently get A’s in these subjects.
If I started working incredibly hard from now on, would it be possible to get a 99+ ATAR?
Or is it too late to beat my peers who are already ahead of me?

Hey there! Totally understandable question. Here are my thoughts.

* Year 10 is still a pretty long way away from Year 12, so there's *heaps* of time to get yourself sorted for your Units 3&4 subjects.
* Past performance in earlier levels of high school does not also directly correlate to VCE performance. I can think of many students who smashed it in Year 9-10 and then didn't do so well in VCE, and, importantly, vice versa.
* Your subjects look fine, but only if you enjoy them! Honestly, the best strategy for Year 12 is picking subjects you (a) need for uni, (b) enjoy, and/or (c) are good at.
* It's awesome that you want to do well, and it's also fantastic to work hard! Good results will come. But don't feel as though you need to be studying 24/7 or whatever. Again, you have time on your side, and you don't want to try to do too much, too soon.

[AngelWings]

I am currently in Year 10 and I plan to get into Arts/Law which requires a 99+ ATAR?

Seconding what everyone's said.

Side note: the BLaw (Hons)/BA doesn't need a 99+ ATAR - have a look. (I assumed Monash to be the one you're asking for, seeing as you want a double degree and said a really high ATAR, despite the course also being offered elsewhere.)   

[Willba99]

Hey there! Totally understandable question. Here are my thoughts.

* Year 10 is still a pretty long way away from Year 12, so there's *heaps* of time to get yourself sorted for your Units 3&4 subjects.
* Past performance in earlier levels of high school does not also directly correlate to VCE performance. I can think of many students who smashed it in Year 9-10 and then didn't do so well in VCE, and, importantly, vice versa.
* Your subjects look fine, but only if you enjoy them! Honestly, the best strategy for Year 12 is picking subjects you (a) need for uni, (b) enjoy, and/or (c) are good at.
* It's awesome that you want to do well, and it's also fantastic to work hard! Good results will come. But don't feel as though you need to be studying 24/7 or whatever. Again, you have time on your side, and you don't want to try to do too much, too soon.

I'd like to back up what Joseph said about only doing subjects if you enjoy them. I've got a friend who didn't do the classical "high-achieving" subjects - Methods, Chem, Spesh, etc. (as they didn't interest him) and still got a score above 97. Scaling is all well and good but doing subjects that make learning enjoyable is much more important

[Joseph41]

I'd like to back up what Joseph said about only doing subjects if you enjoy them. I've got a friend who didn't do the classical "high-achieving" subjects - Methods, Chem, Spesh, etc. (as they didn't interest him) and still got a score above 97. Scaling is all well and good but doing subjects that make learning enjoyable is much more important

Yeah! Literally only one of my subjects scaled up (EngLang - not by heaps), and I did fine. I would have done way worse had I tried to do those subjects that traditionally scale up a lot.

[Quantum44]

PLEASE ANSWER

I am currently in Year 10 and I plan to get into Arts/Law which requires a 99+ ATAR?
Unlike my other peers, I have not received good grades from a young age.
I plan to do subjects along the lines of: Latin, French, Legal Studies, History, English and Literature.
I currently get A’s in these subjects.

If I started working incredibly hard from now on, would it be possible to get a 99+ ATAR?
Or is it too late to beat my peers who are already ahead of me?
Also how can I start studying for these subjects now

There’s no need to stress at all. Your grades in the early years of high school have very little bearing on what you can get in VCE. If you are already getting As in all your subjects, it sounds like you are doing well and are in a good position to start working hard in year 11 to push for a 99+ ATAR. I remember in year 10, I was a pretty mediocre Latin student and got a C+ at the end of the year, but I worked incredibly hard at it in year 12 and managed to get a study score of 38, which scaled up to 51. It’s never too late to start working hard.

[brynstar]

I also did Latin, French and Literature!

You're obviously going to have to work hard but it's definitely achievable if you're already getting As. I picked up Latin in year 10 via distance ed and was still struggling with it at the start of year 12 but ended up with 3 As and a study score of 35 (scaled 49.63). You might be able to do even better!
With Lit, my main advice would be to read a lot of literary criticism about your texts but you don't necessarily need to do that on year 10.
It might be worth getting tutoring for your subjects in year 12 but for now you should be fine as long as you keep consolidating what you're learning. Good luck!