Class of 2011: ATAR and SS Discussion Thread

[pi]

HEYY i saw Istaffa channel 10 news!! They were like "twins from Melbourne High both received perfect s atar of 99.95" and I was like that guys from atar notes haha

Did u see thushan and samad too? They were there as well!

[_avO]

Forum username - jeppikah
ATAR - 99.80
English Language - 41
Chemistry - 43
Biology - 46
Physics - 46
Specialist - 50

2010
Methods - 50

Wow well done! Probably the highest ATAR in WSC history. REPRESENT!

[thushan]

The aggregates were really high this year, 210.8 for 99.95, that's crazy!

It's actually disgustingly high. I hope scaling is rectified next year. Even if (rofl never going to happen) I 50 all my subjects I get 99.90. LOL.

Was it you that dropped spesh for further?

A 40 in spesh is better than a 50 in further, lol. Switch back.

Pretty sure that's what 99.95 used to sit around isn't it? Used to recall that scaling was always required for a 99.95. It's just that in the past few years, Specialist got flooded with too many people so the scaling went down by quite a lot. My assumption is that this year people stopped doing it for the scaling so it's actually gone back up again, hence the beyond 210 aggregate for 99.95.

Not at all actually; VCAA screwed up the scaling a few years ago, forgetting that many Spesh students do Methods in year 11. They fixed it this year.

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[thushan]

Oh and on another note, my friend from school did 5 subjects this year, got 5 50s this year. Total 6 50s. O.O!!!!!

[Hodgeyhodgey]

Oh and on another note, my friend from school did 5 subjects this year, got 5 50s this year. Total 6 50s. O.O!!!!!

That. Is. Insane.

[samad]

Who the? That is INSANE! Congrats to him whoever he is, totally amazed!

[paulsterio]

I want to be on TV

THIS IS ALL ENGLISH'S FAULT!!

I should have listened to Luffy, two and a half years ago, when we were in year 10, he told me that English Language was a better subject, I argued and did English instead, this is my most regretted decision. Lesson: LISTEN TO LUFFY

[jinny1]

WHY DO  I BOUTHER GOIN ON THIS FORUMM. makes me feel inferior with all these 99+ haha :/

[funkyducky]

THIS IS ALL ENGLISH'S FAULT!!
 

+ infinity. I wouldn't be worrying about scholarships Scaling means my other scores wouldn't make much difference if they were significantly higher/lower/whatever. Why, english, why?

[TrueTears]

Oh and on another note, my friend from school did 5 subjects this year, got 5 50s this year. Total 6 50s. O.O!!!!!

michael li?

hes a beast piano player too not suprised with his 50 in music perf lol

[paulsterio]

Oh and on another note, my friend from school did 5 subjects this year, got 5 50s this year. Total 6 50s. O.O!!!!!

that's an amazing conversion rate, like wow! 100% conversion rate for subjects:fifties

[s...]

so, what: that's 300!!!

oh, god.

s.

[mr.politiks]

@ funckyducky and paulesterio
I may seem like the wrong guy to be saying this, but I totally agree. English is simply a stupid stroke of luck, and the only reason why I got 99.95. Might as well have had just a different examiner who took of like two marks or something and go down to like 43 or something. My brother topped SACs this year at MHS and got 48, and he was and still is way better than me at writing essays. I can really see where you guys are coming from.

[nubs]

Yeah one of my mates got 49 raw in jap, and that still didn't make it into his top 4

[paulsterio]

To everyone who believes that intelligence is not genetic, I think I have found proof in these two guys! Well done to both of you though

But yeah I know, English is really shifty, but it holds so much weight, in retrospect, English Language would have been the better choice