Class of 2012: ATAR and Study Scores Discussion Thread

[vashappenin]

Omg bloody VCAA.
I order a statement of study score but no.. they give me a statement of marks.
IM SO ANGRY. I emailed them and they better be posting me what I ordered!!! :@

[shaiga95]

@vashappenin what exam marks did you get to obtain a 47

[Special At Specialist]

Btw, does anyone know how Special At Specialist went?

As of my stalking, he got <40 for Specialist Maths - pretty embarrassing given his comments and the fact that he went around rubbing his confidence into other people's faces.

Yeah, my scores were far less than I thought I would get 
ATAR - 86.75
Literature - 23
Methods - 42
Spec - 37
Philosophy - 32
German - 20

Guess I'll be going to Deakin next year...

[Fantasia94]

Well done, Special At Specialist, you may have not gotten what you had expected but I can see some pretty great scores there. And for those making negative comments or criticisms about others and their scores, please keep it to your self as I see it as very rude, disrespectful and most of all hurtful.

[thushan]

S@S - dude, you can get into monash science

[Phy124]

Yeah, my scores were far less than I thought I would get 
ATAR - 86.75
Literature - 23
Methods - 42
Spec - 37
Philosophy - 32
German - 20

Guess I'll be going to Deakin next year...

Unfortunate about that Literature score, closes quite a number of doors 

S@S - dude, you can get into monash science

This being one of them.

Not to worry, work hard in first year and a transfer is definitely on the cards 

[Fantasia94]

Just a quick question, I want to do civil engineering at Melbourne Uni. When I called the uni they told me that I have to do bachelor of science or environments  and then do masters of civil. Now, is there any major difference between environments or science?? Secondly, when I do graduate will my chance of getting a job be different to males??

[Special At Specialist]

S@S - dude, you can get into monash science

I don't think I'll be accepted into any Monash/Melbourne course without a 25 in my English subject.

Unfortunate about that Literature score, closes quite a number of doors 
This being one of them.

Yeah, when I saw that score I actually wanted to cry... I honestly don't know how I got that low. I was expecting at least a 30. It kind of makes my ATAR score redundant, since I could have gotten in the 60's and still been given just as many opportunities as I am now.

Not to worry, work hard in first year and a transfer is definitely on the cards 

Thanks for the optimistic note I heard that if I get a 75% average in my first year at Deakin, they will let me transfer to Melbourne. I'm still not sure whether I want to risk that or just do year 12 English at a TAFE for 4 hours per week and treat it like a gap year. Either way, I won't be doing literature again.

[Planck's constant]

or just do year 12 English at a TAFE for 4 hours per week and treat it like a gap year.

Definitely not. VCE is history.
Your ATAR, 5 subjects, non-metro school is equivalent to a mid-90's.
You are a Uni level student, your Lit result was an accident.
Therefore, you go to Deakin, if need be, smash it in the first year, which is well within your capabilities, and then transfer to Science at UoM or Monash which I believe is your rightful home.

Report back to me in 12 months.

EDIT: I also sense that academically you are on a upward curve, so there is no point wasting a year, use it to learn 'good stuff'

[Special At Specialist]

Definitely not. VCE is history.
Your ATAR, 5 subjects, non-metro school is equivalent to a mid-90's.
You are a Uni level student, your Lit result was an accident.
Therefore, you go to Deakin, if need be, smash it in the first year, which is well within your capabilities, and then transfer to Science at UoM or Monash which I believe is your rightful home.

Report back to me in 12 months.

Thank you! I hope I can undo the mess I caused by scoring really well in first year uni. I'll try to stay active on AN and help out other year 12 students, so I'll tell you exactly what's happening by the end of January.

EDIT: I also sense that academically you are on a upward curve, so there is no point wasting a year, use it to learn 'good stuff'

I can thank AtarNotes for that  I think that visiting this site fairly regularly throughout year 12 really helped me. Everyone is so kind, knowledgeable and supportive  I know I don't study that much, but I did next to nothing in year 11, so I'd like to think that my study habits have improved, and will hopefully continue doing so (procrastination is still my worst enemy).

[turk36]

Still a pretty really good effort to get a 42 in Methods and a 37 in Spesh though!

[Michelle94]

what were your GA's to end up getting a 23
this was my absolute nightmare, i feel for you but i'm sure there is plenty of other ways to get where u want to be.

[pyro-53]

@Special At Specialist: If this is any help, I might see you at Deakin next year

[dpagan]

Hi,

I sent in my application for statement of study score and statement of marks form in 2 days ago.  How long will it take to arrive? Also does anyone know when the ATAR calc will include 2012 scores?

Thanks

[shaiga95]

By the end of the week mine came pretty quickly