GPA

[Belgarion]

Hi guys, i know there have been many threads on this, and ive read most of them, loved the one by Russ the most, but i am just interested in trying to compare GPA to something else. I know its a very crude estimation, but is it possible for someone to give a rough observation of what a certain GPA would be in terms of an ATAR score? for example is a 6 like in the 80's?  6.5- 90-95, 7- 95+?

I know its a very rough and unreliable comparison, but just something i can compare with.

Thanks

[Hancock]

About 5% of people get a H1 average (from what I know).
Given that all undergrad courses at Melbourne (New-Gen Bachelors Courses) require 90+ average barring Environments, there is no way that all the 95 ATAR == H1 average.

I believe that anything above a 70-75+ you should be proud with, depending on your field of study of course. I also know of 96 ATARs who failed 3 courses (Calc 2, Lin Alg and ESD2) in first year, and a 90~ish ATAR who is destroying every assignment he's given. It's all a new ball game once you get to university. You can't really compare ATARs and GPA is what I'm trying to say.

[BelVP]

ATAR has NOTHING to do with uni performance. My ATAR was nothing crash hot (not even 90 lol) yet I do reasonably well in uni with mostly H1s/H2s (With the odd P or H3...taking into account illness/bad days).

[lala1911]

Like the above guys said, ATAR is not a measure of intelligence. It's only intended to measure the capability of how well a student is able to pickup concepts and how well they can perform under exam conditions, at least that's how I see it.

I mean, someone could be a huge I.T nerd, but only score an ATAR of 65. Not only will people think he's not a genius because he didn't clock 99.95 ATAR, it also wouldn't get him into a bachelor of computer and network engineering (unless they take alternative pathways), although he may be able to score a GPA of 4.0+.

Erm, as for the question, my dad said he was in the top 2% for specialist (they referred to it as something else back then) for the state, however, when he got to Uni maths he was struggling hard, along with many others.

[BelVP]

Like the above guys said, ATAR is not a measure of intelligence. It's only intended to measure the capability of how well a student is able to pickup concepts and how well they can perform under exam conditions, at least that's how I see it.

I mean, someone could be a huge I.T nerd, but only score an ATAR of 65. Not only will people think he's not a genius because he didn't clock 99.95 ATAR, it also wouldn't get him into a bachelor of computer and network engineering (unless they take alternative pathways), although he may be able to score a GPA of 4.0+.

Erm, as for the question, my dad said he was in the top 2% for specialist (they referred to it as something else back then) for the state, however, when he got to Uni maths he was struggling hard.

I fell chronically ill in year 12 and fell incredibly behind with work to the point I was literally making stuff up in my exams. ATAR is absolutely unrelated to intelligence and can be influenced by many factors. I actually know such I.T. nerds who are very good at I.T. but because of the structure of the VCE would not score good ATAR-wise.