VCE Year 12 Class of 2015

[99.90 pls]

Oh my lord, they released F2P? Sweet dreams ATAR... I have some yew trees to cut. Just kidding, pm me for my main (lvl 122).

Add me hahaha

Brb I'll be back at lumby I thought I heard my parents so I panicked

[strawberries]

omg someone else uses incognito too!

[Alter]

Looking at that screenshot you posted just brought back so many nostalgic feels from playing in ~2006. I was under the assumption you could only play on the old f2p worlds if you had a membership? Is this the case, or is it free for anyone to play now?

edit: nvm, did some research. I might make another account when I have proper internet.

[dankfrank420]

What'd you get the warnings for lmao

[Orb]

Add me hahaha

Brb I'll be back at lumby I thought I heard my parents so I panicked

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That's on my bucket list for the holidays.

I can't bear to look at my ATAR if i started it today :3

[warya]

How come the highest ATAR I can get is only 99.75? I put 50 for all my subs. Is atarcalc not that accurate or is it because I only have 5 subjects? did I need to have taken spesh or latin or something, does anyone know lol

[Splash-Tackle-Flail]

How come the highest ATAR I can get is only 99.75? I put 50 for all my subs. Is atarcalc not that accurate or is it because I only have 5 subjects? did I need to have taken spesh or latin or something, does anyone know lol

Pretty sure it's because you only have 5 subjects- did you do one last year?

[Alter]

How come the highest ATAR I can get is only 99.75? I put 50 for all my subs. Is atarcalc not that accurate or is it because I only have 5 subjects? did I need to have taken spesh or latin or something, does anyone know lol

First of all, it's definitely not the fault of the calculator--it's as accurate as can be. That being said, 2014 was a particularly competitive year to get a high ATAR in, as a very strong aggregate was required in comparison to other years. In this case, where you would've got 99.75, if you got an identical aggregate in the year before it would've sat at a 99.85. This changes from year to year, and is something you can't control.

To answer the other part of your question: yes, it's fundamentally due to your subject choices. With only 5 subjects, you miss out on a possible +10% boost from a sixth subjects. Similarly, because you have no subjects that scale above 50, it would be theoretically impossible for you to get a 99.95 (in 2014) even with a sixth subject (assuming said subject doesn't scale above 50). Don't let this get you down though, as these are marginally small gaps. You can still do extremely well with only 5 subjects, and scaling takes care of itself at the end of the day that you shouldn't feel disadvantaged for not doing something like Spesh or Latin. If it makes you feel any better, even if I 50 all of my subjects this year (including a LOTE and Methods), I would still only achieve a 99.90--it's just so competitive at the top of the bell curve. Hope this clarified it for you a bit.

[Mieow]

How come the highest ATAR I can get is only 99.75? I put 50 for all my subs. Is atarcalc not that accurate or is it because I only have 5 subjects? did I need to have taken spesh or latin or something, does anyone know lol

I remember someone asking about this last year in the Class of 2014 thread. I think it's because you need to do subjects that scale up passed 50 and/or have a high scoring 6th subject so that your aggregate reaches a certain threshold that will let you get 99.90+. I'm assuming the maximum aggregate you can have with the subjects you do now is 205, so if you want an ATAR higher than 99.75 you'll need to do a 6th subject (but scaling is subject to change every year so a 99.75 ATAR might only be the case for 2014, it could just as likely be higher or lower this year)

[Splash-Tackle-Flail]

I know it's hard to tell but just out of curiosity do you think the 99.95 aggregate will be lower or higher this year? just considering imo the reason why 2014 was so high was cause methods scaled really well in 2013 where a lot of smart kiddies did it for year 11.

[warya]

Pretty sure it's because you only have 5 subjects- did you do one last year?

My school wouldn't let me- I had only just moved to Australia from NZ at the start of year 11 and they said you had to have done a 1/2 in year 10 so there was no way I could, I was gonna take Arabic which could have put me up to 99.9 but whatevs

Thanks guys that makes sense, guess I can say goodbye to the chancellors program at melb

[Mieow]

I know it's hard to tell but just out of curiosity do you think the 99.95 aggregate will be lower or higher this year? just considering imo the reason why 2014 was so high was cause methods scaled really well in 2013 where a lot of smart kiddies did it for year 11.

Almost impossible to tell, really. No one ever knows how hard the exams are going to be or how well the cohort is going to perform so it's anyone's guess whether or not aggregates will change. In 2013 and 2014 the cut-off aggregate for a 99.90 was 208.2...if that number means anything to you. But I think it's more so the scaling of subjects rather than the aggregate threshold, like for example getting a 50 in Methods last year probs wouldn't have gotten you a 99.95(depending on what subjects you did ofc) but getting the same score in 2013 would have. I'm not too sure of that though so don't quote me on it.

My school wouldn't let me- I had only just moved to Australia from NZ at the start of year 11 and they said you had to have done a 1/2 in year 10 so there was no way I could, I was gonna take Arabic which could have put me up to 99.9 but whatevs

Thanks guys that makes sense, guess I can say goodbye to the chancellors program at melb

Aw don't give up just yet! It is true that getting a 205 aggregate in 2014 would have gotten you an ATAR of 99.75 but it's 2015 so it could possibly change for the better this year  Good luck and don't give up!

[99.90 pls]

guess I can say goodbye to the chancellors program at melb

Not true! You can do Specialist Maths by Distance Ed and get 99.90 for CSP. It'll be difficult but if you're determined to get CSP, then you'll do it

[Mr Debonair]

Anyone ranked 1 for any subjects yet?

[Cogglesnatch Cuttlefish]

Anyone ranked 1 for any subjects yet?

All I know is that 99.90 pls got A for his oral so he's definitely out of the equation