Median Study Scores a bad indicator of top schools?

[thushan]

Damn...had my school offered IB I would have done it, apparently the course is, whilst highly challenging, very rewarding

[QuantumJG]

Where do you find the school's median ATAR?

[funkyducky]

Where do you find the school's median ATAR?

I found my school's median ATAR on the school website...

[QuantumJG]

I can't find it.

Anyway at my school we had a very broad distribution of ENTER's. Our Dux got an ENTER of 99.45 (with no Maths/Science subjects) and our lowest was around 40. The thing that amazed me is that the school was much stronger in English and other humanities subjects as opposed to the Maths/science subjects. Having said that, a lot of my friends who like me were scientifically minded hated how English was ran.

[funkyducky]

ZOMG your avatar's from The Elegant Universe Best doco ever.

[QuantumJG]

The elegant universe is probably my most favorite doco ever!

Even better is that in masters I get to do a string theory subject! So I will be doing General Relativity, Quantum Field Theory, Particle Physics and other awesome stuff!!!

[funkyducky]

Jealous...while I sit here enjoying VCE Physics. So deep and meaningful LOL.

[thushan]

LOL funkyducky you can say that again!

[aznboy50]

I'd like to see a list of ATAR rankings after IB results come out...my school's results appear to be getting worse each year, but it's just that more high-achieving kids are choosing to do IB and less are doing VCE, and ~50% last year got an ATAR over 99, compared to ~10% from VCE.

What school is this

50% over 99. That is incredible.

[EvangelionZeta]

I'd like to see a list of ATAR rankings after IB results come out...my school's results appear to be getting worse each year, but it's just that more high-achieving kids are choosing to do IB and less are doing VCE, and ~50% last year got an ATAR over 99, compared to ~10% from VCE.

What school is this

50% over 99. That is incredible.

Pretty sure either PLC or Lauriston, since those are the two dominant "all the smart kids do IB" schools.  With that said, the scaling for IB has been pushed down considerably; it used to be 40 for 99+, but now it's 42.

[funkyducky]

I'd like to see a list of ATAR rankings after IB results come out...my school's results appear to be getting worse each year, but it's just that more high-achieving kids are choosing to do IB and less are doing VCE, and ~50% last year got an ATAR over 99, compared to ~10% from VCE.

~50% of IB students is a MUCH smaller percentage of the whole cohort.
What school is this

50% over 99. That is incredible.

[fuzzylogic]

I'd like to see a list of ATAR rankings after IB results come out...my school's results appear to be getting worse each year, but it's just that more high-achieving kids are choosing to do IB and less are doing VCE, and ~50% last year got an ATAR over 99, compared to ~10% from VCE.

sorry to break it to you, our school is getting worse each year.  it's up to class of 2011 to bring back the presbypride LOL. 
10% over 99?  It used to be at least 15% There used to be a time when you were shunned if you got 95 at our school.