Lowest ATARs at selective/private schools.

[dyaner]

I suppose this is off-topic but how do you even get a Study Score of less than 20?
I mean a solid D+ average gets you a 20...

-.-

I have a friend who got 12SS for English.

[taiga]

Is it really THAT humiliating to be ranked 7th out of 10 people?

[lexitu]

Is it really THAT humiliating to be ranked 7th out of 10 people?

That's an interesting observation. I'd say yes, only because the world is filled with mediocrity, with people that don't value life, and people that are ignorant of their surroundings. I'd be loath to think that I was one of them. Now let's not get started on whether the ATAR actually means something. For me it does - not the number necessarily - more the process I went through before receiving it.

As a side note, the ATAR confuses me slightly. Last year, from a good source, 24% of Victorians had an ENTER higher than 85. How does that work?

[shinny]

Is it really THAT humiliating to be ranked 7th out of 10 people?

That's an interesting observation. I'd say yes, only because the world is filled with mediocrity, with people that don't value life, and people that are ignorant of their surroundings. I'd be loath to think that I was one of them. Now let's not get started on whether the ATAR actually means something. For me it does - not the number necessarily - more the process I went through before receiving it.

As a side note, the ATAR confuses me slightly. Last year, from a good source, 24% of Victorians had an ENTER higher than 85. How does that work?

I always wondered that as well. Although it's a percentile ranks, the percentages allocated to each percentile are massively off. I can't imagine things such as people who drop out affecting the percentages THAT much...

[taiga]

I think the people who fail and drop out are allocated ATAR's between 0 and xx.xx

[m@tty]

Yeah that's right.

MHS had a lowest atar of about high 60s in 2009, i suspect it could be a tad lower for 2010 judging some of the people we had

In 2009 my school had 3 out of 9 get < 30 haha

There was a nice improvement last year though - two people were equal lowest at 38

[shinny]

I think the answer regarding the percentile problem was answered by Mao at some stage. I don't know the details but I think it was something about a truncated normal distribution IIRC.

[Tobias Funke]

I dunno why such a statistic should concern you
 

One of mhs's most successful alumni dropped out in year 10

[david10d]

Wow, and I thought my school was the cream of the crop for dropkicks. Some of these ATARs posted are absolutely shocking.

[Furbob]

I remember my friend telling me that her friend was forced to choose a 7th subject at his school (not sure why) so he chose Music Solo and played Mary Had a Little Lamb on his electric guitar and did nothing in the written exam and got an SS of 2

but doesn't matter since he got an ATAR of 90+ LOL

[chrisjb]

I remember my friend teller me that her friend was forced to choose a 7th subject at his school (not sure why) so he chose Music Solo and played Mary Had a Little Lamb on his electric guitar and did nothing in the written exam and got an SS of 2

but doesn't matter since he got an ATAR of 90+ LOL

that's such a silly thing for a school to do. Not only does it waste the kids time, but it drops the school's ranking too. But it's prety funny still. I wish someone had filmed it

[Liuy]

I remember my friend telling me that her friend was forced to choose a 7th subject at his school (not sure why) so he chose Music Solo and played Mary Had a Little Lamb on his electric guitar and did nothing in the written exam and got an SS of 2

but doesn't matter since he got an ATAR of 90+ LOL

gold

[kevvy]

my friend studied his arse off and got a raw 18 in chinese sl.

[Pixon]

I remember my friend teller me that her friend was forced to choose a 7th subject at his school (not sure why) so he chose Music Solo and played Mary Had a Little Lamb on his electric guitar and did nothing in the written exam and got an SS of 2

but doesn't matter since he got an ATAR of 90+ LOL

that's such a silly thing for a school to do. Not only does it waste the kids time, but it drops the school's ranking too. But it's prety funny still. I wish someone had filmed it

I understand that this happens at many schools. My school has a policy which forces students to do 5 subjects in year 12. There are a students, like myself, who do two 3/4s in year 11, and that means they do 7 in total. Students who enrolled for two 3/4s in year 11 even had to sign a contract stating they would do 5 in year 12. TBH, such students who are capable of doing two in year 11 should feel comfortable doing 7 in total; for many it acts as a backup subject or just ensuring they don't miss out on a subject they really want to do. Personally, I find it comforting and I hope I can cope with the work load (although I'm doing 8 in total ). It's the students who do the 7 subjects who get the 99.95s at our school.

[Chavi]

my friend studied his arse off and got a raw 18 in chinese sl.

lol same here with me