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If a kid scores in the top 5% humanities, top 10% maths and top 25% writing in the Acer scholarship exam for year 7 can you extrapolate that to an approximate percentile equivalent ? initially I thought top 25% for writing was not very good but then I realised that if only the top 15% of kids...

How important is the choice of year 9 elective subjects if you eventually want to do medicine? If Science is one of your compulsory subjects, is it neccessary/helpful to choose science subjects (e.g. physics, chemistry or biology) as electives for year 9? I'm thinking it would be nice to...

How much weight, if any, do extracurricular activities have in getting into undergraduate or postgrad Medicine? eg. Playing rep sports, being school captain, community work, playing a musical instrument, dancing awards etc or is it basically just down to ATAR/ gamsat?

Anyone know what proportion of medical students get into medicine as undergrads vs postgrad routes? I get the impression under-grad entry is much harder, so I'm guessing 80-90% enter via post-grad vs 10-20% going in as undergrads anyone have an opinion or data about this? thanks

Does anyone know how private school academic scholarships for year 7 or 10 entry are awarded? how much of the weighting is based on the scholarship exam? What other factors help? How clever do you have to be to get one (eg top 1 percentile academically or top 0.1percentile?) How rare is it...

Hi Can anybody help a bro out and hook me up with free Year 4 ICAS past papers for Maths/science/English? I could pay a small amount if needed ($20 for the lot?) thanks

I'm looking for a tutor for 2 hours per week for an intelligent 9 year old boy and/or a 12 year old girl - I'm not really too fussed about the content, I'm looking for a tutor that can relate to 9-12 year olds, instill a love of learning and teach effective study techniques (for maths/english)...

If you want to ultimately do postgraduate medicine what’s the lowest target ATAR to aim for? Is it basically around 92 so that you can get into a pre-Med degree like science or physio? Or can you get into post-grad medicine from any degree if you get good GAMSAT results? Thanks

for those who went to or go to a selective school - do you think your ATAR was/will be higher than it would have been if you had gone to a non-selective school? - I have a friend wondering what to do with her kids aged 9 and 10 both very intelligent who are academically at/near the top of...

I’m wondering, as I have no knowledge about it, if most /nearly all of the top ATAR scores at elite private schools scored by students on academic scholarships or do non scholarship students ever get the top marks also? I presume private schools that offer academic scholarships do so to raise...

Hi guys How fast can you answer the question below? it’s from a year 7 scholarship test for 11 year olds with a 40 second time allocation. It took me 20 minutes. I’ve showed it to multiple people I know and theres wide range of responses with a lawyer and a 10 y old girl getting it within 40s...

Hi guys How do you calculate the statistical distribution of each ATAR mark? I've heard that only 1 in 1400 people get 99.95 - is that correct? so what % of people get 99.95, 99.94, 99.93, 99.5 etc? is there a formula I can use to calculate it? so what % of people get 99.00? thanks

Hi all does anyone know where i can get free sample or past Year 7 scholarship exams that are run by Academic Assessment Services? they don't have any on their website so trying to get an idea what these exams are like I've seen some online companies sell test papers but am looking for...

I read an article in the Sydney morning herald which says nearly half of all NSW HSC students got an ATAR above 70 (https://amp.smh.com.au/national/nsw/low-atar-students-won-t-be-able-to-do-teaching-20191224-p53mpe.html) i thought that the atar was a percentile ranking which would mean that...

is my thinking flawed or is it fundamentally correct, assuming you want to eventually do medicine? It seems to me that it takes an inordinate amount of studying and outside school coaching/tuition to get a high enough ATAR to get into undergrad medicine and the only real benefit of doing all...