A question on Percentiles... (2 Viewers)

[Pyramid]

Hi there,

I've entered some numbers into the Matrix UMAX calculator (for 99.9 ATAR...purely hypothetically, I assure you ) and its told me what I need to get in my subjects to achieve a certain ATAR.

English X1: HSC Mark -- 96.7 (halved because it's a 1-unit subject i presume) which is a Percentile of 97.0
English X2: HSC Mark -- 98.1 (again, halved) which is a Percentile of 94.4

What I'd like to know is if a "Percentile" of 97, for example, means that I have to beat ~97% of candidates that do EE1...that is, come in the top 3%.

Just need some people to confirm the above. Thanks!

 

[duckcowhybrid]

You're pretty much on the money there. For 98th percentile you need to beat 98% of the state, i.e. come in the top 2%.

 

[annabackwards]

you're pretty much on the money there. For 98th percentile you need to beat 98% of the state, i.e. Come in the top 2%.

+1

 

[Pyramid]

Cool, thanks to both of you . I have another quick question...

I'm equally good at Math and English. I enjoy both equally. Which will be harder to achieve?

These marks for these 4 units:
MX1 -- HSC mark of 95.1 --> percentile of 87.7
MX2 -- 90.7 --> 72.2

Or, these marks for these 4 units:
2U Math -- 97.3 --> 97.4
EE1 -- 96.7 --> 97.0
EE2 -- 98.1 --> 94.4

Bear in mind that my school is one of the top in the state at Math, but so-so in English (HSC results-wise).

Purely hypothetically, of course.

 

[duckcowhybrid]

The latter definitely. 3/4 Maths is very easy to achieve high marks in due to the low percentiles required. Fairly sure if you're aiming a ~97 in 2U that you'd be able to get 95 in 3U/4U easily.

 

[Pyramid]

The latter definitely. 3/4 Maths is very easy to achieve high marks in due to the low percentiles required. Fairly sure if you're aiming a ~97 in 2U that you'd be able to get 95 in 3U/4U easily.

Thanks again. Haha, I'm not exactly "aiming" for these marks, I'm just saying what the ATAR calculator tells me!

 

[jet]

The mark for MX2 is (generally) clumped around 92, and that's pretty much the average, so it's not as hard to get as 96 in English Adv. I would say, especially upon you mentioning your school's maths performance.

 

[annabackwards]

The mark for MX2 is (generally) clumped around 92, and that's pretty much the average, so it's not as hard to get as 96 in English Adv. I would say, especially upon you mentioning your school's maths performance.

*nods*

 

[jet]

Lol, I still can't rep you.