ATAR 'devalued by use of bonus point schemes' (1 Viewer)

[coolcat6778]

Bonus points for some subjects are pretty stupid imo-> say for engineering giving points for getting a B5 or 6 in 2U maths. I mean come on. If you aren't getting that in 2U, engineering is NOT the course for you -> therefore most people get the points and ATAR cut-offs are inflated

clearly you don't know the true reason for this sytem.

It's to limit the amount of wordcels who only did standard maths, but got a high atar with their useless humanities subjects.

Yes, maths advanced doesn't prepare you for engineering maths, but doing maths advanced puts you in an infinitely better position than a retard who only did math standard with humanities. Thus UNSW awards you points just for doing advanced to rank you above many people who only did standard with humanities.