I have known students with marks in the high 80s and no band 6s to get ATAR's in the 90s - so no you don't need at least one Band 6 to get into the 80s.
I have known students with marks in the high 80s and no band 6s to get ATAR's in the 90s - so no you don't need at least one Band 6 to get into the 80s.
Yeah u don't. I'm one of them. I got 89, 85 and 84 in adv eng, bio and maths respectively. But my atar was lower than 90 cause i got 59 in chem and I missed out on a band 5 in eco, the latter pissed me off bad.