Estimate on my atar? (Half yearly 2014 result) Any hope for a 85+? (1 Viewer)

[Jenny927]

So I completed my "half yearlies" and got all my results back.
I don't trust those HSC calculators... Well I want to but... I don't feel like it's reliable.
Subjects:

English Standard - 74% Overall Average - Rank: 14/48 (estimate)
-Weight left to go before HSC: 65%
-Estimating I will get 80-82% when I finish trials, its been time management pulling me down.

Mathematics - 60% Overall Average - Rank: 17/20 (estimate)
-Weight left to go before HSC: 60%
-Estimating I will get 75-80% when I finish trials, again time management.

Economics - 75% Overall Average - Rank: 7/15
-Weight left to go before HSC: 60%
- Estimating 80% when I finish trials

Biology - 80% Overall Average - Rank: 30/40 (estimate)
-Weight left to go before HSC: 70%
-Lots of A grade students for Bio.
- Estimating 85-90% when I complete trials (time management has been rusty for this too)

Chemistry - 59% Overall Average - Rank: 13/13 (estimate)
-Weight left to go before HSC: 80%
- Estimating 65-70% when I complete trials (I just suck at this)

I know these results arent decent, I don't have time to have tutor for chem since I have one for maths. I want to do medical science @ UTS or medical&business @ UTS. They require 88 atar and 93 atar respectively...
Any stories on people who did bad in the beginning but somehow improved their results later?

 

[Jenny927]

Can I know the approximate rank of your school?

Pretty bad... its between 200 - 300 I think. Don't remember the exact rank.

 

[snipez264]

Ignore your marks, its the rank that mattters.

 

[enigma_1]

It's the hours you put in.

 

[noodlesareyum]

At the moment, you're around 80 ATAR, but don't worry you still have term 2 assessments and trials. Legit you have to pick up your game if you want 85+ plus. I believe that you can do so! So don't give up and study hard!