What impact can one subject have on your atar? (1 Viewer)

[Viscass]

If i do crap at english how much will it affect my atar? I do 4U math, chemistry, physics and standard english. i am doing very well in 4U and the sciences but my english is shit, a bit below average marks.

 

[Macqncheese]

If it is English, significantly. English will always count

 

[Viscass]

but how much? say without english i would get 99+ and i get 60 for standard english, how much will it impact on my final atar?

 

[Gujju]

i got 85+ for all my subs but 80 in adv eng. a few more marks could have boosted my atar by atleast 0.7-1.2 ..so in your case it could impact by at least 1-2 atar points (i think)

 

[Macqncheese]

If you get 60 in standard English, you ATAR will fall by at least 10-15 marks

 

[Macqncheese]

but how much? say without english i would get 99+ and i get 60 for standard english, how much will it impact on my final atar?

If you get 60 in standard English, it will drop you potential ATAR by 10-15 marks. You really cannot get a 85+ ATAR with a 60 in standard english

 

[Gujju]

If you get 60 in standard English, it will drop you potential ATAR by 10-15 marks. You really cannot get a 85+ ATAR with a 60 in standard english

yes u can! 60 in standard and 90 in the rest will get u 90-91 atar!

 

[Riproot]

Ummm, if you're really any good at the others then English should be easy to get at least 75-85 in.

 

[yasminee96]

guess this is your worst case scenario (atarcalculator.com.au)

 

[yasminee96]

here's your best case - better pull up your english!

 

[Macqncheese]

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here's your best case - better pull up your english!

It is near impossible to get 99 in most of your subjects. That is like 5 state ranks in some cases

 

[Dan895]

You do 4U maths work it out m8! But seriously if there is a big gap between your (good subjects) and english it could drag you down a alot. %20 is a pretty large chunk if you get low scores.

 

[yasminee96]

It is near impossible to get 99 in most of your subjects. That is like 5 state ranks in some cases

i know haha, almost impossible but basically best case scenario

 

[brent012]

I really doubt you'd get only 60 after aligning in standard if you are otherwise capable of 90+ (let alone 99). But especially when looking at high ATARs a single subject can make a massive difference so you really need to work on English!

 

[Chandana]

LOL

 

[Viscass]

chandy pls

 

[Viscass]

OP, check my raw marks.

http://community.boredofstudies.org/showthread.php?t=275277

I attained 74 HSC mark (76 school assessment, 71 exam) in English Standard. My ATAR was 86.9
Most of my other subjects were in the band 5 range.

Hopefully that eases your worries!


EDIT: My gut instinct tells me you won't be getting 60 aligned in English.... since that would imply you'd hardcore fail (much much lower than 49%) the hsc English standard exam and school assessments in terms of raw marks.... unless if you are actually failing english at school?

I'd think that if you do care about your ATAR, you'd somehow get much higher than 60 aligned hsc mark for english standard.

yeah, yeah, i exaggerated a 'little'. This is kinda reassuring, but there are mixed answers so idk
English just doesnt come to me, any tips on how to improve it?