What marks should I be aiming for to get 99.90+? (1 Viewer)

[dumNerd]

probably a .95 with a 94 in english but a 92 is probably like a .85/.9 but yeh English jst make sure your handwriting isn't bad because external markers don't care they will just give you a trash mark and move on haha (from personal experience, my internal for english was 95 but external was 89 even tho i felt like I did much better lol, which I assume is cos of trash handwriting)

 

[idkkdi]

probably a .95 with a 94 in english but a 92 is probably like a .85/.9 but yeh English jst make sure your handwriting isn't bad because external markers don't care they will just give you a trash mark and move on haha (from personal experience, my internal for english was 95 but external was 89 even tho i felt like I did much better lol, which I assume is cos of trash handwriting)

ye can confirm, feel like I got screwed in externals english for shit handwriting as well.

 

[synthesisFR]

Another key element to a .9 is handwriting. Practice writing under timed conditions as much as you can. Write bigger letters as it’s clearer. Your school is more accommodating than a HSC marker - who’s paid a pittance per paper. If they can’t decipher it, you are finished, regardless of what you have heard happens. They’ve drilled us this year about this. The other thing for essay based subjects is a powerful thesis. Automatically puts you into a top band (or not) based on your intro. You obv are good at both with your SR in SOR 1. But why stop at .9 when .95 is possible ?

Broo my handwriting is worse than doctors handwriting, and in an exam i automatically write cursive and its even worse am i screwed lmao

 

[Run hard@thehsc]

Mod c tends to have the worst handwriting on average lmao.....can see why this is the case.

 

[bluepumpkins]

Thanks everyone

Broo my handwriting is worse than doctors handwriting, and in an exam i automatically write cursive and its even worse am i screwed lmao

Same lol I can barely read my essays when I get them back

I think yes with 98+ 4U

Is 98+ necessary? I thought that 4U scaling kind of plateaus around 96.

 

[carrotsss]

Is 98+ necessary? I thought that 4U scaling kind of plateaus around 96.

I mean it can add like 1 scaled mark but yeah that’s nothing compared to even just 1 extra English mark

 

[Run hard@thehsc]

yh fax my mate got the same marks as me in other subs expect with an extra 3 marks in 3u and 4u...... however i got about 1 mark more than him in chem and still ended with the same ATAR.

 

[nsw..wollongong]

idk

this is the tip of the iceberg cough cough copyrighted stuff

hey just wondering if u had the scaling data and graph for science extension??

 

[jimmysmith560]

can i get a 99+ atar with my subjects:
- 4u english
- 2u maths
- legal studies
- chemistry

Yes, you can get a 99+ ATAR with your subject combination (or any other subject combination for that matter), as long as you ensure that you perform at a sufficiently high standard so that you can achieve HSC marks in the band 6/E4 range, which are needed to maximise your chances of achieving an ATAR that high.

 

[mmmmmmmmaaaaaaa]

can i get a 99+ atar with my subjects:
- 4u english
- 2u maths
- legal studies
- chemistry

If it holds any weight, I did legal studies (along with your other subjects except I didn’t do chem) and got 99+. But as jimmy said, you can get 99+ with your combination or any for that matter, you just need to perform well

 

[ExtremelyBoredUser]

can i get a 99+ atar with my subjects:
- 4u english
- 2u maths
- legal studies
- chemistry

I've seen people with HSIE + English combo come very near to 99 from surrounding schools. Your combination is not too far off, I think you got it given you know what you're doing.

 

[jimmysmith560]

Hey Everybody,

I'm a year 11 student that is currently undertaking Maths Advanced, English Standard, Investigating Science, Business Studies and PDHPE. I am doing quite well in Math and my goal is to get a 90+ ATAR. I'll be honest I dislike PDHPE as a subject and I want to drop it. Since I will only have 8 units now I want to pickup VET sports coaching and hospitality. I am aware that for an ATAR pathway you can do up to 2 units of a VET course. I am wondering if doing those will effect my possibility of getting a high atar.

There is an element that is unclear in the information that you have provided. The subjects that you said you are currently taking amount to 10 units instead of the 12 units that you are required to take in year 11. Perhaps you did not include the last subject that you are currently taking?

Sport Coaching is a VET Board Endorsed course. This means that, while it does contribute towards your total number of units, it does not count towards your ATAR. On the other hand, Hospitality can count towards your ATAR, provided that you sit this subject's HSC exam.

Generally speaking, you can achieve a high ATAR with any combination of subjects as long as you are determined to regularly study and thoroughly prepare for your assessment tasks and exams. Hospitality is not an exception, meaning that you can definitely perform at a standard that is sufficiently high and hence consistent with your ATAR goal. Looking at 2022 data, the highest ATAR achieved by a student who took Hospitality and sat its HSC exam was 97.75. This suggests that your ATAR goal is definitely achievable. Therefore, your goal beyond this point will be to perform favourably across your subjects throughout year 12 (that is, your category A subjects as well as Hospitality), just as it would have been, had you wanted to keep PDHPE.

I hope this helps!