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Who thinks they are going to get 99.95 ATAR this year? (1 Viewer)

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What people think they're going to get and what they are actually going to get often varies significantly
Take a look at all the people in this forum who have a 99+ aim
Not saying that alot of those people aren't capable - but realistically speaking, there's a HUGE chance it won't happen.
If you're intelligent enough it's not very hard to get 99+. 93 aligned in every subject is a more than realistic aim for a lot of people.

It's people who *expect* to get 99.95 that I literally want to shoot. I'm glad they think so big of themselves. The rest of the world doesn't.
There are people that I know, that expect to get 99.95 and 80% chance they will. When you're averaging ~98% in all your subjects it's virtually a given you'll get 99.9 MINIMUM.
 

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has anyone here actually met anyone who gets 99.95/100 UAI? they are often frikking normal people with normal lives.

it's easy to get full marks if your organized. You don't need more than 4 hours a day and good communication with your teacher.
 

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has anyone here actually met anyone who gets 99.95/100 UAI? they are often frikking normal people with normal lives.

it's easy to get full marks if your organized. You don't need more than 4 hours a day and good communication with your teacher.
True, True but that being said being organised during the HSC is hard...luls procrastination:D
 

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has anyone here actually met anyone who gets 99.95/100 UAI? they are often frikking normal people with normal lives.

it's easy to get full marks if your organized. You don't need more than 4 hours a day and good communication with your teacher.
True that ive met one and yeah he's got a life thats for sure. The thing that amazes me though is that when you speak to them about studies or something, they are pretty frank about it but my gosh are they organised.

If you're intelligent enough it's not very hard to get 99+. 93 aligned in every subject is a more than realistic aim for a lot of people.

Quite true particularly if you compensate higher maths marks like 97+ 3u and 93+ in 4u. That being said, I think i might've been off a bit those haha

There are people that I know, that expect to get 99.95 and 80% chance they will. When you're averaging ~98% in all your subjects it's virtually a given you'll get 99.9 MINIMUM.
Easy to say when you go to ruse haha. You guys are guaranteed about 10 99.95.
 
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If you're intelligent enough it's not very hard to get 99+. 93 aligned in every subject is a more than realistic aim for a lot of people.



There are people that I know, that expect to get 99.95 and 80% chance they will. When you're averaging ~98% in all your subjects it's virtually a given you'll get 99.9 MINIMUM.
I'm not saying it's not possible but I think alot of people on this forum take it for a lot less than what it is - as in - they're not aware how hard it actually is. It's not easy, don't tell me it is, you have to put in a fair amount of effort unless you're one of those rare people who sits in class and understands everything 100 percent.
One of my friends was aiming for 99+
She's coming like last in our maths class...She's smart but like - my point is that a lot of people tend to aim higher than they can actually achieve or realistically achieve.
 

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True that ive met one and yeah he's got a life thats for sure. The thing that amazes me though is that when you speak to them about studies or something, they are pretty frank about it but my gosh are they organised.


Quite true particularly if you compensate higher maths marks like 97+ 3u and 93+ in 4u. That being said, I think i might've been off a bit those haha

Easy to say when you go to ruse haha. You guys are guaranteed about 10 99.95.
I reckon ~15, 10 is a bit low to be frank. We got 8/23 100s last year, and there are 45-50 99.95s. 15 is a reasonable guess. Also maths isn't really required to get 99+. I know a guy in my school that does no maths and his estimate is 99.45 and another girl that does no maths and is on 99.2. I've known people that have gotten 99.95 wilout maths and they did it quite easily.

has anyone here actually met anyone who gets 99.95/100 UAI? they are often frikking normal people with normal lives.

it's easy to get full marks if your organized. You don't need more than 4 hours a day and good communication with your teacher.
I've met quite a few and indeed they are normal people. One was our Vice-Captain a few years back, and a lot were prefects and stuff. One of the 100s I know took a gap year to join the navy.

I'm not saying it's not possible but I think alot of people on this forum take it for a lot less than what it is - as in - they're not aware how hard it actually is. It's not easy, don't tell me it is, you have to put in a fair amount of effort unless you're one of those rare people who sits in class and understands everything 100 percent.
One of my friends was aiming for 99+
She's coming like last in our maths class...She's smart but like - my point is that a lot of people tend to aim higher than they can actually achieve or realistically achieve.
It's not that hard. I mean seriously, you're telling me you cannot get a scaled aggregate of ~448 with 3-4 hours of work a night? Maybe I overestimate the general state's intelligence level, but it doesnt seem that hard. 99+ isn't a difficult mark to get, it's the 99.85+ marks that are difficult due to the near perfection required in said cases to achieve those marks.
 

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It's not that hard. I mean seriously, you're telling me you cannot get a scaled aggregate of ~448 with 3-4 hours of work a night? Maybe I overestimate the general state's intelligence level, but it doesnt seem that hard. 99+ isn't a difficult mark to get, it's the 99.85+ marks that are difficult due to the near perfection required in said cases to achieve those marks.
Trust me you do. It's a lot easier in Ruse to get that because lets face it, more than half of your grade will do it. In other selective/high ranked private schools, its about 10-15% and then you get a few people every now and then for lower schools.

The other thing is that 99+ is a rank. Its not like there's an unlimited number of spots available. You got to consider that a lot of highly ranked school's resources like your own gets distributed to other schools which helps to dramatically improve the results of their own students. I mean if it wasn't for the Ruse/Grammer/Syd Boys papers for maths being readily available, the general intelligence of the state would have been much lower I'd say. If you consider that as well as your other subject papers like sciences which have worked solutions, it only gets harder to get 99+ let alone 99.85+.
 

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It's not that hard. I mean seriously, you're telling me you cannot get a scaled aggregate of ~448 with 3-4 hours of work a night? Maybe I overestimate the general state's intelligence level, but it doesnt seem that hard. 99+ isn't a difficult mark to get, it's the 99.85+ marks that are difficult due to the near perfection required in said cases to achieve those marks.
I sorta agree, actually. 99+ is certainly doable with 3-4 hrs a day because this is, in my opinion, an adequate amount of time required to consolidate the day's learning at school or to study ahead. I think it is the procrastination that people cannot resist.

The other thing is that 99+ is a rank. Its not like there's an unlimited number of spots available. You got to consider that a lot of highly ranked school's resources like your own gets distributed to other schools which helps to dramatically improve the results of their own students. I mean if it wasn't for the Ruse/Grammer/Syd Boys papers for maths being readily available, the general intelligence of the state would have been much lower I'd say. If you consider that as well as your other subject papers like sciences which have worked solutions, it only gets harder to get 99+ let alone 99.85+.
That's so true. However, somehow, the general 99+ cut-off is not really changing much from year to year so the amount of work required to achieve 99+ is predictable. Certainly, one can, with 3-4 hrs of studying a night, achieve 99+, assuming average intelligence (btw, just to avoid confusion, by intelligence, I don't mean the ability to memorise. The ability to memorise is rather a skill that develops through consistent study, IMO) and little procrastination (which not many can resist, IMO).
I'm pretty sure not many will actually do this amount of study.
 
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Lol, 99.95 ATAR would be an amazing thing, but the chances of me getting it are slim to none. The highest last year for our school was 99.65 and it was even less before that. I'll just be glad with 99+
 
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You get 99.95, name is in the paper or some shit, 6 months time, no one cares...gg
 

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You get 99.95, name is in the paper or some shit, 6 months time, no one cares...gg
But it would prob. get you a combined med interview @usyd etc, which is helpful.
 

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But it would prob. get you a combined med interview @usyd etc, which is helpful.
I guess Unis would care until you got in. After that they stop worrying about your UAI and start worrying about your grades in Uni. I guess the only reason I really want 99.95 is $10,000 scholarship a year at UNSW to do Comm/Eco.
 

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Here are few names off the top of my head:

99.95: Redfield, Studyfreak, Jacob 1991, Azeaurus88 (dnt think spelling is right),

99+(no order): lolokay, Namu, Tim Sui, Aerath, Untouchablecuz, Jetblack2007, Gurmies, Clintmyster, Annabackwards, GUSSSSSSS,

I'll add more as i think of them
 
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Here are few names off the top of my head:

99.95: Redfield, Studyfreak, Jacob 1991, Azeaurus88 (dnt think spelling is right),

99+(no order): lolokay, Namu, Tim Sui, Aerath, Untouchablecuz, Jetblack2007, Gurmies, Clintmyster, Annabackwards, GUSSSSSSS,

I'll add more as i think of them
I feel privileged to be on that list for now anyways LOL
 

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ummmmmmmmmm i think some of you are underestimating the difficulty in obtaining a 99.95 ATAR

i will be surprised if ANYONE gets a 99.95 from BoS (obviously i do not know EVERYONE on BoS and so it's probable that i am wrong lol)
I'm like 100% Redfield and Jacob1991 will get 99.95.

Look at Redfield's sig, hes got what i consider similar marks to Laurie Fields, + in the 3U exam thoughts he said "Got it all out. My marks are the same as Terry Lee, so here's hope, full marks", so 99 or 100.
 

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I reckon ~15, 10 is a bit low to be frank. We got 8/23 100s last year, and there are 45-50 99.95s. 15 is a reasonable guess. Also maths isn't really required to get 99+. I know a guy in my school that does no maths and his estimate is 99.45 and another girl that does no maths and is on 99.2. I've known people that have gotten 99.95 wilout maths and they did it quite easily.
NINE :p
15 not sure, 9/23 was a lot in comparison to normally 4-6
so maybe 10 conservative. we'll see though
It's not that hard. I mean seriously, you're telling me you cannot get a scaled aggregate of ~448 with 3-4 hours of work a night? Maybe I overestimate the general state's intelligence level, but it doesnt seem that hard. 99+ isn't a difficult mark to get, it's the 99.85+ marks that are difficult due to the near perfection required in said cases to achieve those marks.
3-4 work per day is insane. seriously. on top of school? :O
 

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Yeh, u would wonder wouldn't you, lol more competition......mr dp the 100 UAI man
 

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Here are few names off the top of my head:

99.95: Redfield, Studyfreak, Jacob 1991, Azeaurus88 (dnt think spelling is right),

99+(no order): lolokay, Namu, Tim Sui, Aerath, Untouchablecuz, Jetblack2007, Gurmies, Clintmyster, Annabackwards, GUSSSSSSS,

I'll add more as i think of them
LOL thanks for that but I don't think I'll get 99.95
 

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