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Thanks for that tip. So I've just looked at the UAC website and it says" "The ATAR is a rank, not a mark. The Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) is a number between 0.00 and 99.95 that indicates a student’s position relative to all the students in their age group (ie all 16 to 20 year...

Hi guys How do you calculate the statistical distribution of each ATAR mark? I've heard that only 1 in 1400 people get 99.95 - is that correct? so what % of people get 99.95, 99.94, 99.93, 99.5 etc? is there a formula I can use to calculate it? so what % of people get 99.00? thanks

ok i take it back i worked it out in the end - probably wouldn't have got it quickly enough in exam situation though

i just read somewhere that you would have to be in the top 5% intelligence wise to get a year 7 scholarship - does that sound right to you? I would've thought it would be a more like top 0.5 to 1% ?? also, can anyone do this year 7 scholarship question - I'm really struggling and its...

thanks thats helpful do you know what level you need to be academically to do well in the year 7 scholarship tests? - the online info claims that you shouldn't try to prepare for the test as prep won't help - do you think thats BS? - i've also read that you should be academically about 2 years...

Hi all does anyone know where i can get free sample or past Year 7 scholarship exams that are run by Academic Assessment Services? they don't have any on their website so trying to get an idea what these exams are like I've seen some online companies sell test papers but am looking for...

I read an article in the Sydney morning herald which says nearly half of all NSW HSC students got an ATAR above 70 (https://amp.smh.com.au/national/nsw/low-atar-students-won-t-be-able-to-do-teaching-20191224-p53mpe.html) i thought that the atar was a percentile ranking which would mean that...

That's a great reply and the post you linked very informative

You make a lot of good points there RE gamsat applicants I disagree they are higher standard and motivated - sure many are but I think a large proportion haven't got a clue and are just taking a half heated shot and would never have a how of shot do to lack of intelligence / work ethic / poor...

As mentioned in my earlier post, if it really was a matter of just working super hard in year 11 and 12 then I think that would be perfectly acceptable to me. But my impression (and I'm open to being corrected if wrong) is that very few get 99.5+ by just starting to work hard in year 11, instead...

You seem to have misunderstood my comment. I meant that kid with the highest ATARs don't generally do the best at medical school i.e the top 20% ranked students at the end of med school are generally not the kids that entered need school with the top 29% if ATARs. I didn't say they would fail -...

To an extent thats true, but the reality is that many of the kids that had heavy tutoring and high ATARS to get into med don't do particularly well once they get into medicine as they burn out a lot quicker. The intensity at which they studied takes its toll and can't be maintained long-term...

I can see your logic and think that theres certainly some truth in it but I also think that the sort of person that has the intelligence/work ethic to make it into undergrad med would find it even easier to get into post-grad med (as the quality of competition is lower after the best have been...

This is a fantastic answer and gives me a lot of hope that its possible to get a good mark without having to give up childhood and by going for the kill in year 11-12 - i kind of always have thought that an intelligent person could do what you outlined but its hard to be certain especially when...

one reason I'm thinking the slower easier postgrad route may be better is because I know many Drs and the career path is long so theres no reason to rush into it, as you say, you will be essentially dedicating all your time/energy into medicine once you get in so it makes sense to maximise life...

If it really was just a matter of working crazy hard in year 11 and 12 to get a 99+ ATAR then I would definitely say thats the way to go but my impression was that only the super intelligent kids could do that without having had to go through many years of coaching in the 3-4 years prior to year...

My impression is that to get a really good ATAR (99+) to get into a good undergrad med course would take a lot more than 1 year of HSC. I thought those kids that get 99+ generally have been working very hard and having regaulr external tutoring from age 12 (and often earlier from age 8 onwards)...

is my thinking flawed or is it fundamentally correct, assuming you want to eventually do medicine? It seems to me that it takes an inordinate amount of studying and outside school coaching/tuition to get a high enough ATAR to get into undergrad medicine and the only real benefit of doing all...