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Future Plans: What ATAR/course/job are you aiming for? (2 Viewers)

What ATAR are you aiming for?


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the-derivative

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Re: What UAI are you aiming for?

11kloseboy said:
85+ is my goal. Pick the hard subjects if you do well you succeed. This is how I look at the UAI Scaling. If you do easy subjects General Mathematics,English Standard your UAI gets scaled down even if you get 100 in any of those subjects you might just get 95.
It won't scale you down that bad.
But generally, if you're doing those subjects - you aren't really aiming/expecting to do that well?
 

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id b happy wif a 70
i rekn aimin for high uais nd not knowing what u wanna do afta skool is stupid
u betta be social smart dan book smart =)
 

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mitso BIG! said:
id b happy wif a 70
i rekn aimin for high uais nd not knowing what u wanna do afta skool is stupid
u betta be social smart dan book smart =)
Having a high UAI leaves your options very open and flexible.

High UAI with not much idea of what you want to do > Low UAI and knowing that you can't do what you want to do
 

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I agree with Aplus wholeheartedly.

I am not even 100% if I want to do the courses I outlined above. I just want to get high UAI to leave my options open.

That's why I aim for 100 UAI. (even though the chance is like a winning a lotto!)
 

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lyounamu said:
That's why I aim for 100 UAI. (even though the chance is like a winning a lotto!)
Nope. Lotto is based purely on luck. If you want to get 100 UAI, you can work hard and know that if you conistently put in the effort, you will be rewarded in the long term.
 

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Aplus said:
Nope. Lotto is based purely on luck. If you want to get 100 UAI, you can work hard and know that if you conistently put in the effort, you will be rewarded in the long term.
But I will need luck to get 100 UAI. :)

Mark =/= k times effort (where k is a constant term)
 

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Aerath said:
I'm sorry, what subjects do you have to do to get 99.9? 4U Maths, Latvian Continuers, Extension Latin and Extension Greek?

I think, of all people, (Lyounamu aside), The Kaiser has one of the highest chances of getting a UAI of 99.9+.
Put me aside. If you look at my exam results vs time graph, you will be taken aback by how inconsistent it is. My table is full of anomalies, abyssal slumps, several negative gradients and above all, pathetic recurrence of poor result over and over again in few subjects that I will never recover from. (unless I perform astronically well in few weeks to come)

I reckon other members like you, Aplus, Foram, bored of sc, Razizi, Sikhman, Continuum, eliseliselise, lolokay, and other 09ers (that I may have forgotten, sorr!) hold a better chance of 99+ UAI than I do. I got overestimated somehow.
 

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the-derivative said:
Thats a good aim. Pretty sure you'll be able to get it.
Thanks, but I'm really scared about my positions. I need to get Top 2 in everything .. :cold:
 

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lyounamu said:
Mark =/= k times effort (where k is a constant term)
Not really. Extension English for me - no effort - 8th/210. Advanced English, heaps of effort, 19th/210 (still pretty happy, but yeah). :p

lyounamu said:
Put me aside. If you look at my exam results vs time graph, you will be taken aback by how inconsistent it is. My table is full of anomalies, abyssal slumps, several negative gradients and above all, pathetic recurrence of poor result over and over again in few subjects that I will never recover from. (unless I perform astronically well in few weeks to come)

I reckon other members like you, Aplus, Foram, bored of sc, Razizi, Sikhman, Continuum, eliseliselise, lolokay, and other 09ers (that I may have forgotten, sorr!) hold a better chance of 99+ UAI than I do. I got overestimated somehow.
I call bullshit. Anyone else agree with me?
 

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Aerath said:
Not really. Extension English for me - no effort - 8th/210. Advanced English, heaps of effort, 19th/210 (still pretty happy, but yeah). :p
That's why I said marks =/= k times effort (where k is a constant term).


That basically means marks are not proportional to the amount of effort. I could not find the sign for "proportional to" so I had to endorse the use of "k" which is a constant term.

Of course, the level of effort will have a crucial impact on it but it won't determine your marks.
 

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Oh yeah, didn't notice the =/= :p
 

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hey guys, i need to know how im looking for uai, im aiming for about 90 - 93

subjects and approx ranks atm are

advanced english - 10/44
general maths - 2/88
studies of religion 5/106
business studies 10/76
legal studies 8/32
visual arts 1/39

am i aiming for a releastic goal with around 90 with how im traveling so far..
 

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Aerath said:
I call bullshit. Anyone else agree with me?
I wouldn't call it bullshit, but I agree :). Lyounamu, the great mathematician and counsellor > Us :uhhuh:.
 
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simdim said:
hey guys, i need to know how im looking for uai, im aiming for about 90 - 93

subjects and approx ranks atm are

advanced english - 10/44
general maths - 2/88
studies of religion 5/106
business studies 10/76
legal studies 8/32
visual arts 1/39

am i aiming for a releastic goal with around 90 with how im traveling so far..
Hey simdim. Those rankings are quite close to a 90-93 UAI. Try boosting your Advanced English, Business Studies, and Legal Studies ranking to top 5. That would probably get you that UAI aim you deserve :).

Good luck.
 

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simdim said:
hey guys, i need to know how im looking for uai, im aiming for about 90 - 93

subjects and approx ranks atm are

advanced english - 10/44
general maths - 2/88
studies of religion 5/106
business studies 10/76
legal studies 8/32
visual arts 1/39

am i aiming for a releastic goal with around 90 with how im traveling so far..
Depends on what school, too.
 

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How much courses can you apply for at one uni? Because i may not get a UAI of 98+ since i am not putting that much effort into Year 11.
 

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