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J_Rho

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Scaling & Rural School
« on: September 16, 2019, 10:13:16 am »
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Hey AN!

All the subjects I have chosen for 2020 scale down; HHD, Psych, Further, Eng, Legal
Im now having second thoughts and am wondering if I should swap a subject for something that scales better like idk Methods??
I basiaclly have crazy high hopes to get a 98 ATAR (and become dux) but im from a small rural school...does this put me at a disadvantage??
If i get 95 -100% on everything what are my chances of a 47 ss in all my subjects?
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Re: Scaling & Rural School
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2019, 10:41:33 am »
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I strongly encourage you to pursue subjects you're interested in (or that you need as pre-requisites), rather than basing subject selection scaling.

You can absolutely still get a high ATAR studying subjects that scale down. If you chose a subject like Methods, you may benefit from the scaling in a sense, but this is only negating the more competitive cohort, so it evens out.

Scaling is not designed to reward or punish you for studying certain subjects - it's designed to make it an even playing field, so you're able to pursue subjects you like.

For the record, my subjects:
> Business Management (scaled down)
> English Language (scaled up slightly)
> Further Maths (scaled down)
> Health and Human Development (scaled down)
> Psychology (scaled down)
> Visual Communication Design (scaled down)

And I finished with a 99.65 ATAR.

EDIT: You also don't need to get 95-100% on everything to get a 47+ subject score, for any subject.

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