How will a class of 3-4 people affect my atar? I understand how its calculated by ranking students in each cohort. But if in a class of 3, I come second does that mean I'm in the lower or top half of my year? And what if lets say all students score great and similar but I score last, does that mean that my whole atar score will be ruined even if I did well? And technically doesn't this all mean that even if all 3 of us score fairly well, only one of us can get a good mark and the rest will be below average?
Im stressing a lot because I'm a high achieving and hardworking student but might get a low atar because there is literally no other students I can rank against. My only hope is to be better than the other students but in some classes one of them is clearly better than me. In one class theres only 2 people, so does this mean one of us will be seen as above average and the other one below average even if our grades were both around A's?