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[Gibbsy]

Try sending one again, weird that I haven't received anything.

Just did dude.

 

[West_Coast_Eagles]

Have a good trip matt enjoy it mate big year ahead!

 

[____]

Just did dude.

Got it.

Seasons greetings and enjoy your US trip.

 

[Craegus]

Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year Gibbsy. Have a great trip.

 

[Groupie_]

Does anyone know which clubs wore sportswool jumpers in 1996? (centenary logo)

What's the diff between a sportswool Richmond PI and a retail?

 

[West_Coast_Eagles]

Tigers-lotto

 

[Gibbsy]

Have a good trip matt enjoy it mate big year ahead!

Thanks Bradles! Looking forward to uni and all that it brings.

Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year Gibbsy. Have a great trip.

Cheers Craeg, same to you. Hope you get that gig at the Wests Tigers, too.

 

[Groupie_]

Tigers-lotto

Lotto started 97 with the jumpers

 

[Silent Alarm]

Thanks Bradles! Looking forward to uni and all that it brings.

You know exactly what it brings: Beers and bishes.

 

[West_Coast_Eagles]

Lectures train rides & lots of studyinhg.
What uni sa?

 

[Silent Alarm]

Lectures train rides & lots of studyinhg.
What uni sa?

Lectures? Optional unless there's some girl you like in there Train rides? Maybe for you rural bumpkins, we have trams in the city... #w***er

Gibbs can tell you where he's going. I'm not his PR agent.

 

[Gibbsy]

Gibbs can tell you where he's going. I'm not his PR agent.

I think bradles might have been asking where you go to uni.

But yeah, Deakin Geelong if all things go to plan (got the atar easily, now just a matter of waiting). Swinny's my second pref but I'd rather stay at home and go to Deakin

 

[West_Coast_Eagles]

Fitzroy community college?

 

[Silent Alarm]

Fitzroy community college?

Turn it up, mate. Journalism at RMIT is a 96 ATAR; A pen-license is too much qualification for you blokes up at Wagga Wagga TAFE.

 

[West_Coast_Eagles]

Niceee!

 

[West_Coast_Eagles]

Turn it up, mate. Journalism at RMIT is a 96.25ATAR; A pen-license is too much qualification for you blokes up at Wagga Wagga TAFE.

 

[West_Coast_Eagles]

But you are into your 2nd year at uni. Your atar does not count does it?

 

[Andonis1997]

So how does ATAR work exactly?
Is it just your percentage of the year like how grades are determined or is there another factor involved?

 

[Silent Alarm]

But you are into your 2nd year at uni. Your atar does not count does it?

Yeah, it's pretty much a useless number once you're in the system. Like most supposed frameworks and organisations in life, it's all pretty much bullshit: They are institutions looking for funding first, and their prestige second. Notch up some okay scores and be willing to pay the money and...

So how does ATAR work exactly?
Is it just your percentage of the year like how grades are determined or is there another factor involved?

I'd like to say "yes." The way they calculate ATARs is so convoluted that it's not even worth attempting to explain – and if I did, it would just change again. Essentially, it's a combination of your final exam and your coursework throughout year 12. Your scores are ranked in a hundred different ways (against your immediate classmates, in terms of your school, your school's ranking, the state cohort, the average score in the unit, how many people took the unit...) so it's basically just best to go as well as you can and not stress about it.

As a vague rule of thumb, get around 50ish (for exams and coursework) in all four subjects (they count you're top four if you do five) and your ATAR will probably be 70. It's actually not that hard to notch a 99.55 or whatever they put the maximum as, it's like an 80 average or something.

I think you just have to prove you haven't killed someone or live off Farmer's Union to get into a uni in Adelaide, so you might be okay.

 

[Andonis1997]

I'd like to say "yes." The way they calculate ATARs is so convoluted that it's not even worth attempting to explain – and if I did, it would just change again. Essentially, it's a combination of your final exam and your coursework throughout year 12. Your scores are ranked in a hundred different ways (against your immediate classmates, in terms of your school, your school's ranking, the state cohort, the average score in the unit, how many people took the unit...) so it's basically just best to go as well as you can and not stress about it.
As a vague rule of thumb, get around 50ish (for exams and coursework) in all four subjects (they count you're top four if you do five) and your ATAR will probably be 70. It's actually not that hard to notch a 99.55 or whatever they put the maximum as, it's like an 80 average or something.
I think you just have to prove you haven't killed someone or live off Farmer's Union to get into a uni in Adelaide, so you might be okay.

Thanks SA. Also, what number of ATAR is a fail? My cousin may have failed and she only had three very easy subjects, but we all expected that!

Haha haven't killed anyone, don't drink FUIC, I'n a shoe-in!

 

[Marlowe]

Sorry it's got the watermark, just fill it in with black, and then with white. Should work

Cheers, but I finally found another image, watermark free.

 

[Mero]

So, I'm leaving for America tomorrow! A 24-night holiday in New York and Orlando that will be absolutely amazing, I'm sure.

Because of this I won't be around a whole lot on BF, and if I am, it'll be at awkward times for most of you (apart from Mero!) So I'll take this chance to wish everyone on the board a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Gibbsy.

Merry Christmas & a happy New Year to you too, Gibbsy,

 

[Stromageddon]

Thanks SA. Also, what number of ATAR is a fail? My cousin may have failed and she only had three very easy subjects, but we all expected that!

Technically you don't fail. If you have an ATAR, it means you've passed year 12.

 

[akkaps]

So how does ATAR work exactly?
Is it just your percentage of the year like how grades are determined or is there another factor involved?

As SA said. The ATAR is calculated as the sum of your English study score plus your next 3 highest study scores and 10% of the remaining subject. These study scores have been standardized (you would have learnt about standardization in Maths in year 12), according to 30 being the mean and a standard deviation of 7. So the aggregated score is matched against everyone else and then given a numerated result out of 99.95. Although, the highest study score is 50 in most subjects, languages like Latin can get marked up to 55.

 

[West_Coast_Eagles]

I didnt do maths in yr12