Implications of ATAR on those repeating year 12. (1 Viewer)

[sj1990]

Hey,
I had a quick question - with this ATAR fiasco, it says we are being compared to the year seven students we began high school with. I repeated year 12, so that means I started year seven in 2003. The rest of my age group, therefore, graduated last year with UAIs instead of ATARs. Does anyone know what this means for me?
Thanks!

 

[Zedez]

I think it mean this year you will just get an ATAR instead of a UAI. The ATAR will be calculated the same way as your UAI was last year, so it won't really matter. Are you carrying any subjects marks forward from last year? That could have an effect, but I doubt it will be significant. I think you will be compared with the year 7s that started at the time this years did (i.e. a year after you started).

 

[Lazarus]

There will be no practical consequences for students who are repeating Year 12 or who are accumulating courses over a number of years.

Your ATAR will rank you against the age cohort of students who were in Year 7 five years ago irrespective of the fact that you were in Year 7 six years ago.

This doesn't change anything though.

You'll receive an ATAR instead of a UAI, which will likely be slightly higher than the UAI that you would have received last year, but when you're competing against other students with ATARs for university offers the increase will be offset by equivalent changes in course cut-offs.

See the ATAR FAQ.

In short, the answer is that there aren't any implications at all.

 

[sj1990]

Thanks heaps!

 

[marcquelle]

thanks i wanted to know aswell i was sorta of worrying about it