People who got a 95+ ATAR- what did you pursue after school? (1 Viewer)

[v.tex]

People who got a 95+ ATAR- what did you pursue after school?

Was the hard work worth it- did it feel good finishing school knowing you did great?

 

[liamkk112]

People who got a 95+ ATAR- what did you pursue after school?

Was the hard work worth it- did it feel good finishing school knowing you did great?

math degree

probably was worth it coz at least i know that all my efforts paid off for those 4 numbers

 

[wollongong warrior]

Electrical engineering
The effort is definitely worth it; I feel like I'm more relaxed during my trimester break than during the post-hsc holidays since I actually enjoy what I'm learning

 

[Chiprr]

Electrical engineering
The effort is definitely worth it; I feel like I'm more relaxed during my trimester break than during the post-hsc holidays since I actually enjoy what I'm learning

Electrical engineering is what I want to go into at uni, are you enjoying the content? What area do you want to specialise in/go into after finishing your degree?

 

[wollongong warrior]

Electrical engineering is what I want to go into at uni, are you enjoying the content? What area do you want to specialise in/go into after finishing your degree?

The content is very enjoyable especially so in my case since I wanted to study a stem degree that is mathy without all the proofs
I plan to go into electronics
Also just some advice since you want to go into elec eng, understanding 3u and especially 4u maths will make 1st year elec really easy and give you some time to adjust to uni schedule

 

[carrotsss]

math/comp sci

hard work felt good when it paid off but it had pretty much no effect beyond that

 

[aqwerty13402]

math/comp sci

hard work felt good when it paid off but it had pretty much no effect beyond that

was atar release anticlimactic? i feel like ill be so scared but its just a number on a screen, idk

 

[Chiprr]

The content is very enjoyable especially so in my case since I wanted to study a stem degree that is mathy without all the proofs
I plan to go into electronics
Also just some advice since you want to go into elec eng, understanding 3u and especially 4u maths will make 1st year elec really easy and give you some time to adjust to uni schedule

I pretty much want the same thing in a degree, so it’s reassuring to hear than someone in a similar situation is enjoying it.

appreciate the advice. I have a tutor for 3U and 4U so I should have a good understanding by the time uni starts, so that should be helpful.

 

[carrotsss]

was atar release anticlimactic? i feel like ill be so scared but its just a number on a screen, idk

a little bit at the time, tbh I wasn’t too nervous before though since it didn’t rlly matter for me. but then my family and school overreacted to it so the day wasn’t rlly anticlimactic ig?

 

[Armon]

Electrical engineering (tbh it seems like every stem high achiever is some combination of math/eng/cs/actuary and then occasionally a med school kid)

as for whether it was worth it:
The hard work has resulted in a decent scholarship (all though had i had worked during hsc year i prob would have made more), probably helped my private tutoring business and made my parents very happy.

TBH, It's a bit sad though that the difference between a 90 and say a 99 is negligible unless you're wealthy enough to capitalise on it - I could have gone to oxford or some shit but only if i could afford the 370,000 AUD tuition for the 4 years. The problem lies in the fact that Australia has very few, but very large, universities, and even the Australian Go8 universities have very low comparative entry requirements, which results in the the opportunity for scholarships being very limited (other than equity scholarships); the Go8 knows that if you get >90 ATAR, where else are you going to go? As a result of this, there is no incentive to give scholarships unless students are at the insane level where foreign, higher ranked universities, are offering fullride scholarships, and the Australian universities have to start sweetening the pot (hence why scientia scholarship is 99.90+). There's no massive prize for academic achievement like there is in say, the US, where you can get entrance into an Ivy League or something with a 4% acceptance rate (compared to the 60% acceptance rate at UNSW), or get a great scholarship at a state school.

 

[Tryingtodowell]

Electrical engineering (tbh it seems like every stem high achiever is some combination of math/eng/cs/actuary and then occasionally a med school kid)

as for whether it was worth it:
The hard work has resulted in a decent scholarship (all though had i had worked during hsc year i prob would have made more), probably helped my private tutoring business and made my parents very happy.

TBH, It's a bit sad though that the difference between a 90 and say a 99 is negligible unless you're wealthy enough to capitalise on it - I could have gone to oxford or some shit but only if i could afford the 370,000 AUD tuition for the 4 years. The problem lies in the fact that Australia has very few, but very large, universities, and even the Australian Go8 universities have very low comparative entry requirements, which results in the the opportunity for scholarships being very limited (other than equity scholarships); the Go8 knows that if you get >90 ATAR, where else are you going to go? As a result of this, there is no incentive to give scholarships unless students are at the insane level where foreign, higher ranked universities, are offering fullride scholarships, and the Australian universities have to start sweetening the pot (hence why scientia scholarship is 99.90+). There's no massive prize for academic achievement like there is in say, the US, where you can get entrance into an Ivy League or something with a 4% acceptance rate (compared to the 60% acceptance rate at UNSW), or get a great scholarship at a state school.

why is everyone saying electrical engineering. is it really worth it? what career can you get from doing that because the first thing that comes to mind is electrician

 

[Tryingtodowell]

Electrical engineering (tbh it seems like every stem high achiever is some combination of math/eng/cs/actuary and then occasionally a med school kid)

as for whether it was worth it:
The hard work has resulted in a decent scholarship (all though had i had worked during hsc year i prob would have made more), probably helped my private tutoring business and made my parents very happy.

TBH, It's a bit sad though that the difference between a 90 and say a 99 is negligible unless you're wealthy enough to capitalise on it - I could have gone to oxford or some shit but only if i could afford the 370,000 AUD tuition for the 4 years. The problem lies in the fact that Australia has very few, but very large, universities, and even the Australian Go8 universities have very low comparative entry requirements, which results in the the opportunity for scholarships being very limited (other than equity scholarships); the Go8 knows that if you get >90 ATAR, where else are you going to go? As a result of this, there is no incentive to give scholarships unless students are at the insane level where foreign, higher ranked universities, are offering fullride scholarships, and the Australian universities have to start sweetening the pot (hence why scientia scholarship is 99.90+). There's no massive prize for academic achievement like there is in say, the US, where you can get entrance into an Ivy League or something with a 4% acceptance rate (compared to the 60% acceptance rate at UNSW), or get a great scholarship at a state school.

I see ur doing electrical engineering and computer science. is that like two degrees or a combined degree or just one degree (I dont have a clue on how uni and its courses/degree whatever etc works at all)

 

[wollongong warrior]

why is everyone saying electrical engineering. is it really worth it? what career can you get from doing that because the first thing that comes to mind is electrician

Electrical engineers =/= electricians, there are a lot of things electricians know that electrical engineers don't (unless they get trained in that area) and an even greater amount of things that elec engineers know that electricians don't
Career-wise, elec eng can go into a lot of things and is imo a jack-of-all trades in terms of tech jobs: fintech, other engineering fields (renewable energy, mining, aerospace, systems, etc), literally anything that deals with analog and digital signals, etc
Is it worth it? Up to you lol