Should I do 3U or 4U maths to maximise my ATAR? (1 Viewer)

[LucyZCU]

Subjects I currently do:
English Advanced (currently around average)
Legal Studies (currently 1/43)
Japanese (2/13)
Japanese Extension (unknown)
Maths Extension 1 (35/80)
Maths Extension 2 (below average)

With a total of 11 units.
My school rank is in top 20s.
And I just had an examination at the end of last term.
My 3U score was above average, so is my 2U one. But 4U one bellow average.
However, if I drop down to 3U, I'll have to compete with people in 2U to get the ranks, but cannot get top 10.
And if I keep 4U, I compete with less people and it ranks me higher.
Please help.
I want to get an ATAR of at least 97.

Thank you!

 

[Carrotsticks]

Do you enjoy Extension 2 the slightest bit?

 

[kkmok]

If you think you can score 60% raw mark in the final HSC 4unit exam, you are most likely to achieve bandE4, and it scales really good compare to 2unit.

Then you should keep it.

 

[bleakarcher]

Stay with 4U. Your ranks have the potential to change significantly by the end of the year anyway. Just go hard really.

 

[Kimyia]

But if you feel like you really can't cope, there's no point in just ending up with a bad mark. If you think you can stick it out though, do 4U

 

[Dylanamali]

my thoughts:

In the end, in my experience.. 4unit was the subject that prevented me from attaining a 99+ atar. But in saying that, I was probably the most lazy 4u student.. and in the end only attained about 50-55/120 in the actual HSC exam - A FAIL.. yet that still equated to a HSC mark of 80 - and that HSC mark of 80 in 4unit will equate to around a mark of 92 in 2unit maths.
So what I'm basically getting at is.. if you think you can get a 95+ in 2unit easily.. then go for 2unit. However, if you think you can pass a 4unit exam, e.g. 60/120 or even 75/120 then definitely do 4u.. it aligns like crazy and scales like crazy, if your aiming for 97+ it will definitely help you out.

 

[bleakarcher]

Also, take into account that 4U maths accounts for 4 units whereas 2U accounts for 2 units. So given that you go well in 4U maths, those 4U will help your atar greatly since 4U scales like crazy.