With nine students achieving the highest possible ATAR of 99.95 (the highest number in Wesley College history), a median ATAR of 86.85 (combined
Approximately 500 students will get a 99 ATAR in states like Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. Approximately 100 students score a 99 every year in Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania, while approximately 40 students achieve this in the ACT.
Your ATAR is calculated from the results of 10 course units and at least four subjects, so even if you excel in one, two or even three subjects, you won't receive your best ATAR unless you work equally hard in each of your courses. This applies to subjects within the course, too.
The ATAR is a rank calculated based on high school results in Australia, ranging from 0.00 to 99.95, indicating a student's relative position to all other students in the same age group.
Ultimately, getting 99 ATAR is no easy undertaking. It requires hard work, dedication, and a willingness to use all of the resources available to you. For those students who are aiming for the top universities, a high ATAR score is essential – and it is within your reach.
The ATAR is a number from 0 and 99.95 in intervals of 0.05. The highest rank is 99.95, the next highest 99.90, and so on. The lowest automatically reported rank is 30.00, with ranks below 30.00 being reported as 'less than 30'. Find out more about how ATARs are calculated.
For most people, a good ATAR score is 80.00.
With a score of 80.00, you're in a strong position and have plenty of options.
One Flinders student, Laura Webb, achieved the highest possible ATAR of 99.95.
For instance, to score an ATAR of 95, you would need to score in the top 16% of Physics and 18% of Chemistry, but you need to be in the top 8% of Biology.
Your Year 11 grades do not count towards your ATAR! Essentially, the ATAR is a percentile number that's calculated using your HSC Marks — aka, your Year 12 marks.
The highest ATAR that you can achieve is 99.95, which effectively means that a student ranked better than 99.95% of students in their cohort. 3. What is the average ATAR score? The average ATAR is usually around 70.00.
As the ATAR is a percentile, a 99.95 ATAR means that you are in the top 0.05% of your state. Likewise, an ATAR of 99 means that you are in the top 1% of your state.
An ATAR of 100 is impossible.
In Australia, the lowest minimum ATAR required by a medical program is an ATAR of 90 (Monash University) or adjusted ATAR of 90 (University of Adelaide). If you're a rural student, you could also apply to La Trobe's medical program, which has a minimum unadjusted ATAR requirement of 80.
Your rank is based on how you went compared to other Year 12 students. So even if your test scores are lower than you'd hoped, if you're still ranked in the top 20% of students, then you'll receive an ATAR of 80. As long as you try your best with what you have, chances are, you'll do better than you expect.
Parramatta High student Ved Khanolkar said his mum and dad were “left speechless” after he scored an ATAR of 99.5.
54,894 students were eligible for an ATAR. This is 137 fewer than in 2019. 48 students received the top ATAR of 99.95.
Gian is proof that it is possible — she not only took 14 units but she also worked up to ten hours a week for a travel agency, was the editor in chief of the student newspaper and continued with ballet plus pilates and yoga to keep her sane. With all that going on, she managed to ace her HSC with a 98+ ATAR!
17.7% of the students received an ATAR of 90.00 or above, 35.2% received an ATAR of at least 80.00, 52.1% at least 70.00, and 67.8% at least 60.00. The median ATAR was 71.25, slightly higher than in 2021. The median ATAR for females was 72.45 whereas the median ATAR for males was 69.85.
Finally, the scaled scores are added together (as described below) to generate an aggregate, which is judged against the aggregates of all other students in the state on a bell curve, producing the ATAR ranking.
Ethan Tan, 15, became the youngest student ever to get the highest possible ATAR of 99.95 on Friday.
Ravenswood student Maria Yang is one of the 48 students in NSW who has received the perfect ATAR of 99.95 in 2022.
The highest ATAR anyone can achieve with any subject combination is really 99.95. That being said, no one in the last 5 years has achieved a 99.95 ATAR with Standard Maths. The average highest ATAR mark for Standard Maths is 99.71 (so close!).
The reality is that most students arrive at university with an ATAR of less than 90. It is a rank, and therefore only some students will get 90 and above. The ATAR shows a student's achievement in relation to other students. It's also not a complete sign of "success".