ATAR

How to get a 99.95 ATAR?

The elusive 99.95 ATAR is something a lot of people strive for but few achieve. No matter what your goals are, it helps to learn from someone who's achieved a top ATAR before, if only to learn some useful tips and tricks from them.

5 years ago   •   5 min read

By Jessica Hinh
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Throughout Year 12, you’ll inevitably find yourself punching numbers into an ATAR Calculator as a means of predicting your ATAR. These numbers will fluctuate throughout the year, depending on whether you receive a disappointing Biology SAC result, or if you aced that English Oral. You’ll reassure yourself that you might not be getting a 40 in Chemistry, but a 35 would still get you a 95 ATAR.

So, what does it exactly take to get a perfect ATAR, and how can you achieve it?

This article breaks it all down!

Table Of Contents:

A Few Disclaimers

Here at KIS Academics, we want to help you develop your Study Skills, refine your learning approach for your final years of High School, and provide you with extensive insight into the cogwheels of the ATAR.

So in this article, we will break down a former high school student’s ATAR to its bare essentials. Bute before we delve into it, here are a few disclaimers:

  1. These features are not ‘one size fits all’. It’s important to remember that the graduate's year and school will all affect the outcome.
  2. SAC marks vary between schools depending on the level of difficulty of the assessment. There are myriad factors impacting how an ATAR is derived, so please do not use this as the ultimate guide on which you base all predictions of your future ATAR.
  3. KIS Academic Private Tutors have all done incredibly well in VCE. Their thorough understanding of the curriculum and high performances are why we hired them in the first place! Regardless of the scores featured, do not feel unmotivated. Use these to get more of a better understanding of how VCAA works.

How To Get The Perfect ATAR?

Jeff is the Tutoring Team Leader of KIS Academics, and currently pursuing Medicine at Monash University. He achieved a perfect score of 99.95 in 2019.

Meet Jeff, one of KIS Academics' top tutors and a perfect ATAR scorer

When And Where Did Jeff Complete VCE?

Jeff completed VCE at Xavier College in 2019. This means that all Scaled Values and aggregate-to-ATAR values discussed are only applicable to results achieved in 2019.

If you are not sure how scaling works, you can check out our Comprehensive Guide!

What Subjects Did Jeff Take For VCE?

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What Study Scores Did He Get For These Subjects?

SubjectEnglishPhysicsMethodsSpecialistChemChinese SLA
Raw Score505049464635
Scaled Score505050.253.0447.9743.65

For English, Jeff was also a recipient of a Premiers’ Award. Achieving high in English is paramount to doing well in VCE, given that English is the only subject that mandatorily sits in the top 4.

His bottom two subjects, Chemistry and Chinese SLA, had 10% of their value contribute to his aggregate score.

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What Was Jeff’s Aggregate Score?

  • Jeff’s aggregate score was an impressive 212.39.
  • This fit him into the 2019 aggregate range required to achieve a 99.95 ATAR, which was between 210.04 and 218.99.

How Did Jeff Perform In SACs?

  • Jeff was a high-performing student throughout the year.
  • He scored the overall top SAC score for his cohort for English, Methods, Chemistry and Physics.

What Did Jeff Get In His GAT?

  • Jeff scored a 49 in Written Communications, 47 in Maths/Science and 35 in Humanities/Arts.
  • Although there is no way of knowing whether a GAT score influences your final ATAR, it is in your best interest to perform well in the GAT, especially in the disciplines which correspond to your subjects.

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Conclusion

As mentioned previously, this is just a reference point. The requirements for a perfect ATAR varies by year, and by school. If you'd like someone like Jeff to be by your side with your VCE studies, you can request one of KIS Academics brainy (and friendly!) ATAR Tutors.

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FAQs

1. How important are the SACs?

  • Your SACs are important because they contribute to your final ATAR scores.
  • It is imperative that you perform well in your SACs.

2. How does my school ranking affect my ATAR?

  • The student ranked first in SACs will receive the highest moderated SAC score, regardless of their exam result.
  • The rest of the cohort’s moderated SAC scores are distributed based on their exam performance and internal SAC rank.

3. How difficult is it to achieve a Perfect ATAR?

  • Only the top 0.05% of students in the cohort achieve this ATAR, so it is really difficult.
  • However, with consistent hard work and the right assistance, it is possible.

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