99.95

The ATAR rank that every* Australian senior high school student desires (or desperately needs if they do not want to be disowned by their tiger parents). The number evokes as much stress and anxiety as it does awe.

It’s the highest rank attainable, a status symbol that denotes the greatest intellectual prowess in Aussie high school circles…

…and profound egocentrism anywhere else. After all, your ATAR is only a number, and who talks about ATAR scores after high school anyway?**

*some states have it different, and there’s also IB :/

**immature, status-obsessed adults who upgraded to uni but think they’re still at school.

“You need a tutor? My sister’s best friend tutors HSC kids, she got a 99.95 ATAR”

“If you wanna study Med at USYD you have to get 99.95 otherwise they won’t consider you.”

“You do realise that a 99.95 ATAR isn’t actually necessary for, I don’t know, 99.95% of uni courses, don’t you?”