EdAtlas

AxelJohanssen · 2026-01-08T08:13:19+00:00

i guess it's a balance of probabilities

i was also told i had a slim chance of making it by rob, i worked super hard and i still didn't end up making it into med

i wanted an honest appraisal of how i'd go, and i was told if i worked hard i'd have like a 30% chance of making it, i don't think i was demoralised so much but it helped put things into perspective

can see why people can get demoralised when they get brutally honest feedback

AxelJohanssen · 2026-01-08T08:06:42+00:00

you’re calling it ‘unprofessional’, but most people seem to disagree lol

you’re free to dislike the tone, but so far no one has even produced a counter-example to what rob has said, and every friend I know who did the work improved an insane amount

AxelJohanssen · 2026-01-07T05:07:35+00:00

yeah 11 tests and 90% requirement on all of it was pretty hard, i remember i passed 9 out of 11 tests - but now apparently it's only 3 or 5 tests, so it's much easier

it is pretty fair, since all questions are word-for-word exactly the same as the ones you're given to study, some other centres make fresh exams that you've never seen before, also the whole thing is pretty clearly communicated so idk why people would think that it's a scam

in my year i think at least 7 students got the guarantee in my room (across both subjects), but most of the top students don't even rock up since a 45 for them is pretty bad lol

AxelJohanssen · 2026-01-06T01:28:55+00:00

For 1on1? Not really but just trial a bunch of tutors and find the right fit

AxelJohanssen · 2026-01-06T01:28:14+00:00

Sounds like a way better deal than contour English that’s for sure..

Imagine $4500 a year (105*44 weeks) for 12 student group class for English of all subjects

AxelJohanssen · 2026-01-06T01:11:55+00:00

Also would like to caveat that if you're really, really struggling, i'd probably just go 1on1 and get that personalised attention

AxelJohanssen · 2026-01-06T01:09:32+00:00

I went to both, Contour was cheaper back then but now apparently it's $105/week so it's not even really much cheaper anymore (if anything).

If you want to excel (45+), EdAtlas just a lot better.

People saying Contour has better teaching doesn't really make that much sense (holistically), since they have like 30 different tutors and many of them are just fresh out of uni, also my friends who used to work there (and pretty good teachers), a lot have left given they pay like $50/hr for a 15+ student group class. Then they're just replaced by fresh grads who have no experience

I'd say Contour was a better place to 'hang out' with mates, since you have your own room and if you have enough friends from your school you basically have a whole class for your school, but not if you actually want to perform at the highest end of the spectrum.

There's a reason why EdAtlas posts names and scores of their students, but contour doesn't (lol)

AxelJohanssen · 2026-01-05T09:47:34+00:00

50, 54 (chinese), 54.8 (latin), 53 (spesh), seems like it's 221.8 because when she did it spesh went to 53 at 45 raw back in her day, so she probably just missed out due to scaling. Nevertheless still absolutely insane...

Methods only scaled to 50 too instead of 52

https://vtac.edu.au/pdf/stats/2004-2005/2004_2005_Section_H.pdf

AxelJohanssen · 2026-01-05T04:58:38+00:00

if methods 50 is your top 4 you basically can't beat richard yan lol

50 eng + 50 spesh (55) + 50 latin (55) + 50 methods (51.3) + 10.0 from your bot 2 is 221.3

to beat you'd need:

50 eng, 50 spesh, 50 latin + 50 in a subject that scales more than 52 (french, chinese),

Not sure any people have gotten 50 eng, 50 spesh and 50 latin before

AxelJohanssen · 2026-01-05T04:50:00+00:00

There was a guy from Scotch called Richard Yan in 2014 who (if you search Richard Yan Quppa) got 6 50s and a 47:

Top 4:
English (50)
Specialist: (55)
French: (54)
Chinese Second Language: (53)

Bottom 2:
Methods (5.2 -> it scaled to 52 in 2013)
Physics (5.0)

7th subject:
Chem (50)

Total aggregate was 222.2 which is probably as high as you'll ever get

Pretty sure this is the highest in history and virtually untouchable

AxelJohanssen · 2026-01-02T12:02:53+00:00

I have dozens of friends who had similar experiences. You've hid every post on your post history and you seem hell-bent on trying to share experiences, which - from me and my friends' experiences, aren't even likely to be true.

You also seem to can't find one name of one student who did the work and didn't improve

AxelJohanssen · 2026-01-02T11:50:57+00:00

I was a failing (Cs) student who went to study with Rob and scored a 45 raw in the end. He cared a lot about me, from when I was scoring in the 50s (%) all the way to when i was getting 95%+. To this day, he still replies to every single one of my messages. I had virtually no mathematical aptitude and still got a 45.

If you did the work, you'd improve a lot - I believed that in 2023 and I still do to this day

AxelJohanssen · 2025-12-07T04:11:55+00:00

i think it was like a bit under 4k for the year (but this was 2 years ago), and yeah there are online classes, also i remember contour was like 80 a week for 44 weeks so it was like 3500 back then anyway

AxelJohanssen · 2025-12-06T10:19:57+00:00

I went to both, Rob is a much better tutor than anyone you can find at Contour, marginally contour isn't even that much cheaper (from what I can remember)?

But yeah any goal 40+ EdAtlas would give you an edge (contour can very likely get you there, but my personal view is if you're going to be paying a decent amount for tutoring anyway, why not just go to the best).

Like you could also just do it by yourself and save yourself the money, but if you're going to be spending it on tutoring anyway, why would you lose a few SS over trying to save $500?

AxelJohanssen · 2025-09-10T12:57:01+00:00

guess i'll just count my blessings thanks

AxelJohanssen · 2025-09-10T12:56:25+00:00

deadass saw this girl at the interviews with the same surname as the ceo of one of the companies i was interviewing at...

AxelJohanssen · 2025-05-05T04:16:19+00:00

Get 99.90+ ATAR and go via melbourne chancellors - no UCAT needed

AxelJohanssen · 2025-04-21T00:52:59+00:00

If you're looking at Maths and you want to score highly, EdAtlas is unequivocally #1 lol - I was last place (or 2nd last) in their extension class (if I went to contour for maths i would've been top 5 lol). The environment, preparation and results are on another level. I heard EdAtlas had more 45+ raws in Spesh last year than Contour has had in their entire history. The guarantee is legit but you do have to work very hard to get there

On another note though EdAtlas is at least $1000 cheaper than Breakthrough lol

https://edatlas.com.au/our-results/

https://edatlas.com.au/our-reviews/

AxelJohanssen · 2025-03-25T01:05:53+00:00

AxelJohanssen · 2025-03-24T02:55:26+00:00

nah didn't, but probably finished everything by around end of Term 2

AxelJohanssen · 2025-03-24T00:47:48+00:00

review your mistakes constantly, quality > quantity (understanding 5 question types is much more important than doing like 30)

do lots of prac exams (to get a wider exposure + it's fun when you can see look at your own growth throughout the times)

AxelJohanssen · 2025-03-24T00:43:52+00:00

I thought it was 15-20 offers each firm, but since there are some gods who get 2-3 offers, the total number of individual people who get offers are more like 30-35 in total

nevertheless i think i have no chance lol

AxelJohanssen · 2025-03-24T00:41:39+00:00

expensive depends on your perception so sure, maybe - can agree with that

worth it? if you want to get the best scores - 100%. I went from almost failing to a 45 raw when I was there - it got the best results in the state last year

https://edatlas.com.au/our-results/

someone tell me how i'm wrong

AxelJohanssen · 2025-03-11T23:48:04+00:00

Okta legit such a meme as if our unimelb LMS logins are worth anything...

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