Australia's Flawed Competition System for University Admission
Channel: John Croissant
Date: 04/08/2022

The Australian Tertiary Admission Rank, or ATAR, is Australia's one-of-a-kind ranking system for university admission! ... and it isn't good, at all. In this video I discuss why the ATAR is a pretty stupid system, that hasn't done much more than create stress, anxiety and inequity, while not even accurately reflecting academic achievement and capacity of students leaving high school.

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USED MATERIAL

Online Sources:
1. "Universities Admissions Centre" from Wikipedia, https://bit.ly/3oRhKiX
2. "Australian Tertiary Admission Rank" from UAC, https://bit.ly/3Ss6w1M
3. "Year 12 creates too much stress and ATAR scoring unfair" from UNSW Gonski Institute, https://bit.ly/3d5dZ75
4. "Study confirms HSC exams source of major stress to adolescents" from The Conversation, https://bit.ly/3StYjdx
5. "Year 12 exams — are they worth the stress?" from ABC News, https://ab.co/3oT4QB3
6. "Adrian Piccoli" from Wikipedia, https://bit.ly/3bqlJA5
7. "ATAR has failed students, universities and business, so let's replace it by 2025" from the Sydney Morning Herald, https://bit.ly/3zy9nh3
8. "We want passionate humans, not perfect performance" from Torrens University, https://bit.ly/3zzdzgA
9. "ATARS losing relevance for university admissions but students are still hooked" from ABC News, https://ab.co/3bsknEK
10. "Beyond ATAR: A Proposal for Change" from Australian Learning Lecture, https://bit.ly/3zyqLm3
11. "Crunching the Number: Exploring the Use and Usefulness of the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR)" from Victoria University, https://bit.ly/3OSEVnC
12. "Why Your ATAR is Lower Than Your HSC Results: Explained" from Art of Smart, https://bit.ly/3vEsJAh

Music Used:
1. "Underwater Exploration" by Godmode
2. "The Stoic and the Sailor" by Unicorn Heads
3. "Under the Rug" by Density & Time
4. "Beyond" by Patrick Patrikios
5. "Forest Lullabye" by Asher Fulero
6. "Moons" by Patrick Patrikios
7. "Into It" by Kwon

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CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro
0:16 What's the ATAR?
2:53 The Conceptual Flaw
4:01 Your Peers affect your Ranking
6:04 The Public's Opinion
6:42 Socioeconomic Inequity
7:15 Reputational Destruction
7:51 The Detrimental Effects
9:12 My Experience
10:42 We Need a New System
12:17 Killing the Teachers' Passion
13:54 The ATAR has lost Relevancy
14:34 "We Want Your Passion"
15:04 Summary of Problems
15:47 Why We Still Use It
18:10 Beyond the ATAR
21:37 Outro