Didn't Tom Kingston get 104 out of 100 for his tertiary entrance score?
Standards have dropped these days!
There has been a myth circulating about Tom Kingston's ATAR. As I recall it his ranking was 99+, i.e., he was in the top one percent of candidates. Because of his participation in schools representative rugby, including Australian Schools, he made an application under the University of Sydney's Elite Athletes and Performers Scheme which is for applicants who are able to demonstrate they are elite athletes or performers, and have had training, competitive and/or practice commitments which have significantly affected their results. (Many other universities now have similar schemes)
Understandably Tom's application was successful. As a result different faculties at the University had the discretion to allow him up to a 5 point bonus on his ATAR, giving rise to the assertion, not by him, that his score was 104.
The real merit in his performance was that notwithstanding the huge demands on his time and disruption involved with representative rugby, he was able to place in the top one percent of candidates, an extraordinary achievement.
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