gcses to atar: whats the difference

hey guys,
my name is chloe and I'm 15 years old and moving to Australia this year from the UK. I'm about to do my gcses and my subjects i chose for gcses are geography, english (literature and language), maths (foundation), French (higher), sciences (higher), economics and history I'm getting around a grade 5-7 but i got a grade 9 in economics in my mock exams. I'm just wondering the jump from gcse to the atar route in Australia, I'm aiming to become a dentist also what is the education system like, what topics do you learn about, is it laid back or stressful and horrible like the uks education system, do you have sets for classes, in the uk we have set 1 (full of grade 9 students who can work fast) to set 5 (usually people who struggle and failing in which need more help) and how many subjects should i pick for the atar route? And a non education question, how easy is it making friends because im going to be in grade 10 for like a couple of months if i need to sit the grade 10 exams and then moving straight to senior high school where i do the atar route.

apparently there is a end of grade 10 exam in Australia that i have to sit, can someone please clarify about that please😭

anything helps so please say anything you know about the atar route.🙏

thanks gang,
chloe

Reply 1

nethara

Hiii
I am Nethara and I am in a similar situation like you. I am 14 years old turning 15 this year and my family is planing to move to australia around the time when i am doing my gcses next year, so I am currently doing my research about Australia's education system and atar.
Anything helps🙏