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In Australia the final year 12 exams, which are used as University entrance ranks are standardized. It works exceptionally well.

https://www.uac.edu.au/future-applicants/atar



In Korea and Japan, they use the one test system and have the highest suicide rate among high school students. It also makes their high school lives hell and their education system lackluster at best. I would advise caution.


The test also means next to nothing. I know people who failed badly at the test and still got in to uni.


I know people who got to uni with exceptionally high marks on their HSC and absolutely no problem solving skills to speak of. Doing well on an exam does not necessarily mean someone is more intelligent or capable, it means they were good at that exam.


And the cut off for course admissions are adjusted up and down based on supply and demand.


That seems unfair to the students who apply for admission: if supply was high the previous year and low the current year, a student in the current year may not be admitted even if they demonstrated identical academic performance (assuming "academic performance" just means standardized test score here) as an admitted student from the previous year.


Sure, but this is just life isn’t it? A university decides to change the courses it offers, or the number of places offered within a course, just because things change. There also might be a new course offered this year which the student would not have had the opportunity to apply for last year.




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