r/atarWACE

i failed my last english assessment which was worth 13.5 of my grade, which is probably a fail, so i was thinking that i completely stop trying for english,which i spend a lot of time on. this would allow me to focus more on my top 4subjects and do better on them. I just wanted to know if that’s a good idea, like do unis check your english grades or do i just need to do the english competency test. and would the fact that i’ve taken the english competency exam affect my uni applications. i just want to know if it’s better to take the competency exam with a good atar or get like a moderate atar with a pass in english. and if you’ve taken the competency exam what was it like

Hey guys, so I'm currently in my second term of yr 12, and I'm aiming for a 97 ATAR at the end of the year as the course I want to get into is highly competitive (not med or anything tho lol). These are my grades now:

Apps- 93

english-75

bio-70 (can def get that up, just bombed my first test so bad)

physics-75

Could anyone please help me kind of estimate what ATAR I would be sitting around now realistically, and how much I need to improve my results to hit my aim, please? (Also, I don't go to any fancy school or anything, just a basic WA school)

Just for context I am a year 10 student averaging about 70 in HASS, religion and science (advanced classes) averaging 80 for mathematics (advanced) and about 60 for English (normal classes)
I am interested in medicine but I don’t think my current grades are good for it I am thinking of taking these subjects
MATH METHODS
ENGLISH ATAR or LITERATURE
CHEMISTRY ATAR
RELIGION AND LIFE ATAR(catholic school so I have to)
HUMAN BIOLOGY ATAR
And for my final subjects
Either cert 2 workplace skills(transfers into cert 3 business for year 12) or cert 2 community cervices (transfers into cert 3 health support services in year 12)
Please let me know what you think, your recommendations and what you think I should do or change

I’m a year 11 student doing spec averaging a raw 70 at a good school and I get lots of my friends in apps telling me to do apps as their getting 90s I understand apps scales down but how much does spec truly scale up (not including 10 percent bonus)