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In Australia we usually think about undergrad competitiveness in terms of the minimum ATAR rank of last years' admissions, right?
But you could also think about competitiveness in terms of admission fraction.
And I think those two metrics can be consistent if a very popular degree has a disproportionately low fraction of high-ATAR applications.
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In Australia we usually think about undergrad competitiveness in terms of the minimum ATAR rank of last years' admissions, right?
But you could also think about competitiveness in terms of admission fraction.
And I think those two metrics can be consistent if a very popular degree has a disproportionately low fraction of high-ATAR applications.