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UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS CENTRE (UAC)
AUSTRALIAN TERTIARY ADMISSION RANK (ATAR)
NSW and ACT Year 12 students will this year receive an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) to determine their entry to university. The ATAR will replace the Universities Admission Index (UAI).
Other states (except Queensland) will adopt the name ATAR next year. The change of name will be accompanied by some other minor changes to bring NSW and the ACT into line with other states.
There are three key changes:
• the name change - the UAI (Universities Admission Index) will now be known as the ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank);
• the highest rank will now be an ATAR of 99.95, as opposed to a UAI of 100; and
• the ATAR will indicate a student’s position in relation to the Year 7 students they began high school with, rather than the Year 10 group.
These changes will come into effect for this year’s NSW HSC students and ACT students completing tertiary packages with the ACT Board of Senior Secondary Studies HOWEVER students need not be concerned about the changes – they will have no impact on their current studies, or their choice of university courses for 2010.
The changes mean NSW and ACT students will now be in line with their interstate peers. In other states the top rank is 99.95. Achieving an ATAR of 99.95 will be the same as achieving a UAI of 100 – putting a student in the top ranking.
The scaling process for students will be the same, the rank order of students will be the same, and the same applicants will be selected for the same uni courses. Any small change in an ATAR compared to a UAI will see an equivalent change in the course cut-off.
Comprehensive information on the changes will be available in the UAC 2010 Guide, which all students should have received by now.
Follow the link for further info including tables comparing the ATAR to the UAI.
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