June 10, 2009

UAI changes to ATAR, HSC remains the same

The Universities Admissions Centre has announced NSW is changing the UAI to a new Australian Tertiary Admission Rank, or ATAR.

The ATAR will use 99.95 as its top rank point, rather than 100 in the former UAI system. In other ways, however, the ATAR will be very similar to the UAI.

Parents, students and teachers are reminded that this will have no impact on the Higher School Certificate. HSC marks report on what a student has achieved in each course, and a mark of 100 will still be possible.

UAC has provided a conversion table, frequently asked questions and other information on its website. Read more on the UAC website.

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