Australian and New Zealand secondary studies
- 2011 NSW HSC students
- Cut-offs
- 2011 interstate Year 12 students
- NZ NCEA Level 3 students
- Non-standard Year 12 students
- Previous Year 12 students
- Applying with the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma or Bilingual Diploma
2011 NSW HSC students
Admission to most tertiary courses in 2012 is based on your performance in the 2011 HSC – you'll be ranked on the basis of your Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR).
Institutions may also take other criteria into account such as a portfolio, interview, audition, questionnaire or a test for certain courses either instead of, or together with, the ATAR. You can find details of any additional selection criteria in the course descriptions available through the course search.
Cut-offs
The interaction of three factors determines cut-offs:
- the number of places available in the course
- the number of applicants for the course and
- the quality of those applicants.
These three factors mean that cut-offs change from year to year and are impossible to predict before applicants are selected for a particular course in a particular admissions period. The cut-offs for any course can rise, fall or remain the same from year to year.
The course search shows the cut-offs that Year 12 applicants needed for entry into each course in the Main Round in 2011. Use these cut-offs as a guide when deciding on your preferences. Remember that the cut-offs indicate the lowest ATAR accepted for entry into the course – they don't represent the average ability of the students accepted for the course.
2011 interstate Year 12 students
All Australian states and territories use a common scale, or index, which allows the comparison of overall measures of achievement in Year 12 across time and states. The ATAR is used in all states and territories except for Queensland.
Admission to most tertiary courses is based on your measure of overall achievement in the following studies:
- For ACT Year 12 applicants, the ATAR as provided by the ACT Board of Senior Secondary Studies (ACTBSSS) is used.
- For Queensland Year 12 applicants who completed the Queensland Senior Certificate, are eligible for an Overall Position (OP), and apply to UAC, the rank as provided by the Queensland Studies Authority (QSA) is used to derive an equivalent NSW ATAR. This rank is not reported by the Board to applicants. The OPs shown in the Year 12 conversion table can be used as a guide. Students who complete a Queensland Senior External Examination are not eligible for an OP; UAC calculates a UAC rank for these students.
- For South Australian and Northern Territory Year 12 applicants, the ATAR as provided by the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC) is used. You must also have met the Higher Education Selection Subject General (HESS G) requirements.
- For Tasmanian Year 12 applicants, the ATAR as provided by the University of Tasmania, calculated by the Tasmanian Qualifications Authority, is used.
- For Victorian Year 12 applicants, the ATAR as calculated and distributed by the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) is used.
- For Western Australian Year 12 applicants, the Murdoch ATAR as provided by the Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC) is used.
For information about course prerequisites and subject bonuses read the FAQs.
Institutions may also take other criteria into account such as a portfolio, interview, audition, questionnaire or a test for certain courses either instead of, or together with, the ATAR. You can find details of any additional selection criteria in the course descriptions available through the course search.
New Zealand NCEA Level 3 students
For students who've completed the NCEA Level 3, an Interstate Transfer Index (ITI) will be calculated by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA), and provided to UAC; this will be used in the selection process, provided that you've fulfilled university entrance requirements as set by NZQA. This ITI is not reported by NZQA to applicants. Queries about this ITI and university entrance requirements should be made to NZQA.
Institutions may also take other criteria into account such as a portfolio, interview, audition, questionnaire or a test for certain courses either instead of, or together with, the ATAR. You can find details of any additional selection criteria in the course descriptions available through the course search.
Non-standard Year 12 students
Non-standard Australian Year 12 students include those completing Year 12 programs of study through Australian Christian Education, Rudolph Steiner Education and home schooling.
Note: these students apply as non-Year 12 applicants through UAC.
- To be assessable by UAC, applicants must provide proof of completion of an accredited Year 12 program of study and must have sat the American Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), results from which will be assessed by UAC.
- Applicants may also sit the Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT), results from which will be assessed by UAC.
- Applicants are advised to contact the admissions office of the institutions they are applying to for possible consideration of their non-standard Year 12 studies in their application.
Previous Year 12 students
If you're applying solely on the basis of a previous Year 12 result, read the relevant institution entries for further information.
