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Eligibility and Prerequisites Flashcards

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  1. Which Australian state or territory does NOT use the term 'ATAR' for its tertiary admission rank?

    Answer: None — all states and territories now use the ATAR

    All Australian states and territories adopted the ATAR as the common tertiary admission rank by 2010 to facilitate cross-state university applications.

  2. A student who migrated to Australia in Year 11 wants to sit the HSC and obtain an ATAR. What is the key eligibility requirement they must meet?

    Answer: They must be enrolled in a registered Australian secondary school and meet the study requirements

    Eligibility is based on enrolment in a registered Australian school and meeting the study requirements, not on citizenship or residency duration.

  3. What is the role of the 'Universities Admissions Centre' (UAC) in the ATAR process in NSW?

    Answer: It processes university applications and receives ATAR results from NESA to match students to courses

    UAC processes university applications in NSW and uses ATARs provided by NESA to match applicants to university courses.

  4. A student's ATAR is 72.00. What does this percentile rank mean?

    Answer: The student performed better than 72% of the age group used as the reference cohort

    An ATAR of 72.00 means the student performed better than 72% of the relevant age-group cohort, not 72% of exam-takers alone.

  5. Which of the following scenarios would make a student ineligible to receive an ATAR in Victoria (VCE)?

    Answer: Completing fewer than the minimum required number of VCE units

    In Victoria, students must complete the minimum required VCE units, and falling below this threshold makes them ineligible for an ATAR.

  6. What typically happens to a student's ATAR eligibility if they are absent from a mandatory external examination without an approved reason?

    Answer: They may not receive an ATAR for that year and would need to reapply

    An unexplained absence from a mandatory external exam can result in the student not receiving an ATAR for that examination year.

  7. In which circumstance can a student receive an ATAR in a year they did not sit any external HSC examinations?

    Answer: If they received approved illness/misadventure provisions for all affected exams

    Students with approved illness or misadventure provisions for all external exams may still receive an ATAR based on estimated exam marks.