Textiles and Design is among the courses which have seen average scores shift over the past decade, but the University Admissions Centre says there’s a good reason for that. That subject had 14.7 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Expert tips to help you do your best in this year’s exams, plus how some students are doing Year 12 differently. See all stories. The ...

The aggregate is the total produced by adding the primary four to a maximum of two available (and permissible) increments when calculating the ATAR. Any one of the four VCE studies English, English ...

Now that ATAR scores are out, what happens next? Here’s what you need to know about scaling, university course cut-off scores, changing preferences and more. The impact may be felt more when first ...

Whether you’re in year 12 yourself or a parent to a near-graduate, you’re likely feeling the pressure of impending results and wondering: Is the goal ATAR achievable? Will scaling tank my scores? And ...

In the days before Christmas each year, 55,000 high school graduates in NSW wait by their phones or laptops to glimpse four digits that determine which university course they will get into. The ...

From 2pm, tertiary institutions across the state will extend December round offers to prospective students commencing their studies in 2026. It will mark the first of six offer rounds, which will ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Kira Hansen is hoping to study psychology at university, but she fears her subject choices may have weakened her chances of getting in.

More than half of year 10 music students in NSW dropped the subject by the time they reached year 12. Their teachers said this was so they could choose subjects that would help them get a higher ATAR.