*important*

THE Universities Admission Centre has adopted the new "Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank" ( ATAR ) to replace the UAI.

This change will affect those who would have received a UAI of <99.70 where their ATAR rank will slightly increase as their UAI drops. Eg.. If a student received a UAI of 90 then their ATAR rank will be reported as 99.05 ( slight increase ).

Also, this scheme is a national one (except Queensland, which will require changing of legislation ). This means that, students across Australia will be included in the ATAR ranking system. However, as I understand it, NSW and VIC will still recieve seperated numbers of spots for rankings ( there wont be more competition for an ATAR rank ), and supposedly will slightly increase the number of positions available in an ATAR catergory.

In saying this, instead of the usual number of 22-23 UAI100, there will now be ~46 spots for an ATAR of 99.95, which is decidely the top rank.

There will also be a guide on the ATAR HSC 2010, which should be released to students late July.

Bored? More info below.

http://www.uac.edu.au/documents/atar/ATAR-Conversion-Table.pdf
http://www.uac.edu.au/documents/atar/ATAR-Change-FAQs.pdf