BONUS POINTSCALCULATING THE ATAR

SUBJECT SCALING

An ATAR is your competiveness in relation to other applicants and is a rank given to students on a range from 0 to 99.95. Your ATAR is calculated from your university aggregate.

What is an ATAR?

Your BEST 3 Year 12 Subjects

Your 4th Subject

or Half of your 4th

Subject & Research Project

Example of aggregate calculated

Grade Numeric ValueA+ 150A 140A- 130B+ 120B 110B- 100C+ 90C 80C- 70D+ 60D 50D- 40E+ 30E 20E- 10

How does SATAC give subjects a mark?

Tertiary Admissions Subject (TAS)

Biology

Grade BNumeric equivalent

110

Example of a subject converted to a score

Raw Score out of 150: = 110

Raw Score out of 20 (0.2 intervals)110 x 20 ÷ 150 = 14.6

Tertiary Admissions Subject (TAS)

Folio(20%)

Skills Task (50%)

External Assessment (30%)

Grade B C+ A-Numeric equivalent

110 90 130

Contributions to raw score

20% of 110 = 22 50% of 90 = 45 30% of 130 = 39

Example of a subject converted to a score

Raw Score out of 150: 22 + 45 + 39 = 106

Raw Score out of 20 (0.2 intervals)106 x 20 ÷ 150 = 14.2

Scaling ensures that results from widely varying subjects can be directly compared

SATAC scale solely for the purpose of selection and because they need to compare the overall achievement of applicants

SATAC looks at how difficult statistically it is to get a high mark in each subject

What is Scaling?

Bonus Points are added to the student’s university aggregate BEFORE being converted to an ATAR

Bonus Points

FLINDERS UNIVERSITY Students can receive up to a maximum of 9 bonus points

- 8 bonus points for rural and isolated students Unity College students automatically receive 8 bonus points

- 2 bonus points for LOTE Subjects Students must receive a C- or better in the subject (maximum of 2 bonus points)

- 2 bonus points for each Science and Maths subject – Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Maths Studies, or Specialist Maths Students must receive a C- or better in the subject

UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE Students can receive up to a maximum of 9 bonus points - 6 bonus points for rural and isolated students Unity College students automatically receive 6 bonus points - Bonus points for Specialist Maths and/or a LOTE Subject Two bonus points for a C grade Three bonus points for a B Grade Four bonus points for an A Grade

Please note Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery does not include bonus points for subjects.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA Students can receive up to a maximum of 9 bonus points - 5 bonus points for rural and isolated students Unity College students automatically receive 5 bonus points - 2 bonus points for subjects relevant to the UniSA program in which students have applied Student must receive a C or higher in the subject (up to a maximum of 5 bonus points awarded for subjects) Download table http://www.unisa.edu.au/future/year12/bonuspoints/