The ATAR for nursing at most Australian universities recently sat between about 60 and 75 for a standard Bachelor of Nursing. That makes nursing more accessible than many people expect. Two warnings, though. Plenty of students get in below the published figure, and nursing comes with entry steps that have nothing to do with your…
The ATAR for engineering usually lands between the low 70s and the mid 80s for a standard Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), depending on the university. That number on its own won’t tell you whether you’ll get in, though. Whether you have the right maths subject counts just as much, and the published figure is often…
If you’re asking “how do I check my ATAR?”, the answer depends on where you did Year 12. Each state releases ATARs through its own admissions centre, on its own day, and often through a different login from the one you used for subject results. Most results-morning stress comes from logins, so sort them out…
Should I use an ATAR calculator? For most Year 11 and 12 students, yes, provided you read the result as a rough range. We build a calculator ourselves, so we have a stake in this. That’s also why we’d rather be upfront about where these tools fall short. How ATAR calculators work You enter your…
If you’re choosing senior subjects, someone has probably told you to pick the ones that “scale well.” Fair enough, but the best scaling subjects for ATAR depend on your state, because each state’s admissions centre runs its own scaling. Below are the results from each state’s 2025 report. The 2026 reports come out in December,…