You normally find your ATAR score through your state’s admissions centre or official results service, not by using a public “calculator” site. In most cases you’ll access it online (or via an official app) using your student ID and birth date or similar login details.

What ATAR actually is

  • The ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) is a percentile rank between 0.00 and 99.95 that shows how you performed compared with your age cohort, not a raw “score out of 100”.
  • It is calculated from scaled results in your best eligible senior subjects, then converted to a rank that can be compared across your state or territory.

Where you see your ATAR

The exact place depends on your state, but the pattern is similar:

  • NSW / ACT : ATARs are calculated and released by UAC; you view them via your UAC online account on the release date (using your Year 12 student number and password).
  • Queensland : ATARs are issued by QTAC; you log in to your QTAC ATAR portal account to see your ATAR once it is released.
  • SA / NT : ATARs are calculated by SATAC; you access your ATAR online through SATAC using your details from your SACE or NTCET record.
  • WA : ATARs are handled by TISC; you view your ATAR through your TISC account after results are published.
  • Victoria : VTAC releases ATARs; many students use the official “VCE Results and ATAR” app or the VTAC website to log in and view their ATAR.

Checking unofficially vs officially

  • You can use online ATAR calculators (for example from universities or admissions centres) to estimate your ATAR from expected subject scores, but they are only guides and not official.
  • For university applications, only the ATAR released by your state or territory admissions centre (UAC, VTAC, QTAC, SATAC, TISC, etc.) is accepted as your real result.

Quick steps to find your ATAR

  1. Work out which state/territory system you are in (UAC, VTAC, QTAC, SATAC, TISC, etc.).
  1. Go to that organisation’s official website or download its official results app (for VCE, the “VCE Results and ATAR” app is commonly used).
  1. Log in with your student number and password or other credentials given by your school or the admissions centre.
  1. On or after the official release date, view or download your ATAR and, if available, your ATAR certificate or report.

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