What actually is an ATAR? First of all it's a rank, not a score
- Written by Tim Pitman, Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
Think of the ranking system like a queue. The closer you are to the front of the queue, the more likely you are to get a university spot.from shutterstock.com
The Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) is a number mainly used by universities to select which students, out of high school, will be offered a place in a particular course.
The ATAR is...
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