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Does anyone know the difference in the calculation methods used by each of the calculators? They're all based on the same underlying UAC scaling statistics, so why is it that they can be sometimes significantly different from each other?

Almost all unis have some sort of bonus point scheme, e.g. UNSW's HSC Plus. I know some of them don't have a centralised scheme, e.g. ANU, but each faculty makes up its own policy on bonus marks - can be hard to find, but they will give them.

SAM, UMAX and Einstein all estimated between 93.15-93.25. I ended up with 93.05, so only 0.10-0.20 off.

No.

:( We should find out what the band 6 cutoff is for Standard. (BTW, your sig should say ATAR ;) )

Does the term 'document' include online publications? I suppose we could potentially obtain the required stats under FOI, but it would be difficult in working out what to ask for.

Student Entries by Sex - 2009 HSC - Board of Studies NSW The course number is the number in brackets after the course name. (Alternatively, you can wait for the personalised recheck form in the post tomorrow or Monday, which I *think* lists all your courses and gives you checkboxes for each.)

As of last year most DFEE places have been withdrawn, so you can only apply for CSP (HECS-HELP) now.

Initially, they calculate all scores to decimal places. The rounding off is basically the last step, so I guess you could get an odd mark.

I got my state ranks for my accelerated subjects through FOI a few weeks ago :D

93.05 - 0.2 below what I had predicted, but it's 10 points above the cutoff I need, so I'm happy :D

Not if you're talking about the age-based/Year 7 cohort.

As far as I know, you don't access your ATAR through OAS, but rather through a separate application that will be linked at Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) - Apply for Australian tertiary study tomorrow. (OAS is just rejecting your number because you didn't make a NSW uni application.)

No, these are not raw marks. UAC will almost definitely scale downwards from the mark that you see today, except if you're doing Maths Extension 2, or you did extremely well (high band 6).

I believe it's because they calculate state rankings to decimal places, whereas the reported marks are rounded.

Only if you ask them politely and send them a cheque.

I wrote 2 ORTs, and got 76, but I'm doing Standard so there was never much hope of getting above 80.

It's calculated on the raw marks that the Board of Studies gives them, including both raw exam marks and raw moderated assessment marks. There's plenty of explanation about this that you can find over in the ATAR forum and on the UAC website.

Re: distinguished acheievers list Around noon, normally.

English (Standard) 76 - about what I expected Legal Studies 91 - a bit under what I wanted Maths Extension 1 90 - yay, slightly over what I expected Maths Extension 2 78 - about what I expected Physics 85 - argh.