ATAR cut-offs for popular law and arts degrees at the state’s biggest universities have remained steady, while scores for nursing dropped by 20 points.
Australian Tertiary Admission Rank cut-offs for popular law and arts degrees at the state’s biggest universities have remained steady, while marks for some nursing courses have plummeted by more than 20 points.
Kim Paino, the general manager of marketing and engagement at the Universities Admissions Centre, said: “There are still those high-demand courses that rely on of ATAR and some particular universities, but for many students they will be perfectly satisfied with the early offer they’ve received.” However, the selection rank required for commerce dropped slightly from 95 to 94.05 and the minimum ATAR needed for the university’s architecture and environment degree fell from 85 last year to 80.05.
Year 12 student Joanna Carey said she was surprised to receive an ATAR of 99.2 when results were released last week, prompting her to look at other study possibilities in the short time she has to change her university course preferences. “Although numerous early offers have already been made, these are the first offers based on ATAR,” Paino said. “That’s important because some of the more high-demand courses rely on ATAR and even those students who already have offers may have been holding out for this round.”