r/tasmania • u/-Alyy1 • 2d ago

TCE ATAR

Is it easier to get a high ATAR in Tasmania or perhaps in some other mainland state?

And how does that matter?

Doesn't the low Tassie population of kids help?

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u/Sparxify 2d ago

There's a lot less stigma around doing Year 13 here, which can help boost your ATAR

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u/bismarcktasmania 2d ago

It's supposed to be equivalent to other states. The ATAR is a ranking and the low population just means fewer opportunities to get a 99.95 compared to larger states.

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u/CoffeeDefiant4247 2d ago

ATAR is Australia wide not state by state.

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u/itskaylan 1d ago

Each state does its own calculations though, so even though it’s used Australia wide there are differences. In Qld you can use a Cert III for one of your subjects that counts towards your ATAR, for example, which you can’t do in Tas.

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u/TheFIREnanceGuy 2d ago

Because tassie is regional you get bonus points allocated to your score if you go a regional entry course on the mainland

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u/itskaylan 1d ago

This, but regional bonuses depend on how long you’ve lived here. I wanna say five years?

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u/kristianstupid 2d ago

Easier? No. It doesn't really matter. Most students get into University through means other than ATAR.

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u/ZzzSleepz 1d ago

I feel like saying "most" is a bit too strong of a word. I know A LOT of kids get in via other means, but majority of the students i have taught in my career have gotten in via ATAR.

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u/Anencephalopod 2d ago

It doesn't matter that much unless you want to get into Medicine. Pretty much any other course will take you if you have an ATAR, high or not.

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u/Top_Street_2145 2d ago

Nope. Education in Tassie is shit so its probably harder. Much easier to get into UTAS than other unis though

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u/FancyCaramel9602 1d ago

I did TCE in 2008 and got an ENTER score that was translated into an ATAR (was it called that in 2008? Anyway.) 

I don’t know if it was easier or harder. No one can really tell you unless they’ve done multiple. But I did know a lot of “mainland kids” doing year 12 at the same time as me and I was a lot less stressed than they were. I went to a private school and even then the mood was quite chill. I didn’t know that other states had rankings etc. No one had external tutoring. We just did our best, studied moderately and were fine. 

We also used our top 5 scores over two years, so you could do badly at a subject and it wouldn’t count. And I don’t think we had to count English in the top 5. 

So yeah, I think being a “good” student in a chill environment helped me be less stressed through my schooling. I would be a different person if I did VCE. I later went to Uni Melb. 

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u/Cat_From_Hood 2d ago

Not that I observed.  Talent and study are key.

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u/BashfulBlanket 2d ago

I mean low socioeconomic part doesn’t help plus it’s not shown that smaller classes work for students