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HSC students receive university offers: Search our database for entry scores
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The state’s top school-leavers are looking beyond the traditional prestigious degrees in law and engineering and opting to study occupational therapy, theology and social work.
More than 41,000 students received a place at university in Tuesday’s main round of offers.
Data from the University Admissions Centre released on Tuesday shows there were 20 courses that attracted a lowest selection rank of 99.95. While this is the highest possible ATAR, the lowest selection rank can also include up to 10 so-called adjustment factor points.
Among the top courses in the first round of offers were a bachelor of advanced science (honours) at Griffith University, a bachelor of nursing/bachelor of midwifery at La Trobe University, and a bachelor of education (secondary STEM) at the University of New England.
A score of 99.95 was also the lowest selection rank for the University of Notre Dame’s bachelor of theology and bachelor of occupational therapy, as well as a bachelor of social work (honours)/bachelor of social sciences at the University of NSW.
The Universities Admissions Centre does not publish ATAR cut-offs.
The lowest selection rank may decrease considerably in later rounds, depending on which offers students accept and how many places remain.
Some of the lowest selection ranks are expected to drop dramatically – from 99.95 to 80 for a bachelor of commerce and bachelor of science, or from 99.95 to 77 for a bachelor of mathematics/bachelor of science at the University of Newcastle – between Tuesday’s first round of offers and the predicted rank for January’s second round of offers.
Tuesday’s round of offers follows more than 18,000 early entry offers made throughout the year. UAC received 27,926 applications for early entry and made 18,453 offers, while many universities also made their own early offers directly to students.
Shauna-Lee Young, a graduate of Marsden Park’s St Luke’s Catholic College, said her early entry into a teaching degree at the Australian Catholic University meant the pressure was off.
“I’ve always wanted to do teaching and I always wanted to go [to ACU],” she told the Herald on Tuesday morning.
“Even without early entry, I would go there.”
Shauna-Lee had prepared for her HSC exams by teaching her mum, Belinda, the course content.
She said early entry had “100 per cent” made her more relaxed as university offers came out.
“It’s also good because you deal directly with the uni, you don’t have to go through UAC. It’s easier.”
The mean ATAR for this year’s cohort was 70.75, which was enough to secure a place in 535 different courses offered through UAC for 2026 in this initial round of offers.
In the December offers round, a 70.75 selection rank would be enough to secure entry for a bachelor of education (primary) at Macquarie University or a bachelor of marine science at the University of Wollongong.
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Craig Butt is the National Data Editor of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.Connect via X, Facebook or email.
Sally Rawsthorne is The Sydney Morning Herald’s higher education reporter.Connect via X or email.