This document summarizes the requirements for university admission in Western Australia. It outlines that students need a WACE with a scaled mark of at least 50 in English, a TER/ATAR calculated from their best 4 scaled stage 2 or 3 courses, and a scaled mark of at least 50 in prerequisites for some university courses. It then describes the process for calculating TER/ATAR, which involves adding 15 marks to stage 3 results, averaging and scaling all marks, aggregating the best 4 into a Tertiary Entrance Aggregate out of 400, and converting this to a TER/ATAR for admission. Tables and diagrams show how marks are scaled and merged in this calculation process.

1. BELRIDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WACE STAGE 2/3 COURSES
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2. UNIVERSITY ADMISSION SUMMARY
2010 Year 12 (2011 Admission)
2010 Year 11 (2012 Admission)
WACE All Universities
Competence Normally a scaled mark of at least 50 in English, EALD or
in English TEE English Literature
TER / ATAR Based on a TEA
Prerequisites Scaled mark of at least 50
(for some uni
courses)
in specified TEE subjects / courses (stage 3)
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3. CALCULATION OF TER (ATAR)
2010 Year 12 (2011 Admission)
2010 Year 11 (2012 Admission)
Stage 3 For each course, an increment of 15 will be added to all
Increment stage 3 combined results
Scaling Average Marks Scaling
Tertiary Sum best 4 scaled marks
Entrance (stage 2 or stage 3 courses
Aggregate & TEE subjects)
(TEA)
TEA out of 400
No List 1 / List 2
Unacceptable TEE Subject/Course Combinations
Accumulation: 5 years for all universities
Calculation of TEA translated to a Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER)
TER/ATAR Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR)
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4. RAW COURSE MARKS TO TER/ATAR
Stage 2 Course Results Stage 3 Course Results
PRELIMINARY SCALING
Add 15 marks to all Combined
Standardised Scores
COMBINED SET OF
STAGE 2 & STAGE 3 SCORES
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5. SCALING PROCEDURE for COURSES (continued)
Combined Sets of Stage 2 & Stage 3 Scores
Preliminary Scaling
Average Marks
Scaling
Scaled Combined Scores
Aggregation
Tertiary Entrance Aggregate – TEA (Max 400)
Tertiary Entrance Rank –
TER / ATAR
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6. Stage 2 Scores
Number of Students
0 50 70 100
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7. Stage 3 Scores
Number of Students
0 50 70 100
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8. Stage 2 Scores
Number of Students
Preliminary
scaling
0 50 70 100
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9. Stage 3 Scores
Number of Students
Preliminary
scaling
0 50 70 100
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10. Stage 2 and 3 Scores Combined
Number of Students
Stage 3 add 15
0 50 70 100 115
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11. Merge the groups
Number of Students
0 50 70 100 115
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12. Course Scaling
Number of Students
0 50 70 100 115
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13. Useful References
The following websites are updated
regularly and contain detailed information on
the topics covered in this presentation
http://www.curriculum.wa.edu.au/
http://www.tisc.edu.au/

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