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I think the lowest atar is the atar without adjustment factors or points. Lowest selection rank is the lowest atar including the adjustment points. Round 2 is when they give out more offers or something, but I’m not too sure about that
 

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I think the lowest atar is the atar without adjustment factors or points. Lowest selection rank is the lowest atar including the adjustment points. Round 2 is when they give out more offers or something, but I’m not too sure about that
is it likely i get an offer when my atar is less than the lowest atar last year?
 

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is it likely i get an offer when my atar is less than the lowest atar last year?
from my understanding its the selection rank that matters which is atar + additional points, like eas. The lowest atar would just be the lowest atar admitted pre adjustments. if its lower than the lowest selection rank the chances are small. you could check the median selection rank admitted which would probably give you more of an idea?

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from my understanding its the selection rank that matters which is atar + additional points, like eas. The lowest atar would just be the lowest atar admitted pre adjustments. if its lower than the lowest selection rank the chances are small. you could check the median selection rank admitted which would probably give you more of an idea?

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i got an offer regardless. where can i view tables showing high, medium & low?
 

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ATAR is meaningless to universities, they only care about Selection Rank. Take your ATAR and add all available bonus points you have (for UNSW this is going to be normally either be from Captaincy, Dux, EAPL, or most notably HSCPlus) and you get your selection rank. If your Selection Rank is > LSR, you’ll get in. The only time your ATAR is only considered is if you’re going through an early entry conditional offer, such as UNSW’s Gateway Program or UTS’ conditional offers, where bonus points are not considered.
 

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