Lowered ATAR Cut-offs

[Christiano]

My teachers have been saying that the universities are cutting down the ATAR clearly-ins this year, and I don't know if I'm imagining this, but I think I read a herald sun article online which also said that the clearly in's would be lower this year. Can anyone confirm/disprove this?

[playsimme]

i heard this too. hopefully there's some truth to it

[slothpomba]

They're allowing uni's to choose how many students they take in for each course rather than putting a hard cap on it.

So, in theory, more places, lower atar required (see here Re: How do uni's determine what Atar score is required for a particular course? ).

However, i really don't think it'll drop drastically, especially at the universities considered higher up/more prestigious.

I made a thread quite awhile ago and discussed it in some length... ill see if i can find it.. for now here is another thread on it - Re: University places to open up as entry scores fall, still havent found the original but here too - Re: Qn about the no. of places in uni courses this year.

Finally found it - No more 7 Year Cap on SLE's/CSP Places/HECs-Help (News article)