Atar to OP

[datfatcat]

As you would already know, UQ requires an OP 1 for med entry/dent entry.  Since I did spesh in high school, I can get a QTAC rank of 97.  What is the Atar equivalent?   I know that if you get an Atar of 97.5, you will get a Qtac rank of 98, which is an OP2.

[pi]

Conversion -> http://www.qtac.edu.au/Applying-CurrentYr12/InterstateAdmissions.html

[datfatcat]

Conversion -> http://www.qtac.edu.au/Applying-CurrentYr12/InterstateAdmissions.html

But it only has 99 and 98 QTAC Rank.  I want to know 97 Qtac rank

[pi]

I don't think it's possible to know, the last column (on the site) is only an approximation anyway. :/

[datfatcat]

How about previous years?  I heard someone with an ATAR of 96.85 got into UQ medicine first round :O

[nerfsdacier]

I always thought the bonus points were ATAR points, but apparently not :O They're pretty similar though. And maybe that someone got more bonus points.. you can get up to 5.

[pi]

I always thought the bonus points were ATAR points, but apparently not :O They're pretty similar though. And maybe that someone got more bonus points.. you can get up to 5.

I'm fairly sure they are ATAR points?

eg. Get 96 ATAR + spesh -> 98 ATAR (2 bonus points)

[nerfsdacier]

Yeah that's what I thought, but the OP suggested that the 2 bonus points were 2 QTAC rank points.

[pi]

Even if it is QTAC rank, there isn't much difference anyway (the table itself is only an approximation)

[datfatcat]

Yeah that's what I thought, but the OP suggested that the 2 bonus points were 2 QTAC rank points.

You are right!

[nerfsdacier]

I'm right in that that's what you're suggesting? :O

Well theres this:
http://www.uq.edu.au/study/?page=86632

"Year 12 students applying through QTAC may receive up to five bonus points" ......"Queensland school leavers should note that bonus points are not OPs, rather they are entry ranks. A Queensland student’s OP is converted to the QTAC 1-99 University entry rank scale to which the bonus points are applied."

So I think they are QTAC points, but they're so similar to ATAR points anyways. Hope that helps

[ggxoxo]

How do you get 99.75 or anything above 99.00 if it ends in overall band of 1? Do they have like 0.5 or something???

[pi]

In terms of OP, there is no difference between 99.00 and 99.95. That's where the QTAC Rank comes into it if the unis want to differentiate

[datfatcat]

The whole system is just funny and confusing 

[pi]

Yeah, QLD is the backward state. Even their number plates are backwards to prove the point.

Nice theme parks and beaches though.