See its Band 6 results in your courses, every year since 2019.
NSW HSC 2026 · Your race card
Estimate your NSW ATAR from your expected HSC marks. It uses UAC’s 2025 scaling, the latest published, and shows what the same marks earned every year since 2019. Free, no sign-up.
See its Band 6 results in your courses, every year since 2019.
In 2025 that scales to .
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Add your English course first, then the rest. Or start from an example.
Your scaled marks under every year of scaling. Orange is each course’s best year; outlined is its lowest. Small numbers show units counted (a: no data that year, so the course’s average is used; r: scaling of the course it replaced).
Band 6 (90 or more) and E4 results from NESA’s Distinguished Achievers lists, counted per result. Totals only, never names. Software Engineering and Enterprise Computing include the courses they replaced.
Where extra marks go furthest, the marks you need for a target, and what happens if you drop a course. Free with a PACE account.
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ATARs are released on Wednesday 16 December 2026 from 9am on the UAC website. NESA releases HSC results the same day from 6am. Until then, an ATAR calculator gives you an estimate from your expected marks.
It uses the real UAC scaling data, so the method matches how the ATAR is made. The estimate is only as good as the marks you enter, and 2026 scaling won’t be published until after ATARs are released. That’s why we show your result under every year from 2019 to 2025: the spread is a realistic range.
Each HSC mark is scaled, which puts every course on the same footing. Your aggregate is your best 2 units of English plus your best 8 other units of scaled marks, out of 500. UAC then turns that aggregate into a rank: your ATAR.
Your HSC mark (out of 100) is what appears on your results, and decides your Band. Your scaled mark is what counts towards your ATAR. Scaling keeps your place within each course but adjusts for how strong that course’s students were overall.
Not directly. Scaling is done across the whole state, course by course, so your school doesn’t change it. Your school’s HSC exam results do affect how its assessment marks are moderated, which feeds into your HSC mark. Add your school above to see its Band 6 results in your courses.
For 2025, UAC removed the old limit on Category B courses, so any eligible course can count. Earlier years allowed at most 2 units of Category B, and the calculator applies that rule when it shows those years.
It depends on the course and the uni. Check each course’s lowest selection rank on the UAC website, and remember adjustment factors can lower the ATAR you need.
Each HSC mark is matched to a scaled mark by percentile, using UAC Table A3 for that year. Your aggregate is your best 2 units of English plus your best 8 other units. Before 2025, at most 2 units of Category B courses counted, so we apply that limit for those years. The aggregate becomes an ATAR using that year’s UAC Tables 3.2 and A9.
Very high and very low marks sit between UAC’s published percentiles, so they’re less precise. Your courses and marks stay on this device. Read the guide for the details.