Japanese in Context HSC Scaling 2026 (NSW)
Under UAC’s 2025 HSC scaling, Japanese in Context had an average scaled mark of about 27.6 per unit (out of 50), scaling higher than 61% of NSW HSC courses. Scaled marks — not raw HSC marks — are what UAC adds up to build your ATAR.
Japanese in Context scaling summary (2025 UAC)
The average scaled mark was 27.6 per unit (out of 50), with a maximum of 50. UAC does not publish percentile figures for courses with fewer than 40 students, so only summary statistics are shown for Japanese in Context (34 students in 2025).
What this means for your ATAR
Your ATAR is built from your best 10 units of scaled marks — your best 2 units of English plus your best 8 units. Japanese in Context scales around the middle: its average scaled mark of 27.6 is higher than 61% of NSW HSC courses, so it tends to pull your aggregate up relative to lower-scaling courses.
See how the HSC ATAR is calculated for how these scaled marks are combined into your aggregate.
Japanese in Context scaling FAQ
Figures are per unit (out of 50) from the UAC Report on the Scaling of the 2025 NSW HSC (Table A3). UAC publishes these as percentile statistics, not a mark-to-scaled conversion table — for any HSC mark there is a range of scaled marks. Re-stamped when UAC releases the new report each year.