Free ATAR & Study Tools for Australian Students
Estimate your ATAR, count down to exams, read curated essay examples, and check scaling, cutoffs and timetables for VCE, HSC, QCE and WACE - built on official VTAC, UAC, QTAC and TISC data, with exam dates from VCAA, NESA, QCAA and SCSA. No ads, no paywalls.
Every number sourced from official VTAC, UAC, QTAC and TISC reports · how we verify our data
Calculators & tools
ATAR Calculator: What's My ATAR?
Enter your VCE subjects and study scores - get an indicative ATAR with official scaling applied.
Official 2025 VTAC scaling data
Try it freeVCE Exam Countdown
A zen countdown to the 2026 VCE written exam period and key milestone dates, with daily study prompts to keep you moving.
Try it freeWACE ATAR Calculator: TEA to ATAR
Enter your WACE scaled scores - get your TEA (best four plus the LOTE and Maths bonuses) and an indicative ATAR from TISC's own conversion table.
Official TISC TEA-to-ATAR table (2025)
Try it freeEssay Examples
Read curated VCE, HSC and QCE English essays - published student responses with the marker's score, so you can see what a strong answer actually does.
Published student essays, curated by curriculum and task
Read examplesCalculator results are indicative estimates - study scores are set by VCAA and official ATARs by VTAC.
Guides & reference
Everything else we publish, by state - scaling data, cutoffs, timetables and results dates, each with its official source cited.
VCE (Victoria) →
- VCE subject scaling guides - raw→scaled tables for 96 subjects, inside the calculator
- ATAR cutoffs explained - what selection ranks mean in Victoria
HSC (NSW) →
- How the HSC ATAR works - aggregates, scaling and ranks, plainly
- HSC subject scaling - official UAC scaling data for 105 courses
- Best-scaling HSC subjects - ranked from the UAC data
- HSC exam timetable 2026 - exam window, key dates and the official NESA timetable
- HSC results day 2026 - when marks and ATARs drop
- ATAR cutoffs (NSW) - lowest selection ranks explained
QCE (Queensland) →
- How the QCE ATAR works - from subject results to your rank
- QCE subject scaling - official QTAC data for 44 subjects
- Best-scaling QCE subjects - ranked from the QTAC data
- QCE exam timetable 2026 - external assessment dates
- QCE results day 2026 - results and ATAR release
- What ATAR for nursing, engineering… - course cutoffs with QTAC sources
WACE (WA) →
- How the WACE ATAR works - TEA, scaling and the TISC conversion, plainly
- WACE subject scaling - official TISC scaled-score data for 81 courses
- Best-scaling WACE subjects - ranked from the TISC data
- WACE exam timetable 2026 - ATAR course exam dates from SCSA
- WACE results day 2026 - when WACE results and ATARs come out
- ATAR cutoffs (WA) - lowest selection ranks explained
SACE (SA & NT) →
- How the SACE ATAR works - the best-90-credit aggregate, for SA and the NT
- SACE scaling explained - why SA publishes no subject-scaling table
- SACE exam timetable 2026 - SA & NT exam dates and session times
- SACE results & ATAR 2026 - when SACE results and the ATAR come out
- NTCET (Northern Territory) - the SACE, run for NT students
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Frequently asked questions
Are these tools really free?
Yes - every tool and guide on this page is free, with no ads and no sign-up. Polarbear makes money from its optional AI study app, not from these tools.
Where does the data come from?
Every figure is traced to an official source: VTAC scaling reports for the ATAR calculator, UAC scaling data for HSC pages, QTAC reports for QCE pages, and TISC data for the WACE calculator and pages, with exam dates from VCAA, NESA, QCAA and SCSA. Each page cites its source and the report year.
Is the ATAR calculator result official?
No - it's an indicative estimate for planning. Study scores are set by VCAA and the official ATAR is calculated by VTAC. Treat any calculator's output, including ours, as a guide rather than a guarantee.
Is there an HSC or QCE ATAR calculator?
Not yet - and that's deliberate. UAC and QTAC don't publish the data needed for an honest marks-to-ATAR calculator, so instead we publish what IS official: UAC's HSC scaling data (full percentile tables where UAC publishes them, summary figures for small cohorts) and QTAC's scaling for the 44 QCE subjects it reports (cohorts under 50 students are withheld). Tools for more states are coming where official data allows.
When is the data updated?
As each authority publishes its new report - VTAC and UAC from December, QTAC in the new year - we re-verify and re-stamp the affected pages. Each page cites the source report and its year.