STAT

What is the STAT?
The Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) has been developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) to assess a range of competencies commonly considered important for success in tertiary study.

STAT Multiple Choice is the version accepted by the three universities in South Australia, by Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory, and by TAFE SA. It is a two hour test under exam conditions containing 70 multiple-choice questions, half of which are verbal reasoning and half quantitative. The questions are designed to assess the ability to think critically and to make sense of a variety of material. For instance, applicants may be required to read and think about a prose passage, interpret a graph, use basic mathematical relationships or make inferences from a table of data.

STAT answer sheets are marked by ACER in Melbourne; the scores are reported to SATAC and then used according to the institutions’ selection policies.

STAT Written English is a one hour test which involves writing two essays, one argumentative and one personal. STAT Written English is not used by the South Australian universities or Charles Darwin University, but may be required if you are applying elsewhere.


	Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT)

	What is the STAT? The Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) has been developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) to assess a range of competencies commonly considered important for success in tertiary study. STAT Multiple Choice is the version accepted by the three universities in South Australia, by Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory, and by TAFE SA. It is a two hour test under exam conditions containing 70 multiple-choice questions, half of which are verbal reasoning and half quantitative. The questions are designed to assess the ability to think critically and to make sense of a variety of material. For instance, applicants may be required to read and think about a prose passage, interpret a graph, use basic mathematical relationships or make inferences from a table of data. STAT answer sheets are marked by ACER in Melbourne; the scores are reported to SATAC and then used according to the institutions’ selection policies. STAT Written English is a one hour test which involves writing two essays, one argumentative and one personal. STAT Written English is not used by the South Australian universities or Charles Darwin University, but may be required if you are applying elsewhere. Do you need to sit the STAT….. > for entry to university in SA or NT? You should only sit STAT if: >you are eligible to be a Special Entry applicant; and >the course(s) you are interested in are available through Special Entry > for entry to TAFE SA bachelor degree courses? > for entry to courses outside SA and NT?