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What is ATAR Ready?

ATAR Ready is a Bring Your Own PDF study platform for Year 12 students across Australia. We help you practise the real WACE, QCE, VCE and HSC exams - not re-typed knock-offs, not summaries, not AI-generated questions. You download the official exam PDF free from your state authority (SCSA, QCAA, VCAA or NESA); we render it page-accurately with AI Explain on every question, a timed Mock Exam simulator, full marking keys, and progress tracking.

Why Bring Your Own PDF?

Past exam papers are copyrighted by the state authority that publishes them. Most "practice exam" platforms either re-type questions (which degrades fidelity and risks infringement) or host the PDFs themselves (which usually requires paid licensing most startups skip).

We took a different path. You bring the unmodified official PDF; we recognise it by its SHA-256 fingerprint and render it using PDF.js with per-question crop coordinates. The file stays in your browser (IndexedDB, never uploaded to our servers). This keeps ATAR Ready fully compliant with SCSA, QCAA, VCAA and NESA copyright terms, and it means every pixel you see is the real exam.

Our methodology: We don't rewrite exam questions. Students upload the unmodified official PDF. ATAR Ready renders it page-accurately using PDF.js with pre-computed crop coordinates per question. Marking keys come directly from the authority's published marking key PDF. AI Explain uses Google Gemini, grounded in the official marking key as context.

How we source content

Every supported exam originates from the official state authority website:

Our Copyright & Sources page has the full link list plus attribution statements for each authority. When a new exam is released, we add question-level metadata (year, topic, marks, page coordinates) so the moment you download the PDF, ATAR Ready can render it.

Who it's for

Year 12 students preparing for WACE, QCE, VCE or HSC exams. If you're doing timed practice from real past papers - and you want step-by-step explanations when you get stuck, a proper exam simulator for the week before your exam, and a way to track which topics still trip you up - this is built for you. We cover 56+ subjects across the four states, and we add new subjects as demand appears.

Pricing philosophy

One flat price, every feature, every subject: $19.95 AUD per month (cancel anytime) or $49.95 AUD for 12 months. We don't do per-subject fees, locked premium tiers, or "unlock AI Explain for extra". If you're working through the SCSA Physics backlog and realise you also want to brush up on QCAA Chemistry, your existing access already covers it.

The exam PDFs themselves remain free - that's the state authority's work, not ours to charge for. What you pay for is the study experience built around them: AI Explain, Mock Exam, timers, topic views, marking keys rendered alongside every question, drawing tools, bookmarks, notes, and progress tracking across devices.

Contact

Questions, feedback, subject requests, or bug reports: email atar.ready@gmail.com or use the Contact page.

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Business details: J-Dev Services Pty Ltd · ABN 91 225 284 388 · Registered in Australia. Exam content © SCSA (WA), VCAA (VIC), NESA (NSW), QCAA (QLD) - see Copyright & Sources for full attribution.