TARA score calculator
Your TARA marks, as a score for each module
Enter your marks out of 22 for Critical Thinking and Problem Solving. TARA reports the two separately, so you get a score for each, the range if the paper was easier or harder, and where each would have placed you.
What you get
Two scores in a few seconds
- A 1.0 to 9.0 score for each module
- The range if your paper was easier or harder
- Where each score would have placed you among 2026 candidates
- How much one more mark is worth
- Candidates, 2026
- 2,626
- Median, Critical Thinking
- 4.0
- Median, Problem Solving
- 4.7
How the calculator works
UAT-UK publish how ability turns into a score for each module, but not how a mark turns into ability, because that depends on the paper you sat. We rebuilt that half from the TARA Technical Report 2025-26, so you see your score on an easier paper, an average one and a harder one.
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving are scaled separately and never added together. Universities see both, so a weaker module cannot hide behind a stronger one.
See the full TARA tables and how scoring worksAbout the TARA score calculator
Is this the official TARA conversion?
UAT-UK publish no table that turns a mark into a score, because each paper is scaled after the test window closes. This calculator estimates it from their technical report, so treat the result as a guide to within about a point.
Why does it show three scores for each module?
The same mark earns a different score on a harder paper, and you cannot know which paper you sat until results come out. The middle figure assumes an average paper. The other two show how far an easier or harder one would move it.
Do my two module scores get added together?
No. TARA reports Critical Thinking and Problem Solving as two separate scores on the 1.0 to 9.0 scale, and universities see both.
Can I use it on a TSA or BMAT past paper?
Only as a rough guide. Those papers have a different number of questions and a different scale. For an old TSA score, use the TSA to TARA conversion instead.
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