Tertiary
Applications
Decision Making
• Several future changes
• Best decision FOR YOU, FOR NOW
• Many choices:
Study, Work, Apprenticeship, Defer/GAP year
Deferment
• More time to think
• Money/Work
• Travel
• Volunteering
• Time out
 Make sure it’s productive
 Not all courses allow it
 Consider an Exchange
VTAC
• Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre
• Administer the application process (Uni, TAFE, ITC).
• All done on-line
• Calculate your ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admissions
Rank).
Course enquiries & Entry decisions
- The institutions
Researching Courses
•
Each institution has own strengths. ATAR not a
measure.
•
Find what’s best for YOU
•
VTAC Guide for quick comparison
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Use uni websites for course details
•
Open Days (this month)
Course Codes
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Type 1 – eg. 25841
(CSP)
Commonwealth Supported Place - Cost partly contributed by government
Student contribution varies from < $4000 - $10,000 p.a.
Students can defer payment
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Type 2 – eg. 53382
(DFP)
Domestic Fee Place - No government contribution
FEE-HELP loan scheme available BUT 20% loan fee
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Type 3 – eg. 90743
(IFP)
International Fee Place - No government contribution
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(Type 4 – eg. 90744
Not you! Relates to 20 yo+ applying to TAFE)
Some Terminology
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CY12
Current Year 12 (You!)
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NONY12
Non Year 12 (Not you!)
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Clearly-In ATAR
Student score at or above which you are guaranteed a
place in the course. See front of your VTAC Guide.
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Fringe ATAR
Student score at or above which you will be considered
for that course based on other criteria (e.g. subjects you
studied)
i.e. You are in the ‘middle band’
How do Uni’s Select?
ATAR
English/Literature/ESL study score
+ your 3 highest study scores
+ 10% of one or two further subjects
Converted to a score out of 99.95
Range of Criteria (RC)
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attendance at Info Evening
pre-selection kit
interview / folio / audition
ATAR
Extra Requirements
• Check them carefully
• If you haven’t met them, you won’t get an
offer, regardless of your ATAR!
• Check dates
• Some take time to complete!
Course Information
How to Apply?
www.vtac.edu.a
u (now open!)
Step 1: Register as
a VTAC User
Click on Register
You’ll need:
• personal details
(address, date of birth etc)
• VCAA student #
• PIN (usually DoB)
•You’ll need to provide
information about
yourself and where you
are studying Yr 12 so
that VTAC can match
you with information on
VASS
How to Apply (cont’d)
Step 2:
On the VTAC
homepage click
on Login
You will then
enter up to 12
course
preferences.
Can change as
many times as
you like in CoP
periods
Once you’ve logged in…
Your Preferences
• Think VERY carefully !!
• Allocate in order of your
preference - not ATAR
• Maximum of 12 (per State)
• Can be offered one CSP and one DFP course (per
State).
• ‘Second Round offers’ are scarce
• You must have a ‘safety net’ course on your list !
Have a ‘Plan B’
• Similar course but at a 2nd-choice institution
• Transfer strategy
 Course to course
 One institution to another
 TAFE
University
Possible but not guaranteed.
• Use Open Days as an opportunity to ask
Scholarships
• Institutional Access and Equity (IAES )
For low socio-economic backgrounds etc.
 apply through VTAC
• Commonwealth
As above but provided by the Government rather than the university
 apply through VTAC
• Merit
For academic achievement
 apply through VTAC for Monash, RMIT and Swinburne
(others apply direct to institution)
Download booklet at www.vtac.edu.au/publications.html#all
See LWC for help/information on this!
Offers
ALWAYS ACCEPT YOUR MAIN ROUND OFFER !!
• If you accept a Main Round offer you are still
eligible for a Round 2 offer
• To reject your offer, do nothing at all… but
!!!
Example
An example for a student with an ATAR of 73.65 in 2011
1. RMIT Public Relations
--
X / Round 2
2. Deakin Media & Communications
77.85
X / Round 2
3. RMIT Marketing
81.40
X / Round 2
4. Deakin
62.70
Offer
5. RMIT TAFE Public Relations
41.00
X / Irregular
Offer
6.Monash (Berwick) Professional
72.70
X / Irregular
Offer
7. Box Hill Marketing
RC
X / Irregular
Offer
8. Swinburne Communications
71.00
X / Irregular
Offer
(Geelong)
Public Relations
Communications
Irregular Offers
For courses not on your original preference list
or lower on your list than the one you were offered
Can be applied for after Round 1 offers. Download form
from VTAC. Take to selection officer of the tertiary
institution. Only one allowed. Once signed, it overrides all other preferences.
Make sure you have met Extra Requirements
Now available to International Students too
Need help?
• VTAC registration/application demonstrations
held in S08 - Monday 22nd August
(subject to student demand)
• Sign up through Annie in the LWC
Any Questions?
Drop in and see us
for more information or advice
regarding VTAC applications.
Our door is always open
Mel, Margie, Bec & Jo