NOT EVERYONE will receive a course offer today. If your name doesn’t appear in this supplement, you can:
■ Check the permissions section of your VTAC user account to ensure that you have given VTAC permission to release your name to the newspapers.
■ Check your email and VTAC user account for your offer details.
You didn’t receive an offer — what happens now?
The good news is that your application will continue to be processed by VTAC for the next round of offers.
At this stage it is hard to tell how many offers will be made in Round 2, but some courses may not have filled their quotas.
Round 2 offers will be available through your VTAC user account from 2pm on February 4, 2016.
Change your preferences before the next round
Remember, you can change your preferences before the next round.
If you haven’t received an offer, you will be considered for all 12 preferences in Round 2. Further information about this process is available in this supplement.
Supplementary offers
If you do not receive an offer in either the first or second round you may be considered for a supplementary offer, but please make sure that you have ‘ticked’ the correct box on your application and given VTAC permission to distribute your application to other courses with vacancies.
If you want to be considered for all other supplementary offers you must select ‘Yes’ before noon on Friday, February 5.
ADDITIONAL OPTIONS
PATHWAY COURSES
Many degree courses have associated diploma courses that lead into the degree course, often with advanced standing granted, and sometimes with guaranteed entry.
If you had your heart set on a particular degree course, contact the institution and ask about the best pathway into that course.
You can then change your preferences to add that pathway course to your preferences.
For more information on pathways check out the Institutions section of the VTAC website.
Year 12 courses
If you were not made an offer this year, you may decide to return to school as a continuing Year 12 student or a new Year 12 student to undertake further VCE or VCAL studies.
This may assist you to improve your current ATAR or art and design folio.
Before deciding what to do, talk to your parents, teachers and the course adviser from your local TAFE or university about the best course of action.
Where possible, get any advice in writing and make sure you have the name of the person you spoke to.
Before considering going back to do more Year 12 studies, consider whether you are likely to perform better than last year.
You can do this by asking your teachers for their opinion, and by critically assessing your own work.
For example:
■ Did you work to your full potential?
■ How much effort did you give to particular studies?
■ Did you waste too much time?
■ Were you easily distracted or disorganised?
■ What is going to change to ensure you will do better this year?
Consider whether your choice of studies clearly reflected your strengths.
Keep in mind, if you do decide to complete further VCE studies, depending on your performance in future studies and permissible study combinations, your ATAR may or may not be recalculated.
If you return for further VCE studies this year you can check out tertiary prerequisites for next year by referring to the Victorian Tertiary Entrance Requirements 2017 available on the VTAC website.
