Claire Pech – Careers Advisor

This week I ran a Year 12 session on the early offer options for Year 12.

All of my slides can be found here. This is something that a lot of parents tend to ask me about and the notion of early offers sometimes are not as good as they appear as there can be conditions attached to it or it may not apply for the right course or institution. I have also made a screencast of this lesson, explaining to parents/students how this works. This can be accessed here.

It is crucial that students do their research and follow institutional directions regarding dates, application processes and specifics. Institutions differ and conditions change throughout the year.

In the next few weeks we will see UAC opening for business. UAC is the University Admissions Centre that process places for tertiary institutions. 

Just like a 24-hour shop, it does not mean that students have to go out and get in the queue for the shops. It means we can go there if we want to. In previous years, prior to 2020, students would only start to apply in August. This would still be a good time to apply, as many students are not ready yet, nor do they feel they have done enough research.

The three arenas we went through this week were:

•  Schools Recommended Scheme (SRS) is run through UAC and provides early offers to certain institutions not based on ATARs (but usually Year 11 grades, and school-rated aptitudes). The list and specifics can be found here.
• Other entry schemes that are specific to the institution – this is a snapshot that was chosen due to being the most requested by Emanuel students (see list above)
• Adjustment factors – this can be confusing as each institution has its own rules. This link is a good place to start your research.

Notices

• Here is a good video for parents about supporting their student choices.
• Anyone interested in Hospitality – there are some interesting initiatives here.
• UAC 2020 university entry Q&A session: registration is not required  – just head to UAC’s Facebook or Instagram profile at 5.00 pm on Wednesday 31 March. Find out more here