Steps to Tertiary Study 2015 2016 Admissions · Steps to Tertiary Study ... receive your higher preferences. ... documentation for the January Offer Round Final date for EAS documentation

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Steps to

Tertiary Study

Presenter: Ros Lim

2015 – 2016 Admissions

Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre

Topics

• Timeline overview

• How does QTAC select applicants?

• Foot-in-the-door courses as upgrade pathways

• Applying for tertiary courses

• Applying through QTAC

• Bonus and Special Admissions Schemes

• Cost and financial assistance

• Find out about courses and institutions

Timeline overview

June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb

QTAC Guide arrives

Register for UMAT

June

July

Sit UMAT

Bond Uni scholarship due date

August

QTAC Applications open

Due date for applications for Music auditions

Due date for some folio submissions

Sept

QTAC on-timeApplicationdue date

Oct - Dec

Scholarship application due dates

Dec

Year 12 results released

Early Jan

Last day to change preferences

Mid Jan

Major offer round for Sem 1 2016

Nov - Feb

QTAC offer rounds

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How does QTAC select applicants?


How QTAC assesses applications

1. Eligibility

• Have you met the minimum entry requirements?

2. Merit

• If you are eligible, how competitive are you compared to all the other eligible applicants?


Minimum Entry Requirements

• Subject prerequisites Year 11 and 12 Authority subjects (or acceptable alternatives)Note: Assumed knowledge; Recommended subjects

• Auditions, folios, interviews Some Creative and Performing Arts courses

• Exams or TestsSome Medicine and Oral Health courses require UMAT

NB: English Language Proficiency must be demonstrated for all courses. This is automatic for most domestic students.


Minimum Entry Requirements

Look for • Prerequisites• Additional Entry

Requirements• Fixed Closing Dates

1. Eligibility

• Have you met the minimum entry requirements?

2. MeritNo


Merit

• If you meet the minimum entry requirements, you are then considered in order of merit

• All eligible domestic applicants are in the same pool.

So what is merit?


OPs and QTAC Selection Ranks = Merit

QTAC Selection Ranks are numbers on a scale from 1 – 99 (highest). They are derived from schedules


Qualifications that may be given a rank

Interstate Year 12 or equivalent studies

Tertiary level studies e.g. Degree, Associate Degree, Advanced Diploma, Diploma

Completed Certificates III and IV

Preparatory and bridging courses

Formal qualifications in music, dance, speech and drama, languages e.g. AMEB Drama

and Performance Grades 7 or 8

Paid employment**

Approved admissions test e.g. STAT**

* The rules of an institution determine whether it will accept these qualifications**Most universities will not accept these for current Year 12 students


Year 12 applicants may have…..

… a number of formal qualifications from your school or training provider

There are no time limits on qualifications when applying to QTAC.

ACM Grade 7 Certificate

Competency Based Certificate III

Queensland Certificate of Education

Tertiary Entrance StatementOP = 9

Senior Statement


Competency Based AQF Qualifications


Music, Dancing and Speech & Drama Qualifications


When you apply to QTAC...

.. QTAC assigns various QTAC Selection Ranks to some of these qualifications

…the rules of the institution determine which score becomes the primary or first order rank

QTAC’s computer system must rank

order all applicants by merit….

Rank 68

OP = 9(Rank = 82 in 2014)

Rank 84


How is merit used?

OP or

First Order Rank

OP + FPs + additional when

needed

or

FOR + Secondary Ranks

OP + ATAR

around 99% courses

around 1% courses

only 2 coursesGU Medicine & Oral Health


Field Positions and Secondary Ranks are rarely used!

In 2014 Sem 1 only 21 of the 1,955 courses used FPs


Examples of cut-off changes Year to Year

Course Sem 1 2014 Cut-off

Sem 1 2015 Cut-off

UQB Laws 2*

1

ACUB Physiotherapy 3*

2

UQB Pharmacy (Honours) 10

7


Select preferences carefully

As cut-offs can change from year to year, it is

important that you submit a range of courses on your QTAC application.

Build in upgrading pathways or

alternative careers in case you do not receive your higher preferences.

Your preferred order

Courses you really want, even if your chance of gaining entry is not certain.

Less competitive courses that provide another way to your chosen career or to an alternative career. They can be used to upgrade to your ‘ideal’ course.

Courses you are prepared to do if you miss out on all others. They should be courses that in the past have been easy to get into. They can help you upgrade.

‘Ideal’ Courses

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

‘Realistic’ Courses

‘Foot-in-the-door’

Courses


Medicine & Dentistry Selection

Selection is very competitive

• Additional Selection Methods are used:

• UQ: Academic merit + UMAT (Aggregate and then Section 1 score)

• GU: Academic merit + ATAR

• JCU: Application + Interview (Medicine) + Academic merit

• BU: Interview + UMAT + Academic merit – apply after Jan offer round

• UNE: Interview + UMAT + Academic merit - apply via UAC

Watch out for preferencing

• OP 1 may not be enough to gain entry in the major offer round.

• Even OP 1 students can miss out on offers if all preferences are ‘Ideal’.

Who gets an offer?

Applicants to a course

YesYou have met the minimum entry requirements

At or above the cut-off

You receive an offer

Below the cut-off

You do not receive an offer

NoYou are not

considered for an offer


OP Guarantees

OP Guarantees• Institutions with OP Guarantees in 2015 / 2016

• GU OP 1-6 (Rank 89+) with course exceptions

• QUT OP 1-5 (Rank 93, IB 33 or better) with course exceptions

• UQ OP 1-5 (or Rank equivalent) with course exceptions

• USQ OP 1-5 (USQ High Achiever’s Scheme)

• Prerequisites must still be met.

• Only apply to January Major Offer Round (exception Griffith – all

offer rounds).

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Foot-in-the-door courses as upgrade pathways


Upgrading pathways through QTAC

• Less competitive degrees

• Different campuses at the same university (note Griffith)

• Regional institutions

• Consider several institutions, not just one

• Dual diploma/degree qualifications e.g. TAFE/uni; QIBT/Griffith

• Diplomas e.g. TAFE; private institutions

• Tertiary preparation pathways (e.g. University of the Sunshine Coast)

Find out recommended upgrade pathways from institutions


QTAC Selection Ranks useful for upgrading

1 year of bachelor degree studies

• With a passing grade may give a rank of 93 (like OP 4)

A completed advanced diploma


A completed diploma


Read the footnotes, some institutions will award different ranks.Don’t forget – prerequisites must still be met!


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Applying for tertiary courses


Applying for Tertiary Study

• Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre• For most undergraduate courses in Queensland

and Northern NSW

• Interstate Tertiary Admission Centres• For most courses in interstate institutions

• UAC, VTAC, SATAC, TISC

• Direct application• In other cases

• Apply directly to University of Tasmania

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Applying through QTAC?


QTAC Offer Statistics

QLD Year 12 Semester 1 2015 entry as at 23 Feb 2015

(excludes visa and interstate Year 12)

25,673 QLD Year 12

Applications

22,361 OP eligible

21,537 offers =96%

3,312 OP ineligible

3,071 offers =

93%

Key Dates for 2015 / 2016 Admissions

17 June 2015

QTAC Guide in schools

Tue 4 August 2015

Applications open

Wed 30* September

2015

Due date for on-time

applications

Final Date to apply for some

courses with Fixed Closing

Dates

Mon 30 November

2015

Due date to submit documentation for the January Offer

Round

Final date for EAS documentation

for Sem 1

Wed 9 December

2015

Due date to apply for the January Offer

Round

Fri 18 December

2015

Year 12 Results Posted

Over the next week, review preferences

Wed 6 January

2016

Final date to change or add preferences for

the January Offer Round

Thu 26 November

2015

Early Offer Round for some

courses

Thu 10 December

2015Major Offer

Round for some Creative and

Performing Arts Courses

Early Offer Round for some courses

Thu 14 January 2016

Major Offer Round for most

Semester 1 Courses (COP

closes 6 January)

Thu 4 February 2016

Subsequent Offer Round for

most Semester 1 courses

11 – 25 February 2015

Top-up offers to any remaining

vacancies


Institutions that use QTAC

Universities• Australian Catholic University (ACU)

• Australian Maritime College (AMC)

• Bond University (BU) – Medicine only

• CQUniversity Australia (CQU)

• Griffith University (GU)

• James Cook University (JCU)

• Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

• Southern Cross University (SCU)

• The University of New England (UNE)

• The University of Queensland (UQ)

• University of Southern Queensland (USQ)

• University of the Sunshine Coast (USC)

TAFE Queensland(Advanced Diplomas, Diplomas, some certificates)

Colleges• Christian Heritage College (CHC)

• QLD Institute of Business & Technology (QIBT)

• SAE Institute


Submit one application

• From Aug 2015 to July 2016• Year 12 students can select courses in

• Semester 1 in 2016

• Semester 2 in 2016

• The best option for Semester 2 courses

• is to add these preferences to your application after the Semester 1 offer rounds have finished in February 2016

The system will advise applicants if they put Sem 2 courses before Sem 1 courses


New Application – First create your account

Open an account before you apply

Register

• Password• Security questions• Email address

Validate email address


After you have created your account, you log into the application with your email address and password and this is your first screen







Select and Order Your Preferences

• Order your preferences carefully. • In any offer round, you

can only receive one offer… for your highest eligible preference.

Step 2

Check the Major Offer Round for each preference

and reorder if necessary

Step 1

List your preferred order


Step 2: Consider Major Offer Rounds

Do all your preferences have the same

major offer round ?

Yes

Enter your preferences in their current order

Ideal – Realistic – Safety Net

No

Reorder your preferences for each

Major Offer Round linked to your preferences


Costs and Payment options for 2016 entry

• Current Year 12 students

• On-time $36.00 by 30 September 2015

• Late $134.00 from 1 October 2015

• 3 free changes of preference - $36 for additional changes

• BPay Warning

• Your application is not processed until your payment is received by QTAC (which may take some days)

• Some students miss out on offers because they owe fees


Documentation

• Generally…• Most results are obtained electronically.

• For Year 12s with additional qualifications such as VET

• If your studies are completed late in the year, QTAC may not receive your results!

• Check your learning account before you leave school. If completed studies are not listed, mail copies of your qualifications to QTAC

• Documentation for Educational Access Scheme must be submitted by 30 November 2015


Offer Rounds

• Some courses

Early Offer Rounds

• All courses

• Most offers are made

Major Offer Round

• Some courses

• Remaining vacancies only

Subsequent Offer Rounds

Applicants only receive one offer at any one time per semester - in their highest eligible preference


Finding out your offer…

Login to your application • On the day offers are released to view, print & respond to your offer

• QTAC will send an email (you may get an email from your institution also)

• Watch out for early offers!

You must respond to an offer• Respond online

• Generally you must respond within 7 days• If you do not respond to an offer in time, not only do you forfeit that offer,

your application becomes inactive - You will not be considered for any preferences in any future offer rounds!

• If your offer lapses and you still wish to be considered in future offer rounds, contact QTAC immediately.

RESPOND to QTAC

ENROL with your institution

Accept Offer

Defer Offer

Reject Offer

Enrol in the course(as per

institution instructions)

You will receive a letter from

the institution advising you of any

further action required.

NO further action


If you conditionally accept or defer an offer and:

• You receive an offer in a higherpreference in the next offer round, you will lose your original offer.

• You are unsuccessful in gaining a place in your higher preferences in the next offer round, you will retain your original offer.

Conditional or firm response

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Bonus and Special Admissions Schemes


Year 12 Subject Bonus Rank Schemes

Currently 7 universities operate schemes• ACU, GU, QUT, SCU, UQ, USQ and USC

Each scheme is different• See the website for information and links to each scheme

Bonus rank points are applied• If you achieve a SA or higher in certain subjects• There may be course restrictions and overall caps

Bonus rank points are applied automatically • In your QTAC application• They only apply in Year 12 in the year of application

Bonus rank points are only applied to OP/Ranks derived from a Year 12 qualification (not to ranks derived from other qualifications)


Year 12 Subject Bonus

Example:

Student with OP = 6

and studied Maths C

• If applying for 2015 Semester 1 or 2, for a University of Queensland course,

will be considered on

Rank 91 (like OP 5)


Special Admissions Schemes

•QTAC’s Educational Access Scheme (EAS)• Financial hardship• Home environment and responsibilities• English language difficulty• Personal illness and disability• Educational disruption

•Access and Equity Schemes •Regional Preference Schemes •Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Schemes•Other Schemes

• Early Start schemes• School recommendation schemes• Elite Athletes / Performance schemes• School regional preference schemes

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Costs & financial assistance


Course Costs and HELP

Public Universities • CSP for domestic students (Aust, NZ, PR) – HECS-HELP may be available

• Full fee for international students

• TAFE Queensland & CQUni VET courses• Subsidised (Sub) - VET FEE-HELP may be available• Full-fee (fee) - VET FEE-HELP may be available

• Private Institutions • Full-fee (fee) – FEE-HELP and VET FEE-HELP may be available

Approximate course costs are provided in the QTAC Guide and on QTAC’s website.


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Proposed changes from 1 January 2016

• Deregulation of university tuition fees

• Student contribution to increase (from approximately 40% - 60%)

• HECS-HELP loans may accrue interest of up to 6% (currently indexed annually in line with CPI)

• Relaxation of cap on how much you can borrow under FEE-HELP

• All government approved higher education providers will be able to provide CSPs to eligible students – TAFE, Private institutions

STOP PRESS!CHRISTOPHER Pyne has split the Coalition’s higher education bill in two, setting aside a

proposed 20 per cent cut to base university funding until after the May budget


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• http://www.highered.gov.au/#homepage-video

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Scholarships

Apply directly to institutions for

• merit, equity and sporting scholarships

• application due dates occur from July – December each year, with most university

scholarship applications due in October, November and December.

Helpful websites

• Institution websites

• myfuture http://www.myfuture.edu.au/ (search ‘Scholarships’)

• Study Assist http://studyassist.gov.au/sites/studyassist (search ‘Scholarships’)

• Hobsons Course Finder http://www.hobsonscoursefinder.com.au/

http://www.myfuture.edu.au/en/Tools And Resources/Study or training options.aspx

http://studyassist.gov.au/sites/studyassist

http://www.hobsonscoursefinder.com.au/

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Find out about courses & institutions


Websites, Expos and Open Days

Tertiary Institutions

Websites and publications

Open days July – August

Expos & Career Markets

Career Markets March - August

Careers and Employment Expo in Brisbane 29 & 30 May 2015

Tertiary Studies EXPO 18 & 19 July 2015

Other Websites

www.myuniversity.gov.au

www.hobsonscoursefinder.com.au

www.graduatecareers.com.au


QTAC website


The QTAC Guide 2016

• Free to Year 12s and on sale for $19 in newsagencies.

• Will be delivered mid June 2015


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Questions?

Documents

Steps to Tertiary Study 2015 2016 Admissions · Steps to Tertiary Study ... receive your higher preferences. ... documentation for the January Offer Round Final date for EAS documentation