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VTAC resources
Online resources
• VTAC website:
www.vtac.edu.au
• ONLINE EDITION ONLY
VTAC Bulletin:
www.vtac.edu.au
Publications
• VTAC Guide 2011
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ABC of Applying 2011
VICTER 2013 and 2012
Choice
ABC of offers
ABC of scaling
SEAS 2011
Scholarships 2011
Calendar
The application process
Register
Receive your VTAC ID and PIN
See Ms Daly
Log into MyInfo
Course
application
Apply for
SEAS
Access STAT/
DULSAT
Scholarship
application
Types of courses
Yellow and blue
indicated courses
are what you will be
applying for.
Fee types
• 75681 – Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP)
• 75682 - Vocational Government Funded (VGF).
Contact website for actual fee
• 75683 – International Fee Paying (IFP)
• 75684 – Students over 20. Fee determined by
provider.
Preferences
• Preferences
– Students list up to 12 preferences
– List preferences in the order you want to get into
them
WHEN Choosing preferences have I...
• Met the course Prerequisites?
• Thought about Extra requirements
• Listed the correct course codes
• Kept my options open (University, TAFE, ITC) and/or
backup options..
• Considered transport and travel times
• Considered cost and living arrangements
Payments
• Payments
– $24 + $9 invoice fee by 5pm 30 September
– $84 + $9.00 invoice fee by 5pm 12 November
– $108 pay only by credit card by 5pm 10 December
• Don’t forget the audition fee payments – must be paid
on application
• No audition or processing fee payment, no inclusion on
lists to institutions therefore NO OFFER!
Key application dates
• Applications open:
• Applications close:
– SEAS applications close:
– Scholarships application close:
– Course applications close:
• Timely
• Late
• Very late
9.00am - 2 August 2010
8 October at 5pm
29 October at 5pm
30 September at 5pm
12 November at 5pm
10 December at 5pm
• Change of preference
– opens:
– closes for Victorian and NSW Year 12
29 November 2010
20 December at 12noon
Special Entry Access Schemes
• Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS) is the umbrella program
run by most institutions for applicants who have experienced
educational disadvantage.
• Ten categories all claims must be related to the categories
– No evidence to support statements means no
consideration for claim.
– Always emphasise the impact not the issue
SEAS categories
• Category 1: Mature age
consideration
• Category 2: Non-English
speaking background
• Category 3: Recognition
as an Indigenous
Australian
• Category 4: Difficult
circumstances
• Category 5:
Disadvantaged financial
background
• Category 6: Applicants
from rural or isolated
areas
• Category 7: Underrepresented schools
• Category 8: Women or
men in underrepresented disciplines
• Category 9: Disability or
medical condition
• Category 10: Refugee
background.
Year 11/12 Special Consideration
Assisting Year 11/12 students in the final two
years of schooling
– Cannot apply for circumstances for which you
have had control. Sport
– Cannot apply for circumstances for which you
have lodged an Access and Equity category.
Special Year 11/12 Consideration
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Health of Self or a family member
Death of a close family member or friend
Divorce or separation of Parents
Adverse living conditions
Excessive family responsibility
Refugee status
Scholarships
• Some scholarships are for many reasons:
– Not only for ‘smart’ students such under representation
– Not only for ‘economic hardship’
• To apply for scholarships at Victorian institutions apply
through the VTAC Scholarship process
• The only cost is 15 minutes of your time…………..
Types of scholarships
• Institutional Access and Equity Scholarships (IAES)
• Commonwealth scholarships - Indigenous Commonwealth
Scholarships (ICS) - need to lodge a scholarship application
through VTAC
• Merit scholarships offered by: Merit scholarships are
awarded to students for academic achievement in Australian
Year 12 or the International Baccalaureate (IB) in 2010, or
equivalent qualification.
Scholarships continued….
– Indigenous Commonwealth Education Costs
(ICECS) – valued at $2,254 (indexed annually)
– Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation
Scholarships (ICAS) valued at $4,508 (indexed
annually)
– Indigenous Access Scholarships (IAS) are valued at
$4,253 (indexed annually)
Supporting documentation for SEAS
and Scholarships
• The same supporting documentation can be used for
Category 9 SEAS Disability or medical consideration and
Section 7: Scholarships Disability or medical consideration
• Online - indicate that the statement applies to both SEAS
and Scholarship.
HOWEVER
The online statement of support must be submitted by the
SEAS closing date of 5.00pm on Friday 8 October 2010 before the scholarship closing date!
Offers – two rounds
• Single offer – preference level important
• No payment, no offer! The application won’t
be processed.
• Available in newspapers (only those who give permission are included)
– Monday 17 January 2011 (6.30pm (18.30hours)).
Offers cont…
• Available on VTAC website to applicants:
– 17 January 2011 (7.30pm or 19.30hours)
– 4 February 2011 (2.00pm or 14.00hours).
VTAC PREFERENCE ORDER...
When lodging your application you must consider the order
of the courses listed.
This is because when you get offers in round 2 or 3 you will
only be able to receive offers for courses that are listed
above the offers/courses you have accepted in previous
rounds.
This means that you should always put your
courses into the system based on most desired to the least
and you should ALWAYS ACCEPT your offers. If you
have ordered the courses correctly, your most preferred
course/s (preferences 1,2 and 3..) will be available for the
maximum amount of time and rounds....
The preference order...
EXAMPLE APPLICATION based on MEDICINE PREFERENCES...
1.
Medicine Monash
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Medicine UNI Melbourne
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Biomedicine Monash
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Biomedical Science Monash
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Science Monash
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Biological Science UNI Melbourne (ACCEPTED ROUND 1 OFFER!!!)
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Science Monash (NOT AVAIL ROUNDS 2 / 3)
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Science Swinburne (NOT AVAIL ROUNDS 2 / 3)
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Nursing Deakin (NOT AVAIL ROUNDS 2 / 3)
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Science Deakin (NOT AVAIL ROUNDS 2 / 3)
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Nursing Monash z(NOT AVAIL ROUNDS 2 / 3)
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Nursing Holmesglen TAFE (NOT AVAIL ROUNDS 2 / 3)
Offers continued…..
Irregular offers
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You can apply if:
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You want to be considered
for a preference listed
lower than an offer you
have received
• You want to apply for a
course not listed on your
preferences.
Restrictions on applying for an
Irregular Offer
• international students are
not eligible to seek an
irregular offer
• If you listed undergraduate
preferences you are not
eligible to seek an irregular
offer and add Graduate
Entry Teaching course or
visa versa
Irregular offer advice to applicants
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Make sure you have done extra requirements and/or
meet prerequisites – otherwise you won’t be offered
and are wasting your time
Do not send your form in the mail – there are no
guarantees
Always telephone or visit the institution and don’t
give up the form unless it is signed by both of you
A signed form means you have an offer and are no
longer eligible for any other offers (including
supplementary offers)
Only one form per applicant is allowed in the system.
The first received will override any duplicates.
Supplementary offers
• In 2010 over 4,000 supplementary offers were
made to students.
• They are available to students who say yes the
relevant question in the application.
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Have not received any offer
Clearly in
What's next?
1) Purchase the VTAC 2011 guide.
2) August 5 – 24.
• Research course preferences and complete preference sheet. Sue, and Barb
can assist with this process.
• Ensure you have all pre-requisite studies required for ALL your preferences
and are aware of the ATAR scores.
• Check to see if you meet requirements for scholarships SEAS and special
consideration
• Make an appointment time to complete VTAC application
• START GOING TO OPEN DAYS!!!!
3. August 25 – Sept 10 Make and attend appointment with BARB, Sue or MR
MAC .
Make sure you have completed the preference sheet correctly before this
appointment.