Congratulations

Congratulations to Joel Barnes for achieving an offer to Game Programming Course - Advanced Diploma of Professional Game Development with the Academy of Interactive Entertainment in Canberra. Joel underwent an application, submission of his portfolio of work and an interview. Well done Joel.

Congratulations to Yr 12 UOW early entry applicants who were informed they have progressed to interview and activation event invitations this week. Offers for this scheme will be made on the 11th of October.

Well done to the 23 Year 12 students who have submitted their UAC School Recommendation Scheme applications on time for rating by the College today. This Scheme closes on the 19th of September for all students.

 YR 12 VET STUDENTS - TAKE NOTE

Just as a reminder - Students will be able to access their VET Statement of Attainment Certificates or Certificate II in qualification through your schools online account on the 24th of January. It is the only way to access this Certificate as there will be no mail out of certificates. The school does not receive any certificates from NESA. Student accounts close 30th June next year and then fee payment is required if students need to get this record after this date. Students are advised to access their schools online account and download their certificate as soon as it is available then save them in your personal files for future use. 

UAC Key Dates - Update

Admissions 2022 date changes

On Friday 10 September a revised timetable for HSC examinations and results was released. As a consequence, the following UAC dates will change:

• ATARs for NSW HSC students will now be released at 9am on Thursday 20 January 2022.
• ATARs for ACT Year 12 students will now be released at 9am on Thursday 20 January 2022.
• January Round 2 will now be the first ATAR-based offer round. The deadline for changing preferences for January Round 2 will be midnight on Friday 21 January 2022.
• January Round 2 offers will be released at 7.30am on Wednesday 26 January 2022.

Changes to other UAC dates will be confirmed as soon as possible, as will the arrangements for ACT ATARs. 

Information for NSW and ACT students applying interstate, and interstate students applying to NSW and ACT universities, will also follow.

Educational Access Schemes

• EAS application and document deadline for January Round 2 will be midnight Friday 17 December 2021.
• EAS eligibility letters will be released progressively from Friday 21 January 2022 to all applicants with finalised assessment for January Round 2.

Early bird closing

Students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Early bird applications close at midnight on Thursday 30 September, after which UAC’s processing charge increases.

If students aren’t sure about what they want to study, they can submit an application to any course and change their preferences as many times as they like, for free. Year 12 applicants can also 'commit to pay' using BPAY or Post Billpay. Payment must be made, however, in order to have their application assessed and receive an offer.

Early offer schemes

While the ATAR is still the main selection tool used by most unis, there are other ways for students to show that they're ready to succeed at tertiary study.

Many institutions have early offer schemes for Year 12 students. Through these schemes the institutions will assess students using criteria other than (or in addition to) their ATAR.

The closing date for UAC's Schools Recommendation Scheme (SRS) is this Sunday 19 September and the first offers will be released on Friday 12 November. We've created a three-minute video guide on how to apply for SRS.

Kind Regards

Naomi Gill
Careers Adviser & VET Coordinator/ Hospitality & PDHPE Teacher