Remaining school leavers, mature age students received QTAC offers

Thousands of Queensland students have this morning received tertiary offers, with the course topping preference lists revealed.

More than 9000 students from the Class of 2022 and almost 5500 mature age students received tertiary offers this morning, with Nursing and Health topping the preference lists.

The second major offer round orchestrated by the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre kicked off at 8.30am, with a total of 14,761 offers made across 1254 courses.

Coupled with the initial major offer round on December 22 and early offers, a total of 45,117 tertiary offers have been made to Queensland students.

The most popular courses overall comprised of Paramedic Science, Biomedical Science, Optometry, Health Sciences, Physiotherapy, Medicine, Psychological Sciences, Engineering, and Business.

Browns Plains High School twins Alexander and Anastasia Hedesi, 18, both accepted early offers to study at the University of Queensland and also received scholarships through UQ’s Young Achievers Program for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Browns Plains High School graduates Anastasia and Alexander Hedesi achieved ATARs over 90 and have already accepted offers to study at UQ this year. Photo: Tara Croser.

Alexander achieved an ATAR of 93.20 and chose a Bachelor of Psychological Science.

“We didn’t grow up in a wealthy household – we had a single mother and lived paycheck to paycheck, so we didn’t think education beyond high school was achievable,” he said.

“But then we got the Young Achievers scholarship and it became possible.

“I was top of my class in psychology at high school and it came naturally to me, I enjoyed learning about it so I thought I could do that for the rest of my life.”

Anastasia got an ATAR of 90.75 and will go into a Bachelor of Clinical Exercise Physiology.

“During the last two years of high school, I fell in love with PE and … my high school PE teacher was so passionate about teaching,” she said.

“So I knew I wanted to do something with exercise, and I liked the idea of helping people after they’ve had surgery.”

Both are excited to continue studying together.

“Me and my sister are very close, we went to primary and high school together and we were usually in the same classes,” Alexander said.

“And if we’re ever lost, we have each other there for guidance.”

QTAC Head of Customer Experience Chris Jack said those who did not receive an offer on or before Thursday should not panic, as offer rounds continue throughout January and February.

“Applicants need to remember they are at the wheel here, and that there is always a way

forward, whether you qualified for an ATAR or not,” he said.

“Some people might not get their first preference while others might find they are undecided and wish to reconsider their options. Whatever the outcome of your QTAC Application, now and in the future, there are many alternative pathways or approaches to tertiary study.”