VTAC second round university offers released for 2020
Almost 20,000 new Victorian university placements have been released, and our interactive database makes it easy to find who got a second round offer. Also, discover what comes next and what to do if you missed out. SEARCH HERE
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More than 20,000 extra university offers have been released today, giving hope to students who missed out on their first preference – or on a spot altogether – during the first round in December.
Below is a searchable database of second round offers, released by the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre at 2pm on Wednesday.
If your name doesn’t appear here you may not have given VTAC permission to have your name published.
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VTAC released 20,783 offers today, in addition to the 36,000 offers made just before Christmas.
Overall, VTAC has now issued more than 64,000 offers to courses at Victorian universities, TAFEs and independent tertiary colleges this year.
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Monash University received the highest number of first preference applications for the 2020 study year (14,710) and made 10,735 offers.
It was followed by the University of Melbourne – with 10,871 applications and 8030 offers made – RMIT, Deakin and La Trobe.
ACCEPTING, DECLINING OR DEFERRING AN OFFER
Accepting: Receiving an offer doesn’t confirm your enrolment in a course.
To secure your place you must follow the enrolment instructions sent to you by the institution – they will be sent to you separate from the VTAC notification of your offer.
In some cases you may need to enrol in person at a specific date and time.
VTAC advises all applicants to accept an offer they receive – this will not affect your chance of receiving a higher preference course offer in the next round.
Declining: You should only decline an offer if you are absolutely certain you don’t want to take the course – even if you don’t receive any other offers.
To decline an offer, you don’t need to do anything.
If you don’t enrol in the course on the date and time specified in your email, your offer will
automatically lapse and the place offered to you will become available to someone else in a future round.
Deferring: If you don’t want to start your course straight away, you might be able to defer your place until the next semester or the next year.
Not all institutions allow deferment so you’ll need to check with them. In most cases, to formally defer your place you will need to submit your request in writing and you may need to complete an official form.
WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I RECEIVED A FIRST ROUND OFFER, BUT ALSO ONE FOR A HIGHER PREFERENCE COURSE IN THIS ROUND?
If you want to take up the new offer you will need to withdraw from the previous course and accept the new offer by following the enrolment instructions supplied by the tertiary institution.
WHAT SHOULD I DO IF I HAVEN’T RECEIVED AN OFFER?
Students who don’t receive a second round offer will have their course preferences reconsidered in further VTAC offer rounds throughout February.
They also have the option to change their preferences to add, remove or rearrange courses between upcoming rounds.
Australian Centre for Career Education chief executive Bernadette Gigliotti had two words for students who missed out today: “Don’t panic”.
“There are multiple roads to courses and the main thing is to be proactive,” she said.
Ms Gigliotti advised people to contact their institution of choice to see if there would be further offers down the track, or if there was a potential waitlist for their preferred course.
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She suggested people could also consider TAFE pathway courses or part-time study opportunities, and seek help from skills and jobs centres across Victoria.
“The main thing is – don’t panic. This is just one step in your journey,” Ms Gigliotti said.
The next round of offers will be made on February 3, and any changes of preferences for that round will need to be made by 4pm on January 24.
For more key dates and information about university offers visit vtac.edu.au