VCE results 2017: Should I change my preference?
SO you’ve got your ATAR, now what? Perform better than expected and want to try getting into a different course? Didn’t quite get the score you wanted and need to rethink your options? Here’s everything you need to know for Change of Preference.
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With the release of VCE results and ATAR, you now have the opportunity to reconsider your course preferences prior to the first round of tertiary offers.
The change of preference period allows time for you to consider your options based on your results, as well as to consider your preferences based on feedback from interviews, folio presentations and auditions.
Preferences can be changed as many times as you like, free of charge, up until the closing date.
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The Change of Preference period for VCE (including VCAL) students closes at noon, December 20. International VCE applicants have different deadlines to accommodate early offers, which are outlined on the VTAC website. Change of Preference will reopen on January 4 from 10am-4pm to accommodate IB, international and WA applicants who do not receive their results until late in December.
Should I change my preferences?
If you decide to change your preferences, make sure you have considered all your options. Before you decide to make a change, here is a checklist you can follow:
● Check for courses that have been added or cancelled since you lodged your application by using the list on the VTAC website.
● Investigate all of your course options by using VTAC CourseSearch on the VTAC website (vtac.edu.au)
● Filter your search by keyword, institution, qualification level and more.
● Check the course entry for last year’s clearly-in ATAR (where available) to find out whether your results are in the ballpark for consideration this year.
● Carefully read the selection criteria to make sure that you meet any prerequisites, and have completed any selection requirements such as submitting a folio or arranging an interview.
● Make sure you save your new preferences before the closing date.
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How to change your preferences
To change your preferences, log on to your VTAC account through the VTAC website using your VTAC ID and VTAC PIN and list your preferences in order in which you wish to take each course, not the order that you think you will be offered a place. Remember, you only get one offer a round, which is from the highest preference that makes you an offer.
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If you are happy with your preferences as they are, there is no need to change them.
Forgotten your VTAC PIN?
Click on the “lost PIN” link on the front page of the website and follow the prompts.
Can’t remember your VTAC ID?
You can request this from the login page.
Changing your preferences next year
You will have the option of changing your preferences between offer rounds next year, but it is important to get your preferences right before the December deadline to ensure you maximise your offer potential in rounds 1 & 2. This is because the majority of course offers are made in Round 1, and there are no guarantees in future rounds. You might still receive an offer in Round 2, but popular courses may have filled all of their places in the first round.
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