UAC Preferences (1 Viewer)

[KingDakai]

Hi,

I was wondering for my preference list how the system actually worked.
I'm quite worried that I will not get offered for preference 1 or 2 or 3 and so on...
However, my main question would be whether it is likely to get an offer quite down the preference list. I ask this because I keep thinking that by the time I get offered, people have already filled up that course.

Thank you

 

[Lolsmith]

The way preferences works is that you're offered the highest preference you qualify for

So if you don't qualify for 1, but you do qualify for 2, you are offered 2.

You are *not* offered anything underneath that preference.

 

[KingDakai]

I understand that but I'm worried about the limited amounts of spots available in that course say for a preference that is 6th on my list.

 

[Lolsmith]

All your preferences are considered equally.

So your 6th preference is considered equally as someone's 1st preference (for the same course)

 

[KingDakai]

Oh okay... but you said that you are "not" offered anything beneath the preference you get. What is the time frame for someone to accept or decline an offer?
Because say I do medicine and fail the interview, it would have delayed me right? Is it a first in first served process?

 

[Lolsmith]

You've got at least a month, I'm pretty sure. When are the medicine interviews?

Positions are only offered to their capacity. If there's only capacity for 200 students, they'll only accept the 200 top applicants.

There are later rounds as well for other courses that usually aren't full.

 

[Existential]

The way preferences works is that you're offered the highest preference you qualify for

So if you don't qualify for 1, but you do qualify for 2, you are offered 2.

You are *not* offered anything underneath that preference.

Let's say you are offered your 3rd preference. Can you reject that offer and then get offerred your 4th preference?

 

[KingDakai]

You've got at least a month, I'm pretty sure. When are the medicine interviews?

Positions are only offered to their capacity. If there's only capacity for 200 students, they'll only accept the 200 top applicants.

There are later rounds as well for other courses that usually aren't full.

Thank you so much

 

[Azure]

Let's say you are offered your 3rd preference. Can you reject that offer and then get offerred your 4th preference?

IIRC you can accept the offer and then switch your preferences for the next round. If you get your second preference you can then reject the first one.

 

[Lolsmith]

Let's say you are offered your 3rd preference. Can you reject that offer and then get offerred your 4th preference?

Nope. You have to wait for a later round and risk it filling up.

 

[Existential]

IIRC you can accept the offer and then switch your preferences for the next round. If you get your second preference you can then reject the first one.

Nope. You have to wait for a later round and risk it filling up.

So tell me - what's the point of the September/October/November Rounds when you don't have you ATAR to know whether you are accepted/declined into a preference?

 

[Lolsmith]

They're for special early admissions or for courses that aren't based on ATAR or are focused on alternative criteria

 

[Existential]

They're for special early admissions or for courses that aren't based on ATAR or are focused on alternative criteria

What courses are "special early admissions" coz im pretty sure all of the ppl going for an ATAR at my school have put in applications for September? And obviously the people wanting to go to uni here include people who want bachelor degrees.

 

[Lolsmith]

well considering you don't even sit your exams til October, let alone find out your ATAR, I'd say that's fairly enlightening

They're for people not applying with ATAR's. Either current or former university students who are applying via university marks/experience, mature age students, international students, those given early acceptance based on other criteria, potentially for courses who don't care about your ATAR and have to submit other work for such as design courses and music courses at specialist institutions.

 

[Lolsmith]

main round of offers is in January as well so you can change your preferences until I think the 5th this year