The selection process
Applicants may include up to nine UAC course codes in order of preference on their UAC application. The applications for each UAC course code are ranked in order of merit, with the highest considered first.
Each applicant is considered in turn to see whether a place is available in the course listed as first preference (whether it is a Commonwealth-supported place (CSP) course or a domestic fee-paying (DFEE) course).
If no place remains available, the applicant is considered for his or her second preference and so on until an offer can be made or preferences are exhausted.
During the selection process in January, your Commonwealth-supported (CSP) and domestic fee-paying (DFEE) preferences are considered in the order in which you have listed them on your application.
Example: If you have included Commonwealth-supported (CSP) preferences on your application:
and you are eligible and competitive enough for the first CSP preference you have listed, you will be made an offer to that course and the rest of your CSP preferences will not be considered. If, however, you are not eligible for the first or second CSP preferences you have listed, but are eligible and competitive enough for your third CSP preference, you will be made an offer to your third CSP preference and the rest of your CSP preferences will not be considered.
If you have included domestic fee-paying (DFEE) preferences on your application:
and you are eligible and competitive enough for the first DFEE you have listed, you will be made an offer to that course and the rest of your DFEE preferences will not be considered. If, however, you are not eligible for the first or second DFEE preferences you have listed, but are eligible and competitive enough for your third DFEE, you will be made an offer to your third DFEE preference and the rest of your DFEE preferences will not be considered.
* This means, if you have both CSP and DFEE preferences, you may receive two offers in each of the Main, Late and Final offer rounds as follows: one offer to the highest CSP course for which you are eligible and competitive enough; and
* one offer to the highest DFEE course for which you are eligible and competitive enough.
If you do receive two offers, you can choose which one to accept.
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Are all preferences given equal consideration?
Yes. The selection process is based on the system that if you are not selected for your first preference, whether it is CSP or DFEE, you will be considered equally with all other eligible applicants for your second preference and so on.
Your chance of being selected for a particular course is not reduced because you placed a course as a lower order preference. No applicant will be selected for a course simply because she or he entered that course as a higher order preference.
Example: Applicant A does not qualify for an offer to courses listed as preferences 1, 2 or 3, and has course 116677 as preference 4. If applicant A is eligible and is more competitive than applicants B and C who have listed course 116677 as their first preference, then applicant A will receive an offer before applicants B and C.
(the PR stuff)