LEAVING SCHOOL
applying for courses I’ve lo st my QTAC n umber, what d o I do?
QTAC APPLICATION NUMBER Your QTAC application number is a nine-digit reference number given to you when you apply through QTAC. QTAC may also send official correspondence to you that will quote your QTAC reference number. For applicants who have applied using the web, your QTAC application number is printed on your confirmation of lodgement. Using your QTAC application number and PIN, you can access QTAC’s Current Applicant online service, which allows you to review your application, change your address, change preferences and view offers, amongst other things. MY PREFERENCES
Will all my preferences be taken into consideration? • Your application number can also be obtained by calling QTAC on: (07) 3858 1222 or completing the online QTAC application number enquiry form and providing specified identifying information.
As there are generally more applicants for a course than places available, QTAC must select applicants on the basis of equity and merit. There are two major aspects of the selection process: 1. QTAC checks whether applicants to a course satisfy the prerequisites. For example, for entry into most humanities courses, applicants are required to have completed four semesters of QSA English with an exit assessment of Sound Achievement. If you do not satisfy the prerequisites for a course, your application will not be considered for that course; 2. Applicants who do satisfy the prerequisites then compete for a place on the basis of their OP or QTAC selection rank. Offers are made to applicants in order of their OP, with one being the highest and 25 the lowest, or in descending selection rank order, with those on 99 offered first, then those on 98 and so on until all places are filled. Year 12 school leavers and non-Year 12 applicants are considered together. The minimum OP or rank required for entry into a course each year is not predetermined. It depends on the number and standard of applicants and the number of places available. Consequently the cutoffs can change each admissions period.
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