University Enhancement Increment

[REBORN]

I quoted that on the prev page but where does it say it's increment? It says "pls contact VTAC" does it not?

[Lasercookie]

I quoted that on the prev page but where does it say it's increment? It says "pls contact VTAC" does it not?

http://www.vtac.edu.au/pdf/publications/victer2013.pdf

Oh yeah, VICTER 2013 - Page 6. Bottom right corner.

[REBORN]

I'm confused....

It says that and then:


Note: From 2012 Higher Education studies will include firstyear university studies and advanced standing TAFE courses
recognised by the VCAA and made available to VCE students
who are very able academically and have the endorsement
of their school principal. Upon satisfactory completion, these
studies will be counted as an increment in the calculation
of the ATAR. The increment will be calculated as 10% of
the average of the primary four studies, which is the same
calculation used for non-scorable VET studies

[Thu Thu Train]

It is changing its name to "Higher Education" studies, but the increment it will provide is listed below.
(Source: VICTER 2014 page 6 and 7, and confirmed by VTAC)

Upon satisfactory completion, the increment will be determined as follows:
•   Where a student completes a Higher Education VCE study and the average mark over all the HE units awarded is at least 90, the Higher Education increment will be 5.0.
•   Where a student completes a Higher Education VCE study and the average mark over all the HE units awarded is at least 80 but less than 90, the Higher Education increment will be 4.5.
•   Where a student completes a Higher Education VCE study and the average mark over all the HE units awarded is at least 70 but less than 80, the Higher Education increment will be 4.0.
•      Where a student completes a Higher Education VCE study and the average mark over all the HE units awarded is at least 60 but less than 70, the Higher Education increment will be 3.5.
•   Where a student completes a Higher Education VCE study and the average mark over all the HE units awarded is at least 50 but less than 60, the Higher Education increment will be 3.0.

EDIT:  This increment system will be applied from 2012 onwards

interesting, this really does surprise as i have heard from many people including teachers, taiga, shinny, ssNake and other students that the increment would be removed....
hm...

Just goes to show that you can't always rely on hearsay.

[REBORN]

I'm confused....

It says that and then:


Note: From 2012 Higher Education studies will include firstyear university studies and advanced standing TAFE courses
recognised by the VCAA and made available to VCE students
who are very able academically and have the endorsement
of their school principal. Upon satisfactory completion, these
studies will be counted as an increment in the calculation
of the ATAR. The increment will be calculated as 10% of
the average of the primary four studies, which is the same
calculation used for non-scorable VET studies

Anyone care to explain? :S

[chem-nerd]

The whole change to extension/enhancement studies is a lot to do with the Bradley review.  It's going to be an awkward year or few as tertiary institutes decide exactly how they will manage the changes and the follow on impact to students.

Initially VTAC had decided to give an increment that was 10% of the average of the primary 4 (as quoted in VICTER 2013 and which I posted about a while ago).  Looks like they've changed the increment calculation due to feedback on the initial proposal (thank goodness). The details are published in VICTER 2014.

I will have exact VTAC confirmation to give you on Thursday but I'm confident with the information I posted earlier.

[duquesne9995]

so i'm really confused about this.
can someone pls explain?
is it the increment 10% of the average of your primary four
or is it
5.0 increment for over 90% in average mark in the HE study
etc.

PLUS
also it says in victer 2014 page 9

"Restrictions on use of approved Higher Education studies
in schools
If your ATAR incorporates a Higher Education increment from
any of the study areas of mathematics, English, LOTE, music,
history or computer science/information technology then
at most two VCE ATAR subject scores and/or VET increments
from that study area may be used."

so can I do methods, spesh maths and uni maths and have them all count to my ATAR?

+ is there anything else that i should know about higher education studies and the changes that have taken place because i am new to this.
thx so much =] 

[taiga]

I'll email VCAA tonight to try get you fellas a proper answer.

[Hutchoo]

Thanks, taiga.
This could decide if I do UMEP/MUEP or not. D=

[taiga]

Confirmed information for the University of Melbourne Higher Education Studies program.

Rather than an increment of 4.0–5.5 points being added to the ATAR aggregate as they are now, from 2012 the increment will be calculated in the same way as it is for unscored VET studies. This means that upon satisfactory completion of the year of extension study an increment will be calculated as 10% of the average of the primary four VCE Unit 3/4 subjects.

Source: http://futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/info/school-students/extension-program/resources/atar-increment

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No "official" confirmation from Monash, but I expect they will obviously have to follow suit.,

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Dubious indication that your performance (aside from Fail/Pass) will not influence your mark

The Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) provides an ATAR increment for a higher education study as a fifth or sixth study, provided that the student has:

-   satisfactorily completed four VCE Unit 3 and 4 sequences for which study scores have been calculated, including one from the English group
-   satisfactorily completed at least one VCE Unit 3 and 4 sequence in the same year as the higher education study
-   satisfactorily completed the full year of the higher education study
-   been awarded a pass result by the higher education institution.

Source: VCAA document http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vcaa/vce/studies/principlesprocHEstudies2010.doc

Hope that clears up most concerns, I'll see if I can get a more in depth answer later on. That said, that VICTER source is a bit strange :S

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My thoughts are that it will lower the total number of students at the extreme top end completing University Enhancements (99.8+), and will in turn lower the aggregate for such scores by a little.

That said I disagree with the idea of your performance not influencing your end mark, hate it.

[Hutchoo]

Wait, I'm really confused..
Can you get a 5.5 for UMEP or not? The "How does it work?" thing on the UMEP website has the 5.5 increment? ..... WHAT?
How does that relate to your top 4 average?
Really would appreciate it if someone could simplify this change. Thanks.

[taiga]

Wait, I'm really confused..
Can you get a 5.5 for UMEP or not? The "How does it work?" thing on the UMEP website has the 5.5 increment? ..... WHAT?
How does that relate to your top 4 average?
Really would appreciate it if someone could simplify this change. Thanks.

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Rather than an increment of 4.0–5.5 points being added to the ATAR aggregate as they are now, from 2012 the increment will be calculated in the same way as it is for unscored VET studies. This means that upon satisfactory completion of the year of extension study an increment will be calculated as 10% of the average of the primary four VCE Unit 3/4 subjects.

If you can miraculously get an average scaled score of 55 in your primary 4, then yes

[gossamer]

Wait, I'm really confused..
Can you get a 5.5 for UMEP or not? The "How does it work?" thing on the UMEP website has the 5.5 increment? ..... WHAT?
How does that relate to your top 4 average?
Really would appreciate it if someone could simplify this change. Thanks.

That's for this year.

On another note, VICTER 2013 (the one the UoM website says to refer to) says:

An increment will be awarded for the Higher Education study.
The higher education ATAR increment is calculated as follows:
• Where a student completes a Higher Education VCE study
and the average mark over all the HE units awarded is at
least 90, the Higher Education Increment will be 5.0
• Where a student completes a Higher Education VCE study
and the average mark over all HE units awarded is at least 80
but less than 90, the Higher Education Increment will be 4.5
• Where a student completes a Higher Education VCE study
and the average mark over all HE units awarded is at least 70
but less than 80, the Higher Education Increment will be 4.0
• Where a student completes a Higher Education VCE study
and the average mark over all HE units awarded is at least 60
but less than 70, the Higher Education Increment will be 3.5
• Where a student completes a Higher Education VCE study
and the average mark over all HE units awarded is at least 50
but less than 60, the Higher Education Increment will be 3.0.

Note: From 2012 Higher Education studies will include firstyear
university studies and advanced standing TAFE courses
recognised by the VCAA and made available to VCE students
who are very able academically and have the endorsement
of their school principal. Upon satisfactory completion, these
studies will be counted as an increment in the calculation
of the ATAR. The increment will be calculated as 10% ofthe average of the primary four studies, which is the samecalculation used for non-scorable VET studies.

 

[Hutchoo]

olol. Yeah, I was a bit mislead with the table xD.

Tyty.
Uni Enhancments can smb.

[enwiabe]

If you can miraculously get an average scaled score of 55 in your primary 4, then yes

Waiting for someone to accept this challenge...