Unimelb Clearly in released here!! - email from VC

[Edmund]

See attachment for cut-off table

From the VC

Colleagues, as you may know, first round offers to students through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) go out today and Melbourne has performed exceptionally, thanks to your efforts.

VTAC data shows first preference applications for Melbourne's degrees have jumped by 21 percent overall from last year, the largest increase in Victoria.

There has also been a 24 percent increase in applications through the Access Melbourne program for disadvantaged students, including large increases for those from rural areas and low socio-economic backgrounds.

The University has made 6183 first-round offers, which is 49 more than last year (see the table below for selection comparisons).

In addition, Melbourne has the most popular degrees offered by Victorian universities, as measured by first preference applications through VTAC.

The Arts and Science degrees are first and second respectively - totaling 4898 applications - and Melbourne has five of the 10 most sought degrees in the state.

We believe the demand reflects the growing awareness of our new programs and their attractiveness to students from all backgrounds.

It has also contributed to a rise in the Australian Tertiary Admission Ranking (ATAR) for all degrees, a 24 percent increase in interstate offers and 21 percent more Access Melbourne offers.

The new Chancellor's Scholars' Program for very high achieving students - offered for the first time this year - has proven extremely popular, with Melbourne making more than 90 offers to students with an ATAR of 99.9 or above.

Science has had the biggest increase in demand, making 80 more offers than last year and recording a 5-point rise in the ATAR (from 85.05 to 90.15).

This course, along with Biomedicine, has been particularly popular for Access Melbourne students from rural or low socio economic backgrounds.

Arts has also performed very well, increasing its ATAR and offering more than 1800 places.

Publishing guaranteed ATARs in advance for Access Melbourne categories has been well received by students and schools and has contributed to large numbers of offers for students in these categories.

Melbourne's attraction to international students has also continued to grow despite a significant national downturn, with the University making 40 more offers to that group through VTAC than last year.

As always, none of this would be possible without the unflagging efforts of all staff over the past year, but particularly the Office of Admissions and Chancellery.

You have helped make our curriculum deeply desirable for students from a wide range of backgrounds and improved our ability to build an international reputation as an education and research centre equal to the best in the world.

Source: Melbourne uni staff newsletter

[david10d]

cya com @ melb

monash here i come

fuck that huge...

[ninwa]

ARTS CLEARLY IN IS HIGHER THAN SCIENCE

SUCK ON THAT YOU ELITIST BASTARDS

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[stonecold]

Biomed is higher than Monash Law...suck on that Nina :p  It is actually a joke!

Great, the 2012 biomed intake cohort circle jerk will be even bigger... 

[Mech]

ARTS CLEARLY IN IS HIGHER THAN SCIENCE

SUCK ON THAT YOU ELITIST BASTARDS

..

Lol'd so bloody hard.

[ninwa]

Biomed is higher than Monash Law...suck on that Nina :p  It is actually a joke!

Great, the 2012 biomed intake cohort circle jerk will be even bigger... 

I will take the small victories. >:[

[dc302]

ARTS CLEARLY IN IS HIGHER THAN SCIENCE

SUCK ON THAT YOU ELITIST BASTARDS

..

Obviously because many kids went into biomed instead of science. If you combined the two..

[Greatness]

These clearly ins are massive!!

[dc302]

These clearly ins are massive!!

I know right...I guess engineering had no intake this year so that may be part of the reason as well.

[bridger]

What the hell!!! Those are insane!

[kwheattt]

That's ridiculous!

[MicroShift]

Fark my plans to do B.Science in 2013 might have just been put in doubt... I felt 85.05 was an acheivable goal but now it's in the 90s... Here's hoping it drops for 2013 intake! 

[david10d]

Fark my plans to do B.Science in 2013 might have just been put in doubt... I felt 85.05 was an acheivable goal but now it's in the 90s... Here's hoping it drops for 2013 intake! 

chin up buddy, it's far from over. you still have one full year to do your best and 90 is very achievable.


also it's only this year where it has sky rocketed up so there's a very good chance that it drop back to 85~

[tea.squaredd]

Fark my plans to do B.Science in 2013 might have just been put in doubt... I felt 85.05 was an acheivable goal but now it's in the 90s... Here's hoping it drops for 2013 intake! 

chin up buddy, it's far from over. you still have one full year to do your best and 90 is very achievable.


also it's only this year where it has sky rocketed up so there's a very good chance that it drop back to 85~

You don't know that it is 'only this year', maybe the Melbourne Model is kicking in and it gets higher and higher D:
Fact is, study hard and you should hit 90+ Microshift!

[VivaTequila]

I HATE MY LIFE.

After all the predictions that scores would drop this year.... noooo, Biomedicine shoots through the roof. God damn it, guys.