submitting VTAC application?

[happygolucky11]

Does anyone else have a problem with submitting SEAS, scholarship, and course pref applications? The first two says "Network problem", and for course pref, it says "submit error" 

Help needed! thanks!

[Lasercookie]

I've already submitted my VTAC app once before, but I just then tested changing a couple prefs and saving the changes, and it worked fine.

What web browser are you using? Is your java up to date? Use this link to check: http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp

VTAC has this page about technical issues, it only highlights 3 problems though. http://www.vtac.edu.au/help/technical.html

[HERculina]

If you've sent in one statement of support, but then send another one under the same category, will they accept both?
And with my computer, I had to change my display settings and make the screen appear smaller (the resolution?)  for the VTAC program to work.

[happygolucky11]

I've already submitted my VTAC app once before, but I just then tested changing a couple prefs and saving the changes, and it worked fine.

What web browser are you using? Is your java up to date? Use this link to check: http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp

VTAC has this page about technical issues, it only highlights 3 problems though. http://www.vtac.edu.au/help/technical.html

I just updated my Java, and it's still giving the same message.

I'm using google chrome. The application worked before when i submitted my course prefs, but I want to change it now, but it's not working, and neither are the SEAS/scholarship applications

[Lasercookie]

You could give VTAC a ring and see what they can say, they (hopefully) would be a bit more helpful than me (where I'll just simply be guessing at what might be causing the problem and going back and forth).

If it comes down to it, you could try using a public library/school computer or something along those lines.

[happygolucky11]

Thanks for your help anyway!

[WhoTookMyUsername]

Is there a hidden "submit" button somehwere?
or are we automatically a timely applicant if we paid on time?

[HERculina]

Is that the $26 we had to pay? Our preferances aren't due tomorrow?

[max payne]

Are we allowed to add and/or remove preferences after exams, or can we only change the order of preference? If so, then is a timely application just about paying the money on time?

[Lasercookie]

This is my understanding:

Is there a hidden "submit" button somehwere?
or are we automatically a timely applicant if we paid on time?

No. If you've paid, you've submitted. You should have an invoice confirming that.
http://www.vtac.edu.au/applying/courses.html#fee - It states that there about checking if you've paid.

Is that the $26 we had to pay? Our preferances aren't due tomorrow?

You need to have paid the $26, meaning that you've submitted an application, by tomorrow yes. Unless you want to pay the late fee.

You'll see this phrase crop up a lot on the VTAC site. This particular quote is taken from the footnotes on the important dates page.
"3 Final date to pay your course application processing fee. Only paid applications will be forwarded to institutions to be considered for offers. VTAC recommends that you pay early."

Are we allowed to add and/or remove preferences after exams, or can we only change the order of preference? If so, then is a timely application just about paying the money on time?

I believe so, timely application is mostly just about paying the money on time and getting some initial preferences in. You'll be able to add + remove preferences after exams (for most of the month of november you won't be able to though). http://www.vtac.edu.au/dates/ Take a look at the dates 'change of preference' will close on 26 October (5pm), and then reopen 26 November (9am)

As far as I'm aware, there's some courses that you can't add after some particular date, because they consider early offers, or have interviews or whatever other random reasons.

I just googled for an example, and it appears Monash MBBS is one of those courses with a deadline date to be added onto your preferences: "Only applicants who have listed at least one of the Monash MBBS course codes (28251, 28151, 28691) by the late closing date of 9 November 2012 may reorder their preferences and/or add additional codes for Monash MBBS up to 24 December, 2012 (IB, WA, NZ NCEA applicants have until 4 January 2013)." http://www.monash.edu.au/assets/pdf/study/monash-careers-update-2012-08.pdf

edit: I've added some VTAC quotations

[HERculina]

Ah thankyou that makes it a lot clearer now