VTAC Course Preferences 2016 - Questions

[Aaron]

Hi! I hope I'm posting this in the right place
I'm in my first year of a bachelors degree and am wanting to do a different bachelor course at a different uni. I called the uni im interested in and they told me that once my current uni gives me my yearly results at the end of the year, I need to submit transcripts to VTAC. Will VTAC accept my transcripts so late into the year? Also, do I need to submit transcripts of my current results of the first semester during the application process?
One last question: I meet the prerequisites for the course Im interested in based on my VCE science unit results completed last year and University English results from this year. Does VTAC send both my uni results and my VCE results to the prospective uni? thanks

When you register for a VTAC account, you have to enter in past history such as your old school, VCAA student number, current uni details and so on. You authorise VTAC to access and send these details to unis you put in your preference list. I am fairly sure they only take into account uni results unless an ATAR/other details are requested, but they do all that work for you (provided you put in the correct details so they can find it).

You personally won't need to submit transcripts unless VTAC asks for them. I know when I finished my bachelor degree and applied for a masters at a different uni, I didn't need to provide them with any transcripts or anything like that - I just gave them my uni details (student number, institution name, campus).

[xjiaa]

Hello,

I worried that I won't be able to be meet the prerequisite study score required for my course. If I don't, what are my options? Am I still eligible for the course?

Thank you.

[Aaron]

Prerequisites are non negotiable. If you don't meet them, you won't get an offer for THAT particular course.

You could do the same course somewhere else and transfer over after one semester.. If you really had to.

[AngelWings]

Prerequisites are non negotiable. If you don't meet them, you won't get an offer for THAT particular course.

You could do the same course somewhere else and transfer over after one semester.. If you really had to.

Just adding on to Aaron's statement here, you can also choose to do a bridging course or do an internal transfer (do a semester in another course at the same institution, get a good enough WAM/ GPA and apply for transfer).

[Litigator]

When you register for a VTAC account, you have to enter in past history such as your old school, VCAA student number, current uni details and so on. You authorise VTAC to access and send these details to unis you put in your preference list. I am fairly sure they only take into account uni results unless an ATAR/other details are requested, but they do all that work for you (provided you put in the correct details so they can find it).

You personally won't need to submit transcripts unless VTAC asks for them. I know when I finished my bachelor degree and applied for a masters at a different uni, I didn't need to provide them with any transcripts or anything like that - I just gave them my uni details (student number, institution name, campus).

Yeah not even student number is necessary.

And if someone wants to know if their details have been confirmed; all the details you give about your bachelor degree is a 'claim'. If you check those  claims in 2-3 business days they will appear as 'locked' and if so it means they have been checked and confirmed.

[xjiaa]

Just adding on to Aaron's statement here, you can also choose to do a bridging course or do an internal transfer (do a semester in another course at the same institution, get a good enough WAM/ GPA and apply for transfer).

If I do a bridging course, does that mean I will be doing a different course then transfer into the one I want?

Thank you

[AngelWings]

If I do a bridging course, does that mean I will be doing a different course then transfer into the one I want?

Thank you

I'm no expert in this area, so take this with a grain of salt, but the bridging courses are similar to your intended course. There are a limited amount of them, so please check up whether this is the case with your desired course (and institution) and what route to take from there.

One example that comes to mind is MIBT/ Deakin College for Deakin. (They're designed so you do all the pre-req content in one year and then transfer into Deakin from MIBT straight to second year. - Or at least, this is according to what I recall.) Other unis have similar versions. 

[HasibA]

hey guys- so im rechecking my Vtac to see if im missing anything, and im kinda confused.
basically, ive submitted a SEAS application, and filed under each respective category that pertains to me- but does this mean i qualify for things like the Monash Guarantee? like i come from an under-represented school, receive financial support from the government etc. and basically meet all the requirements for the Monash Guarantee- but is there a way of knowing if ive been accepted, or is it something i'll find out after course confirmations are out? thanks!

[Floatzel98]

hey guys- so im rechecking my Vtac to see if im missing anything, and im kinda confused.
basically, ive submitted a SEAS application, and filed under each respective category that pertains to me- but does this mean i qualify for things like the Monash Guarantee? like i come from an under-represented school, receive financial support from the government etc. and basically meet all the requirements for the Monash Guarantee- but is there a way of knowing if ive been accepted, or is it something i'll find out after course confirmations are out? thanks!

The Monash Guarantee is not done through VTAC, Monash itself decides it based on the information you submit through VTAC. So you won't know through VTAC if you are eligible. Monash do send an email about about it though. I remember I got mine about a week before results day, so like the 8th of December, confirming I was eligible for it. If your SEAS application was similar to mine (which it seems based on what you wrote above) you should be fine. If I do remember, I think you have to submit a VTAC Scholarship application as well along with SEAS.

[HasibA]

not sure where to post this:
say you get into your second preference course, and you dont meet the prerequisite for your first preference (say a 25SS in methods)
what is the way you can transfer into the first preference course without meeting the prerequisite? like in terms of transferring? are they those 'bridging courses' people talk about?
eg. you get into RMIT InfoTech, which you meet all the prerq's, but you want to get into Monash Commerce, which needs a 25 in methods/chem, which you may not have- how do you get in? is this process available for midyear transfers/
[sorry if i have been unclear- thanks guys!!]

[AngelWings]

not sure where to post this:
say you get into your second preference course, and you dont meet the prerequisite for your first preference (say a 25SS in methods)
what is the way you can transfer into the first preference course without meeting the prerequisite? like in terms of transferring? are they those 'bridging courses' people talk about?
eg. you get into RMIT InfoTech, which you meet all the prerq's, but you want to get into Monash Commerce, which needs a 25 in methods/chem, which you may not have- how do you get in? is this process available for midyear transfers/
[sorry if i have been unclear- thanks guys!!]

There's really a few options:
1. Go to another uni with all the pre-reqs you can cover* and transfer. (Bear in mind, it's best if you want to graduate faster that you try to stick to the general area you're intending to transfer into, e.g. do Zoology at Deakin to transfer into Science at Monash. Sometimes the units you do at another uni can actually be credited at your intended uni and essentially won't need to do certain units when you're finally in your first preference course.)
2. Do another course with similar areas of interest at your intended uni and do an internal transfer (i.e. transfer within same uni).
3. Do the appropriate bridging course at the intended uni and then transfer into the course after some time.

Please note that you should check whether all these options are available for your intended course/ area. As for midyear transfers for first years, your intended institution will look at your uni grades (GPA and WAM) and ATAR where need be. (They will combine both as factors of consideration.)
Definitely don't take these as the final word, as things are constantly changing and alternate pathways are always appearing/ disappearing. This is just a general overview of the 3 main pathways.   

* I have friends which have done this who've failed to meet the pre-reqs in Year 12 and made up for it by doing their studies elsewhere and transferring in.

[HasibA]

There's really a few options:
1. Go to another uni with all the pre-reqs you can cover* and transfer. (Bear in mind, it's best if you want to graduate faster that you try to stick to the general area you're intending to transfer into, e.g. do Zoology at Deakin to transfer into Science at Monash. Sometimes the units you do at another uni can actually be credited at your intended uni and essentially won't need to do certain units when you're finally in your first preference course.)
2. Do another course with similar areas of interest at your intended uni and do an internal transfer (i.e. transfer within same uni).
3. Do the appropriate bridging course at the intended uni and then transfer into the course after some time.

Please note that you should check whether all these options are available for your intended course/ area. As for midyear transfers for first years, your intended institution will look at your uni grades (GPA and WAM) and ATAR where need be. (They will combine both as factors of consideration.)
Definitely don't take these as the final word, as things are constantly changing and alternate pathways are always appearing/ disappearing. This is just a general overview of the 3 main pathways.   

* I have friends which have done this who've failed to meet the pre-reqs in Year 12 and made up for it by doing their studies elsewhere and transferring in.

hmm i see. thanks for the help.
so lets say i want to do InfoTech at monash, and cover the prereqs, but then want to do a double degree in fiance/InfoTech, but dont have the methods pre-req for it, id have to do a bridging course? or because i got into InfoTech i can do a straight transfer? etc.

[Aaron]

hmm i see. thanks for the help.
so lets say i want to do InfoTech at monash, and cover the prereqs, but then want to do a double degree in fiance/InfoTech, but dont have the methods pre-req for it, id have to do a bridging course? or because i got into InfoTech i can do a straight transfer? etc.

You would need to do the equivalent unit of methods at university level to satisfy the prerequisite (fairly sure its MTH1010, someone can confirm). Does the IT degree allow you to choose an elective/free unit? If so, that would be ideal.

[HasibA]

You would need to do the equivalent unit of methods at university level to satisfy the prerequisite (fairly sure its MTH1010, someone can confirm). Does the IT degree allow you to choose an elective/free unit? If so, that would be ideal.

yeah i think the IT degree has an elective/free unit. but in case it didnt, what would my options be? would i be able to do it on a uni break (the methods prereq-thanks!

similarly, what if i didn't get a 25 for english? what would happen then?

[Aaron]

yeah i think the IT degree has an elective/free unit. but in case it didnt, what would my options be? would i be able to do it on a uni break (the methods prereq-thanks!

similarly, what if i didn't get a 25 for english? what would happen then?

That unit in particular is only offered in Semester 1 - so you wouldn't be able to. This is something you'd have to contact Monash about because it applies to each university individually (e.g. find out if they accept anything other as the equivalent). That's good you have a free unit - you can fill up that space with MTH1010 and do a transfer mid-year if you really wanted to (provided you pass it).

You could always do an extra unit (e.g. 5 instead of 4 for that semester - but the workload is massive with 4... you really don't want to be in that position to begin with). I'm not familiar with the accepted equivalents - perhaps someone more experienced in this space could reply?