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Links to the most commonly needed pages on University websites can be found here:  http://mhscareers.com/NewZealandUniversities.html http://mhscareers.com/OverseasUniversities.html NSW/ACT Open Days 2011: http://www.uac.edu.au/documents/publications/news/2011/April.pdf UAC key dates for 2012 admissions: http://www.uac.edu.au/documents/publications/news/2011/April.pdf Applications open at the beginning of August each year, and this is when the UAC Guides arrive in schools. In the UAC Guide you will find chapters on how to apply, the Universities Admission Index (UAI), and study costs and financial assistance. Table 1 tells you which courses are available, and Part 2 contains the university entries with the course descriptions. Get your application in to UAC by the end of September, even if you haven't decided on the courses that you want to apply for! Late applications cost money, and you can change your preferences for nothing! Make sure that your preference order relates to the order in which you most want to do the courses, not to which might have the highest UAI! But, make sure that you put a lower UAI course as your last preference in case your UAI is lower than expected. Read the course descriptions carefully, and check to see if there are any additional selection criteria. The Universities Admissions Centre (UAC)is the central office that receives and processes applications for admission to most undergraduate degree, advanced diploma, diploma and associate diploma courses at the participating institutions in NSW. Their website is www.uac.edu.au. To see last years ATAR cut-offs go to http://www.uac.edu.au/undergraduate/atar/cut-offs.shtml. EDUCATIONAL ACCESS SCHEMES (EAS). If you consider that you have been disadvantaged and that your ATAR will be lower than it should have been because of this disadvantage you may be able to get some special consideration from the universities. Types of disadvantage considered are: disrupted schooling; financial hardship; adverse home environment (particularly involving abuse) and excessive family responsibilities; English language difficulty; personal illness/disability; adverse school environment. To apply, the 2010 booklet and application forms should be available from the UAC web site in early August, or ask your careers adviser. Evidence for the application may take some time to collect, so start the process as soon as possible. The closing date for on-time EAS applications is at the end of September. For more information visit : www.uac.edu.au. Talk to the university and explain your situation. They will tell you your options. These may include taking subjects from the degree that you want to do without being enroled in the degree; starting a different degree and transfering, or re-applying, later; doing some other course, such as a uni preparation course, a TAFE course, or a course at a private college to then get in later; taking Year 12 again; or rethinking your career options. There is always a Plan B! Your ATAR is not the end of the world, and many very successful people in todays society have had poor HSC results. Many university courses in the UAC guide show either Assumed Knowledge or Recommended Studies in their information. These are courses that you might have taken in Years 11 & 12. If you have not taken them it will not affect your entry into the course, but it might affect how well you do on the course! See the first pages of each universities' entry in the UAC Guide to see if they offer Bridging Courses. These will improve your level of knowledge before you start your degree. Australian Government information website to help with Going to Uni: http://www.goingtouni.gov.au/
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