Admissions

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Admissions
Admissions Update Julie Nodin Senior
Recruitment Consultant
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1st preferences offers
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Offer Rounds Deferrals
127
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Trends

• Most popular areas
• Building
• Biotechnology and other Health related programs
• Legal and Justice
• Decreases
• Some Information Technology programs

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Clearly-in Data

• Increases of more than 5 ENTER points
• HE 31181 Occupational Health Safety 52.6 to
  60.85
• 32521 Applied Chemistry 60.5 to 68.40
• TAFE 72211 Advertising 62.40 to 68.70
• 72031 Building Design Technology 53.85 to
  63.90
• 72231 Engineering Civil 45.70 to 53.15
• 72221 International Trade 42.35 to 60.5
• Decreases
• HE 32951 Marketing 90.05 to 81.50
• TAFE 65641 Clothing Fashion 73.95 to 68.40
• 72371 Information Technology 50.95 to V30

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Policy

• RMIT publishes clearly-in data for all
• Higher Education programs making more than 10
  offers, including fee-based places
• TAFE programs making more than 10 offers if the
  clearly in is over 30
• Full fee applicants must be of comparable
  standard with HECS (i.e. within 5)
• Deferment policy a reminder

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Special Entry Schemes

• Special Entry and Access Schemes (SEAS)
• New centralised scheme this year
• SEAS Year 12 Chronic Circumstances
• SEAS Access and Equity

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Scholarships

• RMIT and Commonwealth Learning Scholarships
• RMIT Scholarship Strategy
• Information and application forms from
• www.rmit.edu.au/students/scholarships

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2005 New Programs

• Higher Education
• Biomedical Science
• Biotechnology and Applied Biology
• Legal and Justice Studies
• Multimedia
• Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Project Management
• Valuation

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2005 New Programs

• TAFE
• International Workplace (Applied Language)
• TAFE Associate Degree
• Graphic Technology

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2005 Deleted Programs

• Higher Education
• Biotechnology/Biomedical Sciences
• Media Arts
• TAFE
• Building Surveying
• Communication and Media
• Engineering Civil (72231)
• Spatial Information

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Program Developments

• Higher Education
• Addition of Vietnam code for Commerce
• Hospitality 4th year entry
• Tourism 4th year entry
• Business Administration now called Management
• Media Studies now called Media
• Engineering Electrical Electrical/Business
  Administration
• Fine Art now one code for all streams

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Program Developments

• Higher Education
• Journalism
• Entrance Test discontinued
• Textile Design
• Prerequisite requirement for Further Mathematics
  has been removed
• TAFE
• Conservation Ecology now called Environmental
  Science

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Student Services

• Support Services
• Learning Skills Unit
• Disability Liaison Unit
• ATSI Unit
• Student Ambassadors

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Application Tips

• Check VTAC Codes carefully
• Accept / Reject / Defer
• VTAC and RMIT procedures
• Extra Requirements
• Open Day - Sunday 8 August
• City, Bundoora, Brunswick and Point Cook
• Keep names and contact details

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Contact Details

• Katherine Nicholls
• Head, Office for Prospective Students
• Phone [phone]
• Email katherine.nicholls_at_rmit.edu.au