Careers and Pathways
Term 3 is always a busy time in Careers & Pathways as students begin preparing and making applications for the coming year. Please read on to see what we’ve been up to and cast your eye over some important reminders.
Year 10 Course Selection Day
One of the biggest decisions our students make is what their VCE program will look like. At Edgars Creek we offer the VCE certificate in both the general stream and the Vocational Major over 2 years; years 11 and 12. With this qualification, students can leave secondary school to a number of different pathways including University, TAFE, Apprenticeships, Traineeships, and Employment.
On Wednesday 24th July, after many weeks of investigation and discussion, Course Selection Day was held at Edgars Creek where students finalised and submitted their VCE program selections. These selections will be reviewed and used to construct timetables for 2025 throughout the remainder of Term 3 with students set to receive their confirmed subject enrolments in Term 4. A reminder that these enrolments will be subject to students meeting the Year 10 to 11 promotion policy.
Any students who have yet to submit their selections are urged to do so as soon as possible, as those without selections cannot be guaranteed a place in their preferred programs.
Careers Expo
In week 2, our Year 11 students were taken on an excursion to the 2024 Melbourne Career Expo at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre. Students spent the morning speaking to Universities, TAFES, Apprenticeship & Traineeship providers and employers, and were encouraged to gather information and make contacts with providers and employers of interest.
There were hands-on demonstrations and robust conversations happening at every turn with our students leaving the event with not only bags of goodies, but invaluable knowledge and experiences they can reflect on, and help guide them throughout the remainder of their VCE and in their future career planning.
VTAC
The Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre is an independent shared admissions service. It acts as the middleman between learners and tertiary education providers, and facilitates ATAR calculation, tertiary course searches, tertiary course applications (including special considerations), tertiary scholarship applications, tertiary course offers & acceptances.
Applications are now open for our current Year 12 students to make their 2025 applications. See below a summary of important upcoming dates. For the full list of important dates, please click here.
Monday 30 September- Timely course applications close
Friday 11 October- SEAS & Scholarship applications close
Thursday 12 December- VCE results & ATAR released
Saturday 14 December- December offer round Change of Preference closes
Monday 23 December- December offers released
For the remainder of Term 3, Careers & Pathways appointments are available exclusively to Year 12 students to aid in their SEAS & Scholarship applications. Appointments can be made via the ECSC careers website.
All students intending to apply for tertiary study are encouraged to complete their VTAC account registration, initial course application, VTAC payment and SEAS & Scholarship applications before the end of Term 3. Course applications can be edited right up until December 14th for those who are still investigating their options, though the initial application must be made before September 30th to avoid incurring a late application fee.
Tertiary Early Entry
There are a number of tertiary early entry programs and schemes available to Year 12 students where they may secure an early conditional offer for their tertiary studies based on students experiences, community contributions, values and goals. Many of these are still open for applications but are closing soon. Anyone interested needs to complete their applications as soon as possible.
2025 ACU Guarantee Early offer program
2025 Victoria University Early Entry
2025 Swinburne Early Entry Program
Jacqueline Hunter
Careers & Pathways Leader