Year 12 Focus

Open Now: University Applications for 2024

TISC Applications close 30 September

The closing date for university applications for 2024 is the 30 September. Offers of admission are made in the weeks following the release date of Year 12 results in mid-December. 

For the Absolute Late Date Medicine, Surgery, Dental, Pharmacy, Podiatric Medicine, find details HERE.

For more information about important dates for 2023, go HERE.

Date for your diary: December 22 

This is when the main round offers will be available online and emailed to you.

Year 12 Information Handbooks

The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA) is responsible for West Australian education standards and reporting.

Each year it puts out two booklets to help year 12s. 

Part I Information for Students

This information from the SCSA identifies:

• key dates that are important for you this year 
• what is involved in the WA Statement of Student Achievement and the WACE
• the student portal and the WACE Checker 
• equivalences and how they can count towards your WACE 
• school-based assessment and how it works. 

You can download a copy HERE.

Part II Examinations

Part II of the Year 12 Information Handbook focuses on examinations and is relevant to students sitting the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) course examinations.

It identifies key dates for exams and key information like what to do if you are sick during exams, how you are required to behave in exams and information about practical exams. 

You can find it HERE.

New Equity Scholarship for Murdoch Engineering

This new scholarship may not be listed in handbooks yet. It will support students who are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, students from regional and remote areas, females wanting to study STEM, students who are ‘first generation’ to attend university, students experiencing financial hardship, students who are LGBTQIA, and others who have experienced hardship.  

For more information, go HERE.

So many scholarships

There are so many scholarships, and they are not just for the academic superstars. There are scholarships for jewellery makers, agriculture scholarships and the Westpac Young Technologists Scholarship.

• Check your chosen industry scholarships online.
• Also check your local government website. They may have a scholarship for you to go for, or they may list scholarships from local organisations like the Chamber of Commerce or a local bank. 
• Check the website of your chosen university or TAFE college for scholarships that are available to you. 
• Contact the career advisor services at your university/TAFE and ask what scholarships you can go for. 
• Register with the Good Universities Guide to get news about scholarships as they become available.