Careers
Aitken College
Success for Aitken students in their applications to Tertiary Early Offer Programs for commencement at university in 2023
For 2023 entry, a number of universities offered students in Year 12 the option of applying for their courses with the combination of an early offer application and an application to VTAC. Successful applicants were made a conditional early offer for a course of their choice at a particular university. For some programs, the offer is confirmed if the student successfully completes the VCE, meets any course prerequisites and, in some cases, achieves a minimum ATAR (which is lower than the ATAR needed by other applicants for the same course). For other programs, Year 11 results are the key, combined with successful completion of the VCE.
Year 12 students at Aitken applied for the VU Guaranteed (VUG) Program offered by Victoria University, the Aspire Program (La Trobe University), the ACU Guarantee (ACU), the RMIT Early Offer Program (RMIT) and the Swinburne Early Offer Program (Swinburne University). The process for each application was different, with institutions using a variety of selection strategies including, but not limited to, considering community service / volunteering experience or Year 11 results or recommendations from teachers and so on.
Aitken College student outcomes for these programs were very successful. Congratulations to all those who received early conditional offers, this is a fantastic outcome and you should feel very proud. We hope you achieve the ATAR required (if applicable), satisfactorily complete your VCE and any prerequisite requirements and / or selection tasks. If you are happy to share your success with Careers staff, and have not already let us know, we would be delighted to hear from you. Having this information helps enormously with the end of year counselling of students when results are released and Change of Preference takes place.
Payment of VTAC fee
Many students have already paid their VTAC processing fee of $44. Well done! If you have not yet paid, please make a payment by the start of December. The $44 covers the initial application fee as well as, as many changes of preference you need / want and a printed ATAR statement in the mail after your results are released. If the fee is not paid, VTAC withdraws you from the VTAC system and you are not then eligible for an offer for a course for 2023.
Change of Preference Packr
Later this month, Change of Preference packs will be posted home to all Year 12 students from the Careers team. Please keep your eye on the letterbox for the arrival of your pack.
Year 11 Students
As previously advised, the RMIT ‘Future Finder’ excursion will take place on Tuesday 22 November. Permission slips have been emailed to parents and are due back now. Thank you to those families who have already responded. Year 11 students have also been very diligent in returning their Seminar preference sheets. Many thanks to those who have already done this and a reminder to students who have not yet responded to please do so ASAP.
Career News 17
Career News Issue 17 is now available and includes information about:
- Group Training Organisations
- A new Digital Traineeship program at Kangan
- The Young Endeavour Youth Scheme
- BMW Automotive Apprenticeship opportunities for 2023
- The Bachelor Information Technology (Professional Practice) at Federation University
- Scholarships at Monash University for women studying Electrical Engineering
- Four new courses in the School of Commerce and Creative Arts at Deakin University
- The Bachelor Business Analytics and Analysis at Swinburne University
- Melbourne Polytechnic
- School holiday workshops at Collarts
- Study Abroad programs at Victorian Universities
- Learn to Earn at William Angliss
- EDFL Umpiring roles in 2023
Careers Newsletter on My Aitken
Career News is written and published fortnightly and is available via My Aitken / Resources / School Life / Aitken News / Careers Newsletter / Careers Newsletters – 2022 Editions:
Contact Details
Please contact us via email: careers@aitkencollege.edu.au.
Mrs Clare Borg & Ms Rae Gibbs
Careers Counsellors