This Set of Power Point Slides with Notes Has Been Prepared for Talks to 2009 Year 12 Students

TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS SERVICE CENTRE (TISC)

This set of power point slides with notes has been prepared for talks to 2009 Year 12 students.

1 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 Tertiary Institutions Service Centre TISC TISC WEBSITE (TISCOnline): www.tisc.edu.au For: 9 Accessing a database of WA university courses 9 Checking university course updates 9 Applying via the web 9 Changing and checking preferences 9 Finding out your TER (WA current Year 12s) 9 Accessing your offer information 9 Checking related sites (universities, interstate admission centres, Curriculum Council)

3 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 UNIVERSITY ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS WA YEAR 12 - SCHOOL LEAVER (2009)

Î Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE)

Î Competence in English Î TER (Tertiary Entrance Rank) Î Prerequisites

4 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION (WACE)

Is essential for - Curtin University of Technology Edith Cowan University Murdoch University The University of Western Australia

For WACE requirements check www.curriculum.wa.edu.au 5 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 COMPETENCE IN ENGLISH (FOR UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS)

9 For all universities, a scaled mark of 50 or more in English EALD TEE English Literature

9 Plus, for ECU only Grade A, B or C in 2 English units (2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 3A or 3B) studied in Year 12; Grade A, B or C in 2 EALD units (2A, 2B, 3A, 3B) studied in Year 12; or Grade of A, B or C in TEE English Literature

9 Concession mechanisms

6 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 COMPETENCE IN ENGLISH (FOR UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS)

¾ Concession mechanisms

¾ Recognition of International English Language Testing System (IELTS)

¾ Additional testing (by invitation)

Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) When? …Early January 2010

7 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 PREREQUISITES

¾ Apply to some courses, but not all. See - 9 www.tisc.edu.au 9 2010 TISC Guide ¾ Require scaled score of 50 or more in a prerequisite TEE subject or WACE course at stage 3 ¾ Additional requirements, for example - 9 UMAT 9 interview 9 audition 9 portfolio

8 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 TER (TERTIARY ENTRANCE RANK) (1)

¾ TEA based on sum of best 4 scaled marks (TEA out of 400) ¾ Can count scaled marks from 2005 to 2009 ¾ Avoid unacceptable subject combinations ¾ TER derived from the TEA

9 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 TER (TERTIARY ENTRANCE RANK) (2)

¾ TER indicates your rank position in the total Year 12 school leaving age population in WA

¾ That is, a TER of 75.35 means you are better than 75.35% of all the Year 12 school leaving age people in WA

¾ TERs are equivalent with other states’ ranks Called UAI in NSW/ACT, ENTER in VIC and TER in TAS, SA and WA

10 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 TER WACE COURSES 2009 YEAR 12

Aboriginal & Intercultural Studies Hebrew Aboriginal Languages of WA Indonesian: Background Speakers Applied Information Technology Italian Arabic Japanese: Background Speakers Aviation Malay: Background Speakers Career & Enterprise Marine & Maritime Technology Chinese: Background Speakers Materials Design & Technology Chinese: Second Language Media Production & Analysis Computer Science Modern Greek Dance Outdoor Education Drama Philosophy & Ethics Earth & Environmental Science Physical Education Studies Engineering Studies Psychology English EALD

11 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 TER TEE SUBJECTS 2009 YEAR 12

Accounting Geography Ancient History German History Applicable Mathematics Human Biology Art Indonesian: Second Language Biology Japanese: Second Language Calculus Music Chemistry Physical Science Discrete Mathematics Physics Economics Political and Legal Studies English Literature French

12 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 UNACCEPTABLE COMBINATIONS (1) 2009 YEAR 12

Both subjects/courses may be taken (if school allows) but the result in only one may be used to calculate your TER

Biology (TEE) with Human Biology (TEE) Chemistry (TEE) with Physical Science (TEE) Chinese: Background Speakers with Chinese: Second Language Discrete Mathematics (TEE) with Applicable Mathematics (TEE) Discrete Mathematics (TEE) with Calculus (TEE) English with English as an Additional Language/Dialect English with English Literature (TEE) English as an Additional Language/Dialect with English Literature (TEE) Indonesian: Background Speakers with Indonesian: Second Language (TEE) Indonesian: Background Speakers with Malay: Background Speakers Japanese: Background Speakers with Japanese: Second Language (TEE) Malay: Background Speakers with Indonesian: Second Language (TEE) Physics (TEE) with Physical Science (TEE)

13 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 UNACCEPTABLE COMBINATIONS (2) 2009 YEAR 12

If you have results from past stu calculating your TER. Results from study prior to 2005 cannot Chinese: Advanced with Chinese: Background Speakers Chinese: Background Speakersdy youwith cannotChinese: use theSecond followin Language (TEE) Chinese: Second Language with Chinese: Second Language (TEE) Computer Science with Information Systems (TEE) Drama with Drama Studies (TEE) Earth and Environmental Science with Geology (TEE) g combinations in English with English (TEE) be used in the TER. English Literature (TEE) with English (TEE) Indonesian: Advanced with Indonesian: Background Speakers Italian with Italian (TEE) Japanese: Advanced with Japanese: Background Speakers Malay: Advanced with Malay: Background Speakers

14 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 TERTIARY ENTRANCE RANK 2009 YEAR 12

This student achieved a TER of 79.15 for all universities. She studied: TEE Subject / WACE Course Scaled Mark French 67.6 Italian (Stage 3) 66.5 English (Stage 2) 55.4 Human Biology 41.5 History 41.0 Art 40.2

Figures used for illustration purposes only

15 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 TERTIARY ENTRANCE AGGREGATE

Calculate sum of four best scaled marks

French 67.6 Italian (Stage 3) 66.5 English (Stage 2) 55.4 Human Biology 41.5

Tertiary Entrance Aggregate (TEA) = 231.0

Figures used for illustration purposes only

16 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 2009 TEA/TER SUMMARY TABLE BASED ON 2008 RESULTS FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES ONLY

TER Minimum TEA TER Minimum TEA TER Minimum TEA for TER for TER for TER

99.95 385.6 91.00 271.5 77.00 224.1 99.90 375.3 90.00 267.2 76.00 221.3 89.00 263.1 75.00 218.0 99.70 357.9 88.00 259.2 74.00 215.1 99.50 347.8 87.00 255.9 73.00 212.1 99.00 333.3 86.00 252.4 72.00 209.4 98.50 324.6 85.00 248.7 71.00 206.6 98.00 316.9 84.00 245.3 70.00 203.7 97.00 307.0 83.00 242.2 65.00 189.9 82.00 239.7 60.00 176.8 96.00 298.6 81.00 236.5 55.00 164.7 95.00 291.4 80.00 233.6 50.00 153.5 94.00 285.7 79.00 230.7 40.00 134.6 93.00 280.6 78.00 227.2 30.00 119.5 92.00 275.9

17 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 APPROXIMATE AVERAGE SCALED MARKS REQUIRED FOR CORRESPONDING TER (BASED ON 2008 RESULTS)

Average Scaled TER Marks (approximate) 80 98 70 93 60 82 50 68

18 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 ALTERNATIVE ENTRY (1)

Curtin University of Technology 9 Agribusiness Enabling Course (Muresk Institute) 9 Enabling course in Science and Engineering 9 The Aboriginal Bridging Course 9 The Indigenous Tertiary Enabling Course 9 UniReady Enabling Program

Edith Cowan University 9 University Preparation Course 9 Portfolio Entry

19 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 ALTERNATIVE ENTRY (2)

Murdoch University 9 Access South West ¾ Year 12 students from Rockingham/Peel area ¾ Rockingham Campus ¾ Peel Campus 9 TOP - Tertiary Options Project 9 OnTrack

The University of Western Australia 9 UWay

20 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 SELECTION OF PREFERENCES

Preference Course University

1st Human Biology Curtin 2nd Biological Sciences Murdoch 3rd Science UWA 4th Human Biology ECU 5th Health Promotion Curtin 6th Health Science ECU

21 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 IMPORTANT DATES FOR 2009 YEAR 12 STUDENTS

Mid August TISC Guide issued to Year 12 Students Applications via web ($20.00) Wednesday 30 September On-time closing date. After this date, late 2009 (11.00 pm) application fee charged ($110.00) Final closing date for Medicine and Dentistry at UWA Friday 27 November Final closing date for Midwifery at Curtin, 2009 (11.00 pm) portfolios for Media, Interactive Digital Design and Mass Communication at Murdoch Wednesday 30 December Year 12 results available on the web and posted. 2009 Thursday 7 January 2010 Closing date for late applications and changing (11.00 pm) preferences for main round offers

22 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 TISCOnline APPLICATION WHAT DO YOU NEED TO APPLY?

) Computer and Printer

) Access to the Internet

) Internet browser

23 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 INSTRUCTION LETTER TO SCHOOL LEAVERS

Tertiary Institutions Service Centre School details (Incorporated in Western Australia) Personal details 100 Royal Street Address East Perth, Western Australia 6004 Telephone (08) 9318 8000 Telephone Facsimile (08) 9225 7050 Mobile: http://www.tisc.edu.au/ Email:

10 August 2009 DON’T THROW THIS AWAY! YOU WILL NEED IT.

APPLYING TO UNIVERSITY VIA TISCOnline (WEB) • Logon at www.tisc.edu.au. • You need a User ID and Password. • Your User ID is your 2009 Curriculum Council Candidate Number. • Access TISCOnline using your default Password. • Require assistance, email [email protected] (and, no, you won’t be the only one!). • Check out the 2010 TISC Guide for a step-by-step guide. • You can change your preferences on the web (at no cost). • You can access your results and offers on our website. • Application fees are $20 for 2009 WA Year 12 school leaver age students • Please check that your personal details on the letter are correct.

All the very best for your studies this year!

24 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 25 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO APPLYING VIA TISC Online (1) ESSENTIAL STEPS www.tisc.edu.au

Go to www.tisc.edu.au

Read ‘University Admissions’ and ‘How to Apply Online’ on TISC website.

Your login User ID is your Curriculum Council number. Your password is explained on the login page.

Start application, following prompts

Choose at least one preference (university course) STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO APPLYING VIA TISC Online (2) ESSENTIAL STEPS

Provide details of studies / qualifications.

Declare application (accept application conditions).

Choose payment option: ¾Online with credit card ¾By mail ¾In person at TISC

Print coversheet and read it carefully

Pay application fee STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO APPLYING VIA TISC Online (3) ESSENTIAL STEPS

Submit all supporting documentation, if any requested on the coversheet.

Remember: You can defer completion of your web application at any stage, save what you have done, and return to complete it another time, subject to closing dates.

Until the application fee is paid, TISC will not activate your application. UNIVERSITIES ADMISSION ADVICE LETTER (UAAL)

The UAAL is mailed to all students with at least one 2009 scaled mark unless they have informed TISC they do not wish to receive a UAAL.

Results also on the web Wednesday 30 December for all Year 12 students. (To be confirmed)

29 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 2010 UNIVERSITIES ADMISSION ADVICE Mr STEPHEN MICHAEL WHATHISNAME 15099999 Category: School Leaver

SUBJECT DATA (WACE courses and TEE Subjects) Year Course/Subject Course units Scaled examined Mark 2009 Media Prod & Analysis 3A/3B 69.2 2009 Applied Information Tech. 2A/2B 61.4 2009 French 56.4 2009 English 3A/3B 47.5 2009 Discrete Maths 46.7

ADMISSION DATA Competence TER WACE in English 2 Subject 4 Subject

Curtin University of Technology Achieved Not achieved - 80.35 Edith Cowan University Achieved Achieved - 80.35 Murdoch University Achieved Not achieved - 80.35 The University of Western Australia Achieved Not achieved - 80.35

30 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 Eligibility for University Courses

To be considered for a course(s) at Curtin, ECU, Murdoch or UWA you need to have: been awarded the WA Certificate of Education (WACE); and satisfied the English Language Competence requirement for the university concerned; and met any course prerequisites; and achieved a TER high enough for the university course(s) concerned. As a guide, Indicative TERs for courses are printed in the 2010 TISC Guide and at www.tisc.edu.au

Further Information You are invited to sit STAT to demonstrate your competence in English by achieving the appropriate standard for one or more of the universities above. For Curtin, ECU and Murdoch you will need to sit the STAT Written English. For UWA you will need to sit both STAT Written English and Multiple Choice. See over for details.

30 December 2009 Issued by the Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC) in Western Australia

Curtin University of Edith Cowan Murdoch The University of Technology University University Western Australia

31 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 INDICATIVE TERs

As a guide, indicative TERs for courses are at

www.tisc.edu.au

32 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 CHANGING PREFERENCES

¾ On the Web – TISC Online – Free

Can be done up to 7 January 11.00 pm (Online) (Cannot add Medicine or Dentistry after 30 September, or Midwifery after 27 November)

33 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 UNIVERSITY SELECTION PROCESS

Applicants TER Pre f for Details Offered this course? in TER Course order A 79.80 1 Yes B 79.65 2 Offered Pref 1 No C 79.45 1 Yes D 78.90 3 Offered Pref 2 No E 78.60 2 No higher offer Yes F 78.40 1 Yes G 78.35 2 Offered Pref 1 No H 77.60 3 No higher offer Yes I 77.55 1 Yes J 77.40 1 Yes K 77.20 4 No higher offer Yes

L 77.15 2 No higher offer Yes M 77.15 2 No higher offer Yes 34 N 77.10 1 No course full 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 FIRST PREFERENCE OFFER - MAIN ROUND

Enrol or Offer not defer wanted

No further Change Do nothing: offers made Preferences Offer (deadlines apply) cancelled

Reconsidered for 2nd round of No offers: no further guarantee of offer offers 2ND TO 6TH PREFERENCE OFFER - MAIN ROUND

Save offer Offer not EnrolEnrol or defer or wanted Defer (automatic safety net)

Change prefs - Change prefs, Wait for 2nd keeping saved main removing main round round offer as a pref round offer pref (deadlines apply)

No further offer

Hope for 2nd Re-offer, or offer of higher Round offer preference (no guarantee) APPLICATION PROCESS Consider courses Offers and Enrolments Mid August Main Round 20 January Æ Prospectuses Second Round 3 February Æ University Admissions Offices Wait for second round? Æ Talk to teachers, parents, etc Will you be on holidays?

Make application Change of Preferences Mid August – 30 September ) Closing 7 January for Main Round ; TISCOnline (Web) ; 2010 TISC Guide

UAAL (Advice Letter) Examinations Æ results, TER and university eligibility November ☺ Good Luck! ☺ Be realistic Results, TER and eligibility ☺ Other options Late December 9 Available on web 9 Consider changes to preferences GOOD LUCK!

If you have any problems with your application, or forget your password, or don’t understand something, contact us by phone (9318 8000) or email [email protected].

38 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 The following are extra slides you may find useful

39 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 2008 WA SCHOOL LEAVERS (2009 ADMISSION STATISTICS)

35,000 30,237 30,000 Total Year 12 school leaver age 25,000 19,239 Year 12 students 20,000 Year 12 with more than 4 15,000 11,122 TEE subjects/WACE 9,982 courses 9,071 Year 12 applying through 10,000 TISC

5,000 Year 12 offers through TISC (90.9%) of 0 applications Total population

40 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 2008 WA STATISTICS

2008 (2009 Admission) Number % Offered University Place Year 12 Students 19,239 47.1

Year 12s with 4 or more TEE 11,122 81.6 subjects / courses

Year 12s who applied 9,982 90.9 through TISC for a public university in WA Year 12s offered a university 9,071 place

41 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 APPLYING INTERSTATE

Interstate Guides - Reference copy in Schools or sold at Newsagents

Apply on the WEB NSW & ACT - UAC (www.uac.edu.au) Queensland - QTAC (www.qtac.edu.au) South Australia - SATAC (www.satac.edu.au) & Charles Darwin University (NT) Victoria - VTAC (www.vtac.edu.au) Tasmania - University of Tasmania (www.utas.edu.au) On time closing date 30 September (same as TISC) Late fees apply Conversion of your TER WA TER = TER in NT/SA/Tas = UAI in NSW/ACT = ENTER in Vic Conversion table for Qld OPs

Prerequisites Subject equivalences set by each state See www.vtac.edu.au/pdf/interstate_equiv.pdf for VTAC’s as a guide

Cut-offs Previous year’s in Guides/web

42 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 2009 YEAR 12 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

TER Results ¾ Results available on the WEB via TISCOnline ¾ TISC will post hard copy of results

Application to Universities ¾ Apply direct to universities in WA and Tasmania

¾ Apply through admission centres in other states: 9 Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) 9 Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC) 9 Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) – NSW & ACT 9 South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC)

43 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 YOUR MARKS ARE:

9 STANDARDISED - adjusted for differences in difficulty of exam papers from year to year

9 MODERATED - adjusted for differences in assessment from school to school

9 SCALED - adjusted for differences in difficulty from subject to subject. Scaling ensures you are not disadvantaged by taking a difficult subject.

44 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 SCALING PROCEDURE FOR TEE SUBJECTS Raw School Raw School Raw Examination AssessmentsAssessments Raw Examination MarksMarks

Moderation

Standardisation

Standardised/Moderated Standardised School Assessments Examination Marks

50:50 Combined Standardised Scores SCALING PROCEDURE (contd) 50:50 - Combined Standardised Scores

Average Marks Scaling TEE Subjects + WACE Courses

Scaled Combined Scores

Aggregation

Tertiary Entrance Aggregate - TEA

Tertiary Entrance Rank - TER COURSE INCREMENT

For courses that have stage 2 and stage 3 exams, an increment of 15 will be added to the stage 3 combined standardised scores before scaling.

47 2010 Admission – 2009 Year 12 SCALING PROCEDURE FOR WACE COURSES Stage 2 Stage 2 StageStage 3 3 Raw Examination Raw Examination Raw School Assessments Raw Examination Raw School Assessments Raw Examination Raw School Assessments Marks Raw School Assessments Marks Marks Marks

Moderation Moderation

Standardisation Standardisation

Standardised Standardised Standardised/Moderated Standardised/Moderated Examination Marks Examination Marks School Assessments School Assessments

50:50 50:50 Combined Standardised Combined Standardised Scores Scores

+15 Increment +15 Increment

CourseCourse Combined Combined Marks Marks StageStage 2 2 – – Stage Stage 3 3 merged merged SCALING PROCEDURE FOR COURSES (continued) Course Combined Marks Stage 2 – Stage 3 merged

Average Marks Scaling TEE Subjects + WACE Courses

Scaled Combined Scores

Aggregation

Tertiary Entrance Aggregate - TEA

Tertiary Entrance Rank - TER