Change of Preference
Change of Preference are periods of time when you can reorder, add or remove courses from your VTAC preference list. After results are released, the final rounds of VTAC Change of Preference begin, and you can make an informed decision on what you’d like to study. This might be the case if you've changed your mind or you didn't get the results that you expected and need to consider a pathway option into your dream course.
If you’re a VCE student, your ATAR will be released on Thursday 12 December from 7am AEDT.
You can log into VTAC and change your VTAC preferences. You will receive one offer for each round, so your preference list should be your course wishlist in the order of what you want to study the most.
At the end of each VTAC Change of Preference round, it’s offer time. You’ll receive your offer by email.
To change your preferences, you will need to log in to your VTAC online application using your VTAC ID and PIN, open your course preference list, then add, delete or reorder your course preferences. You can access your course preference list from the homepage of your VTAC account, or under Course application.
After you've submitted your VTAC application, you'll have opportunities to change your preferences across various dates from July to December and throughout January and February. Before each offer round, there is a temporary locked period when universities and TAFEs select successful applicants. After each offer round, another Change of Preference period will reopen until the next lock period.
| Open | Close | Offer round eligibility |
|---|---|---|
| 29 July, 9am |
14 December, 12pm (VCE, IB May sitting & QLD only) |
December round 1 |
| 29 July, 9am | 16 December, 1pm (SA, NT, WA only) | December round 1 |
| 29 July, 9am | 18 December, 1pm (ACT, NSW & IB November sitting only) | December round 1 |
| 23 December, 10am |
24 December, 4pm | January offer round 1 |
| 10 January, 4pm | 16 January, 4pm | January offer round 2 |
| 28 January, 4pm | 29 January, 4pm | February offer round 1 |
| 4 February 2025, 4pm | 6 February, 4pm | February offer round 2 |
| 11 February 2025, 4pm | 12 February, 4pm | February offer round 3 |
| Open | Close | Offer round eligibility |
|---|---|---|
| 29 July, 9am |
14 December, 12pm (VCE, IB May sitting & QLD only) |
December round 1 |
| 29 July, 9am | 16 December, 1pm (SA, NT, WA only) | December round 1 |
| 29 July, 9am | 18 December, 1pm (ACT, NSW & IB November sitting only) | December round 1 |
| 23 December, 10am |
24 December, 4pm | January offer round 1 |
| 8 January, 4pm | 9 January, 4pm | January offer round 2 |
| 13 January, 4pm | 14 January, 4pm | January offer round 3 |
| 16 January, 4pm | 17 January, 4pm | January offer round 4 |
| 21 January, 4pm | 22 January, 4pm | January offer round 5 |
At RMIT, even if you don’t get the ATAR you need for your dream course, there are still pathway options, including Guaranteed Pathways to help you get there.
By studying a certificate or diploma first, you can pathway into your dream degree without an ATAR requirement. Just add the vocational course to your VTAC preferences like any other course. If you’re not planning on getting an ATAR, RMIT has options for unscored VCE and vocational major students.
Don’t panic.
There are multiple rounds of offers: the first is in December after you have received your ATAR result. If you didn’t get the offer you want, a second round of offers will be released in January and some final subsequent offer rounds throughout February. You can wait to see if an offer is made in a later offer round or change your preferences by adding or removing courses.
Check the VTAC website if you're an international student, non-Year 12 applicant or are searching for dates on further offer rounds. Make sure to double check that you're eligible for the courses that you've preferenced by checking the VTAC website, or contacting us.
If you miss the first round of Change of Preference, your unchanged preference list will be processed and forwarded to the universities or TAFEs for consideration in the second round.
Please visit the VTAC website for all round dates.
If you receive an offer for your first preference – congratulations! If you leave your preferences as is, you won’t receive any further offers.
However, if for some reason you change your mind, and change your course preferences, you may be eligible for further offers in subsequent offer rounds.
Unfortunately, we cannot tell you whether you will definitely get into a specific course or not. However, if you have completed the required prerequisites and selection tasks, you will be considered.
Published ATARs reflect last year's intake, and can be used as a guide only. The ATAR depends on how many students apply for a course, how many places are offered, and the ATARs of these students. If there is high demand for a course in a given year, this will increase the ATAR for that year. If the demand drops off the next year, it will decrease.
We suggest that if you wish to do a certain course, keep it on your preference list and make good use of your other preferences in order to maximise your chances of receiving an offer.
If you choose not to accept your offer, or you change your mind after you’ve accepted, that’s okay: you still have other options. You can’t delete it from your preference list, however you can reorder or add new courses to your preference list instead and wait for other offers during Change of Preference.
RMIT recommends accepting your first-round offer because you’re still eligible to receive offers in later rounds even if you’ve accepted an offer.
You can speak to us about any questions you have, including guidance on your VTAC course preferences, information about RMIT courses, and pathway options.
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