Year 12 graduates who missed out on a first-round offer for their preferred university, TAFE or private college course last month are among almost 14,000 people set to receive a second-round offer for tertiary study in Victoria on Tuesday.
The Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) second-round offers also include Year 12 graduates from Queensland and Western Australia hoping to study in Victoria, as well as mature-age students and other non-Year 12 applicants.
Ada Miller will study event management at the Victorian College of the Arts.Credit: Wayne Taylor
Year 12 graduate Ada Miller’s experience working as an assistant manager of vocalists at the State Schools Spectacular – which showcases the talents of thousands of students at John Cain Arena each year – inspired them to make a last-minute change to plans and apply for a second-round offer.
During the first-round offers, Miller was accepted to study live production and technology at RMIT University. But after discussing their options with a friend who was studying at the Victorian College of the Arts, the 18-year-old decided to change their preferences and has been accepted to study a bachelor of events management at the college instead.
“I felt very grown up in that position at the State Schools Spectacular, and I could see my future there,” Miller said. “I went to the College of Arts [website] and found event management and I thought, ‘Oh my god. This is what I want to do’.”
The pool of second-round offers is substantially smaller than the first round in December, when nearly 50,000 people found out if they had been accepted into their preferred course. More than 67,400 students now have an offer to begin tertiary studies in 2026.
The second round includes at least 3350 offers to study at Monash University, more than 1900 offers for RMIT University, 1700 at the University of Melbourne and 1300 at Deakin.
“Eighty-eight per cent of VTAC applicants have already received at least one course offer, with more offers to come in January and throughout February,” VTAC chief executive Teresa Tjia said.
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