- Posted on 10 Nov 2023
- 3 minutes read
Your UAC preferences tell UAC the order in which you want courses considered.
Put your preferred course first, use your remaining choices strategically and review them before each offer round.
1. Put the course you most want to study, first.
UAC uses a preferential system, which means that they will consider your first preference, first!
Your chance of being selected for a course doesn’t increase or decrease based on the order of preferences in your application. You will be equally considered with other eligible applicants at each offer round.
So if you are eligible for your first preference, you'll get an offer and in that offer round you won't be considered for any of your other preferences. If you're not eligible for your first preference, they will continue down your list of preferences until you are eligible to receive an offer.
2. Consider your options
In your UAC application, you'll have up to five preferences. When choosing your preferences, make sure you research your options and choose courses based on your interests and passions.
With every preference you put in your application, there is an opportunity for you to receive an offer. Although you don’t have to fill up all five preferences in your application, using all your preferences means you'll have more chances to receive an offer in future rounds.
After you've selected your first preference, it’s a good idea to look for similar courses at UTS when choosing your remaining preferences.
If you'd like to find out more about UTS courses, you can check out our course page.
3. Keep an eye out for key dates
Once you submit your preferences, they're not set in stone. You can edit your preferences if you change your mind.
Review UAC key dates to find out when the course preference deadline for each offer round as you won't be able to change your preferences for a few days.
4. Remember that your plans can change
From the time you get your UAC log-in details, you can reshuffle and change your preferences minutes (or seconds) up to the change of preference deadline.
The same works for life after high school - if your ATAR surprises you, good or bad, it’s okay to change your course of study at any point, or work towards something that gets you there. You’re not locked in, and that’s the beauty of university and following your own path.
Additional resources
Entry schemes
When you apply to UTS, we understand that everyone's journey is different. Entry schemes allow us to consider more than your ATAR.
Admission Pathways
Our admissions pathways give you an alternative way into your course using criteria other than your ATAR.