Nice work getting an offer from QTAC!
If you didn’t get the course you want most, you might want to conditionally accept.
What does “conditionally accepting” an offer mean?
When you conditionally accept an offer from QTAC, you’re saying “I will take this offer if I don’t get a better offer.“
How do you conditionally accept an offer?
There are three things you need to do:
- Make sure your preference list is in the right order for the next offer round
- Select “conditionally accept” as your response to the offer
- Keep an eye on your emails
1. Make sure your preference list is in the right order for the next offer round
As you should know, QTAC only allow you to have one active offer at a time. So if you conditionally accept an offer, then get another offer, the conditionally accepted offer disappears.
So you want to make sure you’re only being considered for courses that you want more than the offer you already have.
- If you got an offer for your second preference or lower, and you still want your higher preference courses more, you probably won’t change your preference list.
- If you got an offer for your first preference, but the course was only your first preference because you organised your preference list by offer round date, you’ll probably need to move this course down your preference a few places – but only until it’s below courses you want more than it.
Here’s a helpful example
QTAC talk about this in their 2020 Applying to QTAC presentation.
- This student organised their preference list by offer round date
- They got an offer for Bachelor of Nursing at Griffith on 23 December
- They would actually prefer Bachelor of Nursing at ACU or QUT
- They move the Griffith offer down to preference three and conditionally accept it
- They will be considered for an offer for their first and second preference courses in the 13 January offer round, but QTAC won’t consider them for any courses below the conditionally accepted offer
2. Select the “conditionally accept” response
As I’ve written about in How to respond to a QTAC offer, you have a choice of six possible responses to a QTAC offer, but you can’t always see all of them.
- If you received an offer for your second preference or lower, you should be able to see all six responses, including “conditionally accept”.
- If you received an offer for your first preference, you’ll probably only see the “accept”, “defer” and “decline” responses. As I said above, before you respond, you’ll need to move your first preference course down your preference list until it’s below any courses you want more. You should then see the “conditionally accept”, “conditionally defer” and “conditionally decline” response options.
Remember: You only get three free changes of your preference list
As you probably know, you only get three free changes of preference when you’re using QTAC. After that, QTAC start charging you to change your preference list.
So if you’re making changes to your preference list, be sure to only hit “save” once – after all your changes are made!
3. Keep an eye on your emails
Now that you’ve conditionally accepted your offer, you wait.
You might get an email from the university you conditionally accepted an offer from, so make sure you read this carefully. The uni may need you to do something to secure your place, in case you don’t get a better offer.
So follow their instructions and get in touch with the uni and/or QTAC if you have any questions!
For more information about offers, check out the QTAC Offers page.
And remember: if you have questions or need any assistance with conditionally accepting your offer, get in touch with QTAC!
You got this!💪
Tom
vector by stories