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So you got an offer from QTAC? That’s fabulous.
Let’s talk about how to respond.
How can you respond to the offer?
When you receive an offer you should have 6 options to respond:
- Accept
- Defer
- Decline
- Conditionally Accept
- Conditionally Defer
- Conditionally Decline
Is this the course you want to do most?
If the answer is “yes!”, easy. Accept or Defer your offer!
If not, then you will probably want to make a “conditional” response.
Making a conditional response to an offer
The main reason to respond to an offer with “conditionally accept” (or “conditionally defer”, if you’re planning on taking a gap year) is so that you can be considered for another offer in the next QTAC offer round. For example, if you received an offer for the course listed second on your preference list, you might respond with “conditionally accept” to see if you receive an offer for your number one preference course in the next QTAC offer round. If you responded with “accept” in the above scenario, you would not be considered for any other offers. Conditional responses keep your options open. Read more about why you might conditionally accept your offer in this post.
Can’t see a response called “conditionally accept”?
If you get an offer for the course at the top of your preference list, you won’t see the options “conditionally accept”, “conditionally defer”, “conditionally decline”. So if you want to make a conditional response to this offer – because you’ve organised your preference list by offer round date or you’ve changed your mind about which course you want most – you will need to change your preferences before you respond. Changing your preferences should make the conditional response options appear. You can then choose the best option for you.
Top up offer rounds
Remember: Although there are a few major offer rounds (in 2021, they’re 19 November, 23 December and 13 January), there are also top up offers that come out after the major January offer round (check out this post about offer rounds, if you want to know more). So if you didn’t get the course you wanted on 13 January, you can still use a “conditional” response to put yourself into the top up offer rounds. You might get the offer you wanted most then!
Of course, if you have any questions or concerns about how to respond, get in touch with QTAC. They will be able to see your application and give you specific advice for your situation!
QTAC have made a handy flowchart
This is super helpful for figuring out how to respond to your offer.
Want any extra help?
If you want some extra help or advice about your offers or your plans to go on to further study, you might want to talk to a careers counsellor. If you think you’d like to book a session or package with me, please shoot me an email (tom@careerchamp.com.au) or give me a call.
You got this!
Tom