How Can Parents Help Take the Stress out of Year 12?

Everybody knows Year 12 is stressful.
It’s a time for discipline, hard work and big choices. With exams just around the corner, and the rush to secure a university offer on the horizon, the pressure is on.
But what isn’t often acknowledged is that it can be just as stressful for parents as it is for students.
All that grind and uncertainty can impact on students’ sleep and wellbeing, which can have a flow-on effect at home. Knowing what’s best for your child during this time is sometimes hard. You want to help them find their own way. But giving them the right mix of empowering and supportive isn’t always easy.
By encouraging Year 12 students to apply for an early offer at Federation University, you’ll give them the tools to help relieve some of that stress – for you and for them.
Lock it in with an early offer?
Locking in a place through the Early Offer Program makes for a more enjoyable Year 12 by providing peace of mind before students head into their exams.
Knowing a place will be waiting for them at Federation helps to ease some of the pressure.
When Year 12 students apply for an Early Offer, they’re first in line for their desired uni course (as long as they’ve achieved all the prerequisites).
Skipping the queue and securing a place in their dream degree before they finish Year 12 means they can avoid the uncertainty.
Explore the options.
To get started, Year 12 students can explore their course choices and look at the entry requirements so they’re empowered to make the right decision.
Checking out our guaranteed ATARS helps in making a list of preferred courses. They can then focus on getting the results to get where they want to go.
Receive an early offer.
Applicants will be guaranteed an offer if they meet the Early Offer ATAR and all course prerequisites.
VTAC will make an offer for the course listed highest on their list of preferences where all selection requirements have been met.
Don't forget to add the course to VTAC preferences.
To receive a full offer, the relevant Federation University Early Offer course must be listed highest in the VTAC preference list.
See VTAC offer dates so they don’t miss out.
Everybody chill.
With their early offer locked and loaded, they can focus on their exams and other important things in life, like recharging their social batteries and hanging out with friends and family.
Check out our Year 12 Study Skills videos for all the tips they need to ace those exams.
Freedom isn't far away.
It’s important to remind Year 12s that all the hard work they’re putting in is for a reason.
They’re on their way to a new level of freedom, a taste of new beginnings and a new era in their lives.
And when Year 12 is over and they’re ready to start uni, they’ll feel a sense of confidence knowing they’ve earned it.