Our change of preference process is an opportunity for you to re-order or add new degrees to the list of programs in your ANU application after you have been made and accepted an offer.
If you’d like to change the order of your preferences, ANU will then reassess your application during the January offer rounds.
List the five degrees you would like to study in order of preference.
Your first preference should be the program you want to study most and your fifth preference should be the one you want to study least.
Keep your early offer program in your preference list so that you can hold on to it while we are considering you for your higher preferences.
We made your current early offer based on your Year 11 results and the most eligible program on your preference list. If you would like to give the degree program in that offer a lower preference, we will reassess your eligibility for your higher preferences during our January offer rounds.
Your final offer will replace your current early offer and be based on either your Year 11 or Year 12 results (ATAR equivalent) – whichever is higher.
If you have received an offer that you do not wish to change, you don't need to do anything.
You should change your preference, though, if the following scenarios apply to you.
REMEMBER: Changing your preferences could affect your scholarship eligibility.
You have received an early offer for a program that is not your first preference so would like ANU to consider you again for your first preference or higher preferences during the January offer rounds.
In this case, you should adjust your preference list, but keep your current offer on your list. We will reassess your application against your new preference order. If you are eligible for a preference that is higher than your early offer, it will replace your early offer in January.
You have received an early offer for a program that is not your first preference, but you don’t want ANU to consider your other preferences in January.
In this case, you will need to move your early offer to your first preference to avoid ANU considering you for another preference and potentially making you a new offer in January, which would replace your current one.
Once you have accepted your offer, you can change your preference between 1 October and 4 January 2022.^+
^You must change your preferences for these degrees by 10 November: Bachelor of Visual Arts and Bachelor of Design.
+You must change your preferences for these degrees by 30 November: Bachelor of Philosophy-Science, Bachelor of Philosophy-Humanities & Social Sciences.
*You cannot add the Bachelor of Health Science as a preference if you didn’t nominate it as one in your application by 24 May, but you can adjust its preference order if this program is already on your list.
