Accepting Your Offer
How to accept your offer (Distance Programs)
Once Macquarie University issues you with an offer letter, you are only a few steps away from joining our community of over 32,000 students! Remember to read all the information in your offer pack very carefully – it includes important information on what steps you need to take next to confirm your place at Macquarie.
1. Understanding your offer letter
2. Accepting your offer
3. How to defer, change or decline your offer
1. Understanding your offer letter
After an application to Macquarie University has been assessed and a decision made, you will receive one of the following letters (by email):
A Full Offer
This provides you with a FULL offer, and allows entry in the next available intake for the course you have selected. No further conditions need to be satisfied. Sometimes alternative courses are suggested if you do not meet entry requirements of the course/s that you applied for.
A Conditional Offer
This offer outlines the conditions that need to be satisfied in order for you to be offered a place in your selected course. Evidence must be shown that you have met the conditions before a full offer can be issued. Macquarie International also has to check quotas on the selected course before a full offer can be made.
A letter advising that your application does not meet Macquarie University direct entry requirements and is, therefore, unsuccessful for admission.
2. Accepting your offer
To secure a place at Macquarie University, you must accept your offer by the deadline clearly stated in the offer letter, or the offer will lapse. To ACCEPT your offer, and confirm your place, you need to:
Sign and return the ‘Acceptance of Offer’ page that is in your offer letter and return it to Macquarie International by fax or by email to your admission officer listed in your Letter of Offer.
Please note:
The fees quoted in your offer are based on current rates for the next available intake. However, there may be some cases where offers are made for a future semester and that semester's fees have not been officially set by Macquarie University at the time of offer. In these cases, you will be provided with estimated fees, and will be liable to pay the fees current at the time that you enrol. Tuition fees are subject to change with each academic year and students will be liable for any increases. For further details about Macquarie University’s International Student Fee Policy, click here
3. How to defer, change or decline your offer
Should you wish to defer your offer until the next available intake, you will need to submit the ‘Deferral’ page from your offer pack, and send it to:
Macquarie International Fax: +61 2 9850 7733
OR
Contact the Macquarie Admissions Contact person, as listed on your offer letter
Please note that not all offers are able to be deferred. If your course is one of these, you will be advised of this on your letter of offer.
If you wish to decline your offer, please email us or contact the Macquarie Admissions Contact person, as listed on your offer letter. Don't forget to include your full name and Student ID in the e-mail you send.
Changing your course
To apply to change your course before you have commenced your studies at Macquarie:
Please contact the Admissions Officer listed on your Letter of Offer. You may need to complete and submit a new application form.
The closing dates to change a course before commencing your studies at Macquarie are:
• Semester 1, 2010 is 5pm, Friday 5 February 2010
• Semester 2, 2010 is 5pm, Friday 16 July 2010