The Australian National University will offer current Year 12 students the chance to apply for admission for next year, based on their Year 11 results.
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Brian Schmidt, said the ANU already considered prior results and extra-curricular activities in its admissions.
"Our intent is to provide confidence to students about what their future is going to look like. Give them knowledge of what the possibilities are. The offer is being made to current Year 12 students, who apply before 25 May 2020. Ms Bishop said they were expecting 2,500 students to be admitted under the new process.However, Professor Schmidt dismissed calls from current students to slash fees to reflect the move to online learning.
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