ANU offers almost 5,000 school leavers places for 2021

The Australian National University (ANU) has made early offers for undergraduate places to 4,744 school leavers who meet the University's rigorous standards. The University saw a 70 per cent increase in applications for undergraduate programs compared to the same time last year after announcing it would consider students for 2021 on the basis of their Year 11 results earlier this year. ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt said the early offers would give thousands of young students "certainty in an extremely challenging year massively disrupted by the global COVID-19 pandemic". "Finishing your high school studies is tough at the best of times," Professor Schmidt said. "But it has never been tougher than in 2020, with thousands of students across the country facing significant hurdles to complete year 12. "That's why earlier this year we announced we would consider students for places at ANU in 2021 based on their Year 11 results. We wanted to give these students as much certainty about their future as possible.