Year 12 Future Me

Prepare for important decision-making ahead, explore your post-high school opportunities and improve your HSC study skills with our Year 12 Future Me program. This program allows you to experience a taste of UOW student life, connects you with UOW student mentors currently studying at UOW and helps you navigate UOW's Early Admission process.

Applications for the 2024 Year 12 Future Me Program have now closed.

Please contact our team for more information.

Information about the program

Benefits of the program

Skills development

Up to 6 hours of free Year 12 and beyond skills development under the guidance of our university student mentors who are current UOW students with wonderful experience in navigating the HSC/IB, university life and post-school decision-making.

Identified with UOW Admissions

Students who successfully complete the Year 12 Future Me program will be identified with UOW Admissions to determine eligibility for an offer for a UOW faculty degree or UOW College (UOWC) pathway. Offers may be for a course determined by UOW/UOWC, dependent on academic performance*. 

* This may not be for the course that is listed in your Early Admissions application. All Early Admission offers are conditional on students being awarded the HSC/IB or equivalent. Assessment will include meeting UOW assumed subject knowledge criteria and completion of the HSC or equivalent and completion of a UOW Future Me Reflection Task in the final week of the program. You must apply to UOW by completing an application in 2024 for this assessment to take effect.

HSC subject resources

Face-to-face and online subject resources to assist with the HSC, including the opportunity to attend HSC Subject Support Sessions delivered by HSC markers before you sit your HSC trial exams.

Application assistance 

Assistance completing your Early Admission applications and UAC online applications.

Post-high school options

Mentoring to explore post-high school options, including higher education and pathways options based on your Year 12 academic performance.

Accommodation options

Assistance understanding UOW Accommodation options, living out of home considerations and opportunities and financial considerations when becoming a university student.

Who can apply

You are invited to apply to the Year 12 Future Me program if you meet the criteria below.

You must be completing your HSC or IB in 2024 at a high school in the following regions:

  • Illawarra
  • South Coast
  • South Eastern NSW
  • Far West NSW
  • Western Riverina
  • Snowy Monaro
  • Clarence Valley
  • South Western Sydney
  • Sutherland Shire

OR meet ONE of the following requirements:

  • Completing the HSC in a rural or remote area
  • Identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
  • On a permanent humanitarian visa or have refugee status
  • Currently experiencing financial hardship, disability/mental or physical health condition or social disadvantage that have impacted on your studies**

** You may be asked to provide details of these circumstances. Please contact us for more information if you are unsure whether you qualify. Students will be offered placement in the program based on application strength & individual circumstances. Some delivery locations & sessions will have capacity limits.

Cost

The Year 12 Future Me Program is free for all eligible students offered a place in the program in 2024.

How to apply

Fill out an application for a 2024 program place. Applications close on Sunday, 18 February, 2024, at 11.59 pm.

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Please see terms & conditions.

Dates and times

Year 12 Future Me will run weekly between Weeks 7-11 of Term 1, 2024 and the final celebration week of the program will be hosted in Week 1, Term 2, 2024 as per published NSW Department of Education school term dates. 6 weeks in total with holiday breaks included throughout the program.

Note: Times are subject to change.

Available sessions

Sessions below run alternate weeks online/on-campus unless stated otherwise.

UOW Eurobodalla campus

  • Thursday 4 pm to 5.30 pm (all sessions will run on-campus only)

UOW Bega Valley campus

  • Tuesday 4 pm to 5.30 pm (all sessions will run on-campus only)

UOW Shoalhaven campus

  • Tuesday 4 pm to 5.30 pm

UOW Southern Highlands campus

  • Tuesday 4 pm to 5.30 pm

UOW Liverpool campus

  • Wednesday 4 pm to 5.30 pm

UOW Sutherland campus

  • Thursday 4 pm to 5.30 pm

UOW Wollongong campus

  • Wednesday 1.30 pm to 3 pm
  • Wednesday 4 pm to 5.30 pm
  • Thursday 4 pm to 5.30 pm

Online

For students in rural and remote locations or unable to commute weekly to a campus location.

  • Wednesday 4.30 pm to 6.00 pm (all sessions will run online only)

Oran Park - Julia Reserve Community Centre

  • Thursday 4 pm to 5.30 pm

CUC Broken Hill

  • Wednesday 4 pm to 5.30 pm (local time)

CUC Cooma

  • Wednesday 4.30 pm to 6 pm

CUC Clarence Valley

  • Wednesday 4.30 pm to 6 pm

CUC Goulburn

  • Wednesday 4.30 pm to 6 pm (all sessions will run on-site only)

CUC Griffith

  • Wednesday 4.30 pm to 6 pm

CUC Jindabyne

  • Tuesday 4 pm to 5.30 pm

CUC Narrabri

  • Wednesday 4.30 pm to 6 pm

CUC Ulladulla

  • Thursday 4 pm to 5.30 pm
The program helped me to understand the UOW Early Admission process, focus on the important parts of the application and reduce pressure as I felt I knew what I was doing. Being able to interact with my university student mentors, just the constant ability to ask experienced uni students any questions and always receiving a valuable response with no judgement. 2023 Future Me Program participant

Contact us


Outreach & Future Students team