Benefits of getting a Headstart

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Benefits of getting a Headstart

A Headstart student reads a textbook on campus.
  • The biggest advantage of Headstart is the preparation for university. After being a Headstart student, you’ll know how to find your way around campus, what the workload is, how to do assessment pieces, and how to access study support. You’ll also know fellow students and staff.
  • You get to experience university life, which will help you prepare for future study after school.
  • You can broaden your education by selecting USC courses in subject areas not offered by your school.
  • Headstart can enhance your performance at school, because you learn new academic skills and have access to extra study resources.
  • You gain guaranteed entry into USC if you successfully complete two courses within the Headstart program.*
  • Academic credit for Headstart courses is awarded towards related USC degrees, easing your study load and decreasing the cost of future tertiary studies.
  • Each university course you successfully complete as a Headstart student will contribute two credits towards your Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE). If you successfully complete two courses, you will gain four credits towards your QCE.
    Source: Queensland Studies Authority 2011

* Students may be required to meet additional entry requirements for programs with high entry cut-offs and/or prerequisites. It is expected that students will have obtained a Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE).

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  • Updated: 25 May 2012