STUDENT APPLICATION GUIDELINES You must read and understand the following Student Application Guidelines and tick the Statement of Obligation in the online application before submitting your online application. 1. HOW TO APPLY Follow the steps below to complete your application to QUT’s Vice-Chancellor’s STEM Camp: 1. Complete the Online Application Form. Note: you will need to have all sections and supporting documentation ready when completing the online application. 2. Answer the questions under the Statement of Purpose section, describing your interest in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and health. We suggest writing this in Word prior to beginning your application. Ensure you spellcheck your statement. 3. Ask your parent or guardian to complete and sign the Parent/Guardian consent form. 4. Meet with your Teacher, Head of Department/Faculty or Principal to discuss your application and ask them to complete the Statement of Recommendation Form supporting your application. 5. Provide us with a copy of your Term 4, Year 10 and Term 1, Year 11 high school academic reports. 6. Submit your application online by 5pm, 25 May 2015. PLEASE NOTE: If your school only issues semester reports, your teacher can provide an indication of your results addressed to the mail address below on school letterhead.  A completed application does not guarantee acceptance into the Vice-Chancellor’s STEM Camp.  Offers of a place will be made on the basis of information given in your application.  The decisions of the selection committee are final.  Students must be able to stay for the duration of the Vice-Chancellor’s STEM Camp.  Successful applications will be notified in writing in June.  For further information contact the QUT School Engagement Officer: PHONE 0407 634 077 EMAIL [email protected]  2. SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION This online application form must be completed in full, along with all supporting documentation uploaded by 5pm, Monday 25 May 2015. Incomplete or late applications cannot be processed. Should you have issues with your application or the upload of documentation please contact the QUT School Engagement Officer on [email protected] or 0407 634 077. For those students unable to complete the online application, a copy of the application form can be obtained by contacting the QUT School Engagement Officer, and submitted by email to: [email protected] WEB www.qut.edu.au/stem-for-schools EMAIL [email protected] STUDENT APPLICATION GUIDELINES 3. APPLICATION CHECKLIST There are three sections on the application that must be completed. Please ensure that you allow enough time for all parts of this application to be completed as three different people need to contribute to your application. Section To be completed by Section 1: Applicant details You, the applicant, must complete online. Section 2: Statement of Purpose You, the applicant, must complete online. Section 3: File uploads Your parent/guardian and teacher, Head of Department/Faculty or Principal must complete and sign forms. The applicant must then upload these forms to the online application. 4. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION Applicants must submit the complete application form and include the following supporting documents. Documents can be uploaded online in Section 4. Document To be completed by Parent/Guardian Consent Form Signed by your parent or guardian. Statement of Recommendation Written and signed by your Teacher, Head of Department/Faculty or Principal. Academic Transcript (Term 4, Year 10 & Term 1, Year 11) Official document provided by your school. Applications close Monday 25 May 2015 at 5pm (close of business). 5. AFTER SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION Applicants will receive a confirmation email from QUT to confirm that their application has been received. If you have not received a confirmation email in 48 hours please contact [email protected] detailing when your application was sent and your name and school details. WEB www.qut.edu.au/stem-for-schools EMAIL [email protected]