University entrance: The wait is over for more than 85,000 hopefuls

By Amy McNeilage and Hannah Paine
Updated February 19 2015 - 10:09am, first published January 21 2015 - 12:15am
Universities are not accepting fewer students this year - they have just been getting in early. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Universities are not accepting fewer students this year - they have just been getting in early. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Students who have already agreed to study at the University of Western Sydney flocked to the Parramatta campus on Tuesday to collect their free $500 iPad. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Students who have already agreed to study at the University of Western Sydney flocked to the Parramatta campus on Tuesday to collect their free $500 iPad. Photo: Wolter Peeters

When universities release their main round offers on Wednesday evening, the pool will have shrunk by almost 10 per cent from last year, to 46,507 offers.