The requirements of early entry schemes depend on the specific university. I will list some examples below:
Macquarie University:
MQ offers 2 early entry schemes. They are:
- Macquarie Leaders and Achievers Early Entry Scheme - This scheme considers your Year 11 results as well as your extracurricular achievements.
- Schools Recommendation Scheme (SRS) - This scheme considers your Year 11 academic achievements as well as your school’s rating of your aptitude.
University of Technology Sydney:
UTS's early entry scheme is called "UTS Early Entry Program". This scheme allows students to secure a place in their preferred UTS degree based on their year 11 academic achievements.
Western Sydney University:
WSU's early entry scheme is called "HSC True Reward Early Offer Program". This scheme provides students with an early offer into most of the university's degrees based on their year 11 or year 12 results.
The above examples of early entry schemes consider students' year 11 results in addition to (in the case of WSU) their year 12 results. Based on this, favourable year 11 results will contribute positively to your application to an early entry scheme that consider a student's year 11 results. Similarly, unfavourable year 11 results may present a negative effect on the competitiveness of the student's application.
As I mentioned above, the requirements of early entry schemes depend on the specific university. Not all early entry schemes may rely on students' year 11 results as a means of assessing their application. Consider USyd's early entry scheme, called "Early Offer Year 12 (E12) Scheme". Under this scheme, students are assessed by UAC via the Educational Access Scheme (EAS) as one (or more) of the following:
- Experiencing financial hardship.
- Residing in an area of socio-economic disadvantage.
- Attending a rural or regional school.
I hope this helps!