Mar – Jun · ApplyingIllustrative data
What has the cohort applied for?
Health sciences and Commerce make up almost half of all choices, and nearly 4 in 10 choices are in high-demand fields.
168of 180 Grade 12s applied
1,430programme choices
8.5choices per applicant
DegreeDiplomaHigher certificate
Health sciences High demand
24% · 343
Engineering & built environment High demand
14% · 200
What your team does with it: Spot learners who have only chosen high-demand programmes and add realistic second choices before applications close.
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Mar – Jun · ApplyingIllustrative data
Where have they applied?
622 applications to 26 institutions, but more than half go to just four universities.
Public universityTVET collegePrivate
University of Johannesburg
98
Tshwane University of Technology
70
Other public universities
44
University of KwaZulu-Natal
40
Stellenbosch University
32
University of Cape Town
30
3.7institutions per applicant
58%applied outside their home province
27learners with no back-up option: every application is to a high-demand programme
What your team does with it: Call the 27 learners with no back-up option this week, and balance each shortlist across institutions and types.
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Jul – Dec · OffersIllustrative data
Who is getting offers, where, and why?
96 learners hold at least one offer. 77% of them average 60% or more, so marks explain most of the gap.
Who and why: one dot per learner, by average mark
OfferApplied, no offer yetNot applied
8%with an offerBelow 50% · 36 learners
37%with an offer50–59% · 52 learners
72%with an offer60–69% · 54 learners
92%with an offer70%+ · 38 learners
Where: offers against applications
OffersApplications
University of Johannesburg
34 of 98
Tshwane University of Technology
31 of 70
University of Pretoria
22 of 86
Other public universities
15 of 44
Private institutions
15 of 26
What your team does with it: Target support at the 50–59% band, where an extra few marks most often turns into an offer, and chase the institutions that have not responded.
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Jan – Mar 2028 · OutcomeIllustrative data
Where are they at the end of the cycle?
114 of 180 learners (63%) started tertiary study, and 22 have funding secured. We are still tracing 38.
University70
TVET college30
Private institution14
Gap year or working16
Upgrading marks12
Not yet traced38
Funding secured22
What your team does with it: Report destinations to your SGB and parents, and use the alumni list to follow up the learners who have not yet been traced.
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Any time · BenchmarkIllustrative data
How does my group compare nationally?
Above the national median on applications and offers, but below it on funding applications.
0National median100th percentile
Grade 12s who appliedYou 93% · National median 71%
84
Institutions per applicantYou 3.7 · National median 2.8
76
Applicants with an offerYou 57% · National median 41%
72
Started tertiary studyYou 63% · National median 55%
61
Applied for fundingYou 24% · National median 33%Where we help
35
What your team does with it: Set next year’s targets against schools like yours, starting where your cohort sits below the median.
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