The future begins this Wednesday for thousands of final year high school students or reorientation students, with the kickoff of post-baccalaureate wish registrations on the Parcoursup platform. They must sort by March 14 (inclusive) among 23,000 training courses offered.
As a reminder, candidates must formulate a maximum of ten wishes without prioritizing them, then a new deadline will run until Wednesday April 3 inclusive to finalize their file and confirm their wishes. After analysis of the files by higher education teachers, candidates will receive a response for each of their wishes on May 30. Admission proposals will be sent throughout the main admission phase, which will close on July 12, following the baccalaureate results.
From the second for the most foresighted
Among the new features of this 2024 edition of Parcoursup, the possibility given to high school students who wish to create their profile from second grade. “The idea is to be able to better anticipate your choices, and better construct your orientation project,” explains the Minister of Higher Education Sylvie Retailleau, in a daily interview West France published Tuesday.
These high school students have access to a career “comparator” functionality and a search engine which will “allow students and their families to develop their career plans from the start of high school,” she adds. It is also about helping them choose their specialties in high school (the three “major” subjects chosen by students in first grade, then reduced to two in final year).
Specialties in continuous monitoring
To avoid weeks of idleness, unlike last year, the specialty tests, which Gabriel Attal, then Minister of Education, decided to move from March to June, will not be taken into account in the Parcoursup files, which will be based on the continuous assessment notes.
Finally, to better take into account the differences in grading between high schools, the minister indicates that she is working “on avenues with National Education, starting this year”, such as “promoting the homogeneity of grades by academy”.