Preferences will be made based on score, not success ranking!

The YKS additional preference period ends on September 13, 2022. Experts, reminding the obligation to make preferences based on score rather than success ranking, warn, “Candidates who have a score equal to or greater than the minimum score of the program in the relevant program's score type with available quota will be able to make a preference.” Experts state that the additional placement quotas have decreased this year compared to the previous year, reminding the necessity for candidates to make preferences in areas of interest during this process, which also means the last exit before the bridge… 

YKS additional preference period ends on September 13

Üsküdar Üniversitesi Education Specialist and Preference Counselor Ertuğrul Tut made an assessment regarding the additional preference period.

This year, additional placement quotas are lower

Preference Counselor Ertuğrul Tut stated that the additional placement process, eagerly awaited by candidates who could not be placed in any undergraduate or associate degree program after the preference period, started on September 7, and said the following:

“This year, we observe that the additional placement quotas are lower compared to last year. In 2021, the total vacant quota in associate degree programs at state universities was 81,277, whereas this year, 67,740 quotas remained vacant. Looking at undergraduate programs, it was 97,615 in 2021, and this year it is 27,826. When we look at foundation universities, the vacant spots in associate degree programs were 21,883 in 2021, and this number became 14,971 in 2022. In undergraduate programs, 29,464 quotas remained vacant in 2021, and there was a vacancy of 11,672 quotas in 2022.”

Unfilled quotas offer an opportunity

Education Specialist and Preference Counselor Ertuğrul Tut stated that unfilled quotas mean an opportunity for unplaced candidates, saying, “The numbers show us that even though there are fewer additional quotas compared to last year, the unfilled quotas specified in the ÖSYM guide create an opportunity for candidates who could not be placed.”

Pay attention to this point in additional preferences!

Tut, drawing attention to the most important point that candidates should consider during this process, said:

“Candidates who have a score equal to or greater than the minimum score of the program in the relevant program's score type with available quota will be able to make a preference. All candidates for whom the relevant placement score has been calculated will be able to prefer programs whose quotas are not filled and whose minimum score has not been formed. Students who will make preferences for vacant quotas within the scope of the guide specified by ÖSYM will be able to access it from the guide on ÖSYM's website. Candidates who have made a preference and been placed in a higher education program will not be able to benefit from the additional placement right, regardless of whether they register or not. The department threshold rules in the first placement also continue in the additional placement. It is beneficial for candidates to examine the guide before making a preference.”

Don't stray from the future you've dreamed of!

Tut concluded his words by saying, “Additional placements, which we can call an opportunity process for candidates who will make preferences, also mean the last exit before the bridge for this year”:

“However, the most important thing candidates should pay attention to is not to make a preference just to be placed somewhere. They should not stray from the future they envision, in line with their own abilities and interests. Not getting caught up in the trend of 'just getting placed somewhere' is one of the important rules for them to manage the process healthily. Again, departments that were not considered at all may appear before the candidate during this process; in this case, it is very important for candidates to do research and make preferences according to their professional aptitude. For this reason, trying to fill all 24 preferences and including departments we do not want or that are not in our area of interest in our list can lead to an academic life that may end in frustration. I wish all candidates a good additional preference period.”