GPA Transfer (1 Viewer)

[Amym14]

I am currently at ACU, I have done 1.5 years and currently have a GPA of 4.75 (not including this semester). If I wanted to transfer to another course (either at ACU, or at another Uni) which has an ATAR of 68 can I do so?

 

[Shadowdude]

Depends what course and what uni and you'll have to read their own admission procedures. Once you're at uni, ATAR pretty much is irrelevant and your GPA or WAM or uni marks are what determines whether you get in.

 

[Amym14]

Depends what course and what uni and you'll have to read their own admission procedures. Once you're at uni, ATAR pretty much is irrelevant and your GPA or WAM or uni marks are what determines whether you get in.

It's an education course. I am currently doing education at ACU but secondary, I want to move to primary. Would my GPA be high enough?

 

[Shadowdude]

Well, it depends on ACU's or the other uni's admission procedures. So you'll have to research that yourself or maybe someone from ACU can come in here and tell you about it.

 

[Amym14]

^I have contacted my uni (ACU), and they have been extremely unhelpful. I have contacted everyone possible, including my course coordinator, the primary ed course coordinator, the education faculty, and the student center, and nobody could answer my questions. All they did was copy and paste stuff from the website that I had already read. All I want to know is if my GPA will be sufficient enough

 

[Shadowdude]

Well, they can't tell you if your GPA is sufficient enough because it depends on available places.

For example, I'm looking to transfer as well - I need a WAM of 70 overall and 80 for my maths subjects to transfer. I'm sitting on about... 81 WAM overall and 86 for my maths subjects - and I was told I may have a chance.

So it's just a waiting game, I think.

 

[halapenyo]

Well, they can't tell you if your GPA is sufficient enough because it depends on available places.

For example, I'm looking to transfer as well - I need a WAM of 70 overall and 80 for my maths subjects to transfer. I'm sitting on about... 81 WAM overall and 86 for my maths subjects - and I was told I may have a chance.

So it's just a waiting game, I think.

holy shieet 86 WAM for maths. i heard its extremely hard to get HDs in maths. is maths 1141 as hard as maths 1151?

 

[Shadowdude]

holy shieet 86 WAM for maths. i heard its extremely hard to get HDs in maths. is maths 1141 as hard as maths 1151?

86 for now... look for it to go down after this semester

Anyways, I heard MATH1151 is more difficult, but... no one does both so it's all by comparison. I'd wager that maybe MATH1151 is slightly more difficult because it apparently deals with more new content that others wouldn't have seen before?

 

[Amym14]

What would 4.75 equate to in ATAR?

 

[Shadowdude]

What would 4.75 equate to in ATAR?

On a what GPA point system? 5? 6? 7?

Plus it's hard to quantify these things... like GPA has loose connections to WAM - which is a weighted average mark. But ATAR is a completely different thing.

GPA depends on marks. ATAR depends on rank.

 

[Amym14]

On a what GPA point system? 5? 6? 7?

Plus it's hard to quantify these things... like GPA has loose connections to WAM - which is a weighted average mark. But ATAR is a completely different thing.

GPA depends on marks. ATAR depends on rank.

On a scale of 7

On my uni's site it says that GPA will be changed to an entry rank. When looking at VTAC over half of students who get into the course are NONY12 (over 100 places), not sure of it includes internal transfers. If it helps I have never failed a unit, or a task

 

[Shadowdude]

4.75/7... hmm.

Well, I don't know if anyone here can help you but - assuming 7 is an HD, 6 is a D and 5 is a credit, and 4 is a pass... and assuming that a credit is the average mark at uni, and if the average ATAR is around 70... then wouldn't a "conversion" (and I use that word very loosely) be something like 65 ATAR?


But really, these things are waiting games I'd say. It really depends if they have places on offer.

 

[Amym14]

Do 2nd year subjects have more weighting on gpa then 1st year subjects

 

[Shadowdude]

Depends on your university or even faculty.

Usually, no.

 

[Amym14]

I was looking at VTAC, and there are 2 courses at ACU which I will be applying to internally transfer in

Bachelor of Education (Primary), had a clearly-in ATAR of 66.35 for 2012, in 2011 it was 70.85, and in 2010 it was 75.92

and

Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary), had a clearly-in ATAR of 62.25 for 2012, In 2011 it was 67.25, and in 2010 it was 72.05

I am currently studying a Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Arts (Humanities), so hopefully because I am already doing a teaching course it makes a difference.

this what the ACU website said...
"Transfer applications are considered on the basis of academic merit and against all other applicants to the same course/campus, based on the relevant 'entry score' for admission in the previous year. To be eligible you must have a score equivalent to the minimum 'rank' required for normal entry in the previous year to the course and campus to which you are applying to transfer. Your 'entry score' is calculated based on your current University GPA and a minimum of two units (20 credit points) is required to calculate such a score. If you do not satisfy the entry requirements based on this score and you have completed less than a full-time year of tertiary study (ie less than 80 credit points), your previous entry score will then be used. However, if you have completed more than a full-time year of tertiary study, the entry score calculated on your current GPA will be the only score considered."

so are they talking about 2012's score or 2011's score?

 

[Shadowdude]

I think it'd be a new 'score' they create because I'd assume it's based on vacancies.

 

[Amym14]

Pretty sure ACU internal transfers are before year 12 and other offers, it says on the site you find out if the transfer is successful 2 weeks after results, Results are released 13 December. So applicants find out around December 27th.

So don't think they will be based on a new score

I am also taking a break next semester, ACU call it an "interruption of studies", I don't want to pay $2500 for units which are irrelevant

 

[Amym14]

So to get into the course with the ATAR of 62.25, will my GPA will sufficient enough?

 

[Amym14]

After constantly emailing my uni for the last month, they finally told me the GPA required for a 70 ATAR course. A GPA of at least 4.50 is required for a course with a ATAR of 70 apparently

 

[Shadowdude]

Is that on a 7 point scale of GPA?