Arts application up 22%=UAI up! (1 Viewer)

[David27]

There has been up to a 22% increase in people applying for the general arts degree across australian universities.
You know what that means folks?
Up go the entry scores!!
This was according to yesterdays Australian newspaper.
The 22% is not the average, but in general there has been an increase in demand.
Science, apparently, continues to struggle to attract students.

 

[santaslayer]

coz science is boring

 

[mic]

and arts is really interesting, even a lot of ppl diss it.

 

[flyin']

Arts is everything non-Commerce and non-Science... so that would attract many who don't like those other two.

 

[mic]

well, you can do commerce and science subjects in it too, but you don't have to.

i'll be doing arts, because there are so many subjects you can choose to do. a great variety

 

[iambored]

if yo ulook at this years cut offs, arts has gone up quite a bit!!

 

[Minai]

Yeah seriously..
USyd - 86.5
UNSW - 85.3
Macq - 86.0

 

[iambored]

very high for a basic course, i feel sorry for next years studnets, and the ones after that etc.

compare these with the post above

usyd 2002- 80.05 2003- 83.25

unsw 2002 -77.0 2003 - 82.65

macq: 2002 - 83.55 2003 - 84.8

 

[jlh]

woah why is melb uni b. arts cut off so high?

 

[iambored]

but also, what cut off did you give us? your ENTER? because does it have any resemblence to the UAI?

 

[iambored]

lol really? ok well they are very high!

 

[inasero]

melbie did u get into any of ur desired courses in melb? cos y dont u go there instead, it baffles me why syd would take preference over melb?

 

[santaslayer]

wow.....

 

[cheesegrater]

"Yeah seriously..
USyd - 86.5
UNSW - 85.3
Macq - 86.0"
also UWS arts jumped alot form 66.05 (penrith) to 74

 

[jlh]

it looks like entrance to uni's are getting very tough. i feel sorry for those in the later years.

 

[MiuMiu]

I reckon ay, next years gunna be tough for anyone with a uai <85 (and probably even higher).

 

[flyin']

I already feel sorry for the Class of 2003... but then, just think of 2004. So it does matter when you're born.

 

[iambored]

so true, lucky to all the people who were born a few years ago!

but seriosuly, 80 is a good uai, but people with 80 are finding it hard to get into courses!
and people who seem to be intelligent, have got uais in the 60s & 70s?

 

[jlh]

Originally posted by iambored
so true, lucky to all the people who were born a few years ago!

but seriosuly, 80 is a good uai, but people with 80 are finding it hard to get into courses!
and people who seem to be intelligent, have got uais in the 60s & 70s?

do you think people are getting more intelligent OR that people are finding new ways of manipulating the HSC?

i remember reading some newspaper article about some guy remembering past answers and just re-using them.