Arts/Law Cutoff lowered? (1 Viewer)

[timrie6]

http://www.newcastle.edu.au/study/australian/admiss/undergrad/uai-cutoffs.html

I just stumbled upon the site again and I noticed the the Arts/Combined degree is now 90 instead of 92.15!

Does anyone know why?

 

[hipsta_jess]

Either less people want it, or more places are available.

 

[timrie6]

Yay! .

 

[timrie6]

Is it because of the 25% increase in fees do you think? Because I heard on the news that regional unis were worried about that because less students would want to enrol there.

 

[santaslayer]

Might be a possible reason but quite negligeble since HECS attempts to remediy any significant inequality which exists.

 

[timrie6]

oh well I'm not complaining
my goal looks so much more achievable now, I am in such a good mood
even though its only 2.15 points less!

 

[trickpat23]

Thats my first choice Yipee. Howard is scum

 

[timrie6]

down with howard.
your first pref is law/arts at newcastle!?
add me to msn: timrie6@hotmail.com !
are you going to stay on campus?
I applied for evatt house

 

[Cyph]

Demand/Supply

 

[trickpat23]

I am a remarkably lazy person so i still prob wont get 90 and i haent applied yet, but ill get round to it next week probably. I might go to Armidale cause they got a cut off of 83is last year which i should get, (and they got a good union team)

 

[Tammie]

Hey I Think You Made A Mistake

um i think whoever posted this message made a mistake...sorry to disapoint as i was stoked myself when i read ur post.... except i went into the link and your 90 is for combined arts degrees and not combined law degrees. if you scroll down the page you unfortunatley find this Bachelor of Laws (Combined Degrees) There is no assumed knowledge for law. Refer to the degree to be combined for recommended studies. 92.15 ....sorry guys i wish it was 90 coz i get bonus points for living in the area and then i mite have qualified for it...doubt it now though...o well of to armidale i go.... n e 1 going to armidale...i havent applied for accomadation...im screwed ill have to rent private...

 

[timrie6]

damn.
I got a bit carried away lol. oh well.
oh btw, (another disappointment) the bonus points only apply for single degrees, not combined

if I don't get 92.15 I'll just do arts. I'm not even sure if I want to do law anyway. But i want to combine arts with something in the 2nd year.

 

[Tammie]

we were told they apply to all courses if not i am totally screwed. we were told that when you apply 4 bonus points will be added to ur uai becoz its the local uni...am i right or have u been told that its only single degrees...ahhhh...where can i find out?? im really not keen on goin to armidale and freezing my butt off in winter.

This was on a website.... oh well ill freeze my butt off

"We have a Regional and Rural Preference Scheme which will award a bonus four UAI points, in 2005, to current NSW HSC students who attend schools within a defined postcode boundary. The scheme includes schools and TAFE colleges with postcodes in the Hunter, Central Coast, Central West, Northern Rivers, mid-North Coast, New England, Western Plains and Broken Hill mail centres. The scheme applies to all programs except the B Medicine or any combined degree"

 

[hipsta_jess]

The 4 points don't count towards a few programs...I think med and combined degrees.

 

[Tammie]

Is there just a bachelor of laws at newcastle or are they all combined?

 

[Cyph]

The 4 points don't count towards a few programs...I think med and combined degrees.

Which includes law.

Tamekia, I think they're all combined.

 

[PrincessSJ]

and remember that everyone in the region mentioned in the post earlier (im too lazy to quote it) gets those four points.. so dont count on that being the thing that gets you in

 

[Craig]

and remember that everyone in the region mentioned in the post earlier (im too lazy to quote it) gets those four points.. so dont count on that being the thing that gets you in

That’s exactly right.
Also Newcastle is allowing full fee paying students this year, meaning the number of hecs places will be reduced.

 

[thorrnydevil]

Hahaha...I get 5 bonus UAI points if I go to Newcastle (I think).

 

[PrincessSJ]

Hahaha...I get 5 bonus UAI points if I go to Newcastle (I think).

is that the educational access scheme? (EAS) if it is, don't bank on getting them.. i only got 2 of them when other people with the same disadvantage as me (but a different uni) got all 5.. it depends on what value they place on it