Jacks
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Getting a lower UAI and getting into UWS does not guarantee anybody a degree. A degree is something you have to work for and earn regardless of what university you attend. If they are as lazy as you say they are, then perhaps they will not satisfy UWS' minimum requirements and be put on conditional enrolment or be asked to leave. I say this of course without entering into the entire debate concerning whether or not one's UAI actually represents their effort or intelligence...of course it does in a fair amount of cases, and perhaps it is true about the people you use as examples, but I'm sure you are aware it is not true in every case.sarevok said:Why should people who don't put the effort into getting higher UAIs get to go to uni? I live in North Parramatta, went to a public school in Western Sydney, and am one of the few students in my school who got a UAI of 90+...the reason for this being that the other students were all lazy fucks who barely did any work. Now most of these students are going to the Uni of Western Sydney, and it is quite amazing to me that these people are actually able to go to University.
Universities are meant to be meritocratic insitutions; not just anyone should be able to get a degree. One might even argue that students being able to attend universities such as UWS which have lower cut-offs may actually be contributing to the skills shortage, because these lower-quality candidates are doing degrees instead of learning trades at TAFE
And yes, you generally will be at a disadvantage going to UWS over another University unless you supplement with better grades/extra-curricular activites. UWS has poorer prestige - both at home and abroad - poorer facilities, poorer-quality students and a poorer academic reputation. the end
I think this debate can be ended quite simply. Those who don't go to UWS, but think negatively of it, just be silently ecstatic that you don't study there. Those who do go to UWS and have no qualms studying there have nothing to answer to except their own satisfaction, and if there happen to be any students going to UWS that think they will be disadvantaged by going there, spend your time studying instead of writing in these forums and transfer out.