set a goal (as you already have which is good
) and study hard. they also have a combined B fashion & textiles design/B international studies and the uai for that this yr was ...
609260 B Design-Fash&Tex BA Int Stds 98.25
it can go as high as 99 for the combined as it did in 2004 according to my old uac guide.
yeh..uais are all to do with popularity and demand for a certain course and as you would expect, design at UTS is popular thus the high cut-offs and toughness of getting in.
However there are alternative entries (mind you it's actually even more competitive than an entry directly from high school with a uai) which is the non-current school leavers entry.
This consists of an initial selection criteria through a personal statment, second selection criteria of an interview and then finally they look at your academic marks (your uai + GPA gained at first yr of uni)
To be realistic, apparently 600 tried out for last yrs non current entry into this course (heard it directly from the student admin at dab faculty) and they choose about 50 to interview from the statements and then finally about 10~15.
Good luck with your hsc