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This will help you understand what is a UAI cutoff.
The UAI - myth vs reality
When students applying for our Degree Programs are assigned their UAI ranking, we fill the available places starting with the highest ranked students and work down the UAI rankings until we have made all the offers we can. The UAI cutoff is simply the score of the last student in the Degree Program for that particular year, but of course many students come in with scores above this.
The UAI cutoff is not an indicator of the difficulty of the Degree Program or the aptitude or interest of the students in it. Do not assume that you are wasting an opportunity if you choose a Degree Program with a UAI cutoff that is lower than the ranking you achieved.
Do not let the UAI cutoff influence you to do a Degree Program that may be wrong for you.
The UAI is not really that much help in comparing Degree Programs as all universities have alternative entry schemes for students who fail to meet formal UAI cutoffs. The most widely available schemes are often "ACCESS" schemes for students whose study has been severely disadvantaged in some way, and there are rural or local schemes for students from nominated regions.
Each university describes alternative admission mechanisms in the UAC Handbook. For example, certain universities have flexible entry schemes for applicants whose UAI may fall short of the UAI cutoff for their chosen Degree Program. Applicants are generally required to show that they are suited to the Degree Program on the basis of other criteria.
In deciding which Degree Program to choose, you should not be guided by UAIs alone because you don't know how many students have been admitted below the published UAI cutoff under special entry criteria. For UNSW, the number is very small, but for some Degree Programs at other universities, more students may have UAIs below the cutoff than above. Another factor that you might wish to take into account in your decision-making is the total number admitted to a particular Degree Program. Engineering at UNSW is always popular and admits large numbers across a wide range of Degree Programs so that you are certain to benefit from working with other capable like-minded students.
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/undergrad/prospective/choosing.html
The UAI - myth vs reality
When students applying for our Degree Programs are assigned their UAI ranking, we fill the available places starting with the highest ranked students and work down the UAI rankings until we have made all the offers we can. The UAI cutoff is simply the score of the last student in the Degree Program for that particular year, but of course many students come in with scores above this.
The UAI cutoff is not an indicator of the difficulty of the Degree Program or the aptitude or interest of the students in it. Do not assume that you are wasting an opportunity if you choose a Degree Program with a UAI cutoff that is lower than the ranking you achieved.
Do not let the UAI cutoff influence you to do a Degree Program that may be wrong for you.
The UAI is not really that much help in comparing Degree Programs as all universities have alternative entry schemes for students who fail to meet formal UAI cutoffs. The most widely available schemes are often "ACCESS" schemes for students whose study has been severely disadvantaged in some way, and there are rural or local schemes for students from nominated regions.
Each university describes alternative admission mechanisms in the UAC Handbook. For example, certain universities have flexible entry schemes for applicants whose UAI may fall short of the UAI cutoff for their chosen Degree Program. Applicants are generally required to show that they are suited to the Degree Program on the basis of other criteria.
In deciding which Degree Program to choose, you should not be guided by UAIs alone because you don't know how many students have been admitted below the published UAI cutoff under special entry criteria. For UNSW, the number is very small, but for some Degree Programs at other universities, more students may have UAIs below the cutoff than above. Another factor that you might wish to take into account in your decision-making is the total number admitted to a particular Degree Program. Engineering at UNSW is always popular and admits large numbers across a wide range of Degree Programs so that you are certain to benefit from working with other capable like-minded students.
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/undergrad/prospective/choosing.html
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