law uni decision (1 Viewer)

[coryo_]

hi everyone

i recently got into macquarie, wollongong, newcastle, and western sydney for law through early entry and was wondering which would be considered the best??

i know obviously that usyd and unsw are more prestigious but being a regional student (and given i didnt do the LAT) im not sure i can get into either of those through direct entry without transferring in one of my later years of study

rn uts is my main preference but their early offers arent out yet so i was just wondering what you guys recommended thank you!!

 

[jonolad69]

mq

 

[lunaaaa4403]

no uts?

 

[lunaaaa4403]

oh lol nvm cant read

 

[Reasonabledoubt]

hi everyone

i recently got into macquarie, wollongong, newcastle, and western sydney for law through early entry and was wondering which would be considered the best??

i know obviously that usyd and unsw are more prestigious but being a regional student (and given i didnt do the LAT) im not sure i can get into either of those through direct entry without transferring in one of my later years of study

rn uts is my main preference but their early offers arent out yet so i was just wondering what you guys recommended thank you!!

go to mq and then if u still want transfer to unsw or usyd

 

[gammahydroxybutyrate]

hi everyone

i recently got into macquarie, wollongong, newcastle, and western sydney for law through early entry and was wondering which would be considered the best??

i know obviously that usyd and unsw are more prestigious but being a regional student (and given i didnt do the LAT) im not sure i can get into either of those through direct entry without transferring in one of my later years of study

rn uts is my main preference but their early offers arent out yet so i was just wondering what you guys recommended thank you!!

macq is probably the most well regarded out of that selection

 

[Socialism]

macq is probably the most well regarded out of that selection

 

[Reasonabledoubt]

guys whats the better alternative to unsw law if i dont make it with my atar:

1. go to maquarie law/commerce then transfer
2. do criminology in unsw then transfer into law

 

[tiramisu...]

guys whats the better alternative to unsw law if i dont make it with my atar:

1. go to maquarie law/commerce then transfer
2. do criminology in unsw then transfer into law

take the law cs like what if u don't get into unsw (not saying u cant but like there's always a 'what if' yk) thats my plan lol
i got into wsu for law and science which i hope the science can help me transfer into veterinary science but if not i can continue with law yk

 

[Reasonabledoubt]

take the law cs like what if u don't get into unsw (not saying u cant but like there's always a 'what if' yk) thats my plan lol
i got into wsu for law and science which i hope the science can help me transfer into veterinary science but if not i can continue with law yk

yeah ofc but the thing is that perhaps its easier to transfer within the school rather then another? i was planning on doing a double degree in criminology and law in unsw so i would be halfway there if i did the 2nd option. idk ill see whats the happs on december then.

yeah your decision is smart, good luck!

 

[tiramisu...]

yeah ofc but the thing is that perhaps its easier to transfer within the school rather then another? i was planning on doing a double degree in criminology and law in unsw so i would be halfway there if i did the 2nd option. idk ill see whats the happs on december then.

yeah your decision is smart, good luck!

yeah ur not wrong about internal transfers but like wsu isn't a bad uni (maybe cs current rep... but like law is law yk) so employment shouldn't be hard. also (coming from my dad whos also a lawyer) criminology and law is practically same thing if u dont fine comb the degree so like commerce and law would be much more interesting imo.. it's lowkey like studying how cake and brownies are made, it's gonna be hella repetitive cs they're so similar.
and career wise, what if u don't wanna do law in the future, commerce could get u places too whilst criminology is basically the same thing

idk this is just my opinion lol

 

[gammahydroxybutyrate]

yeah ur not wrong about internal transfers but like wsu isn't a bad uni (maybe cs current rep... but like law is law yk) so employment shouldn't be hard. also (coming from my dad whos also a lawyer) criminology and law is practically same thing if u dont fine comb the degree so like commerce and law would be much more interesting imo.. it's lowkey like studying how cake and brownies are made, it's gonna be hella repetitive cs they're so similar.
and career wise, what if u don't wanna do law in the future, commerce could get u places too whilst criminology is basically the same thing

idk this is just my opinion lol

this is definitely an opinion at least. law is extremely oversaturated and competitive in the graduate market, and where you studied does matter, almost all graduates/employers would agree with this. it isn't the be all and end all, you can still find a job from any uni, but in similar fashion to atar it makes it much harder to get in the door, even if it doesn't matter once you're in.

there is a large discrepancy in graduates generally speaking between law schools, you will find bad students at good unis and good students at bad unis etc. but law is a field where a lot of the skills you learn at uni still apply to the job and it isn't just a box ticking exercise of you have a degree so you're a lawyer and just as good as every other lawyer.

criminology has almost nothing to do with the actual study of law. there are overlapping themes such as a the policy rationales behind certain aspects of criminal and civil law, but a law degree is mostly valuable as a lawyer from a skills perspective. you don't use every area of law you learn at law school, but you will always need to work with facts and form legal arguments and be able to understand and construe the law. id actually be more interested in what you think they have in common, because they seem extremely far apart from my point of view.

 

[Reasonabledoubt]

yeah ur not wrong about internal transfers but like wsu isn't a bad uni (maybe cs current rep... but like law is law yk) so employment shouldn't be hard. also (coming from my dad whos also a lawyer) criminology and law is practically same thing if u dont fine comb the degree so like commerce and law would be much more interesting imo.. it's lowkey like studying how cake and brownies are made, it's gonna be hella repetitive cs they're so similar.
and career wise, what if u don't wanna do law in the future, commerce could get u places too whilst criminology is basically the same thing

idk this is just my opinion lol

i feel like criminology could only be similar to criminal law? I do want to do law in the future, it's just that its the hardest to get into, so i have alternative pathways. I guess criminology is just there cus i personally enjoy it, i also enjoy commerce but idk its just kind of bland at times