new HECS system (1 Viewer)

[jlh]

i was just wondering if the new hecs system will affect me if i decide to trasnfer courses in 2005. or does it only affect those new uni students in 2005?

any anyone help me out?

 

[MiuMiu]

It will affect you if you transfer, but not if you stick with the same course....

 

[jlh]

are you sure about that?

cuz i'm at usyd now and just finished my first year. i got an offer from macq.

my dream course is to do combined business and info tech. and since i didn't get into it this year, i was hoping to trasnfer again next year.

i got BIT at macq and macq's internal trasnfer policy is really easy so after first semester i can trasnfer into BBA/BIT with no hecs penalities. but the thing is i don't really want to go to macq cuz its too far for me. i'd rather stay at usyd and hope to trasnfer into commerce/science in 2005.

 

[iambored]

i am not sure. people who defer, if they even do one unit this year, they will still b eunder old hecs. who knows

 

[rubylotus11]

I'm not entirely sure, but I think there is a possibility that you'll come under the new HECS scheme if you're changing courses but I'd ask the University or someone else that knows more.

 

[MiuMiu]

Changing courses (or adding another one second year so you're doing a double degree) entails starting a totally new course, of which you will have to pay the applicable hecs fees of that time. They don't care when you started uni, its when you started that particular course.....

 

[jlh]

oh i see..
thanks ms 12...

crap.... so what am i to do now..

 

[MiuMiu]

Its not going to go up by that much. Just defer your HECS and you'll be the same as the thousands of others that start uni under the changes next year.

 

[Dingo2004]

diew... if i transfer next year to another uni.. will i be be paying HECS under the new system?

 

[MiuMiu]

Probably but Im not sure.

 

[cro_angel]

whats the difference between old hec and new hecs

 

[Dingo2004]

new one u gotta pay more
grrrrr...steaming grrr !!!!

 

[jlh]

well it really depends on the uni. but chances are that our hecs contributions will increase except in some instances. ie. like macq has abolished all hecs fee from some of its advanced science units so studying in those units doesn't cost a thing.

 

[cro_angel]

damn that sucks
with hecs.. is it like taking out a mortgage or something?
u have to pay back more than u would if u paid it all outright?
or does hecs have no interest..

 

[iambored]

no interest. but the catch is if you pay it outright you get a 25% discount. so in a way it does have interest.

 

[sweetcherry]

darn, when i start uni next year - i'll have to hand out extra 500 bucks - there goes 500 bucks

 

[iambored]

http://www.su.rmit.edu.au/hot issues/NHpack.html

i dont know if the figures are right, but there are some prices

 

[cro_angel]

woo education increases the lowest

 

[= Jennifer =]

damn! law is the highest :angry::burn:

i wanted to be a judge

a conversation between John Howard and I:

 

[Dingo2004]

hey wat if say i get into sum accident and suddenly died.
would my family hafto pay off my HECS debt ??
or do i get automatically exempt from it bcoz i have died?