So what did the dux of your school get? (1 Viewer)

[timmii]

Originally posted by Ultimate


u can't be serious can u? what difference does it make getting 99.95 or 100, u can get into any course u want, what a loser.

Repeating is the most ridiculous thing i have *ever* heard! The UAI has a function (besides boosting egos), and 99.95 serves that function the same as 100. You get offered the same scholarships, invited to the same days, and even sounds better (and more realistic) if u tell ppl what uai u received! I mean does this person have no other aspirations beyond hsc? Uni, work, society etc? I don't even know if they would even get the respect usually awarded to those who attain 100...and as if you would be able to work that hard again for such an arbitrary goal!

*ugh* good luck to 'em.

 

[kini mini]

Originally posted by timmii


Repeating is the most ridiculous thing i have *ever* heard! The UAI has a function (besides boosting egos), and 99.95 serves that function the same as 100. You get offered the same scholarships,

Actually, you don't. UNSW didn't offer my friends who got .95 scholarships and USyd did. But that's no reason to repeat

*ugh* good luck to 'em.

I wouldn't even say that...they don't need or deserve luck. Any uni would let them in based on the original UAI I'm sure. They need psychological help IMO

 

[timmii]

Originally posted by kini mini


Actually, you don't. UNSW didn't offer my friends who got .95 scholarships and USyd did. But that's no reason to repeat

Now i feel rejected and insecure. What did unsw offer the 100s?

 

[jessika]

Originally posted by timmii


Now i feel rejected and insecure. What did unsw offer the 100s?

nothing, they were too damn stingy lol.

 

[nerdd]

99.6... ahhh the pressure is on

 

[tekster]

99.55

Dux wanted to do Medicine.. but failed the UMAT.
So hes now doing Acturial Law.

I'm just really wondering..
How does someone with a UAI of 99.5+ fail the UMAT?

 

[kini mini]

Originally posted by timmii


Now i feel rejected and insecure. What did unsw offer the 100s?

They offered them scholarships, but no-one else. Obviously they have different budget priorities from Syd.

 

[kini mini]

Originally posted by tekster
99.55

Dux wanted to do Medicine.. but failed the UMAT.
So hes now doing Acturial Law.

I'm just really wondering..
How does someone with a UAI of 99.5+ fail the UMAT?

Quite easily from what I hear...the touchy-feely emotional intelligence questions really got people. Or perhaps he was a humanities guy and couldn't handle the problem solving?

 

[tekster]

Originally posted by kini mini


Quite easily from what I hear...the touchy-feely emotional intelligence questions really got people. Or perhaps he was a humanities guy and couldn't handle the problem solving?

Well, he did both Extension 2 Maths & English.

 

[Ultimate]

UMAT tests your emotional responses to situations, with some problem solving, and as a consequence has nothing to do with your intelligence.

I failed UMAT but still did well in terms of UAI, and I know a lot of ppl who got 99+ but failed UMAT.

 

[timmii]

Originally posted by kini mini


They offered them scholarships, but no-one else. Obviously they have different budget priorities from Syd.

I did not know that...How much were they given? Maybe I *should* be considering repeating....

 

[kini mini]

Originally posted by timmii


I did not know that...How much were they given? Maybe I *should* be considering repeating....

LOL...full remission of fees I heard . I don't know if it's like USyd where you pay first, they earn interest from your money, and they pay it back if you get a distinction average.

 

[timmii]

Originally posted by kini mini


LOL...full remission of fees I heard . I don't know if it's like USyd where you pay first, they earn interest from your money, and they pay it back if you get a distinction average.

*argh* I am soooo repeating now!

 

[t-i-m-m-y]

hey does the umat test cost any money to apply? i'm interested. just for the sake o' doing it

 

[kini mini]

Originally posted by timmii


*argh* I am soooo repeating now!

LOL I'm not sure how much it is, I know from someone who got 100 in 2001 mind so I suppose things may have changed.

 

[luigi]

Originally posted by Ultimate
UMAT tests your emotional responses to situations, with some problem solving, and as a consequence has nothing to do with your intelligence.

I failed UMAT but still did well in terms of UAI, and I know a lot of ppl who got 99+ but failed UMAT.

yeah and then u get opposite.. like ppl that did all right at UMAT , but UAI wasn't that great (me)

 

[ND]

Originally posted by t-i-m-m-y
hey does the umat test cost any money to apply? i'm interested. just for the sake o' doing it

I think it's about $120.

 

[t-i-m-m-y]

Originally posted by ND


I think it's about $120.

w00t? 120 bucks. nup i could spend that elsewhere.

 

[Almighty Jafar]

not that good actually.Im talking about St Columba's in the mountains.He got over 90 in only 4 or 5 subjects and recieved a uai of 98.9.Pretty lame....no offence

 

[SoFTuaRiaL]

dux got 99.95 .......... which was SHOCKING to say the least coz every1 expected him to get a 100 !!
oh well, guess it doesnt really make a difference as long as u get into ur course .........