Tafe to Uni - Need some questions answered (1 Viewer)

[DanT]

Right now I'm in year 12 doing my HSC, but I've just got some questions if I end up not doing as well as I would've liked. I don't particularly like school much, even though I'm a relatively smart kid.

Before I start, I know I shouldn't be saying this (focus on HSC assessments/trials whatever) but I'd like to know what options I have.

Firstly, if I didn't get the ATAR I needed for say a course that only requires a 65-71 ATAR and did a tafe course which was related E.G did a Fitness Specialist course at Tafe to get into a PDHPE Science/Exercise Science course at say UWS/ACU, do you think I'd be able to transfer with no problems? I'm getting 90%+ marks in PDHPE coming 1st in assessments and if I did end up doing this I reckon I could ace it. Problem is at the moment in some other subjects like maths and ancient history I'm doing pretty bad lol, mainly because I don't find either subject interesting much.

I'd love to be able to attend uni and I'm just hoping theres a way to get there, even if I wanted to do an even higher course (Human Movement, 80 ATAR at USYD).

As I said, I just want to know my options so please don't tell me to crack down on my remaining assessments. Cheers.

 

[moc2009]

TAFE and Uni are separate... you can’t “Transfer”. You’ll have to complete whatever you do at TAFE and then APPLY again to Uni.

 

[JasmineNuytre]

You still got a while to the HSC, I seriously suggest you study your ass off and get good marks/good UAI. You'll have far more options and a better chance to do what you wanna do. Seriously study every subject every DAY, I regret not putting the extra effort in in year 12, I had to do some lame uni course for a 1 yr then transfer and I barley got any credit.

 

[Andi0390]

As a previous poster said, you cannot transfer from university to TAFE. University degrees, while all being different universities, are all the same qualification (i'm just talking basic Bachelors here) where as a TAFE course is usually a diploma or certificate, ie. you cannot transfer between things that are not the same.

When people talk about going to TAFE before university they generally mean doing a course there that gives them a higher qualification that a year 12 (which is a cert. 3) and in a relevant subject area to a university course that they want to do. They then apply to university using the results of their course instead of, or with, their UAI/ATAR.

This is an option for you, although it is a round about way of getting there and may result in you spending a lot of time and money on a qualification that does not really do all that much. There is also the problem of if you fail your course, or you decide that you don't really want to do that (it happens to a lot of people after year 12) then you are no better off than when you started.

But yes, it is possible. It is also possible to redo year 12 in a year though, possibly getting a higher UAI, or doing a tertiary prep course, so there are actually many other pathways into university. HSC/Year 12 Is not the end of the world, its just convenient.

My advice would be to study and get the best UAI you can. Then go to uni, even if you end up doing a course you do not want to do, once you have done that course for a year you can transfer into something else. A passing university grade is much better than a passing UAI. Besides that there are lots of things, like UniTest, or ACU (having extremely low entry). My general opinion in most situations is that if you cannot acheive a basic UAI to get into a university then you shouldn't be there.

Its go nothing to do with intelligence, or quality of education. ACU is like bottom level entry in the 50s. If you cannot get that because you are too lazy to do your work then you are not going to make it through uni even if you get in, there is work at university and you have to do it, and its not like you get special individual attention. You have to have the ability to learn concepts, use them, and do your work. If you can do that you should be able to get a mark that gets you into uni is your HSC.

 

[dsam]

Has anyone ever tried repeating year 12 to get a higher UAI? I mean, in some cases, this could be the cheapest 'alternative' pathway into university. Other prep courses cost a fortune.

 

[lilredelmo]

UWS has bonus points for some subjects .
For PDHPE/Health Science / Master of teaching you get 5 bonus UAI for Bio and PDHPEif you get aband 5 or 6.(Can't remember other subjects)Max 10 bonus points though..incl Western Sydney allowance.
I'm doing this course..IT'S AWESOME!

 

[Andi0390]

Has anyone ever tried repeating year 12 to get a higher UAI? I mean, in some cases, this could be the cheapest 'alternative' pathway into university. Other prep courses cost a fortune.

I dropped out in year 11 (I'm in the ACT system) and lived in Sydney for a year then came back to Canberra and did half of year 11 and all year 12 at CIT in one year.

You do the bare minimum like 3.5 majors, but you are still doing year 11 and 12 in one year. I took an English major from my original year 11 though because my marks were okay and I did double English. There are not many class options but it helped. It can be hard work though because for the classes you are doing you are covering a years work in a semester and still need to follow the same curriculum set by the BSSS.

I think in the real system if you pass year 12 you cannot redo it for a better mark, but you can do it at CIT/TAFE but I believe that TAFE course is two years. Its about $600 a semester, but only $300 if you are on any form of Centrelink. I found it much better than the college system, while there were less subjects it was more focussed on just doing the work, rather than screwing around.

I'm at ANU now I'd recommend the year 12 program for people but you have to be committed and fairly intelligent, while the work seems easy you have to grasp concepts quickly to get a high mark as the UAI's are generally scaled down a bit.