UNSW Co-op (2 Viewers)

[pyko]

yeh, shortlisted for BIT and Actuarial

but thinkin more and more about it, sure u would get 60 000 buks over teh four years, but this involves like 60 weeks of Industrial placement

so doin the 3 year degree and working in the fourth wont put u behind at all financially....

congrats to all who got shortlisted

and re the scholarship money and working..yes in a weird way ur working for the money (and getting paid not very much) but in the end you still get money (always a plus) and the industry work experience looks awesome on your resume and gives you something to talk about during the interview.

 

[dp624]

I got a conditional offer for actuarial studies (didn't apply for anytihng else). May decline but.
It's kinda not-as-appealing if you also get the scientia as well. With scientia and a 3yr actuarial course, it's 30k and one less year.
with co-op it's 4 years for 65k (60k + 5k from scientia). which means 35k for that extra year + industry experience and what not.
i think the starting salary for actuaries is about 80k+ so it seems kinda meh

 

[nexu]

several people do scientia + co-op

seems like you are quite confident about scientia aye?

 

[dp624]

But scientia + co-op is only an extra 5k in the first year gah

 

[nexu]

I thought Scientia was only paid for the first year which would still be 25k for the first year.

For me, I like uni and would take the extra year anytime for something like co-op.

It is a lot of fun being in co-op too with camps and events and I'm sure making close friends with the other 14 or so Actuarial Co-ops.

Yes, it might not seem a lot more in terms of money but I would think it still the better option. Up to you.

 

[dp624]

Well at the co-op meeting they said that scientia is paid in half for the first year only. So it's 20,15,15,15.
Yeah i'm a bit iffy anyway, but co-op seems likemuch fun. also sort of a waste if i dont do it heh.

 

[lyounamu]

Well at the co-op meeting they said that scientia is paid in half for the first year only. So it's 20,15,15,15.
Yeah i'm a bit iffy anyway, but co-op seems likemuch fun. also sort of a waste if i dont do it heh.

what the hell is scientia? Is this a scholarship for science nerds?

 

[dp624]

Scientia is the auto-scholarship for 99.90 uai people. except for med, where there are two only lawl.
and they nerf it if you get co-op

 

[summermagic]

I got shortlisted too, for ISM. So about 2 people got Conditional Offers so far on this forum.

 

[woteva]

Heya
I got a conditional offer for BIT and shortlisted for Comp Science and Software Engineering. Has anyone else gotten a conditional for BIT?

 

[dp624]

only three? this is kinda fail

 

[summermagic]

I think the rest have abandoned BOS since school's been out lol. But i would have thought there'd be more than 3 who'd reply.

 

[z600]

I accepted finance but UNSW called again saying got offered both actuarial and BIT. Stick with finance??

 

[lyounamu]

I accepted finance but UNSW called again saying got offered both actuarial and BIT. Stick with finance??

Wow, congratulation. And yeah, stick to finance. I think finance looks more appealing.

 

[Pwnage101]

my 'shortlist' for BIT was upgraded to conditional offer on friday, but i rejected it - not interested

seriously, BIT must get the most rejections, which is why they shortlist so many people!

 

[dp624]

Oh yea, i rejected my co-op. As a consequence a good friend of mine got it (fine maybe it wasn't specifically my rejection but yea). I'm really happy for him

 

[diana169]

Oh yea, i rejected my co-op. As a consequence a good friend of mine got it (fine maybe it wasn't specifically my rejection but yea). I'm really happy for him

Why did you decline your offer? Not interested?
I accepted my BIT coz i thought it's just too good an opportunity to miss.

 

[sunny]

BIT really exploded since when I started, its only been in the last two or three years the BIT numbers have grown.

 

[chucknthem]

my 'shortlist' for BIT was upgraded to conditional offer on friday, but i rejected it - not interested

seriously, BIT must get the most rejections, which is why they shortlist so many people!

BITs have the biggest shortlist because they have the most places available.