amunce said:
Hey, I am not expecting a great UAI.. but i still want to know.. can I get into a course like Law... or B Sci in IT/B Law...
And what if I want to take a year or two off to work, and live a little..
Is the UAI that i get this year valid to re-apply the following year?
How else can you apply to a Uni course other than a student with UAI?>
It really depends on where you want to study. Law courses in particular have monster UAIs in city regions due to massive demand, so beware. If you want to take time off, you can nominate to defer your studies once you are accepted into a course, and your UAI will be vaild for several years after you finish year twelve. However, you'll have to meed the required UAI for the year that you enter the university course, not the year you left school (ie if the UAI goes up five points while you take time off, you'll need to be sure you can still make it). Alos bear in mind that the UAI given is the
lowest UAI that was accepted into the course this year and the UAIs for 2008 are a projection of what they expect the UAI to be. If you miss out by a few points, it's still worth applying to courses as you might get in at the end as universities usually like to meet their quota for students. Don't be afraid to apply to univesities that
aren't in the city region; there's no real difference between metro unis such as Sydney and country ones like UNE and (to a lesser extent) Newcastle. The massive gaps in UAI are usually attributed to demand for courses; there are four million people in the Greater Sydney Metropolitan Region alone and most of the students in that region want to go to Sydney universities. Believe me, you're probably better off considering a country uni like UNE instead of a Sydney one; UNE has much smaller class sizes than Sydney universities do, which means you get more face-to-face time with lecturers, and there's actually a social scene on-campus, unlike Sydney.
