little-rat-boi said:
i went to SIBT today and it was not what i expected...
i had a interview conducted on a table in the open.. (no office or anything, no confidentialty), the service was really crappy and unorganised, sorta rushed... the lady that was consulting me said that i will get no exemptions as martin college units where very vocational.. and that i will be granted an offer as univeristy foundations 70% offer, which means i have to do that for one semester (4months) and get a total average of 70% or higher... and if i achieve that i get granted a diploma offer in which i finish in 2 semesters (8months) so if i choose to accept the offer i will finish this course in june of next year...
i have chosen to not accept the offer and continue my course with martin college, as i would be wasting my money going to SIBT where i get no exemptions for what i recently done. And i got half my course to go at martin! so in the end martin college is my choice... and just will complete the rest of my course there
do i do the right thing??
I'm going to say this once more. You got a shit UAI. I also wouldn't expect them to grovel over someone who says "unorganised".
Based on what you have said, your best decision would be to complete your Martin College stuff, then see if you can get into SIBT and then into macq.
Don't expect that you should have the right or privilege to attend uni. You messed up the HSC, you'll have to deal with it. Dealing with it means you'll have to finish your MC diploma, transfer into SIBT, then finally transfer into a degree.
Goint to uni after your MC Diploma is best because 1. you might not like uni, and 2. you might not pass uni: If you left your MC degree, you might be burning bridges, so to speak.
I hope you didn't decline the SIBT offer badly, because that could ruin further chances at macq.
Essentially, don't think you can rush into a degree where people worked their 18-yo butts off for. You don't even know if you'll go well or even like it.