Is it hard to get into university in Australia?

Question

Is it hard to get into university in Australia?

Answer 1

Not really, it depends on what course you want to do.

If you have S****y grades you can enrole in a bludge course (like bachelor of arts) to get into the uni and then the next semester or year you transfer to the course you want to do (providing you have the prerequisites).

Grades mean nothing, once you are in the course no one cares about them.

Answer 2

There are two ways of getting into University in Australia:

1. You get the minimum mark required to get to a particular course in that University. This means getting the grade required.

2. If you don't reach the minimum required grade to get into the course, you can 'bribe' your way into the course by paying a FULL FEE. What it means, you'll be paying as much as 3 times the university fee that you'd pay if you get in normally (i.e. passing the grade requirement). Universities in Australia have always had Full Fee paying for International Students and 3 years ago they've opened up this option for Australian who are keen to get into the course that they want but couldn't pass the minimum grade required.

Answer 3

Not if you can achieve good grades in School.   But universities can be expensive.

Answer 4

You are graded against every other person who has sat their final year 12 exam, so even if you do well it is no guarantee because there are tonnes of private school students out there getting 100% ! Also the top universities have higher cut offs for grades.

Its not cheap, when I was looking at doing science, it was 12,500 per year for 4 years HECS - thats not even full fees.

To be honest, if I chose uni, I'd be struggling, studying full time, working part time to pay for everything - EVERYTHING is sooooo expensive... But instead I chose a high-paying trade (logistics) and its paid off well :)

Answer 5

Not in the slightest. There is an over supply of places in most capital cities.