UAI points (1 Viewer)

[Ranger Stacie]

Hey everyone,

I was just wondering if anyone knew, does newcastle uni still offer 4 extra UAI points to those living in the area?? Because our school was told that at the beginning of the year by the career advisor, but since then I heard the uni no longer does that...can anyone clear that up for me?

 

[hipsta_jess]

they freaking better. i havent heard anything that would suggest otherwise..and besides, they prob wouldnt stop in the middle of the yr, like if they wanted to stop it they would prob make our yr the last yr or something (fingers crossed)

 

[evilc]

I am pretty sure that they still do....but with some restrictions on degrees eg. none with law or combined degrees i think

 

[Ranger Stacie]

Phew!

 

[hipsta_jess]

Originally posted by natstar
does that count for non recent school leavers that have deferred

if you got in, then deferred, it would have counted when you first applied (i think)

 

[Theodosius]

Its only 2 extra points for Medical Radiation Science.

http://www.newcastle.edu.au/study/admiss/policy/regpref.html
A list of subjects where you get no extra points.

 

[Lexicographer]

What counts as "the area".

Does Western Sydney?

 

[Ranger Stacie]

lol. I live on the central coast and that counts as "the area"

 

[Lexicographer]

So basically NOT Sydney then eh? Damn.

 

[hipsta_jess]

Originally posted by Lexicographer
What counts as "the area".

Does Western Sydney?

no! but you may get points dedicated to UWS..
but as natstar said, its basically only the areas that newcastle is the closest uni (simple explanation neway)

 

[Lexicographer]

I'm a typical Fortian, looking only at the Med schools and those Sandstone institutions. Not that I have anything against other universities of course, I'm a staunch supporter of UWS et al.

 

[SoCal]

My dad was talking to a guy he knows and he was told that Newcastle University is not offering the four bonus U.A.I. points anymore and I was really relying on those.

 

[honky tonk]

If the Uni still offers four bonus points, is it offered to a Bachelor of Science/Combined degree? Someone told me that it is not offered for Medicine or Law, but I have my doubts about combined degrees.

 

[evilc]

I dont think that the offer would be avaliable for combined degrees. I think the cutoffs for virtually all combined degrees at newcastle are 90.00

 

[evilc]

hey honky tonk, didnt you get 93.6... wouldn't that get you into just about all newcastle combined degrees?

 

[honky tonk]

Originally posted by evilc
hey honky tonk, didnt you get 93.6... wouldn't that get you into just about all newcastle combined degrees?

Yeah, I'd really love to do a combined Law/Science degree (93.10 this year), but if not - I'm hoping to do a combined Science/Arts degree (90.00).

 

[SoCal]

I just got confirmation that Newcastle University is still offering four bonus UAI points. Sorry for the confusion everyone.

 

[Ranger Stacie]

But the course I want to do is a double degree and the cutoff last year was 77.55 B teaching/B early childhood studies.

So the 4 points definitley will not count for me?

 

[evilc]

hmm...that may be different, you should defenitely ask about it

 

[crazybrad]

i wouldnt think so