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Originally Posted by PrettyVacant 
And screw UAI cutoffs, honestly, they don't indicate a better program at all. It just shows that a program is in high demand which doesn't mean it's BETTER, it just means more people would like to do it for reasons like prestige, 'doing it not to waste their high uais', or locality. |
I think UAIs are at least one indicator of a program's quality. If a course is in high demand, there are reasons for it. There is a reason that people want to get into USyd over UWS, and that's reflected in the UAI. I don't think location makes a big difference (except in the case of ANU, because who wants to move to canberra).
Of course, there are better ways to determine a course's quality/reputation