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Originally Posted by ephemeral  Why? That's like saying that intelligence and diligence have no bearing whatsoever on UAI results or that it intelligence and diligence have no bearing on whether you make a good lawyer. Choose your error. |
I think that, once you get past UAIs of, say, the high 80s, intelligence doesn't play much of a role, and it largely comes down to who has a better memory, or crammed harder, etc. Obviously hard work comes into it, but just because someone works hard for a year of high school doesn't mean they will keep it up over 4+years of uni, or in the workforce. I know plenty of people who went extremely well in high school, but have struggled in uni, and vice versa
Edit: Also, bear in mind in many cases we're talking about the differences between students who got, say, UAIs of 99.6 (and got into USyd), and those who got, say 99.2 (and missed out on the 'top universities.' I don't think this difference will have any bearing on how good a lawyer these students will become