drop out rate at uni (1 Viewer)

[mum_is_here]

some ppl told me that about 50% of med/UNSW students drop out after first year, i also heard that heaps of studens drop out from Law and Science every year as well. can anybody confirm it?

thanks .

 

[kini mini]

Most of us here are in first year, ask us in 12 months or so .

 

[Butterfly_Wings]

I don't know what the actual drop out rate is...but apparently my course (speech path) has the highest drop out rate of any course at Sydney UNI...I hope I am not one of them!

 

[Minai]

according to a lecturer at UNSW, 1 in 5 ppl doing Commerce/Economics wont finish their degree

 

[flyin']

LOL! Actuarial Studies at Macquarie has a nice drop-out rate: 70%! :rofl:

 

[bex]

Picture this....
Day 1 of formal uni tutes: Comm 113 Commercial Radio Industry

Mr Lecturer "Welcome to the Comm Radio course... you know, in 3 years time, just over 1/2 of you will graduate sucessfully"

 

[Minai]

Originally posted by Asquithian
why would u drop out....lack of interest...? or failure?

failure because of lack of interest and other problems

 

[flyin']

Originally posted by MinAi
... other problems

The course being much too tough?! :rofl:

Or did you mean mental problems?!

 

[routemarker]

i think lack of interest im planning to transfer into Arch or Adv sci from sci but if i get to Arch i would have to start in yr 1. thats what i think...lack of interest or change of mind.

 

[Mambomeg]

lack of interest is definately a big factor, especially coz in some courses you have to start with the basics, like in science courses, which are so boring and sometimes seem so irrelevant. I know in my course (b of Animal science) we dont actually get to do any animal related subjects (except biology, but that hardly counts) until 3rd year, so yrs 1 and 2 are boring (and hard too)

 

[blazezs]

wooh!

More dropout please

Make room for me next year

 

[Butterfly_Wings]

Originally posted by natstar
wouldent droppin out be a waste of money. ALot of money

But if you disliked UNI so much then you probably wouldn't end up with a job in that field either...so continuing on to get a degree you won't use would also be a waste of money.

Do they include people who transfer into a different course as "dropping out"?

 

[maniacguy]

depends on drop-out reason as to whether it's a waste of money or not.

e.g. if you keep failing an essential subject, you're going to be stuck at uni for a LONG time. and with the proposed reforms, if you stay around too long, you have to pay full fee instead of hecs.

 

[blazezs]

yeh, thats bad :'(

 

[~ForAGoodCause~]

drop outs also include ppl transferin to a different degree

 

[taketheredone]

ummmm...... i think when a hsc student chooses uni/course base on UAI cut-off but not his own interest will be one of the factor.

 

[Butterfly_Wings]

Originally posted by taketheredone
ummmm...... i think when a hsc student chooses uni/course base on UAI cut-off but not his own interest will be one of the factor.

I completely agree!

 

[wogboy]

ummmm...... i think when a hsc student chooses uni/course base on UAI cut-off but not his own interest will be one of the factor.

Definitely, and that's the case with a lot of people in my course (elec eng). Because of its fairly low UAI cut-off in the 80s, most people think it will be an easy bludge and choose to do it. But it's difficulty level is comparable to some of those courses requiring a UAI of 90+, so they drop out because they find it hard. According to my lecturer, the drop out rate is usually more than half (last year it was ~60%).

 

[jessika]

Originally posted by MinAi

failure because of lack of interest and other problems

other problems: drinking and partying way too much.

 

[kini mini]

Originally posted by taketheredone
ummmm...... i think when a hsc student chooses uni/course base on UAI cut-off but not his own interest will be one of the factor.

And people who had lots of choices but no particular interest in any course .

I agree with wogboy, EE's UAI gives no idea of the true difficulty of the course