EAS bonus points (2 Viewers)

[abcd223]

The atar released this morning, has the EAS points already been added on ?

 

[Earthfan]

No

 

[abcd223]

So no ?

 

[will90211]

No. They get added once you apply further.

 

[brent012]

Nope, bonus points are NOT part of your ATAR in any shape or form - they just get tacked on at the end by UAC when processing offers. Don't be one of those people who add on their EAS when telling people your atar either...

 

[nifkeh]

no

 

[Drongoski]

Bonus points are a scam. Unis are competing for enrolment, apart from those keenly-sought ones like Medicine, Dentistry, Law (Usyd & NSW). This applies especially to the lower-ranked institutions.

 

[abcd223]

Ahhh thanks that cleared it up.

 

[nifkeh]

Bonus points are a scam. Unis are competing for enrolment, apart from those keenly-sought ones like Medicine, Dentistry, Law (Usyd & NSW). This applies especially to the lower-ranked institutions.

please explain, people get disadvantages in their ATAR, getting EAS bonus points gives them some hope to get into uni. also you can get bonus points for doing relevant subjects and doing well and if english dragged you down that would be of help. I am confused

 

[Drongoski]

please explain, people get disadvantages in their ATAR, getting EAS bonus points gives them some hope to get into uni. also you can get bonus points for doing relevant subjects and doing well and if english dragged you down that would be of help. I am confused

Please see Catherine Armitage's piece "University entry score devalued by use of bonus point schemes" (P12, today's SMH). She explains it far better than I can.

 

[Demise]

Please see Catherine Armitage's piece "University entry score devalued by use of bonus point schemes" (P12, today's SMH). She explains it far better than I can.

No explanation can neutralise or even argue (to a negative extent) the logic of granting someone who went through significant hardship / disadvantages in their final years of schooling.

 

[alstah]

No, the EAS points only get considered in the offers stage in Jan.

 

[golgo13]

Can it just be emphasised before other keep making new thread that your atar given by UAC is pretty much just your results nothing more, nothing less (think of an unarmed knight). EAS and any other bonuses you pick up are ONLY used by the uni's when considering to give offers (giving knight a weapon/ handicap advantage)