confusion about HECS and Local Fees (1 Viewer)

[sugaryblue]

Can someone tell me if Local Fees' the one that lowers 5 points UAI entry score??

thanks

 

[Huy]

I believe so, yes.

Fee paying students are able to receive offers under the published UAI cut-offs (for HECS).

Consult your UAC guide, or visit UAC's website for a listing of courses for the Main and Late Round Offers.

2003 Main Round UAI cut-offs for local Australian fee-based courses
http://www.uac.edu.au/pdf/2003_uai_coffs_fee_m.pdf

2003 Late Round UAI cut-offs for local Australian fee-based courses
http://www.uac.edu.au/pdf/2003_uai_coffs_fee_l.pdf

For HECS, you will find it on the main page (Undergraduate), at UAC's website.

 

[choco]

ok a question bout hecs..
probably stupid question but i am very confused bout hecs

so you can either pay the contribution up front or defer the whole thing for the duration of your course is that right?

 

[Xayma]

Originally posted by choco
ok a question bout hecs..
probably stupid question but i am very confused bout hecs

so you can either pay the contribution up front or defer the whole thing for the duration of your course is that right?

Im not sure about Fees, but HECS you can pay up front and get something like a 20% discount or you can defer it and when you reach a certain threshold it will act like extra tax.

 

[pigs_can_fly]

some unis will have particular courses with a certain percentage reserved for local fee-payers. the normal principles apply to the cut-offs, only they are generally lower since competition for such expensive positions is obviously less. normally its about 5 points, but for really popular courses like law, its more like 1 and a half.

nb: you cannot defer local-fee costs, u have to pay up front, but there are loans services available from the govt, i think its called "HELP", forget wot it stands for but

with hecs, u can pay the entire semester's contribution up front and receive a 25% discount. or u can defer it until u start earning a certain level of income, upon which the govt takes a tiny percentage out of every pay check. this does mean, however, that if u work oseas for the rest of ur life, u never need to pay off ur hecs

 

[choco]

thanks for that .

 

[jpr333]

Hehe HECS = biggest rip eva, gotta love inflation

 

[jay2000]

Originally posted by jpr333
Hehe HECS = biggest rip eva, gotta love inflation

isnt it indexed to the CPI ??? i dunno..i pay upfront

 

[Dingo]

i get HECS exempt, i get Tax ecempt, because im a special citizen of Australia.

peace^^