Degree in a day (2 Viewers)

[Pointy Ears]

hmm technically that's not right.
20 people from my school could go.
then they opened it up to the whole grade (this was last year). but i went to a selective school.
anyway i didnt go, but all the people who did said it was good. it was sorta like an intro to uni and some of the things you can do, mainly through discussions and talks and stuff. but they said it was really interesting, and definitely worth going!

0_o!!!! Well there you go, more ppl are invited from the selective schools, which to be honest, does make sense. But at the same time, the schools in western suburbs also have a lot of capable students, and i reckon that they should be able to elect more than 2 students too

 

[jm1234567890]

0_o!!!! Well there you go, more ppl are invited from the selective schools, which to be honest, does make sense. But at the same time, the schools in western suburbs also have a lot of capable students, and i reckon that they should be able to elect more than 2 students too

your probably right. I went to selective school too.

 

[tomorrows_angel]

What school? buko or something right?

buko?
i did go to baulko. lol.

and whilst i recognise the fact that there are extremely smart students at schools in the western suburbs, the reality is that for a large percentage of the grade, tertiary education is not something they can or will complete. At selective schools, more people are going to do well and go to uni.
come to think of it, i don't know anyone from my grade who isn't at uni. Noone i know of didn't go or is at tafe.

 

[m_isk]

tertiary education is not something they can or will complete. At selective schools, the majority are going to do well and go to uni to do med or whatever.

Wow! Do you generalise often or are you always this logical and rational and oh so cool?

 

[nick1048]

omg so many BOSers are going. Yup yup I'll be there doing designing virtual environments and agriculture and resource economics. THEY GIVE US LUNCH w00tzorz

I think u all know what I look like (bearded chap from the daily telegraph) so come say hi ^_^.

 

[tomorrows_angel]

Wow! Do you generalise often or are you always this logical and rational and oh so cool?

happy? i edited it... slightly.

all i'm saying is that there is a higher percentage of studnets from selective schools who are going to do better than there is at schools in the western suburbs, and the invites to degree in a day reflect this.

i am by no means saying that all selective students are bright, and that all students who are bright go to selective schools. i do not mean to grossly generalise.

 

[m_isk]

yes I'm happy now.

 

[monique66]

buko?
i did go to baulko. lol.

yeah thats it...i had a mental lapse and forgot how to spell it

About Pointy Ears' point though, i agree that schools in other districts should get more invitations...i mean obviously selective schools have some of the brightest kids but it sort of negates the fact that some of the other 'bright' students are not in the selective school system..i could think of at least 5 other really bright kids from my year that could have gone (yes, i realise that it dosen't sound like much in comparison but it illustrates my point)

Oh well...at least i'm going Registered today for law and media and politics
I hope i get my options!

 

[Pointy Ears]

only 2 people?

we had 6-8 if I remember correctly, mabye more.

do you go to a small school?

oooh, missed ur msg, sorry :/
Anyways, yea, its an average sized school,and its in the western suburbs, so there you go. Gosh, everyone was right about stereotyping the type of ppl at my school
Ironically, theyre half right.

 

[nick1048]

its 2 from every school

 

[nanashi]

its 2 from every school

i went last year..and there were about 15 ppl from my school

 

[Jago]

heh we had like 15+ from ours.

 

[monique66]

did u guys go to selective schools?

 

[nanashi]

yeh i go selective school
maybe its different for non-selective

 

[Danni07]

has this ay already happened? Is there a website containing any information?

 

[nick1048]

dammit they only gave our skewl 2 invites....... that says alot about the way we are perceived -_-'

 

[monique66]

yeah, we deserve a fair go as well!

 

[Sirius Black]

hehe i got nominated today... How come no one pick Advanced maths

 

[monique66]

my friend did...i didn't because i'm a simple minded 2uniter

 

[karpov]

do u have to bring the confirmation to usyd on the day?