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do a lot of people go to TAFE first and THEN uni regardless of UAI?
i'm thinking of doing this .. don't want to spend 3 years doing something i hate + wasting $000's.
 

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over9k said:
do a lot of people go to TAFE first and THEN uni regardless of UAI?
i'm thinking of doing this .. don't want to spend 3 years doing something i hate + wasting $000's.
yerr yerr urrm i wanna do that as well but i dont wanna waste my time too , studying something and then wen i get to uni i dont wanna do it anymore aye .
 

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if you're going to tafe before uni its usually because you dont have the required uai to go straight in to uni (alternative entry). Keep in mind (stating the obvious here) that 1 year of tafe =/= 1 year of uni, and only 'some' course credits may be given.

don't want to spend 3 years doing something i hate
You're not really locked in, unless you do something special (combined/phb/honours etc). But most uni's have a very flexible first year. Plus if you hate your uni subjects that much, you will swap courses and sacrafice the years units. (i had a mate who went from comp sci, to arts. He was able to use some of his comp sci courses as electives, but essentially he lost a semesters worth of credits.).

At the end of the day - choosing subjects at uni with the possiblility of getting it wrong is a risk you have to take.
 

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yeah some people do that, its not a bad idea at all. They just dont study during the year, and forget about their HSC
 
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i think its a good option.. but like others have said most people use tafe that way because their uai is not good enough to get in straight away
 

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It's not a bad idea mate. Nothing wrong with TAFE, especially if you're also going to uni.

Make sure you try and get an HSC though.
 

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i did.

best decision cos i didnt want2 jump straight into uni without giving it some thought
 

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