HSC Plus scheme! please help (1 Viewer)

[jessica2011hsc]

hey guys, i heard about this 'hsc plus' scheme that unsw offers, which gives you a maximum of 5 bonus points to your atar depending on how you went in specific subjects in the hsc
anyways, im gonna give a scenario to explain my question:

there are two people who want to get into a course with a cut off of 97

okay so person 1 gets an atar of 94

and she recieved 5 bonus points by getting a band 6 in biology (3 points) and band 6 in english advanced (2 points)
therefore her atar gets pulled up to 99

however, person 2 gets an atar of 97

my question is, would person 1 be disadvantaged in getting selected because her initial atar was lower than the course cut off? or would both be considered for the course equally ?

 

[powlmao]

Ask your Careers teacher

 

[Omnipotence]

No, they will both get into the course.

Edit:For simplicity if the course has an ATAR cut-off of 95. Person A received an ATAR of 94. Person B obtained an ATAR of 90. Person B undertook subjects that are considered in the UNSW bonus scheme and accumulating an extra 5 points. Person B would be accepted over Person A, despite having the initial higher ATAR.

 

[funnytomato]

hey guys, i heard about this 'hsc plus' scheme that unsw offers, which gives you a maximum of 5 bonus points to your atar depending on how you went in specific subjects in the hsc
anyways, im gonna give a scenario to explain my question:

there are two people who want to get into a course with a cut off of 97

okay so person 1 gets an atar of 94

and she recieved 5 bonus points by getting a band 6 in biology (3 points) and band 6 in english advanced (2 points)
therefore her atar gets pulled up to 99

however, person 2 gets an atar of 97

my question is, would person 1 be disadvantaged in getting selected because her initial atar was lower than the course cut off? or would both be considered for the course equally ?

I think they'll give an offer to person 2 first and all these ppl with ATAR>=97 simply because their ATARs are higher than/equal to the cut-off
And then if they have vacancies, they'll give offers to ppl like person A.

But again, these ppl with bonus points are competing against each other as well, so it's very unlikely that some one with 92 ATAR with 5 bonus points will get an offer for a course with 97 cut-off.

An easier way to figure out the approximate minimum ATAR you'll need for your course would probably be naming the course you're interested in and
hopefully some one knows about the lowest ATAR needed for it


FINAL-TIP : you can always transfer after 1st year

 

[kaz1]

I think they'll give an offer to person 2 first and all these ppl with ATAR>=97 simply because their ATARs are higher than/equal to the cut-off
And then if they have vacancies, they'll give offers to ppl like person A.

No they would give it to person 1 first.

 

[mitchy_boy]

I got 91.70, and my course cutoff was 96.70.

My five bonus points for maths and english got me in. So just get within the number of bonus points you think you can achieve.

 

[jessica2011hsc]

I got 91.70, and my course cutoff was 96.70.

My five bonus points for maths and english got me in. So just get within the number of bonus points you think you can achieve.

awww really? congrats!
may i ask which course you got into?

 

[funnytomato]

I got 91.70, and my course cutoff was 96.70.

My five bonus points for maths and english got me in. So just get within the number of bonus points you think you can achieve.

It depends on the popularity of the course a lot, which is why I asked OP to name the course she's interested in.

 

[mitchy_boy]

awww really? congrats!
may i ask which course you got into?

I got into B Commerce. Which is a pretty popular course, cos they have like 700ish people starting the degree each year...

As long as your ATAR + any bonus points is greater than or equal to the published cutoff, you'll get in.

 

[jessica2011hsc]

It depends on the popularity of the course a lot, which is why I asked OP to name the course she's interested in.

I wanna get into medical science at unsw it seems really interesting!

 

[K4M1N3]

I wanna get into medical science at unsw it seems really interesting!

Yeah, med science does look like an interesting course, but i got some advice from the head pathologist in wollongong, and she said that med science doesnt provide many prospects for a male student, so i was pretty devo...

 

[jessica2011hsc]

Yeah, med science does look like an interesting course, but i got some advice from the head pathologist in wollongong, and she said that med science doesnt provide many prospects for a male student, so i was pretty devo...

employers shouldn't be discriminating against gender.. i wonder why though?

 

[K4M1N3]

Yeah i thought the same thing, i dont see how med science is an occupation where gender variation has much impact on the work done.

 

[jessica2011hsc]

Yeah i thought the same thing, i dont see how med science is an occupation where gender variation has much impact on the work done.

maybe the head pathologist is sexist. but in my opinion, i don't think you should worry, just do what you love; someone's ought to realise your passion for it

 

[slyhunter]

I got into B Commerce. Which is a pretty popular course, cos they have like 700ish people starting the degree each year...

As long as your ATAR + any bonus points is greater than or equal to the published cutoff, you'll get in.

+1 /thread

 

[twistedrebel]

i know someone with 84ish atar doing med sci. He got subject bonus points, EAS points and i dunno but yeah.

 

[funnytomato]

i know someone with 84ish atar doing med sci. He got subject bonus points, EAS points and i dunno but yeah.

which uni are uni talking about ?
cos I'm under impression that for UNSW or USYD, you can only have as many as 5 points , no matter where they come from

 

[unsw-maths-guru]

hey guys, i heard about this 'hsc plus' scheme that unsw offers, which gives you a maximum of 5 bonus points to your atar depending on how you went in specific subjects in the hsc
anyways, im gonna give a scenario to explain my question:

there are two people who want to get into a course with a cut off of 97

okay so person 1 gets an atar of 94

and she recieved 5 bonus points by getting a band 6 in biology (3 points) and band 6 in english advanced (2 points)
therefore her atar gets pulled up to 99

however, person 2 gets an atar of 97

my question is, would person 1 be disadvantaged in getting selected because her initial atar was lower than the course cut off? or would both be considered for the course equally ?

AFAIK they don't split students with the same "after bonus" scores. It doesn't matter how you got that score, only what the final "after bonus atar" is.

Every course has a number of students they would like to have. If that was 100, then they will send out offers to about 140 students in the expectation that that some will decline the offer. But given the uncertainty in all that, they won't bother fussing about trying to choose between the 3 students who want to do that course and who all got 94.75. Either they all get an offer, or none.

(there are of course a few exceptions like the medicine degree which don't just go on the atar!)