Number of UAI applicants this year. (1 Viewer)

[Rayanaldo]

Someone told me yesterday that they heard from someone else that the amount of students who are applying for a UAI this year is less than the amount of people who applied last year.

Is this true?

 

[smegthehead]

i don't know, if it is though how would it effect our scores?

 

[ur_inner_child]

just the uni cut-offs i presume

 

[Rayanaldo]

i don't know, if it is though how would it effect our scores?

Thats what i want to know. Would it be a good or bad thing if less people have applied this year?

 

[ur_inner_child]

Thats what i want to know. Would it be a good or bad thing if less people have applied this year?

not our scores. just the cutoffs for this year.

ie: some courses will drop from 90 to 87.9 for instance.

 

[santaslayer]

Thats what i want to know. Would it be a good or bad thing if less people have applied this year?

thatll depend on the course preferences...

itll still be quite similar IMO...

 

[neo o]

IF less people are applying for a UAI, I doubt that it's the top students who are competing for courses like commerce/law/medicine, or even tier two courses who'll be dropping out.

 

[Lazarus]

Whether or not students apply for a UAI doesn't make any difference - they still have a rank, even if they're not told what it is.

If the rumour is true, it would obviously have no effect on UAIs or cut-offs.

 

[j_davo24]

Whether or not students apply for a UAI doesn't make any difference - they still have a rank, even if they're not told what it is.

If the rumour is true, it would obviously have no effect on UAIs or cut-offs.

What about the people who don't qualify for a UAI do they still get ranked?

If they don't, and theres more of them what does that mean for ranks and cut-offs?

 

[Lazarus]

Everyone who completed the School Certificate with you back in Year 10 gets ranked.

 

[doingHSC]

Whether or not students apply for a UAI doesn't make any difference - they still have a rank, even if they're not told what it is.

If the rumour is true, it would obviously have no effect on UAIs or cut-offs.

wouldn't it depend on the people who don't apply for uni...........If ppl with high UAI do not apply (which is mostly not the case) then the cut off will be the lower, where as if ppl wid low UAI will not effect the cut off.
eg. if all the ppl wid UAI above 70 do not apply for UNI (haha like to see that happen), then technically the medicine cut off will be 69.75% or wat ever it is. (assuming most of those ppl put medicine as there first preference)--that's how I thought it worked anyways

 

[acmilan]

UAI cut offs are determined by a number of criteria...i mean they are not gonna let people with a UAI <70 do something like advanced maths, even if no one with a UAI >70 applies for uni

 

[doingHSC]

UAI cut offs are determined by a number of criteria...i mean they are not gonna let people with a UAI <70 do something like advanced maths, even if no one with a UAI >70 applies for uni

if that's the case does that mean they won't take any one for high rated courses?

 

[acmilan]

Well many high rate courses have pre-requisites and assumed knowledge and if you dont have that knowledge they cant teach you the course even if you are the only one that applied. If we are talking about courses with UAI >99 cutoff and the only people that applied had uai < 70 then they would not be able to cope with the work

 

[Lazarus]

wouldn't it depend on the people who don't apply for uni

Applying for a UAI is different to applying for a university place.

Obviously, if less people apply for uni there's going to be less demand. This could influence cut-offs.

But whether or not people apply for UAIs (i.e. whether or not they're told their rank) doesn't make a difference. I know a guy who applied for a well-regarded uni course - and was accepted - without him ever knowing his UAI. (He saw it as taking some kind of personal stance against the system... personally I don't think it achieved much.)

UAI cut offs are determined by a number of criteria...i mean they are not gonna let people with a UAI <70 do something like advanced maths, even if no one with a UAI >70 applies for uni

This is correct. I believe many universities also have a general 'minimum cut-off', which is used in cases where there is insufficient demand for a course. I think this used to be around 60 or 65 at USYD - so if a specific cut-off dropped below that figure, the general cut-off would have overridden it.

Ultimately, it's up to the university to choose whether or not offers are made to students anyway. If there are no suitable candidates, then no offers will be made. I think this is fair.

 

[deviant2004]

Everyone who completed the School Certificate with you back in Year 10 gets ranked.

damn that doesnt sound good lol

 

[SeDaTeD]

I don't think you would have to worry about the people who did not continue to do the HSC.

 

[j_davo24]

If the entire "School Certificate Year" gets ranked. Does that mean everyone that has dropped out between then and now gets 0.00 for their UAI, since they didn't do any subjects to qualify?

 

[KeypadSDM]

If the entire "School Certificate Year" gets ranked. Does that mean everyone that has dropped out between then and now gets 0.00 for their UAI, since they didn't do any subjects to qualify?

Well no, they get around the 20's wouldn't they? I don't think you can get 0.00 as all the people who didn't complete the HSC would be bunched up in a "no score" section - All equal in rank (and much more than 40 people), implying their UAI would be above 0.00.

Laz?

 

[meLoncoLLie]

So, all the people who sat for the School Certificate, and the people who applied for a limited UAI get ranked?