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Buckler26

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Hey, im applying for optometry and also EAS
suppose i am granted EAS what score will i need to get into optom?
will it be significantly lower?
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Hmm, you have to beat 95% of the people who are applying for Optometry also carrying EAS. Probably around 95 at least.

Note: B Optomery is no more. They changed it to a 5 year program B Optomery/B Science combine degree for 2006.
 

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buckler, for optom EAS last year the UAI was 97.9. Most people are saying the uai will rise, so you would probably need more than 98.
 

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Go to this website: www.uac.edu.au
Go into the Undergraduate section and they have a list of 2005 UAI cut-off for all degrees.

Under HECS, you will probably need a UAI of at least 98 (excluding EAS).
For Fee-Paying, you will need at least 97.5 (excluding EAS).

There is actually a very high chance that most degrees' UAI cut-off will increase in 2006, so you should aim a bit higher like between 98.5 & 99 for HECS.
 
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Depending on how many extra points of UAI you will get from EAS, for most cases you usually get a maximum of 5 extra UAI points.

So you get an EAS of 5 UAI points, and you are applying for a Fee-Paying course for Optometry, I would suggest you need an UAI of at least 93.5 to 94.

However it is always better to aim a bit higher coz we are only estimating here.
 

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kaitoufion it doesn't work like that. UNSW is max of 10. But it depends on how many people apply. There is a sub quota for EAS applicants. I.e. if it is 5, then 5 people who have EAS and have the highest uais will get in.

Note that EAS may not be lower than the normal cut off at all. However this is unlikely.
 

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Really?? Maybe it's different for Optometry then :) Sorry if I gave you the wrong advice.

But coz my friend who got into UNSW could only get a max of 5 EAS for Commerce, so I thought an EAS of 5 is the max for UNSW.
 

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