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Usyd january 2nd day for high achievers (2 Viewers)
- Thread starter Ultimate
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i got invited to that, and i got a letter from unsw too (oh how exciting, although neither of them will give me money, which is what i really need). maybe the guy at andrews got it wrong? the one from unsw said top 1000 students down the bottom, i don't know if it's a similar criteria that usyd uses. shrug.
(my uai 99.6)
(my uai 99.6)
kini mini
Active Member
If they did use marks they might say something like (for a law course) "invite everyone who got band 6 in 2U & 3U regardless of whether they bombed something else and didn't get that good a UAI"
Yeah the guy at andrews must have gotten it wrong. And it's not as if I did brilliantly in all my subjects only got 6 units over 90 and over, the other 4 units were 2 marks off 90.
I'm pretty sure it's based on your UAI though, otherwise there would be too many people there if u go by ppl who got into the top bands for subjects.
utopian731
Eudaimonian
This is freaky, i came into this roooom just to ask the same question as this thread. I got 98.95 and i still got a letter....itll be good to be able to have conversations with lecturers, deans etc
Just _what_ is the one at Sydney Uni about? I'm travelling 5 hours to get there, so it better be good! (Was actually planning on going to the open day, but I thought this might be better?) PS - my UAI was 98.5 too, so maybe he meant "98.5 and over" not 99.5 - and I didn't get an invite to the UNSW one, so maybe it's only if it's your first preference
schwang_thang
Member
omgosh the place will be full of brains
i only got 97.5 but my friend got 99.6 so hes goin 2 the usyd one, n asked me 2 come so ill b like, the dumbass amongst the crowd hehe...im just hangin out 2 watch 'the hot chick' afterwards
utopian731
Eudaimonian
pft as if man!
unless you have a blind faith in the UAI, you'll be as smart as anyone else there
unless you have a blind faith in the UAI, you'll be as smart as anyone else there
kini mini
Active Member
The person kindly opening my mail back in Sydney says I got invited, probably because it's my first pref. I suppose it'll be the usual thing in the roundhouse with faculty reps? I remember my dad had to be the faculty rep for a couple of years when I was in pri sch.
I got a letter from UNSW congratulating me for my result. It invited me to the open day on the 3rd. I don't know if there's anything on on the 2nd there...maybe this letter is the one alys was talking about. On the bottom of the letter it said "letter to top 1000 students.doc", so I think it was UAI-based.
OK - from a TSP brochure:Originally posted by Ultimate
Did anyone get an invitation to go? Im confused because I was told by the headmaster of st. andrews college that only people who got 99.5 or over got invited but I only got 98.5
To be considered for the program in their first year, students should normally have a UAI (or equivalent) over 98.7 and a mark over 90 in at least one science subject area and/or over 95 in Mathematics Extension 1; or demonstrate exceptional performance in scientific study (eg. olympiad level).
kini mini
Active Member
Re: Re: Usyd january 2nd day for high achievers
TSP is an opportunity to swap class time for more research I think
They'd be lucky to get the olympiad ppl, they all get offered scholarships by the big American colleges if they do well!
TSP is an opportunity to swap class time for more research I think
