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Title: Engineering in Victoria advice
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on February 01, 2018, 09:36:05 pm
Hi everyone,
I am speaking as a beginning Year 12 student who has basically decided to do engineering in uni and pursue a career in engineering. However I have no idea what branch of engineering I would like to do or which uni I should go to in Melbourne, so I need some advice. I have basically narrowed down my uni preferences to Monash and RMIT, but I don't know which type to do, so if you have any experience, please give my some help from your wealth of experience. One thing I have noticed is that at Monash I don't have to choose the branch of engineering until 2nd year, but I don't know if RMIT does that.

Help please?!!!?
Title: Re: Engineering in Victoria advice
Post by: Sine on February 01, 2018, 09:59:52 pm
check this thread out https://atarnotes.com/forum/index.php?topic=169199.0
Title: Re: Engineering in Victoria advice
Post by: Yertle the Turtle on February 01, 2018, 10:02:46 pm
check this thread out https://atarnotes.com/forum/index.php?topic=169199.0
Thanks so much sine, that looks really good! Really helpful!

I forgot to mention that travel is not too much of a problem, since a bus to Monash goes past my house, and I can catch the train to RMIT.
Title: Re: Engineering in Victoria advice
Post by: lovelyperson on February 01, 2018, 10:55:30 pm
Don't quote me on any of my answers but...
- RMIT you have to choose your specialisation beforehand. There's no general Bachelor of Engineering like Monash, and you instead enrol into a course that is already specialised (e.g Bachelors of Environmental Engineering). Given this, if you're not deadset into pursuing a particular specialisation by the end of the year, I would pick Monash for the flexibility.
- RMIT is generally considered the best uni for engineering. No idea why, but that's what I was told by actual industry professionals and teachers.
- If you don't know what specialisation to pick, maybe try asking yourself: what specialisation do I find boring and don't want to do? This hopefully should narrow down your list, which you can then make a better choice from. Don't worry though if you have no idea yet - you still have an entire year to think about it, and for your interests to change and develop.