University options for a career in IT (Melbourne). HELP??

[excal]

No problems, feel free to bug me anytime (via PM) if you got any more questions.

It's great seeing more females taking up IT as a career choice - the gender imbalance in industry has been (and is) a problem that has had copious amounts of money thrown at it.

(you'll find that girls get preferential treatment when it comes to jobs and possibly university entry and scholarships)

Garrr. All the IT courses i don't really want to do.. lol. Guess i'll just pay like everyone else haha.

And, "Students must have achieved an ENTER score or equivalent between 90.00 and 97.00."

So, if I score 98 for example, i can't qualify for that scholarship. 

Well, if you take an IBL placement (in place of 3 subjects, presumably electives), you'll get a stipend of $15,000 which is almost enough to pay for a 3 year degree, or lots of shopping.

The only other advice I can give is stay away from Melbourne University like the plague.

Good to see people choosing IT as their career (female or not). I didn't do any sciences as well, at least at unit 3/4 level.

squance, it's probably better you switched to chemical, programming is an integral part of software engineering

^ strongly agree

[captainoats]

The only other advice I can give is stay away from Melbourne University like the plague.

Oh God, is it that bad. :O
Can i ask why ?

Oh, and thanks again for all your replies Excalibur, good to hear some advice from people that know what they are talking about!!

[excal]

Notwithstanding the fact that you now have to do a BSc that's not worth the paper its written on before doing a Masters, the IS department does not have a good reputation with the industry.

You sound like you're probably oriented towards the Computer Science or Software Engineering side of things, with a bias to the SE side.

[tazza]

Is anyone here doing Business Information Systems at Monash?

[IntoTheNewWorld]

Is anyone here doing Business Information Systems at Monash?

I'm doing Commerce/Business Information Systems, started this year.

[methodsman]

Is anyone here doing Business Information Systems at Monash?

I'm doing Commerce/Business Information Systems, started this year.

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[Tina]

Hi Tazza!

I'm currently completing my final yr of Business Info. Systems (IBL Stream)

Did you have any questions about the degree/IBL program?