Is the standard that much greater in Monash??

[Faraz]

Hey guys

Im currently on my second semester at Vic Uni doing Marketing/International trade in the footscray campus, I was thinking about giving a go at transferring to Monash Berwick since its like 15 mins walk from my house so it would save me hours on travel time. In my first semester at Vic Uni I got like 1x HD and 3x D's. Now If I actually get into Monash Berwick Business and Commerce course, should I be expecting to get a lot worse than what I did in my first sem in VU?
So in other words is the standards that much different?

[Eriny]

It's difficult to say unless you've studied at both places. Monash is a highly regarded university though, it's in the top 100 universities world wide (according to The Times Education Supplement) and it's in the top 8 in Australia. VU doesn't enjoy such a reputation. But, that's not to say that VU scores are entirely meaningless, either.

In the end, it is probably reasonable to say that your cohort will be much stronger in terms of academic performance and even without grading curves, your performance is usually judged in relation to other people's performance. This means that it probably won't be as easy to get HDs. It doesn't mean that you can't get them though or that you shouldn't expect to get them, it just gives you an incentive to work harder. If there is a better standard at Monash, they wouldn't let you in unless they thought you could meet this standard.