Should I repeat year 12?

[ninwa]

You won't be in the same position. Unless I'm mistaken, if you take the uni path, you'll end up with credits toward the course that you want to transfer into, which means that you might be able to complete your degree in a shorter time than specified.

Again I'm not really sure how it all works so you should probably call up the unis and ask ...

[melanie.dee]

pal how is it possible to get that kind of score with your previous years scores? didnt you get 45 for arabic, 42 for methods, potential another one i cant remember? and then 40 for bus man.. i dont get it! are you sure vcaa didnt make a mistake?

either way, you can definitely get into an arts degree with that, what about arts at deakin, that looks like a pretty reasonable course or arts at la trobe?

[azhtey]

Hey thats not a bad score. You are higher than the state avg which is like low 60s!!. My mate got 69 and hes off to uni next year doing some aviation degree i think. I dont know enough about transferring after a year of study at uni/tafe etc but i would look into that. I think thats your best go. Apparently something like 1 in 4 people drop out of their course they chose anyway so you might end up liking one you didnt originally opt for. Best of luck mate.

[Odette]

Yeah I think they made a mistake >.< Anyways lol back on topic um yeah I might take a look at arts at deakin, since it's closer than la trobe
I just don't want to waste my time in a course I don't want to do

[Aye Bay Bay]

i wonder if you were to repeat yr 11 or 12, would it disadvantage you in terms of university's giving you an offer or something like that?

[Odette]

i wonder if you were to repeat yr 11 or 12, would it disadvantage you in terms of university's giving you an offer or something like that?

That's what I was thinking about too...

[melanie.dee]

well if you think vcaa made a mistake call them up!! NOW!! dont just let it slip, seriously i dont think its possible to get that score. i would be onto it straaaight away.

but if not, then yeh deakin genuinely looks good! give it a try!

[Aye Bay Bay]

im sure it doesnt.
does anybody know wether or not repeat yr 11 or 12 would disadvantage you from getting a uni offer? you should def. contact the VCAA, it might have been a big mistake

[Eriny]

I know it's hard for people around here to believe, but 65-75 is a good score. I know people this year who have gotten ENTERs under 30, somebody even got an ENTER lower than 10. It's no reason to repeat.

Reassess your options and look through the VTAC guide for courses that may interest you which also have a realistic entry score (if it's a bit high, still apply - lots of people get into courses on the fringe). Think about the kinds of subjects you could do in the course. I agree that a Bachelor of Arts would be good, you'd quite easily get into Arts at Victoria Uni. Otherwise, you can apply for business courses at TAFE.

I have my VTAC guide open right now, and there are actually a heap of courses you can apply for! Try to imagine yourself in a certain degree program, see if you could get used to the idea, consider that it's likely that you'll do well in any uni course and be able to transfer into another. Uni life is also much better than how full on VCE is. Depending on your degree, you may only be at uni for 4 days a week. I would never ever ever go through the tedium of VCE again, but obviously it's your choice.

And I second that if they did make a mistake, you really need to do something about it ASAP. Mistakes happen and you can appeal (they just like you to think that you can't). All sorts of things go wrong. In the very least, it will give you peace of mind.

[Odette]

I spoke to my vce coordinator about appealing and she said not to >.< ... they may look at it but they wont do anything about it... its weird though because I didn't think I would get that low  

[melanie.dee]

as if you wouldnt appeal! odette i dont get it. are those scores i wrote above the right ones for what you got in 05 and 06? cos if so, howww is 65 - 75 possible.

[joshuamorgan]

Have you tried entering your raw scores into Daniel's ENTER calculator, and seeing what comes up?

[Odette]

Nope lol ... maybe i should try

[joshuamorgan]

That way you could distinguish whether it was scaled incorrectly.

Obviously the calculator uses last years scaling report and not this year, so it won't be completely accurate. This way you can determine if VTAC made an error calculating your ENTER (unlikely).

What makes you think they made a mistake at all?

[reg]

pal how is it possible to get that kind of score with your previous years scores? didnt you get 45 for arabic, 42 for methods, potential another one i cant remember? and then 40 for bus man.. i dont get it! are you sure vcaa didnt make a mistake?

Indeed with methods 42, arabic 45, business 40, and english 20 (worst case scenario), Odette's aggregate would already be 145~, which is about 81 .. ?

/confused

appeal asap. I don't even understand how it would add up on the VTAC summary page.