Bachelor of Arts - Melbourne Access Scholarship

[Mech]

Evening all!

I received notification and accepted the Melbourne Access Scholarship, which was a lovely bonus. However, I have not received confirmation re: guaranteed placement in the course. I fell under multiple SEAS categories including financial disadvantage, regional area, underrepresented school and medical conditions (yes, a whole litany of problems abound in my life). My ATAR was somehow 93.95 which I am very happy with considering my efforts in Year 12 and what affected me. I was under the impression that one had to score 78.00 or greater for guaranteed placement in the Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne? I know last year the clearly-in ATAR was 88.00 which was the same as Monash Clayton's ATAR requirements, methinks.

Another dilemma that currently exists for me is that I was selected for the Kwong Lee Dow program. I believe that needed a minimum score of 90.00 for a regional student to qualify to have a choice from all the New Generation degrees. I have not heard any word of this offer, and, upon contacting the KLD representative via email, I was informed that it will be granted to underrepresented students for the year of intake. This means I could potentially not be granted the scholarships related to that program despite being under the impression I would be guaranteed this entry pathway?


In short, does it look like I will be getting an offer from the University of Melbourne on the 16th of January?

[greenbeans]

hey there! if you've already accepted an offer.. then don't quote me but i'm pretty sure THAT is your vtac offer!
the scholarships should have much higher clearly-in ATAR cut offs, when you're talking about melbourne they may have made some allowances considering you were a SEAS applicant...
so maybe you'll receive paperwork for it all on the 16th?
perhaps you should speak to your careers counsellor, they're all sorts of helpful

[Russ]

I don't see why you wouldn't get an offer to the BA

[Mech]

hey there! if you've already accepted an offer.. then don't quote me but i'm pretty sure THAT is your vtac offer!

It was a scholarship offer though? I guess it makes sense that they would only offer scholarships to people they expected to be part of the intake for 2012?

I don't see why you wouldn't get an offer to the BA

Cheers. 

[Mech]

Not aware if "bumping" is against the rules of these forums (moderators, please advise), but if anyone else could shed some light on the matter I would appreciate it.

 

[iamtom]

http://cms.unimelb.edu.au/studentservices/scholarships/ugrad/future/access

From reading that page (it says you need to meet the requirements to be offered one) I would say you will be offered a place on Monday.

But uh, if you don't, don't hurt me. There's no real "confirmation" anywhere.

[Mech]

http://cms.unimelb.edu.au/studentservices/scholarships/ugrad/future/access

From reading that page (it says you need to meet the requirements to be offered one) I would say you will be offered a place on Monday.

But uh, if you don't, don't hurt me. There's no real "confirmation" anywhere.

Thank you. That information was handy. I have been trying to navigate the UoM website on a dial-up connection speed (got speed capped due to using up all my downloads!), so that very helpful. I think 93.95 should get me in. I mean, the clearly-in was 88 last year. I stress too much. 

I would not hurt you anyway.