Transferring before the end of the semester??

[hajar113311]

Hi guys,

I've never really posted anything on this forum but i just have a quick question. I'm currently studying Nursing at La Trobe and I'm not enjoying at all...to be completely honest I hate it. So I've deferred for a year to figure out what exactly I want to pursue and I was just wondering if there is any way of transferring to another course without having completed a full semester of Nursing?

I know this question may sound stupid but thank you in advance to anyone who answers it!!

[Ronw2233]

Hey! I am kind of in the same position as you too. It really depends if the course has a mid-year intake or not, so give them a call and find out. Even then, it depends on how many places they have mid-year though (who decides to leave). If you discontinue your nursing course now they will consider your VCE results only but if you do one semester they'll consider your GPA and VCE results equally.
But it is harder to get in mid-ear since there are less places compared to end of year, so you'll face the likely chance of missing out on offers mid-year and will have to wait for one whole entire year. Maybe find a job to fill in this time if it happens.

Also don't forget to get your refunds for your school fees etc, the census date at Monash is the end of the month but I'm not sure what it is for other unis. So find that out as quickly as possible!

[Ronw2233]

sorry, I didn't read your post properly, the above is about transferring for sem 2.

It's probably too late for sem 1 now, for me anyway.

Internal transfer are easy and can be done before sem 1 ends but you have to do it asap, I don't know about your uni but from what I know about monash, they're closed already.

[slothpomba]

Short answer: No (not to the best of my knowledge). At many (if not all) universities in Victoria, the deadline has already passed for existing students to add new subjects for instance (you would have already missed so many lectures and assessments it'd severely disadvantage you to sign on any later). So, even existing students don't really have much in the way of change at this point, for reasons which are made obvious by the above.

I would not make the determination you hate nursing off 3 weeks unless its exceptionally (and i do mean exceptionally) bad and such; a huge mismatch to what you expected it to be. You take 24 subjects at university in a standard degree. You are there for 72 weeks in a normal 3 year degree. For this reason, i think it is a bit premature to decide you dislike nursing after sampling 3 weeks out of 4 of the subjects you'll ever take. The subjects next semester might be a totally different experience for instance. That said, the determination whether it really is just that bad or how convinced you are is up to you and you alone so i wont cast doubt on it.

You can transfer mid-semester another degree (almost certainly have to apply via VTAC if it is at a different uni, unless things have changed). Not all degrees accept mid-semester entry. At this stage they will only consider your ATAR score. If you are transfering within the same university, the process is a little easy and more streamlined. Either way, i'd prepare right now so you don't miss any deadlines as serenaaa points out.

[hajar113311]

Thank you both for your responses, they definitely helped a lot!! I know it may seem like I'm making a really silly mistake by leaving 3 weeks in, but I'm really not enjoying it. I spent year 11 and 12 in humanities subjects and I loved it! I loved history, Global Politics and English I actually enjoyed the work and doing all the reading. But then I started nursing without putting much thought into it and realized I made a massive mistake pursuing a course I had no interest in.

That's why I've decided to defer and apply for a bachelor of Arts but I have no idea how I'm going to go about doing so. The course does have a mid year intake and it's also at La Trobe (where I'm currently studying) and I have the ATAR for it but I have no idea how to apply :/ . Any help would be much appreciated!! Thank you both once again!

[Ronw2233]

You're very welcome  (:

If you're still a student at La Trobe then I think you apply online to La Trobe and not through VTAC. There should be a link on the uni's website about it I think, but to make sure you get all the procedures correct definitely make a call to La Trobe.

Good luck!

[slothpomba]

As serena said, its internal and not via vtac. Contact your university administration for more details, you should be able to find them on the la trobe site somewhere.

[hajar113311]

Okay will do! Thank guys!!