Which university courses give the best wages???

[bubble sunglasses]

Actually come to think of it, the clearly-in ENTER scores of respective courses are a pretty good ranking tool of the present value of the total lifetime expected earnings of certain professions

 Really? What about Bsc, which is like 80 at Umelb?

[bubble sunglasses]

  Yeah, personally I reckon I'll be looking to something creative [most likely writing], sporting, musical, opportunistic or a mixture of these to bring home the bacon. Although it's still possible I'll do something resulting from Arts. What would be good would be to do a mixture of all the above

 ninwa, if you're reading: curiously how come you're not doing music? Do you hope to become a musician at a later date? Because if *you* would like to do music but don't think you could, well,  that would serve as a big reality check for me and my aforementioned ambitions

[ninwa]

Firstly I'm not even half as good as people on this site seem to think!!

Lots of reasons ...
- parents refuse to let me "throw away" my ENTER for a course that doesn't even have a required ENTER
- I hate music theory, I almost failed grade 6 theory, I don't think I want to know how badly uni-level theory will kill me even the bachelor of music performance has theory ugh ><
- I wanted to do arts as well so I could keep going with my languages but UoM doesn't offer double degrees, therefore no arts/music, and my piano teacher would kill me with his bare hands if I dared to do music at Monash (he works at VCA and UoM as a lecturer)
- It's way too competitive and knowing how lazy I am there's no way in hell I would practice nearly enough match up to the standard required of music students
- I can't afford to be a musician haha (my last competition cost $150 in entry fees and almost $1000 in travel costs)

I do still keep up with it on the side but have pretty much given up on actually being able to make a living purely as a muso

[bubble sunglasses]

 Are you sure all courses require theory? I know a few people in England doing music, and the courses range from very thoeretical [Oxford has you studying 13th century manuscripts] to almost entirely practical

[ninwa]

lol at 13th century manuscripts!

I'm pretty sure all the courses would have theory in some form or another ... I'd just rather stick completely to performing and I don't really see a difference between doing getting a degree in it and just continuing lessons with my teacher and performing in public etc

are you going to do / doing music?

[bubble sunglasses]

 haven't been into it for a long time, not sure what I most want to do within it

[Collin Li]

Actually come to think of it, the clearly-in ENTER scores of respective courses are a pretty good ranking tool of the present value of the total lifetime expected earnings of certain professions

 Really? What about Bsc, which is like 80 at Umelb?

I don't think Science graduates consistently get good wages. The expected earnings means that while some Science graduates may be stars, on average, they may not be.

I think for the 'average person,' using the clearly-in scores is a great way to assess the value of a course. Individuals have different advantages, values and preferences, so as a non-average person you can try to account for those differences, while using the clearly-in as a decent ranking of the NPV of taking a course.

I'd like to know how much this applies to Engineering.

[bubble sunglasses]

 
 What's the point in characterizing the "average" person?
       Do you have a clear idea of how many people would put $$ over interest or vice-versa?

[brendan]

http://www.charteredaccountants.com.au/charter/charter_archive/february_2007/cover_story

[droodles]

howcome i see no mention of I.T?

[ninwa]

sorry to be immature, but ...

if I was doing somebody else

*sniggers immaturely*

[brendan]

sorry to be immature, but ...

if I was doing somebody else

*sniggers immaturely*

lol nina

[droodles]

if I was doing somebody else

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[bubble sunglasses]

sorry to be immature, but ...

if I was doing somebody else

 

LOL *facepalms @myself*

[bubble sunglasses]

 I was wondering, if you were a recent graduate really good in your field, would you be able to, through bargaining, get a job paying significantly more than the standard for that course?