My predicament

[phagist_]

also the pretty damn good score in the Maths/Sci section of the GAT should help your cause.

[costargh]

thanks. somehow though I think that they'll play it safe and wanna stick to their policy. im going in tomoz to monash. if im successful with convinving monash then i will go and try and convince melbourne

[brendan]

what are these bridging courses?

will UoM let u in if u do those introductory maths subjects?

nevertheless economics, finance and actuarial studies are all very heavily quantitative, particularly 2nd year and above. i would strongly advise against taking such subjects at the 2nd yr level or above given a study score of 24 for methods.

[phagist_]

Yeh it's a 50/50.. but a fair few things are in your favour.

- Only missed out the required SS by 1.
- PWC award
- Required ENTER for the course(s)
- Good GAT results in Math/Sci

Plus an interview in person detailing all these to the head of the department/whoever is in charge.

anyway, good luck.

[brendan]

the Deakin courses out there in the work force may have the same reputation.

that's a pretty big "may"

[niena18]

dude u failed, get over it.

[kurrymuncher]

dude u failed, get over it.

not nice.

[GMK11]

dude u failed, get over it.

not nice.

^ idiot. ppl like you disgust me.


and costargh i reckon u have a good chance at convincing them. Fingers crossed for you i hope you get in! Your enter was awesome and dude you were only 1 off the required score. I think they'll appreciate you coming in.

[lacoste]

hey costa.
hate to tell you this but if you had done methods normal a raw 25 would have been easier to get than in cas. but thats the past so dont worry.

You should get your school principal,vce coordinator, careers teacher to write a letter to endorse you. also make a formal interview with the head of commerce faculty with your parents?

but dont do what others said and annoy the heck out of them by calling them up every minute.

[lacoste]

make sure you know every little corner of information about the course of commerce at Monash for the interview, makes you sound pro and eager for a placement at their uni.

lastly, good luck and best wishes.

[niena18]

Cry me a river. As a future Commerce Student who achieved a decent score of 39 in Methods, I dont think you deserve to get into the course. I worked my ass off to get thatm aswell as juggling all my other 5 subjects. You think you can just waltz in on merit? lmao! Also, seeing your extremely low Economics study score, i just dont think Commerce is for you. Have you thought of another course? Arts?

[niena18]

and honestly, what kind of idiot finishes year 11, gets 24 for Methods, and chooses to do Further instead of repeating methods, knowing that they wont get in the course they want?

[brendan]

actually she has a point there, why didnt u repeat methods?

[xox.happy1.xox]

Why do you only have negative things to say about VN contributors who have gotten awesome ENTER scores, niena18? Perhaps if you actually take into consideration how hard costargh has worked throughout the year to actually achieve his ENTER, and get his awesome study scores, you will reconsider what you have just said.

You should seriously get off other people's cases, and if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all! Costargh, I would seriously consider going into the interview and proving that you are what Monash or Melbourne need! I have no doubt that you will get in (just like I had no doubt you would get that awesome ENTER score ). I would definitely consider you if I had a uni, judging by your other scores, and I mean, 1 point off? Unis should seriously consider who they are dealing with and give you a well earned position, because in all honesty, you deserve it!!! Take them to the cleaners.

[shinny]

Cry me a river. As a future Commerce Student who achieved a decent score of 39 in Methods, I dont think you deserve to get into the course. I worked my ass off to get thatm aswell as juggling all my other 5 subjects. You think you can just waltz in on merit? lmao! Also, seeing your extremely low Economics study score, i just dont think Commerce is for you. Have you thought of another course? Arts?

Your subjectivity totally neglected his ridiculously high English, business management and accounting scores. These are all subjects which can help him in commerce, and he also won an award for the PwC business competition a while back. I also don't understand your point about 'waltzing in on merit'; isn't that what we're ALL doing? Merit is the whole point of a bloody ENTER. Also, judging from Costa's posts on economics and such in other threads, I think he does have a decent understanding of economics and such. Study scores definitely don't necessarily reflect a person's understanding of a particular subject, and I've definitely seen this occur mostly in commerce subjects. There's alot of people with a very good understanding and passion for business stuff, but just flunk at the VCE equivalent because the stuff you learn is so theory and textbook based that it's quite inapplicable to real life. Overall, I'd say he definitely seems like he's competent enough to study commerce.

and honestly, what kind of idiot finishes year 11, gets 24 for Methods, and chooses to do Further instead of repeating methods, knowing that they wont get in the course they want?

however, I'll pay this point. Nevertheless, keep trying Costa; you seem to have VN's support :]
except niena's