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Well there is a limited amount of places in every degree. Im assuming not everyone who has the required UAI will get into their first choice if places run out
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Obviously that is the case...say for example there are heaps of people with high uai's going for one course which needs a not so high uai, and you just got higher than the UAI cutoff for the course, the places could be filled before it reaches you down the list. In this case higher is better.
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Thats what I was going to type! But yes, exactly.
No, unless there are other requirements to the degree that you don't meet such as an interview.
I don't think Rafy meant to imply that, but meant use the cutoffs purely as a guide and don't start jumping up and down yet if your UAI is higher than the cut off - there is a reason it was taken down from the UAC site and there is a reason offers are not out until 9pm tomorrow.
I don't think Rafy meant to imply that, but meant use the cutoffs purely as a guide and don't start jumping up and down yet if your UAI is higher than the cut off - there is a reason it was taken down from the UAC site and there is a reason offers are not out until 9pm tomorrow.
You still have a chance of receiving an offer if your UAI is below the cutoff
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there is always a possibility! however i'm only saying this because i don't wanna know that the only course that i could be remotely eligible for, and that i want to do is b policing (66.60 - i got 67.95).
Technically for the UAIs to be cut offs though (assuming no bonus points are in play) why should you receive an offer if you are below the cut off?
(But I am hoping, brother was .40 off Engineering at UWS as I've said earlier in the thread)
(But I am hoping, brother was .40 off Engineering at UWS as I've said earlier in the thread)
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Charity, Bribery, etc...who knows?
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I'm pretty sure the cutoffs are the lowest accepted UAI into the course.
You shouldn't technically, but they let people in with UAIs below the cutoff
then does the university consider what hsc subjects the student did and other things etc?
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Wait, I would have thought the UAI cut-offs were calculated going down from all the people who put it as their 1st preference, starting from UAIs of 100...the cut-off would be equivalent to the person(s) with the lowest UAI offered for main-round entry into that course. Therefore, doesn't it take into account the total demand for the course...and therefore if there are no other entry requirements (i.e. completely based on UAI) you should get in, beyond reasonable doubt..if you got above the cut-off. Even if a 60 UAI course has 8000 people applying for 50 places, the high demand is taken into consideration in calculating the main-round cut-offs that were published earlier tonight..so the UAI would be something very high, sure, but if you got over that you'd get offered a place. That's what I thought...
Yeah. Also the cutoffs are sometimes artifically high
I'm pretty sure you're right. If you're above the 2009 cutoff there is no reason you should miss out
Mmm.
No point thinking about it. I'm fairly sure that's how it works. Just wait, not too long to go
Be thankful that you're above the cutoff rather than below
Say a course has a quota of 30, say 50 people applied who all got 65, say the cutoff was 65, how do you differentiate there since they're all the 'lowest'. It's not as clear cut as it seems.
Will this be done automatically or will I have to call and beg?