sorry to do this but no ones replied to my thread
can anyone help me out?
I've wanted to do law for a while now and I didn't receive the required ATAR (87.2). However, I am able to get into UWS Law however this is something I really don't want to do. I'm waiting for early offers from UTS on the 4th of January for the Principal's Recommendation Scheme which might allow me entry into UTS Business/Law, however, if I don't get accepted, is it more advisable to attend UWS and do a combined degree, or attend Mac U or UTS and attempt to internally transfer? I'm also thinking of externally transferring out of UWS after my first year if possible. Thanks.
It depends on the university - and I don't know about the specifics of uts or mac transfers, but I know at usyd there is no distinction made between external and internal transfer to law - ie. everyone competes against each other equally whether they are at usyd or not. It is purely done on wam and atar combination. Ask macquarie and uts law faculties whether there is a preference given to internal transfers over external transfers.
If you really want to do law combined then go to uws, then attempt to transfer to mac or uts. That way, if you don't manage the transfer, you can still do law.
The other option is to go to mac or uts, and if you don't manage to transfer, to then apply for the jd postgrad. This is a 3 year degree - so by doing combined law/x all you do is save yourself 1 year - its not that much more to then to a grad jd.
I don't know about mac or uts law transfers (or the atar requirements for law for those uni's), however I know for usyd, where the cut-off is 99.7, to transfer into law you still need at least an atar of 97 as well as distinction average for first year of uni. So if you are significantly below the atar cut off for mac or uts law, you may have difficulty transfering across to law. My suggestion would be to talk to uts/mac law faculties and ask what you generally need to get atar/uni average wise to transfer. That way you can get an idea about the likelihood of success of transferring across.
