Failing so hard, should i repeat or continue since trials are still left? (1 Viewer)

[-may-cat-]

Not a super significant point, but unless you're at a private school, uni is going to be much more expensive than school, so doing a year of ~whatever~ before transferring might not be something you want to do. Yes you can put it on HECS and pay later, but it will still be several grand.

^ Terrible advice

I think people consider repeating year 12 a better route than transferring at a later date because they do not fully understand how university works. I have a feeling that these people believe they would effectively be wasting a year at uni studying things they did not wish to study, this is not really the case.

jackfrost, you do realise that a degree is obtained through the attainment of credit points through the completion of various units, which may be taken by anyone, regardless of the degree they are enrolled in, so long as they meet the relevant requirements. What this means is that people in different degrees often take the same units, especially in first year.

If you decide to go for the transfer option, you simply pick units required for the degree you wish to transfer into, and then transfer the credit points attained from these units over when you do eventually transfer into your desired degree. You effectively end up doing the first year of your desired degree under a degree of a different name. No time wasted at all.

It is not worth repeating year 12, you will hate it. University is incredibly flexible, once you're in the system (regardless of what degree you start off in) you have so many options. Don't view transfers as a long, arduous waste of time, they are not.

 

[Blue Suede]

^ Terrible advice

... which is why I said it's not a super significant point. But it's good for the OP to have a full understanding of the situation, so they can make the best decision for themselves.

Also, you do make some great points about the flexibility of uni, but you're not quite giving the full picture. If the OP is interested in pursuing media studies for example, those subjects are only made available to students within that degree, you can't use flexible units and transfer them over. It's definitely worth investigating whether the degree you want to do is made up of flexible units in first year.

 

[iSplicer]

Not a super significant point, but unless you're at a private school, uni is going to be much more expensive than school, so doing a year of ~whatever~ before transferring might not be something you want to do. Yes you can put it on HECS and pay later, but it will still be several grand.

No.

OP: Do not, under ANY circumstances, repeat your HSC. Don't do it. No. Go to uni, doesn't matter which course, it's flexible as hell and you can get some credit next to your name whilst moving forward with your life.

 

[Rohanco]

No.

OP: Do not, under ANY circumstances, repeat your HSC. Don't do it. No. Go to uni, doesn't matter which course, it's flexible as hell and you can get some credit next to your name whilst moving forward with your life.

What would you say to someone who got an ATAR of 0f <50 after their first attempt at HSC, and after deciding to repeat their HSC improved their ATAR to a score of 94? Because that was a true story. Take it from someone who is doing HSC at TAFE; it's not always a waste of time. If a year of your life gone differentiates between you getting into a diploma at UWS and maybe an Engineering course at USNW of Usyd, it's worth it.

 

[Shadowdude]

What would you say to someone who got an ATAR of 0f <50 after their first attempt at HSC, and after deciding to repeat their HSC improved their ATAR to a score of 94? Because that was a true story. Take it from someone who is doing HSC at TAFE; it's not always a waste of time. If a year of your life gone differentiates between you getting into a diploma at UWS and maybe an Engineering course at USNW of Usyd, it's worth it.

Yes, but how often does that happen? If you got 50 ATAR, you're usually not going to magically somehow get 94. There are better ways of doing things, for example, transferring into what you want, or doing a Diploma in something first and then going to uni after, etc. etc.

 

[enoilgam]

Yes, but how often does that happen? If you got 50 ATAR, you're usually not going to magically somehow get 94. There are better ways of doing things, for example, transferring into what you want, or doing a Diploma in something first and then going to uni after, etc. etc.

True - for most people, old habits die hard and they end up bombing out in TAFE HSC as well. There are the odd exceptions, but they are in a very small minority.

 

[Rohanco]

Yes, but how often does that happen? If you got 50 ATAR, you're usually not going to magically somehow get 94. There are better ways of doing things, for example, transferring into what you want, or doing a Diploma in something first and then going to uni after, etc. etc.

It's definitely possible if the student shows some dedication, like I said the above 50 to 94 transformation story is Tue, they were my friend who graduated Tafe HSC last year.