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nezinamais1

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Hey,
I was talking to my English teacher and she said that even if you get an ATAR of 60, you can still do pretty much any course at a good university if you pay full fees. She said that for example "normal" students pay $10 000 per year, but full-fee paying student would pay $50 000 a year for the same course. Is that true?
 

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Not true. Plus even if it was true if you get 60 ATAR you won't cope at university anyway.
 

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Sort of true. HECS can only be a certain % of the university income so they have to look at other avenues to get more money. But as said above you won't be getting into medicine even if your parents are loaded
 

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If I recall correctly, there's a separate cut-off for full-paying students (from what I've seen, it's usually 5 points under and doesn't apply to all degrees).
 
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Gina Rinehart got a mystery mark
Really? For some reason i dislike her so much.

Money and the atar are irrelevant
hmmm not necessarily. Money = multiple tutors = High marks.

I admit it seems extremely stupid, however it is an observation i have noted with rich kids lol. This does not apply with all people, just the ones i have noticed haha.
 
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Really? For some reason i dislike her so much.



hmmm not necessarily. Money = multiple tutors = High marks.

I admit it seems extremely stupid, however it is an observation i have noted with rich kids lol. This does not apply with all people, just the ones i have noticed haha.
Not really, she probably dropped out of high school
 

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Really? For some reason i dislike her so much.



hmmm not necessarily. Money = multiple tutors = High marks.

I admit it seems extremely stupid, however it is an observation i have noted with rich kids lol. This does not apply with all people, just the ones i have noticed haha.
Not all rich kids parents pay or are willing to pay for tutors? They'd rather spend it on holidays etc some parents?
 

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