How does the UNSW ACCESS scheme work? (1 Viewer)

[astroman]

I have a few questions regarding the UNSW access scheme:

- How many bonus points does it offer to students?
- Can i apply if my school is in a low socioeconomic area? (and how do i check this?)
- Is it restricted to specific courses at UNSW?
- Will bonus points also be added on top of this scheme?

UNSW that to apply you school:
-has been identified by the NSW Department of Education and Communities (DEC) as among the most socio-economically disadvantaged in the NSW Government sector, or
-has been identified by DEC as geographically isolated or participating in the Connected Communities program, or
was formerly included in the Australian Government's National Partnership for Low Socio-economic Status School Communities Program, or
-has been identified as comparable to schools in the above categories by the Catholic Education Commission of NSW

where can i check if my school meets this criteria? I am pretty sure it does considering i nearly always get mugged on my way to school, lol

thx.

 

[Drifting95]

http://www.uac.edu.au/eas/schools/

Yes you can. My school was private but located in one of these regions and thus (somehow) i was eligible for S01A EAS points. From my own calculations this was around 3 points.

From what i know, EAS applied to most courses bar CO-OP and Med.

Yes, ACCESS Scheme points are in addition to your subject bonus points however iirc UNSW will only give you a maximum of 5 points combined. E.g if you get 4 subject bonus points and 3 ACCESS points, only 5 will count towards your course.

 

[astroman]

my preferred course is 91 atar, so with the access scheme will i get 5 bonus, i.e acceptance with 86?

 

[xNoLiMiTz]

It says up to 10 EAS Points can be allocated ?

 

[astroman]

what does it mean by degree of disadvantage? I am pretty sure i will only receive for school's location, i have no personal or family related issues that could be included.

 

[xNoLiMiTz]

I guess it means if someone has suffered disadvantages severe enough for those ten bonus points or suffers from more than one circumstances during their HSC study.

 

[astroman]

I guess it means if someone has suffered a disadvantage severe enough for those ten bonus points or suffers from more than one circumstances during HSC study.

ok thanks

 

[randomly_generated]

what does it mean by degree of disadvantage? I am pretty sure i will only receive for school's location, i have no personal or family related issues that could be included.

So basically you apply for what you're eligible for and the uni takes it from there

I guess it means if someone has suffered disadvantages severe enough for those ten bonus points or suffers from more than one circumstances during their HSC study.

you won't always get 10 points extra. School location would be something like 2-3 (fairly low)

 

[xNoLiMiTz]

http://www.uac.edu.au/eas/schools/ - to check if your school is under the EAS criteria.

 

[astroman]

So basically you apply for what you're eligible for and the uni takes it from there


you won't always get 10 points extra. School location would be something like 2-3 (fairly low)

will this all be included on top of the FEAS scheme or can will i only be allowed to apply for 1 scheme?

 

[randomly_generated]

will this all be included on top of the FEAS scheme or can will i only be allowed to apply for 1 scheme?

I am not sure. I just applyed for everything and saw where it got me

 

[astroman]

^did you apply for both??

 

[randomly_generated]

^did you apply for both??

Yes and a few other things

 

[astroman]

Yes and a few other things

what others are there?

 

[Drifting95]

It says up to 10 EAS Points can be allocated ?

My bad.

Despite this though, no way would you receive 10 points just for socioeconomic status. On the other hand, it is well known UTS provides 10 points for one form of EAS (e.g this)