Australia & New Zealand
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When can I know about if the university of melbourne accept me or not??it 's been 1 month still have no new about it....my application status still is unassessed...thanksss...
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Hi, I know that there is still a while untill I finish IB and start applying for UNI. But our school always tries to get us one step ahead. I was just wondering, if I wanted to do two degrees, Commerce and Law, would it be better if I went to UOS or UOM? I am leaning towards Melbourne, because I like the fact that they do sequential degrees, but are there any good things about Sydney as well? ] Thanks
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Does Melbourne/Monash university allow students to take maths studies SL as an option for engineering courses, over maths SL. I'm a little confused as my teacher said I may not be able to cope with mathematics SL, so I really needed help! Any comments appreciated. Thank you!
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Hey, does anyboy have any insights as to what University is best for undergrad Law/International relations in Australia? I am open for all suggestions. I can find the atars, etc. I am just wondering if anyone has any advice for choosing a uni. Cheers!
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Hey guys, I am finishing IB this May and was wondering what are the initial procedures needed to apply though UAC, e.g my year 12 number etc? I've never heard of this and my uni counsellor is useless as she told me that I have to do it alone once I graduate from school as we are no longer their 'responsibility"... Please any help will be much appreciated.. Thank you !
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Hey forum! I'm a Norwegian who have attended IB and ended up with 34 points. I decided to apply for engineering at New Zealand universities, and I'm already accepted at Auckland University of Technology and Victoria University of Wellington. What is my chance for getting into University of Auckland with 66 in physics and mathematics HL? Also, what is the reputation for Auckland University of Technology compared to University of Auckland. I have read that many graduates find a job, but I'm still unsure, especially since their website is terrible. Thanks.
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So, I live in QLD and am keen to get into Med (hopefully). I really want to move interstate because I'm over qld but I realised that unis like usyd or umelb only offer Med as a postgraduate degree. This would mean that i would have to get into biomed and sit a gamsat to gain entrance into med. But if I stay in qld, I can go to UQ where there is actually an undergraduate course - although they do 2 years of science first. I'm really unsure whether i should stick to UQ, save time and less effort (don't have to do gamsat!) or be experimental and choose to work my way around - postgraduate course. What do you guys think? Undergraduate course + save time? or Prestigious uni +…
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Hi there guys, I'm planning to go to Australia for vacation as well as checking out how the universities are like by > June 10, are universities in Australia such as University of Melbourne, Monash University and University of Sydney closed by then? Thank you!
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Hi Survivors, I was wondering if any of you have attended any UMAT Study Courses. I wish to know if they are helpful, and is indeed worth the price i am paying (i heard most expensive can be up to $2000). If any of you have attended, would you please leave a note with a link to the course that you studied? I wish to do Medicine, with a possibility in Monash University, so i need a outstanding UMAT Score to get in. Thanks all in advance for your help! Evan
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Hello, I'm rhapsodysiscaa from Indonesia. So I may actually go to Perth for university. Currently taking English B HL. Is it necessary to take additional test like SAT, IELTS or TOEFL? Which one is better for Australian universities? My current choices are Monash, Curtin and Murdoch. Thank you.
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Hey guys, So I've done quite a bit of background research into each of these three universities and the commerce structures they offer. I'll break up my findings into each of the respectively universities: Deakin Although Deakin is supposably renowned for their Commerce course, they don't offer as much depth in terms of electives and majors as both Monash and Melbourne. Likewise, score-wise, only around an ATAR of 80 (which I think is between 27 - 29) is required to get in. I know they offer a Deans Scholar program which has an ATAR of around 95, if we look past the facade of the high enter all I think it really is is some extra 1v1 tutoring (which at the end of the day p…
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I am planning to apply to Monash University (BBus (Accounting))or RMIT (Bachelor of Accounting). For Monash the Clearly in ATAR entry requirement is 83.3 (equal to 31 IB Score), and the ATAR entry requirement at RMIT is 70 (equal to 25 IB Score). These ATAR values have been converted using this link http://www.vtac.edu.au/pdf/ib_notional_atar.pdf So what I wanted to know was the likelihood of getting into these courses if I got the required score or above, or am I already guaranteed a spot?
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i would reeaaallly love to study architecture in Australia but i dunno whats the best university for architecture is..... oh and do i need maths studies or maths SL
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I am 100% sure I want to do vet. med/science in university. However, I am not sure of my abilities and capabilities for getting into Vet in undergraduate. Therefore, I was thinking of doing Bachelor of Science majoring in somethnig related to animals for example Zoology, then either switching universities and doing Vet., or staying in the current uni if it offers vet. For example, Uni of Melbourne offers Bachelor of Science, and you will enter Doctor of Vet after 3 years of bachelor, if you do well in the first two years of Bachelor. Cornell university, College of Science then vet. science. However, plenty of universities offer animal-related science courses, and I am no…
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Hello! I'm thinking of applying to New Zealand universities (especially Otago University) but I want to know around how many IB points is actually required. On the website they stated from 26-28 points but the course I'm thinking of is very competitive and 'limited' (it's a biomedical/health sciences course) so I'm assuming that they would in the end accept a student with a much higher IB point . Does anyone know a person who got accepted or applied to the course? If so, how many IB points did they have around? Thank you!
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I was just wondering if anyone knew what would happen at ANU when your IB score fulfils the entry requirement but your converted ATAR does not? For example, the entry requirements for the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Law (http://studyat.anu.edu.au/programs/4105XBARTS;overview.html) are: Entry Requirement Entry Level ATAR 96 QLD Band 3 International Baccalaureate 37 However, the IB score of 37, when converted to a Notional ATAR, was only 95.90, just below the required ATAR score. If your IB score is converted before you apply for university (I know this is done through VTAC in Victoria, and I'm not sure about NSW), does this pote…
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Hi I am an IB student in Hong Kong and is an Australian Citizen. I want to apply to Australia Universities next year as an undergraduate local student. I am confused with the system that Universities (which offer Medicine) operates. Some universities offer MBBS as a postgraduate (Syndey) and some as undergraduate (UNSW) and some you have to study an undergraduate course in thier university before studying a postgraduate course in Medicine in their school. I don't know which universities operates on which system. I mean in the third example, if i take a undergraduate course prior to a postgraduate Medical course, would i have to study for a longer duration as a result? And…
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So I'm almost at the end of my first year of IB (yay?) and am extremely stressed about my mock exams (which I'm currently doing). I reallyreally want to apply to QUT in Brisbane to do the creative industries course there, and the entry requirement is 28 points. I've make the mistake of leaving revision for my mocks a bit too late at will probably get very low marks (I estimated the range of marks being from [very bad to best] 24-30 points). Because I want to apply to Australia, I get to use my final IB grades when submitting my scores. Should I be worrying about my mock exams? I've been given A LOT of external pressure by both friends (who are trying to go to the US…
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Hi, I am an Australian student and I was wondering if the IB program will help me get into medical school. And is it worth it?
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Hi, I want to study undergraduate medicine in Australia (preferably at Monash) and I've noticed that some courses don't require math SL. Whilst I'm probably capable of a achieving pretty well in math SL I'd rather take studies in order to maximise my IB score. I've heard from other people at my school that I could take a Queensland math B exam (I think in other Australian states it's called math methods) so that I can apply to the courses that actually require math SL and also match my competition in applying for the courses that don't, without damaging my IB score. Would this be a good idea or would it hurt my chances of getting in?
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I'm looking to study either mathematics or medicine (still can't make up my mind) in Australia. I was just curious on people opinions about which universities are best for either of these subjects.
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Would maths studies allow me to get into an Australian University such as "Queensland University of Technology" or "University of Queensland"? I want to do international business, maybe even deans honours (you need an OP 2 or rank of 98 for deans honours), but I am wondering if Maths Studies would allow me to get into those courses (mainly deans honours) I am not very good at mathematics, and I don't see how calculus and trigonometry would be useful for international business. Plus, I heard that you can't get into university with maths studies from a teacher? On the website it says English is all you need, and maths A, B, or C.
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ok guys because I am really tardy, I've just paid for my UAC application fee; the only problem is that it hasn't came through so just wondering, should I be panicking right now because it hasn't came through? or because I'm supposed to pay more than $29 because i paid on a later date? i'm freaking out a bit, and I've paid like 3 mins ago
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University Of Melbourne
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Realistically im going to get around 35-38 in the I.B. I study the I.B. in Greece, i'm in year 13 gonna finish my exams in May. My HLs are Business, Biology, & Psychology SLs are Math, English AB, Spanish AB initio. & i have an Australian citizenship. I want to apply for the Bachelor of Commerce course. Or something related to biology like bioengineering. I was wondering, based on the competition involved and my target I.B. score, how hard is it get an almost guaranteed entry or just get accepted in?
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Hi! I'm hoping to do Medicine in the University of Sydney. I wanted to know if I had chosen the right subjects for IB for getting into this course. I'm skeptic about having 4 major HL's as it will be an overbearing amount of work. From what I know IB subjects aren't scaled. So if I wanted to get a 45 in IB, the difficulty of my subjects wouldn't matter, correct? HL Chemistry HL Biology HL English HL Psychology SL Maths SL Latin My weakest subject is Math, and my strongest is Chemistry. Would dropping Psychology to SL be worthwhile? Thanks!
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Hi guys! I'm going into the IBDP program this coming fall and my current subject choices are as follows: English Literature HL Chinese B SL Psychology HL Biology HL Math Studies SL Chemistry SL I've been told many times about the futility of taking math studies if I am going in a "sciency" direction, but I really want to major in psychology, and the University of Melbourne is currently a top choice, and math isn't my best subject. The bachelor of arts doesn't require any math prerequisites and has psychology, but considering the nature of my IB subject choices, a bachelor of science would be more suited for me? However the issue is that the cours…
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So, turns out I am not able to go to uni overseas and I am now looking here. Anyone have any thoughts on UQ for Marine Science? Or the Uni in general?
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just want some info on australian universities, im mostly looking for info on when they start and at what recommended dates should i start applications.
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yeah so i looking forward to go to aus. I am doing a bilingual diploma with french A sl and English B hl. All my subjects are in english therefore i qualify for bilingual. i would like to know if my language choices are good enough to enter most of the universities in australia?
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hey there, i'm planning to register for the UMAT (Undergraduate Medical and Health Sciences Admission Test) this year, there are so many prep. courses available all claiming to have "top-quality products - exam papers, questions etc" as well as "extensive preparation" for UMAT. however, as far as i can tell, a lot these are pretty much scams which end up with a loss of $500+ (approx.) in the enrolling fees. therefore, i would like to hear your feedback on some of the preparation courses offered as well as recommendations. note: i live in brisbane (QLD), it is possible for me to attend courses in the gold coast however brisbane is preferred (consider the driving time!…
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So I'm taking Math Studies SL since my school is a new IB school and they don't provide us Mathematics SL (Their excuse was because WE all choose Math Studies, but in reality only one student choose Math Studies SL). I'm going to talk to the principal of our school and I hope he understand what we're talking about because he's absolutely no clue about IB. The question is: Can you go to Bachelor of Commerce (Especially Accounting, Human Resource Management, etc) in Curtin University and Sydney University with Math Studies SL? I heard that UNSW and University of Melbourne do not accept Math Studies SL student. Thank you
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hey, so im just wondering about other IB people that are graduating in (November)2012 and planning on going to Sydney Uni? what course do you want to do and where you live? e.g. local or foreign lol. for me it's gotta be BIGS!
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Hello! I am a year 10 students who is in the process of choosing for my IBDP subjects. I have gotten interested in doing medicine and the only science subject I could get is biology HL. I couldn’t take chemistry because I didn’t take it in my IGCSE. So do I still have a chance to become a medical student with only bio HL and no chemistry in any Australian universities? Thank you for you answers
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Hello, i am currently doing the IB obviously and everybody else in my school are now focusing in completing their references and personal statements except the ones that are going to australia (because of the amount of time before semester starts). I was just wondering whether we are going to need em to apply or not? thanks
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Hi everyone, I'm starting the IB next year and I have a friend who I was going to go with to schoolies. But since i'm doing the IB i finish my exams about a month later (?) than she does and she's doing the HSC. Do you ever feel annoyed/left out/whatever about the fact that your IB exams finish later than HSC exams? And I've heard a lot of people saying that you don't hang out with HSC people, and basically you don't really talk to them for the whole 2 years. Is this true? Thanks
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To those of you in Australia, would you recommend going to Australia for University? And how would my marks, if I decide not to use my IB marks, work?
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Hello! I couldn't get into the Maths SL class or Maths Studies one year class because my blocks didn't work and I really just don't like the idea of doing stressful mathematics but I was wondering if this will affect me in any way since I want to study medicine in a European or Australian university.
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Hi! I want to do something in business and IT but am really not sure what? i was looking at universities in australia esp in syndey and brisbane. ( UQ, QUT, NSW, Sydney university) DO you guys have any suggestions on which university would be best for both business and IT?
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Hi. I'm an international student and I want to study in Australia or New Zealand. My grades are pretty good and I've got so many 6's and 7's. However, the problem is that tuition fees are so high and I can't afford them. Is there any way to overcome this problem? Unfortunately, scholarships are very competitive and I don't think I can count so much on them. Thanks. PS: In the interim grades, I got a total of 39 including ToK and excluding self-taught. So I would be a hard-working student but the fees obstacle is a problem!
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Hey guys, I have not long before I need to finalise what courses I study and where I want to apply for. So, I have done UMAT, havent yet gotten results, and am applying for Medicine. However, chances are that I won't get in and I have been looking at other sort of medicine related courses. I don't really think that podiatry or physiotherapy, OT etc suit me. I'd been thinking about Psychology. To either become a psychologist or psychiatrist potentially. What scope is there in Australia for becoming a psychologist or psychiatrist? And what universities and courses do you suggest to aim for? I'm also thinking of Optometry which sounds really interesting, so if you …
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Many websites are saying that high school students should have LinkedIn. Would LinkedIn be useful for someone applying to undergraduate Medicine in Australia? If it is useful or you have done it, do you have any tips?
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Hi all, i'm a prospective student currently eyeing on the Uni of Melbourne. I'm interested in their geology course but their requirements simply state that all we need (aside from a certain score) is one subject in math (sl/hl), english and a natural science. My natural science at the moment is biology, and while I have checked and confirmed that it is accepted, doesn't geology focus much more on the chemistry and physics of the planet than biology? Won't this pose some sort of problem for me if I were to be accepted?
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Hi, I may attend to the business degree as an international student at the university of sydney next year. (i study ib diploma in the uk btw) I saw many negative reviews about this university for some reason even though it's well known university in Australia. Some say the teaching quality is poor compared to ivy league unis or russell group unis, and others say it's too easy to get into there compared to those mentioned group unis and therefore it't not prestigious. Although the university ranking for business management at USYD is around 46 in the world. Here is the question; What's the position of the business management student at USYD in terms of the academic level?…
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I chose: HL physics SL chemistry AB French SL HL business and management HL English Lang and Lit SL math I was wondering if they were good for mechanical or aeronautical engineering at either Melbourne or Monash university. Any comment/thought would be appreciated. Thank-you!
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Hello, i want to study my undergraduate in broadcast journalism in Sydney Australia specifically unsw or macquarie university. i currently take English A SL, i was wondering if English A is a requirement of these universities since i cant manage to find it on their sites, and also should i upgrade it to HL ? i Recently got my IOC grade back and i got a 7/7 at it (24/30) but since english is my second language my supervisors didnt encourage me to upgrade it to HL
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I want to study law after I finish the IB in Sydney, and I've called several universities and they said that you need to receive a score of at least 40+ to get into the uni. However, a friend of mine got into UTS after achieving a score of 31. How is this possible??
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I'm looking for one more person to join my medentry group. Please message me if interested.
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So, I am doing English Lang/Lit HL in IB and I will be giving my mocks soon. So I just wanted to know will I be required to do IELTS exam or not because of me doing Lang/Lit HL. Also how long are the IELTS valid for?
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Hi, I've never done this before -- gone on a discussion board before but I guess illgive it a try. My situation is complicated because I haven't been able to find answers. I'm an American student going into the IB programme in China. I go to an international American school. How can I get accepted into the faculty of medicine in USYD? How high must my scores on the final exams be? Courses: Biology HL A1 English HL Visual Arts HL Chinese ab initio Economics SL Mathematics SL any help will be great. USYD's website didn't assist me too much... :/
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