you don't need a statement to get into the engineering course. i didn't submit one and i still got in but i recommend you submit one anyway. also after a year of uni studies, they won't consider your uai..not UTS anyway.it's purely based on gpa and whether or not you have failed anything. if you have a gpa of 4.5-5 and haven't failed anything in the year you wanna transfer, then you're almost guaranteed to be in. so don't fail anything, get a gpa of 4.5-5 and/or submit a statement and you're in