how many people do this? (1 Viewer)

[over9k]

do a lot of people go to TAFE first and THEN uni regardless of UAI?
i'm thinking of doing this .. don't want to spend 3 years doing something i hate + wasting $000's.

 

[lessa!!]

hey i do tafe through school

 

[westydylan]

yeah so do i and lessa y are u sitting next to me for

 

[nandison]

do a lot of people go to TAFE first and THEN uni regardless of UAI?
i'm thinking of doing this .. don't want to spend 3 years doing something i hate + wasting $000's.

yerr yerr urrm i wanna do that as well but i dont wanna waste my time too , studying something and then wen i get to uni i dont wanna do it anymore aye .

 

[Evilo]

if you're going to tafe before uni its usually because you dont have the required uai to go straight in to uni (alternative entry). Keep in mind (stating the obvious here) that 1 year of tafe =/= 1 year of uni, and only 'some' course credits may be given.

don't want to spend 3 years doing something i hate

You're not really locked in, unless you do something special (combined/phb/honours etc). But most uni's have a very flexible first year. Plus if you hate your uni subjects that much, you will swap courses and sacrafice the years units. (i had a mate who went from comp sci, to arts. He was able to use some of his comp sci courses as electives, but essentially he lost a semesters worth of credits.).

At the end of the day - choosing subjects at uni with the possiblility of getting it wrong is a risk you have to take.

 

[bringbackshred]

Go to uni and transfer around until you find what you like.

 

[Nasonex]

yeah some people do that, its not a bad idea at all. They just dont study during the year, and forget about their HSC

 

[Che08]

i think its a good option.. but like others have said most people use tafe that way because their uai is not good enough to get in straight away

 

[Slidey]

It's not a bad idea mate. Nothing wrong with TAFE, especially if you're also going to uni.

Make sure you try and get an HSC though.

 

[a.w.e.s.o.m.e-o]

yes, a lot of people do it and make it far :3

 

[lizziegirl]

i did.

best decision cos i didnt want2 jump straight into uni without giving it some thought