liamc2 Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 [size="1"]For those of you who have completed your secondary education, the question of furthering your education has been a very big one. For those of you who reside in Queensland, Australia, you've probably been hanging around the QTAC site to see whether or not you're worthy of the universities Queensland has to offer. Anyhow, cutting to the chase. The offers were released an hour or so ago, and I have discovered that my second preference has been accepted. Queensland University of Technology has offered me a [b]Bachelor of Biomedical Science[/b] course. Guess what? I'm moving to Brisbane and becoming independent. It's a bittersweet moment, but mainly sweet. Anyone else out there been accepted into their Universities/Colleges? [I'm too excited for my own good. lol ^_^;][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attimus331 Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Is college in Australia free? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perknup Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Lol. Attimus. Well, I'm glad you got in. College is one huge step towards independance. I can hear it now. The sweet sound of partying night and sleeping day. Ah... Yes. Well and the erm... rewarding feeling of studying. *cough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 I've been accepted to Dickinson State University. I suppose I'd rather go out-of-state, to some fine writing school. . .but it'll cost too much money. But I don't know, I might consider going out-of-state, we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juu Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 [size=1]Sir. You'd better stay on MSN and blah after you move tharrrrrrr. And congrats, by the way! Liam is a shexy b...iomedical BEAST! >.> Ahem. I'm quite far from worrying about which unis I've been accepted to and blah, but for the time being, I'm looking forward to Berkeley to please the family, but I'd actually prefer to attend uni overseas in England or Aussieland. The thought of living in the same state for an extra seven years is drrrrrreaaaadful. _-_[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Ali Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 [color=green][font=trebuchet ms]Let me start by saying...Congrats Mr. Liam :D !! :babble: Well, I graduated last year and decided to take a year off, but since I'm ready now, I recentlly applied to a few art schools and university's, needless to say, I got accepted into one local art school, one local college, and two out of state schools! The choice is gonna be hard but it'll all work out. ^_^[/color][/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liamc2 Posted January 13, 2005 Author Share Posted January 13, 2005 [size="1"][b]Attimus331[/b] It'd be nice if it was, but, it's not. The average science course over here [depending on how well recognised a Uni is] is between AU$7000 and AU$9000. ...per [b]semester[/b]. Luckily enough for us, the government has organised a program called [b]HECS[/b], which covers your first seven years of University. Basically you don't pay back any fees until you are earning AU$35000+, which is excellent as it allows us home leavers to focus our money on paying for rent, textbooks and the like. [b]Perknup[/b] Studying, yeah. That's going to be the hardest bit. I'll probably earn too little to go out and have fun, so I'll stay home and study....lol. I won't have the internet unless I'm on campus, so there goes the biggest drain of my time. It also means no myo for me or the people who like to read my drivel. [b]M.Ali[/b] Art college, I was seriously considering doing a Bachelor of Arts degree, specialising in Archaeology. I have a couple mates that have chosen Art [as in, actual art doing] as their 'thing.' I'd have done it too, but I like the idea of being able to eat. It must be an American thing to leave state, I have no inclination to do so. I'm just happy to move to the capital. It probably doesn't hurt that Australia's states are quite large by comparison, and quite few in number. But hey, if the [b]Juu[/b] wants to come to Australia, she can come. My parents are going to lend out the spare room [not mine, oddly enough] to an overseas student, through USQ I believe, to pay for my boarding fees. Y'never know, you might end up being my little sis after all, lol. Actually, you don't want to go to USQ. If you're coming to Queensland, you'll want to go to Brisbane, where there's [b]UQ[/b], [b]QUT[/b] and [b]Griffith[/b] (and another that escapes me). But anyhow, that's for your congratulations! ^_^[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Harlequin Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 [font=gothic][color=darkslategray]Liam gets to be a QUT bum with Prowse. For those interested, Ravenstorture was accepted into Biomedical Science at UQ, though she's deferring for a year. I should be getting my acceptance into the same course tomorrow, though I'm doing it immediately. Unfortunately, I have to live on campus though...[/font][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natetron46 Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 A word of warning to you: college IS NOT the real world. People try to say it is. It is not, you live in your own special world, a biosphere cut off from everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo102 Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Well done! have a great time liamc2! I just sent in my application to university (in the UK) today, I made the deadline but only just. Hopefully il get in and be albe to move out and be a skint student for 4 years. apart from the year ill be working (its a sandwhich course). Also the government are bringing grants and fee subsadies (sp?) back so i should qualify for that. They also have that thing where you dont have to pay back your loan untill you earn more then £15,000. I dont know how that compares to AU$35000 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Harris Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 [quote name='natetron46']A word of warning to you: college IS NOT the real world. People try to say it is. It is not, you live in your own special world, a biosphere cut off from everything else.[/quote] Yeah, I'll agree with that. But it is a fun time, and I really am enjoying it. Hopefully it will prepare me properly for 'the real world'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natetron46 Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 Oh absolutely, it is a great time. Live it up! But be prepared for something quite different when you graduate. Have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 [COLOR=#B33D79][QUOTE=liamc2][size="1"]Anyone else out there been accepted into their Universities/Colleges? [I'm too excited for my own good. lol ^_^;][/size][/QUOTE]As you should be. College is wonderful. Double wonderful if you're on scholarship! [u]Unsolicited Advice:[/u] It's true what they say about universities being littered with coffee-guzzling chimney stacks who party/study all night, go to class come daylight and never sleep. Stimulant- dependent people like me have no time to sleep 'cause there's so much to do! Do find time to sleep. A refreshed brain is way better than caffeine-soaked gray matter. Love and Peace! (and have fun!) [/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfpirate Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 Congrats on your acceptance, Liam. I have not yet applied to any universities because I decided not to go back to the one I had been attending. I do, however, have a question for you about Aussie schools-- Do you know of any helicopter flight training schools over there? I had found one online but their site hadn't been updated in a long time, and they never responded to my e-mails. I REALLY want to emmigrate to Australia, and I am quite determined to become a chopper pilot... but I don't know where to go for info... I know it's not quite as cool as biomed, but, hey- I'm sure there's lots of tourists to search and rescue in Australia, eh? If I can't find a way to apply to an Aussie school, I'll have to go back to Hawai'i for flight school...which wouldn't be so bad... but I'd prefer kangaroo-land... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liamc2 Posted January 17, 2005 Author Share Posted January 17, 2005 [size="1"][b]elfpirate[/b] I REALLY want to emmigrate to Australia, and I am quite determined to become a chopper pilot... but I don't know where to go for info... Well it sounds like you need to email [b]Bismarck[/b], he knows all of that stuff and has his own light aircraft licence. Your best bet for non-commercial helicopter coolness would have to be the armed services. Otherwise, you may just have to look up private training businesses. So that makes what, two possible Australian immigrants? ^_~[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juke Box Hero Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 I am not even sure what grade i am in in HS... at the beginning of the year i was a sophmore.. but then i tested out of a bunch of crap, so now i am a junior, so i might graduate next year. That said, what is some advice from older, more experienced members in regards of applications? I have 4 Uni's I'd just LOVE to attend... but I understand that it doesn't work out the way one wants all the time. Northwestern, UPenn, UPitt, and CMU.. Is four enough to apply to? I must go to an elite business school, but I am new to the applications scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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