with bluescope, i know some people who had their apprenticeship upgraded.. and sent off to uni... i'm hoping when i show them that i got into uni they'll send me there hehe, if not i'm still stoked for everything!

Same happened with my UAI mate. Got 80+ for maths, english, music etc but a UAI of 68. My problem was I didn't give a $hit during the year, but put the effort in for the exams, by which time it's a bit too late...

I still got invited to do the course I wanted, which needed 78 or something, but decided to go to work instead.

Just to be different my marks were shyt and were reflected in my outstanding UAI of 56.94.
The moral of this story is actually show up to school kids and try. Its worth it in the end, apparently.

Good to hear that the Uni still let you into the engineering course, seriously in many cases the UAI is irrellevent, i didnt work through most of year 11 and 12 and put in the hard work for the final exams, but the year long assesments contribute to 50% of the final mark and i didnt do as well as i should.

Anyway i went off and did my diploma of business and scored my last job which was a cream job with not bad money, and about a month ago  with a simple case of being at the right place at the right time with the right connections i got my dream job and i started my current job with a much larger company who are paying me 50% more than what i was earning at my old job. I got all that by hard work post school, so it just goes to show a good UAI for many people is not the be all and end all. I am 21 and i have a set career path which will lead me to much greater career heights than alot of people who spend many years slaving over the books at uni only to start at the bottom earning not much more than a person starting at the bottom with no UNI degree.

Congrats and all the best.

alexxx wrote:

burgs is right, for everyone who is younger than me on the forum your uai isnt everything... there are so many options now for career paths if there is somethin you like doing just go for it and chances are you'll get it!
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