Thanks for the advice
As a mature age student they do not require you have your VCE but do like you to have undertaken other studies as well as sitting a seperate exam.

I will get into a tafe course as I am mature age (26) and it is much less competetive. I mean of course there are no guarantees but I have a good shot as far as TAFE goes.

I just dont want to go applying to all these uni's and get knocked back. But if I have more study under my belt then I stand a decent shot. And if I have done the certIV course..then I may not need to sit the seperate exam they require (the STAT)

To be honest I am leaning more towards the Cert IV course. At least I will be studying nursing like you say.