And not as much competition for placements out this way either!!
The Flinders TER has jumped this year - I think it was a 91 so quite a jump from last year. I initally got into UniSA Externally back in 2005 back deferred and then missed out by a point. Exactly the same as you SM! I had a 5.73 and the cut was 5.8! Anyway these things happen for a reason and I now go to Flinders which I love. Great uni!
Studyingmumma, i am definately planning on finishing the entire degree, but just wanted to work as well for more money and experience. Will look into the undergrad positions though. Let us know how you go with the second round offer. Good luck.
Well I just enrolled into two subjects the other day! Very exciting. I recieved one of my books yesterday so thats cool too. I havent had the chance to look at it yet, but am looking forward to starting some reading.
Karina, it is very exciting once you have enrolled into your subjects, cant wait to start the study part now.
Have just finished enrolling into mine and worked out a really nice timetable and my DS asked why I hadn`t enrolled to study online? So I have just gone back on line and there are only 2 of my subjects that I can study on line, if I swap them it means that I can be at uni an hour later and leave an hour earlier, not sure what to do???? Would I spend this time wisely? or just sleep in a bit later? Leaning towards leaving it as it is, at least I know then I will be studyingit is just going to be such a long day.
I love the enrolment process too!! However I hate the fact that I still don't know what days my hospital placements are! I have applied for a credit for my prac 1 subject, so don't even know if I am at the hospital at all!!!
My timetable last year was so easy. Three days and that was it. Two weeks block prac, that is when hubby took holidays so I didn't need the extra childcare. But having changed Uni's they do it completely different. Three days a week at the hospital, and friday's on campus for all day.
I managed to get one lecture on monday afternoon, tuesday I am there from 8.30am till 5.30pm then I have 2 lectures friday am and one later in the afternoon. Not too bad really. Had another look at which ones I could complete on line and it didnt help much, just meant that I could loose one lecture midday on tuesday and the middle one on the friday, if I could have wiped out one day that would have been different. Went for a tour round the uni last night, I cant wait to get there now.
Karina - I have already bought my textbooks too! One of them, about the history of nursing, I have almost finished reading. It is a fairly short book, but really interesting, and it was written by the lecturer. I also bought the marieb "Human anatomy and physiology" which I need for my bioscience subject. Expensive, but it will be the only text I need next semester when I do the physiology and anatomy subjects, plus it will no doubt be invaluable throughout my program.
I am also relieved as I found out I only need to travel to CQU's Noosa campus to do my residential schools and not Rockhampton. That is only 1 hr or so drive from home which is great!
I haven't actually thought much about the clinicals, other than to hope I can do them at the hospital close to home. With my part time load, I won't actually need to do a clinical until second semester next year, and that will be for two weeks I think.
Bon - That's awesome that you can do your res school at Noosa! Yay! I will keep that in mind for when we are back down in Brisbane and I take up my enrolment again.
The Marieb book is def. worth the investment when you can use it for so many subjects.
With the clinicals - we were told that we wouldn't be able to do them in a metropolitan hospital. It has to be a regional hospital so no Brissy hospitals allowed. Having said that though, my brother used to work in medical recruitment and he reckoned hospitals like Ipswich and Caboolture are considered regional so you might get lucky and be able to do it close to home. I live in Gladstone and was chatting to a couple of girls at exams last year who said they had to go To Rockhampton for their clinicals because they have only just changed the ruls to allow Gladstone hospital. Crazy!!
Ohhh I'm so excited about starting! I will be doing this year externally and if I am having too many issues with external study, I think Iam going to apply at a local uni to study internally. There are 2 unis close to me that offer nursing, so I'll have a look at which one I can get the most credit from for the subjects I will have completed by then! I'm starting to think I wont be good with external study because I get distracted too easily. I wanted to go to UTS here in Sydney as you get to do one day a week in the hospital, from about week 3 or 4 of semester, and I reckon that would be awesome.. but only possible if by some magical power I manage to get more days at childcare for Claire-bear.
I got my fundamentals of nursing book the other day and wow, its huge! Its so big that the package it was in while in the post broke. I'm also going to have to get the Marieb book soonish. I was going to go to the textbook shop last week and see if they had it, but I was too lazy. They have it at the TAFE bookshop near me. Might see about going this afternoon as I have to be out of the house anyway because the pest-man is coming to spray to place. Hopefully he can kill my ****roaches - YUK!!
I've logged into my uni thing on the net and I've already got access to all the online course material, but semester hasnt started yet... not sure if I am meant to be able to get into alll the course stuff just yet? Oh well. Its interesting to read, especially the human body subject I'm doing. I didnt do any science in year 12 so its all pretty new to me.
Hey Sara, I just read your latest post.
Did you get into the bachelor of Mid in the second round offers? I hope so! But if you didn't, could you just do a few subjects from the BN then swap to BMID next year?
I didn't know that UniSA offered the BMID externally. I applied to get into the BMID at ACU in Brisbane and I got in, but as I have a small bub, live on the Gold Coast, and ACU only offer it fulltime I ended up turning down the offer and resigned myself to the fact that I would have to do the BN and then the Masters of MID at Griffith University on the coast here instead.
How did you go about applying for UniSA?
I'd love to hear from anyone who is currently studying externally through UniSA and how you are finding it . . .
Hi Charli'smumma. Congrats on getting in. Sorry you were unable to take up the offer. I have just started studying nursing externally through UniSA. I've only just started so I cant comment much on it just yet.. But Mother Goose completed her nursing degree through UniSA so I'm sure she will be able to give you some good info. All I can really say is that you are given access to their online learning materials and you use those as well as the texts to study. I applied through SATAC (www.satac.edu.au).
just wanted to share some exciting news. I got a phone call from the Manager of Academic Services at UniSA today and they have offered me a place in Midwifery!!!! They had a couple of places open up and asked if I would like a spot!
I am totally blown away, can't stop smiling, keep pinching myself and so excited. I can accept my place tomorrow through SATAC and enrol straight away in my subjects. I am just so absolutely wrapped. I am now a Student Midwife!
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Would I spend this time wisely? or just sleep in a bit later? Leaning towards leaving it as it is, at least I know then I will be studying
it is just going to be such a long day.
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