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Ok, so its that time of year again, lol.
Who is applying for uni? I've been studying via distance this year, but I have just applied to one of my local unis. I've applied for nursing, and i REALLY hope I get in.
It will be awesome to get to study on campus and attend all the labs.
I hate how you can apply so early but then have to wait months to hear whether you get in or not.
Anyone else applying?
I am applying for a Dual Bachelor of Nursing and Midwifery at Deakin.
I am thinking I might defer until 2010, all depends on finances between now and then. I'm hoping I get in too because if I don't I have to sit the STAT test next year, :lol:.
I'm mostly concerned about childcare, and getting my license between now and then.
Karina, does the course you're applying for give early offers?
I dont know if it gives out early offers. It just says the offers are made in January, so I'm guessing not! Either way, I still have to wait for ages. And I'm impatient so its going to be hard.
Goodluck, hope you get in. The STAT test is a pain to sit. I did it last year and it made my brain explode. Plus I was sitting there in the exam and my boob started leaking. Great look.
Leaky boobs are always a terrific look aren't they! :lol:
I'm impatient too. Not looking forward to it. I'm leaving it as long as possible to submit everything because then I feel like it will take less long to hear back, mmmhmmm. :rofl:
If i have been acepted to uni before, but then pulled out ( i dont know if i deferred or if i just cancelled) do I have to go through a full app again?
Ah another phone call I have to make I guess!
Well I'm the opposite to you. I'm currently studying full time on campus but next semester I will defer and then not sure if I will go back part time or do distance ed like you .... hmmm *thinks* ... I wonder what studying with a baby is like...
I got into psych nursing this year but I rejected it and took another preference but I still have doubts whether I chose the right course! Nursing sounds great so best of luck. I applied I think in September/October last year and waiting is soo annoying!! At the moment I'm just waiting to see if my application for intermission for next semester is approved...I can't see how they would reject it!
Like Cookiemonster, I am applying for nursing/midwifery but at Newcastle Uni.
This year I got into Bachelor of Midwifery at ACU Brisbane but had to turn down my place :( due to the fact that I couldn't enrol part-time (even though at their melbourne campus you can enrol part-time), the Uni is about 1.5 hour away, I had a new baby and financially we needed me to go back to work part time too.
My utmost passion is to become a midwife and as I am working part-time and planning on another baby next year I think I am going to apply to do nursing externally through Central QLD Uni then do a masters in Mid after that. It will be a long haul I know (about 7 years all up) and I'd love to be able to just get in there and do a BMid degree but I think this is the avenue that best suits our situation.
Spice, the BMid at the uni near me is rather inflexible too. It looks like an awesome degree, but you have to do it full time as they do not offer part time at all. So it ends up being like 4 days a week on campus plus heaps and heaps of clinical plus you have to be 'on call' for your follow-through families.. I'd apply for it but it just wont be doable. Apparently you also cant defer or take a leave of absence part way through. Plus, the TER score is the same as that for nursing. I've applied for nursing instead as you can do it part tim and I can squeeze all my classes into just two days.
Ladies,
Saw your post and just wanted to give all of you big hugs of encouragement. I started uni when my first bubba turned 1, and it was the most exciting, challenging but rewarding thing to do.
The best part was actually having a day where you were an adult, independant, and free for a day, instead of being "Chloe's Mum". I really enjoyed it.
One of the things that disillusioned me was the friend factor, I thought it would be like highschool and have lots of friends! But being an elder student, and part-time, I didn't really click with the 'gangs', and then I realised - I didn't want to either. Just because I had my bubba and family at home, and that is where I wanted to hang out IYKWIM.
I really hope all you ladies get the courses you want and really enjoy uni, or any other study...
Have fun!
Misswingbat,
TBH, what you mentioned about the friend thing has been bothering me too. Only in a different way... I don't want to go there to make friends, I want to go there to study and to get my degree and do something I am so, so, so passionate about. If I do make friends, I can guarantee there won't be many :) lol
I enroled in some units via correspondence, once I've completed a certain number i'll be elligible to enrol in a major. I'm actually going to do two majors, one in Sociology and one undecided. When I think about career prospects, I think Community Services or Criminology would compliment Sociology very well. Then when I think of what I really WANT to do, I think of Philosophy or Literature Composition. Eep!
Lisa,
You are right, I had that same mindset at the start too, I didn't want to go just to make friends and hang out, I probably didn't say it right before, I wasn't just going to uni just for the fun factor - ha! It's funny that I had an impression of like, American colleges... I guess the first few weeks were daunting because I was older, had a bubba, still had pre-bubba weight, felt a bit 'dumpy', and there is all these glamazon young things swelling around, and I felt SOOO old. Even though I was 24 when I started. It was just a bit overwhelming, after being 'out-of-the-loop' in baby land for so long. I did hook up with a few of the older students, but like me, they would rather of gone home to bubba then down to the tavern.
It was, overall, a great experience. I (and my family) were so glad I did it, and even though there are late nights and exam fears all over again, the feeling when you get results in is exhilerating! All that hard work! And you are sooooo much more dedicated when you are an older student. Good luck!
Ooh me! I am going to apply to do my dip ed in secondary teaching, but going to the uni open days this weekend to talk to someone about it. I want to have the second baby and get preggers next year so I have to see what option is the best for fitting in the study and the second bubby.... i am excited!!!!!!
Hi Guys,
I have applied to double BMid/NU degree at UQ Ipswich, I have been doing Cert IV in Adult Tertiary Preparation this year which has been great. Hope all get a spot good luck.
Jodie
Oh haha yeah, If I get in I'm going to be a total loner I think!
I dont want to go to make friends, I just want to go to learn and then go home and be with my family. The uni I've applied at, I have a few friends who go to that uni, although they're doing completely different degrees to what I've applied for.
I'll be 24 when I start, so I guess I'll be older than quite a few of the others.. although when I went to the open day there were heaps of mature age people when we did the tour of the nursing labs.
ARGH I wish I hadnt applied as soon as the apps opened. The suspense is killing me and its still another 4 months to go.
Hi guys!
I've actually applied :dance:
I got into BMid at ACU Bris this year only to be told by a rather unpleasant lady at the Uni that I could not enrol part-time. Well I just spoke to someone else at the Uni the other day and you CAN in fact enrol in BMid part time!!! I was most upset to find out I'd been mis-informed but also happy to know I can do the course now . . .
Unfortunately I declined my offer this year so I've just had to re-apply for 2009. I hope I get in again!!! :crossfingers:
I'm applying for the Bachelor of Education (Preservice Early Childhood) at QUT. It' 4 years part-time, by distance, and hopefully it's pretty flexible, as you never know who might be interrupting! Also because we probably won't be in Brisbane for 4 years!