Rule of Law leaves a high mark...
Rule of law leaves a high mark
By Judith Ireland
January 20, 2005
Law at the University of Sydney is still the most sought-after undergraduate degree, but even senior academics think the cut-off score for entry is too high.
Aspiring students for the bachelor of combined law need a Universities Admission Index of 99.6, the highest entrance mark in the state.
The acting dean of the law faculty, Donald Rothwell, said: "I would take the view that 99.6 is a cut-off which reflects the demand for entry into the law faculty. It doesn't in any way correlate with an academic standard which is required for the study of law."
He said the five-year degree would be more accessible if extra scholarships were available to disadvantaged students.
The dean, Ron Macallum, who is on leave, recently told The Australian Financial Review: "I actually want to bring the UAI down, but it really depends on how many places we can offer and that's set by Canberra."
Professor Macallum, who is blind, was particularly concerned about the opportunities for disabled students.
"As a disabled dean, I'm concerned that our high UAIs make it almost impossible for disabled students to gain entry," he said.
Demand from domestic full-fee-paying students is growing at Sydney as well as at other universities. These students usually gain entry with marks about five percentage points lower than the official cut-off, but at Sydney the difference is smaller. The full-fee cut-off score this year is 98.15.
Professor Rothwell said: "Over the past few years, increasing numbers of students and their families have seen that as another route into getting into law."
The president of the University of Sydney's Student Representative Council, Rose Jackson, who is a combined law student, said full-fee-paying students in law were "approaching 15 per cent to 20 per cent" of the annual intake.
There was "a bit of snobbery", she said, among students who gained entry with the high UAI against those who paid to get in.
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The entry requirements for A-Level students is straight A’s and a minimum of A2 for General Paper. Even so getting these grades won’t guarantee an offer from the law school. Apparently due to the demand for its LLB program, the law school has imposed a quota for all international students. That means it is still very competitive.
My application took 4 months to process as mine was a special case. The dean of the law school actually looked into my application himself due to my education background and finally decided to make me an offer only early last month.
A double degree program in Law/Commerce at the University of Sydney is pretty lucrative afterall... studying in Australia best law school may be a challenge but I am definetly looking forward to the experience ...maybe eeling is right going overseas to do law may be a blessing in disguise. One thing for sure, I might be studying with the prospective PM of Australia in Sydney law school, so it would be really very interesting... I heard that even Mr Lee Kuan Yew's son Lee Hsian Yang studied there so guess there must be quite a notable Singaporean Alumni there too...
By Judith Ireland
January 20, 2005
Law at the University of Sydney is still the most sought-after undergraduate degree, but even senior academics think the cut-off score for entry is too high.
Aspiring students for the bachelor of combined law need a Universities Admission Index of 99.6, the highest entrance mark in the state.
The acting dean of the law faculty, Donald Rothwell, said: "I would take the view that 99.6 is a cut-off which reflects the demand for entry into the law faculty. It doesn't in any way correlate with an academic standard which is required for the study of law."
He said the five-year degree would be more accessible if extra scholarships were available to disadvantaged students.
The dean, Ron Macallum, who is on leave, recently told The Australian Financial Review: "I actually want to bring the UAI down, but it really depends on how many places we can offer and that's set by Canberra."
Professor Macallum, who is blind, was particularly concerned about the opportunities for disabled students.
"As a disabled dean, I'm concerned that our high UAIs make it almost impossible for disabled students to gain entry," he said.
Demand from domestic full-fee-paying students is growing at Sydney as well as at other universities. These students usually gain entry with marks about five percentage points lower than the official cut-off, but at Sydney the difference is smaller. The full-fee cut-off score this year is 98.15.
Professor Rothwell said: "Over the past few years, increasing numbers of students and their families have seen that as another route into getting into law."
The president of the University of Sydney's Student Representative Council, Rose Jackson, who is a combined law student, said full-fee-paying students in law were "approaching 15 per cent to 20 per cent" of the annual intake.
There was "a bit of snobbery", she said, among students who gained entry with the high UAI against those who paid to get in.
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The entry requirements for A-Level students is straight A’s and a minimum of A2 for General Paper. Even so getting these grades won’t guarantee an offer from the law school. Apparently due to the demand for its LLB program, the law school has imposed a quota for all international students. That means it is still very competitive.
My application took 4 months to process as mine was a special case. The dean of the law school actually looked into my application himself due to my education background and finally decided to make me an offer only early last month.
A double degree program in Law/Commerce at the University of Sydney is pretty lucrative afterall... studying in Australia best law school may be a challenge but I am definetly looking forward to the experience ...maybe eeling is right going overseas to do law may be a blessing in disguise. One thing for sure, I might be studying with the prospective PM of Australia in Sydney law school, so it would be really very interesting... I heard that even Mr Lee Kuan Yew's son Lee Hsian Yang studied there so guess there must be quite a notable Singaporean Alumni there too...
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