hahaha my WA expertise coming in kind of handy. This is from the perspective of someone also applying to tisc and not having gone to either. Anyway let's start:I'm currently filling out my TISC application and am a bit lost as to whether I should rank UWA provisional or Curtin as my first preference. Btw, I'm a NSW applicant so it's the same trek to WA for either university.
Could someone please advise me about any potential downsides to each degree (incl location of internships) or advantages? Thanks!
Look and feel:
UWA is the older of the two, and has the 'sandstone' vibe of it all. Curtin is more of that new spacious style with newer ish facilities. UWA is considered 'north of the river' and curtin is 'south of the river' (the river being the swan river). In terms of length uwa is 3+3 vs. 5. That's an extra year at UWA. In terms of location, UWA closer to the city centre if that matters to you. You'll spend the first 3 years at the main campus in crawley, then your next 3 at the health campus 5 minutes away. This is compared to Curtin where the first 2? years are at their campus 10 ish minutes away from the city, and then the next 3 will be in midland (piss far away from the main campus - something like 30 minutes away). In terms of internship, I'm pretty sure they are on par in terms of which hospitals they are associated with (A1 please correct me if I'm wrong) and people don't really care which one you are from.
For me, I put UWA first. I'm a WA resident and while I do live closer to Curtin overall, the midland campus idea ticks me right off. It's super far away from my house. Something else that factors into my choice is that most of my highschool friends that are planning on staying in WA plan on going to UWA. This is because my school is selective and so my cohort is very spread out in terms of geography. UWA with its more central location makes it more appealing to more of my friends. While it is an extra year longer, I do see some value in doing an undergrad where I don't have to work as hard (or so I tell myself), but also having the option to do a second major at UWA in a completed unrelated field. Curtin doesn't have this option since it is undergrad.
For you - as an interstate person many of my considerations don't matter to you. I assume you don't have a significant amount of friends in WA and geography can be solved by living in between Curtin and their midland campus. I'd assume you'd want to return to your homestate and so spending one less year is a definite bonus. Plus, living near curtin is way cheaper than living near UWA so there is that bonus to consider too (on top of saving a year's worth of uni fees and rent). For all intensive (added by LMG!: I think you mean "intents and..." )purposes, I'd recommend that you should put Curtin first, UWA second. You'd have really good chances at both though. Also, put curtin first so that you don't compete with me for UWA
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