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Does Australia Suck? (pg. 27)
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Nah, our 2yr colleges and schools aren't Uni level. They are in the same position between HS and Uni. A Stepping stone of sorts. |
Yeah, kids who get marks out of HS often use TAFE college as a stepping stone to get into Uni. I know a couple of people who did it that way. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
Yeah, kids who get marks out of HS often use TAFE college as a stepping stone to get into Uni. I know a couple of people who did it that way. |
Here it is used as a way to cut the costs. Although there are a bunch of failboats that do use it as a way to get to Uni also. |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Here it is used as a way to cut the costs. Although there are a bunch of failboats that do use it as a way to get to Uni also. |
I don't know if it would be used as a cost cutting method here, since you're not getting anywhere close to the same level of education. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
I don't know if it would be used as a cost cutting method here, since you're not getting anywhere close to the same level of education. |
No one is saying you get the same level here either, but here we use it as a way to cut costs with the bull lower division (read the cheap easy courses that don't matter where you learn them) stuff. The upper division stuff (the real coursework for your major) is not offered at the 2 year. |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
I don't know if it would be used as a cost cutting method here, since you're not getting anywhere close to the same level of education. |
Plus the government subsidises some of our course and gives us and interest-free loan to pay for the rest of it, which we can spend the first few years of our working life slowly paying off.. To tell the truth I never paid attention to the cost of my degrees and don't even know what my HECS debt is at the mo :P |
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| narcism |
| quote: | Originally posted by astroboy
To tell the truth I never paid attention to the cost of my degrees and don't even know what my HECS debt is at the mo :P |
How can you not? They send out a 'reminder' every year at tax time :stongue:
Mine is just over $12,000 :( |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by narcism
How can you not? They send out a 'reminder' every year at tax time :stongue:
Mine is just over $12,000 :( |
i didnt receive one for ~5 years after graduating. i still owe about 14 i think. each year i try and get enough deductions to get in underneath the threshold so i get all that money back, so im paying it off pretty slowly! |
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| astroboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by narcism
How can you not? They send out a 'reminder' every year at tax time :stongue:
Mine is just over $12,000 :( |
Mine goes straight in the bin :P.. why stress yourself needlessly?
I did one of the most expensive degrees around and managed to stretch it out.. so I know it's not going to be good.:nervous: |
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| Lilith |
You can actually pay it all off in one big lump if you find yourself with the spare cash, something to consider rolling into a mortgage or part of a large personal loan rather than paying double the interest rates on things.
I has no degree, I r teh dum |
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| Sushipunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
i didnt receive one for ~5 years after graduating. i still owe about 14 i think. each year i try and get enough deductions to get in underneath the threshold so i get all that money back, so im paying it off pretty slowly! |
Hahaha, I've done that a couple of times too :haha: |
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| ToF |
| quote: | Originally posted by narcism
How can you not? They send out a 'reminder' every year at tax time :stongue:
Mine is just over $12,000 :( |
How can you be sad over just $12,000? I'm on $26,000 at the moment. Maybe I should cut myself LOL. :sadgreen: |
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| narcism |
| quote: | Originally posted by ToF
How can you be sad over just $12,000? I'm on $26,000 at the moment. Maybe I should cut myself LOL. :sadgreen: |
because in 4 years of working i have paid off nearly nothing :stongue: |
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