Making the next step

Here is the updates about my course research...

First of all, La Trobe Uni is suspending the course for next year (2008) but will resume their course in 2009. Spoke to a few of my colleagues who are in uni and they said that the unis have done that before and when it came to the following year, they again suspended the course for other reasons. They said it is unlikely that they will, but there's always the possibility and it has happened before.

Second, I checked out the applications for NUS (National University of Singapore) and they are no longer taking applications for their 2008 intake because it's full house. So there goes that option.

Third, I received an email from Macquarie University. They said that it's too late for me to sit any preliminary subjects to qualify for the 2008 intake - that's if I need to do those subjects. They have a qualifying program during summer but they said that is only for their 2009 intake. However they said I should apply so I get to know if I'm to sit those subjects. If not, I go straight into the 2008 intake - how nice if that were the case... so am crossing fingers.

Fourth, the University of Sydney also offers the course and they have a summer semester as well, but thir summer semester is a bridging program meant for people starting the course in 2008, which is great.

So here is what I'm going to do...
After all those sleepless nights and constant prayers to him, I think I'm just going to leave it up to Him really. I'm going to apply everywhere that the course is being held. At the moment, the University of Sydney seems really promising. Macquarie University is a little ambiguous with the email responses... and well, Flinders University in Adelaide has a really good course structure with about 90% of their students already getting jobs before they graduate. I know it's Adelaide, but it might be a better learning environment - for one, lesser stress financially, because everything costs less than Melb and Syd.

Anyway, applications are due late Sep to late Oct, so I'll probably only get an answer sometime mid November to early December... Once this is definite, I'll definitely let you guys know.

If, for some reason, I do not get in at all, I'll just stay in Melb and do what I've been doing, and maybe try out for the following year of intakes (2009) at La Trobe Uni if they continue with their course.